You Had Me At Goodbye

You Had Me At Goodbye
Season	4
Episode	7
INFO
Aired	15 November 2000
Written by	Chris Levinson & Zack Estrin
Directed by	John Behring
EPISODES
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As you take on years, Mr. Leery, you'll come to realize that you don't always lose people from your life by choice. Sometimes it just happens when you make the wrong ones

—Mr. Brooks

You Had Me At Goodbye is the 7th episode of Season 4 of Dawson's Creek.

Synopsis

Andie's (Meredith Monroe) father (guest star David Dukes) suggests the teen take a six-month trip to Italy as a reward for her academic excellence and to relax before she starts college. Meanwhile, Joey (Katie Holmes) needs a peer recommendation for a college application from the person who knows her best, and she's torn between asking Dawson (James Van Der Beek) or Pacey (Joshua Jackson) to author it.

Starring

James Van Der Beek as Dawson Leery Katie Holmes as Joey Potter Michelle Williams as Jen Lindley Joshua Jackson as Pacey Witter Kerr Smith as Jack McPhee Meredith Monroe as Andie McPhee John Wesley Shipp as Mitch Leery Mary Beth Peil as Evelyn Ryan Special Guest Stars Harve Presnell as Arthur Brooks Sasha Alexander as Gretchen Witter Mark Matkevich as Drue Valentine

Recurring cast Carolyn Hennesy as Mrs. Valentine Guest starring David Dukes as Joseph McPhee Co-Starring Heather Avery Clyde as Ms. Watson Tammy Christine Arnold as Office Assistant Mike Harding as Officer Morris

Quotes

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I think what we're going to miss about you the most, McPhee, is your overwhelming optimism. Your ardent belief that everything in the world is wonderful until proven crap

—Pacey to Andie

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You know who that guy you reacted like is going to be in 10 years, Pace? The person who knows me best. Dawson knows my past. My future lies with you

—Joey

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We can move on without moving away from each other

—Andie to Pacey

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Pacey, Joey, Dawson. You guys are so lucky. Do you have any idea how rare it is to have friends that you've known your entire life? So please don't underestimate that. Because in the end you always go back to the people that were there in the beginning. And in the beginning, there was the three of you

—Andie

Locations

• Capeside High School
• McPhee House
• Brooks' House
• Gretchen and Pacey's House
• Dawson's House
• Potter B&B
• Leery's Fresh Fish

Trivia

• Joey picks Dawson as the person who knows her the best; after deciding not to write it initially, Dawson changes his mind.
• Andie decides to leave Capeside and move to Italy to live with her aunt.
• Jen and Drue have to do 100 hours of community service as punishment for the incident with Andie.

ALLUSIONS

• The title is a reference to the Jerry Maguire line, "You had me at hello."

BROADCAST

• The episode was watched by 4.54 million people upon its original airing on the WB.

Music

wonderful | EVERCLEAR

pacey and andie in her room; dawson + mr. brooks; jack avoids jen

two wrongs and a right | THE NORMALS

dawson paints mr. brooks's fence

freedom from shame | MICHELE CUMMINGS

jen + drue; andie + her father; dawson + joey

i will remember you | SARAH MCLACHLAN

farewell dinner

Photos