Be Careful What You Wish For

Season 2, Episode 16, Aired

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On the night of Dawson's sixteenth birthday, Pacey and Andie follow her therapist's advice and throw themselves into an unabashed night of recklessness and the blues. Meanwhile, back at the Leery house, Joey is organizing a surprise party for Dawson, meanwhile Jack has a few surprises of his own. Jen and Ty face up to their potentially irreconcilable differences; and Gale and Mitch come to a decision about how to raise their son in light of their separation.moreless
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  • It's Dawson's birthday and Joey is planning a surprise party for him.

    10
    "Perfect"
    By Jon_MW_14, Jan 10, 2011
    "Be Careful What You Wish For" is one of the most fun Dawson's Creek episodes to watch. It's Dawson's birthday and he wants to win Joey back. I love how Pacey takes both Andie and Dawson to a bar. Andie's therapist says to have some fun. Dawson's depressed about his parents divorcing and losing Joey. I love how Andie and Dawson get drunk and sing karoake. It's so funny. I also like that Dawson and Andie have scenes together because those character are never really alone together. I also love how Abby was heavily flirting with Jack. It was just so funny to watch. I give this episode a 10/10.moreless

  • Dawson and Andie both get drunk? Am I watching the same Dawson's Creek?

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    By Khris189, Jul 26, 2007
    Dawson is going crazy because he is turning 16 and he feels that he hasn't grown like all of his friends. Andie goes to see her therapist and she advises her to let loose and find her "it" so while Joey is planning the surprise party for Dawson, Pacey takes them two out to a restaurant or a bar, whatever it was, and while they are there, they get drunk and go on stage and sing "I Got The Blues" with their own words. They go home to the surprise party and Dawson acts out in front of everybody and him and Andie both throw up. It was a excellent episode, and it also taught teens watching this show to not drink.moreless

  • Dawson and Andy get drunk to be their IT self.

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    By kebarrera, Jul 26, 2007
    Its Dawsons 16th birthday and he doesn't know what to do. Joey is throwing him a surprise party so she gets Pacey to take Dawson out with Andy so she can set up. While they are out Andy tells Dawson that she is being her It self that night and she was going to do stuff she normally wouldn't do. So Dawson says he wants to be his it self too. They keep ordering Rum and Coke and Pacey doesn't suspect a thing tell they are on their 5th glass. They go up and sing the karaoke song "I've got the Blues." Pacey then takes them to the party because they have had enough to drink. His parents bring out the cake and tell him to make a wish and he rambles on and on what is wrong with everyone and says he wishes that Joey could find herself so he runs around the room searching for her and finds her and kisses her. She pushes him away. Aubrey tells Jack that she thinks its cool that he is gay and then tries to kiss him and he lets that happen and Joey walks in on them. He later tells her that he realized then that he was more gay than ever before. End of Episode.moreless

  • Dawson's blunt blues

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    By Starlet2586, May 13, 2007
    Dawson's sixteenth birthday starts with some booze and ends with some barf. This episode is absolutely hilarious! I love that Dawson and Andie, two of the most angsty, troubled teens in the entire world, get drunk and "sing the blues." The bar scene is an absolute Dawson classic. The birthday party itself is quite entertaining as well. First, Abby Morgan attempting to seduce Jack is hysterical. Poor Abby...unfortunately her kiss with gay Jack will be her last. Then there's Joey. Joey who is attempting to keep the entire party together for her ex-boyfriend, while Dawson shows up wasted. Dawson's birthday speech is so much fun, and at this point in the series, needed. Dawson is always so mopey and brooding, it's about time he gets some of that stuff off of his chest. This episode definitely sets some things in motion for the rest of the season.moreless

  • A not so Happy Birthday for Dawson.

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    By ArielDiana, Jun 26, 2006
    Dawson is turning 16 and he realizes that everyone around him is moving forward and he's still the same person he's always been. He decides he needs to take control of his life and he's going to start by getting Joey back. When he reveals this to Joey, she's less than enthused and Dawson ends up hurt and confused when she tells him they won't be getting back together.
    Later, Pacey and Andie take a depressed Dawson for a birthday night out while Joey sets up his suprise party back at the Leery house. Andie's therapist has told her she needs to let loose for one night and not worry about being so perfect and her new wild behavior rubs off on Dawson. They both end up getting incredibly drunk before heading back to Dawson's.
    At the party, Mitch is upset with Gale for making the decision without him to buy Dawson a brand new car for his birthday. (Which she later takes back to the dealer after seeing Dawson's drunken behavior)
    Jen and Ty finally realize their relationship isn't going to work out after he makes a comment about her wild past.
    And Abby is friendly towards Jack, makes him feel "normal" and "accepted" and they end up making out on Dawson's bed, only for, you guessed it, Joey to walk in on them.
    When Dawson arrives to his party drunk, he shocks everybody by telling them what he really feels about all of them before passing out.

    This was a very good episode. I didn't really like how Andie acted when she "let loose". I'm sure there are other ways to sit back and have fun besides acting completely annoying. In the end of the episode, Dawson tells Joey he loves her before passing out, and Joey then whispers, "I love you too, Dawson." I kind of understand where she's coming from, on the whole, needing to find out if she could be a whole person without him thing. It makes sense. But god, Dawson's right, they're so meant to be together. And I wish she would just find herself or get over it FAST. It's only season two and I'm tired of the drama between them.moreless
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    • Joey: It was never about finding something better, Dawson. It was about finding someone who wasn't so close to me. So that I could tell where I ended and he began. In many ways, I feel like you've partially invented me, Dawson. And that scares me so much.

    • Dawson: You and I are meant to be together, Joey. Period. The end. Cue happy-ending music.

    • Dawson: (Drunk) Time to make a wish for my birthday? Time to make a wish, okay. I wish my mom had never slept with her co-anchor. I wish that my father would stop talking about getting a job and actually go out and get one, and I wish that the two of you would just stop your petty bickering and at least pretend to be the adults around here. I wish that my best friend, Pacey, would end this transformation into a "do-gooder", 'A' student, and all-around sanctimonious teen angel and just go back to what he does best which is being a goof-off and screw-up so I can look at him and feel good about my home life because his is supposed to be worse! And there's Jen Lindley with her drunkenness and revolving boyfriends, and her wild wicked ways. I wanna party with you! Ah, and there's Jack McPhee. Jack McPhee who likes guys, but doesn't mind stealing my girlfriend. Tonight, ladies and gentlemen, starring in his own version of 'In and Out.' He's in! He's out! He's in! He's out! In, out. Nice hair by the way. And then of course, there's my Joey. My sweet, precious Joey. The only 16-year old in the world who needed to find herself. You know what? That's okay, I accept that. You needed to break up with me because you needed to find yourself, to find who you are, to find your place in this world? I accept that.

    • (Both Dawson and Andie are throwing up in a bathroom sink and toilet respectively from drinking) Dawson: I've learned one thing from my initiation into the evils of alcohol and that is be careful what you eat because you're gonna see it again. Andie: Uh... and again, and again, and again. (They both collapse against the bathroom wall side by side) Andie: I swear, I'm never drinking again. Oh God, I'm so mortified at my behavior tonight. And to think that your parents saw me this way. Dawson: God, if I survive this night, if anybody in my life ever speaks to me again, I swear I will never let another drop of alcohol touch my lips. Andie: And if you ever see me pick up a drink, please remind me how I am feeling right now. Dawson: Deal. (Both are about to shake hands when they both lean forward and run back to the sink and toilet to throw up again)

    • Abby's friend: You are the first actual gay guy I've met. Abby: It is such a waste actually because you are a total babe. Jack: Um, yeah, well, I'd take that as a compliment if it wasn't coming from Satan. Abby: Jack, you have got me all wrong. I'm not even one of his helpers. Jack: Well I guess I should compliment you on that clever disguise you've been wearing the last couple of months.

    • Dawson: (Singing the Blues) My name is Dawson Leery. I'm feeling kind of weary. Today is my birthday. It all looks a little bleery. The girl that I cared for, Left me and ran away, Straight into the arms of, a guy that turned out to be gay. I got the blues, Yeah. Today I woke up feeling like I was born to lose. Yeah I got the blues. Somedays you're born to lose! Here's my friend Andie, and she's going to sing you a song because she's got the blues. Andie: My name is Andie. And my brother's the one that's gay. My other brother died. And my daddy ran away. But I'm still Andie. And my boyfriend makes me randy. His name is Pacey, and my mom's gone completely crazy. Yeah, I've got the blues. Dawson: Oh, i've been restless, hopeless and confused, This girl that I told you about, She's been on the move, She's at my surprise party where everyone I know is right now, And when I show up late they're all gonna have a cow. Yeah I got the blues. I swear sometimes we were born to lose! No, brother man, we got the blues. We got the blues. Sometimes you, you were born to lose.

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    • When Jen and Ty are in Dawson's new car, steaming the windows, Jen touches a window with her hand. This is clearly an allusion to the hit movie Titanic (1997) where the two main characters share the same experience.

    • In the back of Pacey's father's squad car, Andie says: "Book 'em, Dano." This is an allusion to the popular 1960's series Hawaii Five-O, in which the catchphrase of the lead character, Steve McGarrett (Jack Lord), was: "Book 'em, Dano".

    • Title: The title of this episode, Be Careful What You Wish For, comes from the classic saying, "Be careful what you wish for, for it might come true."

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