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Dawson's Creek Season 1 Episode 8

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AIRED: 3/10/98

Dawson feels the heat when Jen is visited by an old boyfriend; Joey lets off a bit too much steam at a beach party and ends up in a sticky situation; and tensions between Mitch and Gale reach the boiling point as they attempt to rebuild their marriage.moreless

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An ex-boyfriend of Jen comes to town.

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By Jon_MW_14, Jan 02, 2011

The beginning of the episode is funny with Joey climbing into Dawson's window all tired and needing sleep and Dawson starts talking about the movie he's watching and she just falls asleep. I like the character Billy. He's different. He was funny when he was making fun of Dawson. The only thing I didn't like was him trying to get back with Jen. I didn't like that Jen and Dawson break up at the end of the episode. I love how Joey gets drunk at the barbecue and Pacey takes her home and she gives him a kiss. I give this episode a 8/10.moreless
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Breaking up

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By VGFreak8, Jan 02, 2011

Billy, Jen's ex-boyfriend, comes to town. He wants to get back together with her. Dawson is very unsure about what to think. He doesn't want Jen to go back to Billy, but Jen seems to act as if she does want to. Meanwhile, Pacey confronts Joey about her feelings for Dawson. The new baby, Alexander, is keeping Joey up. At a party, Joey gets drunk and needs help from Pacey and Dawson. Jen also has to talk to Dawson and Billy at the party. Joey kisses Dawson while still intoxicated. Billy leaves after Jen says that it's over between them. Unfortunately for Dawson, Jen wants to break up with him too. Gale and Mitch try to do new things to mend their relationship.

This episode was really good! I do like Joey and Dawson, so I'm not upset that Jen broke up with Dawson. I didn't like Billy though. I'd rather have Dawson and Jen. I want Gale and Mitch to get back together! This episode gets a 9.0 out of 10!moreless
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James Van Der Beek	Dawson Leery
Katie Holmes	Josephine "Joey" Potter
Michelle Williams	Jennifer "Jen" Lindley
Joshua Jackson	Pacey J. Witter
Mary-Margaret Humes	Gale Leery
John Wesley Shipp	Mitch Leery

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Eion Bailey	Billy Konrad	Guest Star
Jeremy Moore	Tyler	Guest Star
Paula Davis	Complaining Officer	Guest Star
Scott Foley	Cliff Elliot	Recurring Role

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TRIVIA (3)
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- This episode features the second kiss between Dawson and Joey. Except this time an intoxicated Joey kisses Dawson.
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- Goof: When Joey tries to rent The English Patient from Dawson so she can get Alexander to sleep, she says the movie is 181minutes. But the writer made a little goof, because The English Patient is 162 minutes, not 181.
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- Goof: When Dawson comes over to talk to Joey about Billy's arrival, he says "remember yesterday when you asked me how things were going with Jen...". Dawson and Joey were wearing the same outfits and it was obviously the same day.
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QUOTES (8)
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- Joey: I need to rent the English Patient.
  Pacey: May I please suggest something that doesn't completely blow.
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- Billy: So this is really it? You are leaving me for a guy who has an E.T. doll on his bed.
  Jen: It's a collector item.
  Billy: It is a doll.
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- Pacey: How do I look?
  Joey: Like a before picture in an ad for geek remover.
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- Mitch: Anyone who has never been hurt is either very lucky, or very lonely.
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- Pacey: Look, Joey, I've never really taken a particular interest in your life because, frankly, your life has never been particularly interesting.
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- Gale: When are you going to stop punishing me?
  Mitch: When I can get the vision of my naked wife playing hide the...
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- Cliff: Hey, I'm looking for Jen. You don't know where she is this period do you?
  Dawson: No, I don't. Sorry.
  Cliff: Well, give her a message, will you? Tell her I'm having a barbecue at my house this Saturday and I'd love it if she can make it. Hey, what the hell. Why don't you come too?
  Dawson: Cool. Sounds great.
  Cliff: I don't know if you can help me with it. Jen doesn't have a boyfriend, does she?
  Dawson: Uh, yeah. She does. Me.
  Cliff: Really?
  Dawson: Yeah.
  Cliff: That's terrific, man.
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- Pacey: Oh, Dawson, my fine, oblivious friend. One of these days, you're gonna have to take a gigantic fact-check my friend, all right. She didn't mistake you for anybody, okay. This girl (Joey) is head-in-the-clouds, one hundred percent, ass-backwards in love with you, all right?
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- Eion Bailey ("Billy") received the "And" credit.
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- Spanish title: El Novio, meaning The Boyfriend.
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- Mary Beth Peil (Grams) do not appear in this episode, although she is featured in the opening credits.
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- Music featured in the episode included:
  Evaporated by Ben Folds Five
  Dammit by Blink-182
  Green Apples by Chantal Kreviazuk
  Being Right by Cush
  Elegantly Wasted by INXS
  We'll Get Through by The Slugs
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- Movie References:
  
  Brief clips are shown of:
  Meet John Doe (1941)
  Anaconda (1997)
  
  The dialogue includes references to:
  Rosemary's Baby (1968)
  The English Patient (1996)
  E.T. (1982)
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- Billy: You gonna help me out, or I gotta ask Captain Ahab over there.
  
  Captain Ahab, a sailor, is the main character in Herman Melville's classic novel Moby Dick.
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