Dawson's Creek Season 2 Episode 22

Executive producer Paul Stupin talks about Wilmington, NC during the audio commentary of this episode. Being an old town, every building in Wilmington is supposed to have a ghost story. There is an inn called the "Wilmingtonian" where they used to stay while filming. In this old inn, the room behind the front desk was supposedly haunted. One of the writers stayed there, and was woken up in the middle of the night with the hairs on her neck standing straight out and sensing a presence. Another writer who stayed in that room supposedly saw a figure in the mirror. There is also a restaurant in Wilmington where a waitress claims that once when she was working on the upper floor, she turned around and saw an apparition standing out on the balcony. It was a fellow dressed as a soldier.

The Police Captain's office used in this episode was actually the original Capeside High School Principal's office. Right outside, behind Katie Holmes, was the hallway set for Capeside High School.

All the scenes dealing with The Ice House on fire were filmed at the end of shooting before the show was wrapped for Season 2. Apparently, it is common practice to put those scenes with hard to produce elements like fire off until the very end.

The actual location of the Ice House was a real bar and night spot in Wilmington, NC.

Executive Producer Paul Stupin mentions this true story during the audio commentary of this episode: A night, a girl who was swimming was caught in some currents. Joshua Jackson who was swimming as well, saved the girl, making it tho the local newspapers as a hero, and was known around Wilmington as "the guy who saved the drowning girl". The show crew held a big ceremony on the set, where they gave Joshua a life preserver in honor of his heroic deeds.

The river that can be seen in the background in the scene when Pacey is talking to his father is the Cape Fear River, which is considered one of the most polluted rivers in the country.

The Ice House had to be written out of Dawson's Creek because the owners of the actual Ice House wished to discontinue their affiliation with the show.