Dawson's Creek

During the entire Season 2, it's interesting to note that frequently the guys in the show are wearing shirts, t-shirts, sweaters, etc... with either a single wide or narrow horizontal stripe or a couple of horizontal stripes close together. Apparently this was a very popular, trendy fashion for guy's shirts during the late 90's.

The scripts for Dawson's Creek were written in LA and sent to Wilmington, NC about 7 days before filming. So did the director for each episode. However, due to the success of the show, during season 2 the writers became so concerned about making the dialogue perfect that the scripts started showing up later and later to the point where sometimes they arrived only hours before shooting. The actors and the directors were of course upset about it, as they didn't have time to prepare their lines / their shooting. Fortunately, the problem was resolved during Season 3.

When Pacey is talking to Christie, he sits down on a bench by the water. Right at his back across the river there is a full-scale old Battleship which has been decommissioned and is currently a tourist attraction, the "North Carolina". Despite several scenes were shot in this Waterfront District, the producers were always careful to frame out the large ship and hide it from viewers, so it doesn't appear at all in n any episodes of Dawson's Creek.

The scene in which Andie and Pacey shopping actually took place in an area of Wilmington, NC that was called "Molly's Market". A couple of seasons later the marketplace closed down. All the market stuff was tore out and the building was used to build the bar where the kids will hang out at, Hell's Kitchen.

Executive Producer Paul Stupin says during the audio commentary of this episode that the bugs down by the creek in the area by Joey's house were so noisy that they often had to remix and rerecord all of the dialogue already shot.

Executive Producer Paul Stupin says during the audio commentary of this episode that the actual creek in front of Dawson's House was called "Hulett's Creek".

Dawson and Joey go on their first date to the Movie Theatre Rialto. The shot of the outside marquee is a phony set that was actually a Real Estate Office down in Southport. The title of the film "The Last Picture Show" was not real, but actually computer-generated special effects on the actual marquee.

This episode is called The Kiss. The third episode in the first season is simply called, Kiss.

The opening credits of season 2 feature the 4 main cast members only than in a different order. Season 1: James Van Der Beek, Michelle Williams, Joshua Jackson and Katie Holmes. Season 2: James Van Der Beek, Katie Holmes, Michelle Williams and Joshua Jackson. Season 2 opening credits features new scenes as well.

This episode marks the first appearance of Andie McPhee, played by Meredith Monroe, that will be a recurrent role during season 3 and part of season 4.