Veronica Mars had Veronica go from Duncan to Logan. Teen Wolf sent Lydia from Jackson to Stiles. And one of the most recent examples, Riverdale , made the switch in record time , by sending Betty from Archie to Jughead well before the end of season one.
These storylines never quite succeed in allowing the heroine to have value as her own person: Consistently, she is treated as a structural prize offered to the romantic hero whenever he proves that he is a good enough man.
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By choosing I Accept , you consent to our use of cookies and other tracking technologies. Reddit Pocket Flipboard Email. The Joey-Pacey-Dawson love triangle was a desperate move from a desperate writing staff Were we ever so young? Warner Bros. Instead, it sort of flailed. Next Up In Culture. Delivered Fridays. Thanks for signing up! Check your inbox for a welcome email. Email required. Shortly after they sleep together, Joey discovers that Dawson has been romantically involved with an actress that he works with.
This, of course, upsets Joey when she finds out as Dawson essentially cheated on his girlfriend to be with her. Dawson, in turn, gets upset with Joey, believing that she is constantly finding an excuse for them to not be together. Joey returns to Capeside to find Dawson's script on her doorstep and is overwhelmed that he has written a story about three friends, but Dawson's movie-making dreams are shattered when Pacey comes clean about losing Dawson's money.
The ensuing fight opens old wounds and leaves the three friends believing their friendship will never be the same. Peter Kowalski directed the episode written by Anna Fricke. With no money to make his movie, Dawson gives up on his dream and instead, toils away at his mother's restaurant. A very determined Joey rallies all of Dawson's friends to make the movie a reality, even with next to no cash. They all spend the beginning of their summer re-creating the first season of Dawson's Creek, with Harley playing Joey and her boyfriend Patrick playing Pacey.
Even Pacey, who has been a slug on Doug's couch and whose friendship with Dawson has fallen apart, goes around to local businesses in Capeside and gets them to invest in the movie Jen, Jack and Grams depart for New York. Dawson and Pacey finally begin to mend fences when they realize that they both sacrifice their friendship because they're in love with Joey, but all Joey wants is for them to be friends. Jen and Jack start the school year at NYU. Pacey goes back to working in a restaurant. Joey finally makes it to Paris.
Five years in the future, everyone returns to Capeside for Gale's wedding. Pacey is now running the Icehouse restaurant and sleeping with a married woman. Joey lives in New York with her boyfriend, Christopher, and is an editor. Jen is a single mom, having been abandoned by the boyfriend that knocked her up. Jack is a teacher in Capeside, and is dating Doug Witter, who is unfortunately still closeted. Pacey gets beat up by his girlfriend's husband, and he, Dawson and Joey quickly fall back into their love-triangle ways.
Jack gets fed up with dating someone in the closet. Jen doesn't tell anyone that she's having heart problems until she collapses at Gale's wedding.
Then she admits to Jack, who tells their friends, that she's dying. Realizing she still has feelings for the men from her past, Joey breaks up with Christopher over the phone, and Jen tells Joey that it's her dying wish that Joey make up her mind between Dawson and Pacey.
Jack tells Jen that he definitely wants to fulfil his god-father duties and take care of her daughter, Amy, after she dies. After Dawson films Jen giving a message to her daughter, he starts to feel like his Hollywood life is silly and meaningless, but Joey assures him that being able to re-live his life through his television show is a blessing. Jen dies, and at her funeral, Pacey tells Joey that she's off the hook, and he just wants her to be happy.
But most memorable moment of the episode is when Joey finally chooses to be with Pacey does it get more romantic than the Ask Me to Stay wall?
An lest we forget, the episode also spawned the greatest crying meme of all time after Joey ditched Dawson to go get her guy. As Dawson must decide whether or not to take Mr. Brooks of life support, his friends are off on their senior ski trip, where Jack and Jen find comfort in each other during a drunk and lonely night, and Pacey and Joey have sex for the first time in a scene that's romantic and sweet and a callback to that epic "Stolen Kisses" kiss.
Although the episode comes on the heels of Joey and Pacey's earlier, devastating, breakup, there's an element of closure between the show's other core relationship: Pacey and Dawson. Pacey, who takes off for the Caribbean, says his goodbyes on the phone to Dawson, who is finally able to say, "I'm proud of you. The tragic episode opens with the shocking reveal that Mitch Leery has died. PSA: Never drive and eat ice cream! Joey and Pacey are locked in a store all night and came thisclose to rekindling their relationship after a fleeting kiss, reminding us why we love them together so much.
While heartbreaking to watch Jen die try not to be destroyed by her video for daughter Amy set to Sarah McLachlan's "Angel" , the tragic event leads Joey to make her final decision. Joey and Pacey get their happy ever after together, but so does Dawson, who reveals in the final moments of the series that he's about to meet his forever idol, Steven Spielberg. Dawson's Creek : The 12 best episodes. By Breanne L. Save FB Tweet More.
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