Round 1

1. 3x13 - Northern Lights

PACEY: Where did all the scientific mumbo jumbo come from? I thought this A.J. dude was a poetry geek?
JOEY: He’s interested in more than just that. He’s a renaissance man.
PACEY: Fantastic, he can bore you in 7 languages.
JOEY: No, just 3, actually. English, French, and Latin.
PACEY: Latin?!
JOEY: Mmm hmm.
PACEY: Who speaks Latin? I mean, like, Spanish. Now that’s the foreign language of the people, but Latin, that’s a dead language.
BESSIE: He’s here!
PACEY: Okay, thank you.

2. 3x13 - Northern Lights


3. 3x13 - Northern Lights

Pacey*: He kissed you, didn’t he?
Joey*: What makes you say that?
Pacey*: He’d have to be a moron not to. And your lipstick is smeared all over your face.
Joey*: That’s what I get for letting Bessie talk me into Very Berry, I guess.
Pacey*: So are you gonna see this guy again?
Joey*: I don’t know. I mean, what’s the point? I mean, he’s older than me. He’s smarter than me. And he lives far away, a very not-insignificant problem seeing as how I can’t even drive yet. How could I ever feel about him the way that I…?
Pacey*: Feel about Dawson.
Joey*: No, I was actually going to say ‘felt.’
Pacey*: Want to know something, Miss Josephine Potter? I think the world may just surprise you yet. You fall in love and it doesn’t work out and you think it’ll never happen again, but it does. Believe me, it does, in the strangest of places.

4. 3x14 - Valentine's Day Massacre


5. 3x14 - Valentine's Day Massacre

DAWSON: What character, Joey? The little sketch in your head labeled Dawson? Look, this might not be the me that you’re used to and I might make a complete fool out of myself, but you have to start letting me make some mistakes.
PACEY: Here we go again, kiddies. For the 476th time this hour, our number one billboard chart topper, ‘The Ballad of Dawson and Joey’. Will those two crazy kids ever get back together again? Boy, I sure hope so.
JOEY: Pacey, would you stay out of it?
PACEY: Of course, far be it from me, lowly creature that I am, to ever tread on the sanctity of the Dawson and Joey dynamic. Sorry, it’s just that I find the way that you treat him so fascinating, Potter.
JOEY: And how is that, Doctor Witter?
PACEY: Like he’s some weird, neutered, little virginal creature.
DAWSON: What’s your problem?
PACEY: Ha! I don’t have a problem. I am but a Greek chorus, here to observe and interpret.
JOEY: Pacey, when did you adopt this mean streak?
PACEY: Come on, Joey. You and I, we’ve always been known for the ‘Snap, Crackle, and Pop’ of our repartee.
JOEY: Right. The good natured banter. But to the best of my recollection, I don’t remember it ever being pointed and it’s never been hurtful.
PACEY: Or even being taken so seriously.
JOEY: But how could I not take it seriously, Pacey? And you said, one harsh, nasty thing after another to me tonight. What did I really do to deserve all that?
PACEY: You didn’t do anything to deserve this. The drunken lout in the corner just plead sheer frustration. I mean, honestly, do you have any idea how exhausting it is to exist on your periphery? To witness this perpetual dance that you two have? One week you’re soulmates, the next week you’re giving each other up for the greater good. I mean, do you think it’s possible that sometime soon, you could make up your mind? Please?*

6. 3x14 - Valentine's Day Massacre

Joey: I was worried about you, too, Pacey.
Pacey: Me? Why?
Joey: Because Satan himself can lead Dawson to the fiery pits of hell and he would still emerge with his moral code firmly in tact. But you.. Maybe I think that nobody’s worrying about you right now.
Pacey: So then, what you’re really saying is that, given the highly dysfunctional nature of our relationship, this is actually how you express concern for me?
Joey: You gotta learn to read between the banter, Pacey.

7. 3x15 - Crime and Punishment


8. 3x15 - Crime and Punishment

PACEY: Oh, this is rich. Here I am trying to do the right thing. You know, sometimes a guy just can’t win.
JOEY: No, he can’t. Not if he completely overreacts to a situation. If you’re gonna throw away your future, just do it on your own account, okay?
PACEY:**Oh, hey, don’t get me wrong. Don’t think I ever cared here. I was only doing Dawson a favor.
JOEY:*Dawson?
PACEY:*Yes, Dawson… looking out for ya. Think back with me. Way back. You know, like the beginning of the school year? Dawson Leery returns from the big city a changed man, determined to sever ties with girl across the creek. So he asks trusted friend to look after said girl during the delicate transitional period. Trusted friend, of course he obliges, and now his friends gets his head handed to him on a platter.
JOEY:*So you guys just traded me off like some sort of baseball card? Is that what this is about?
PACEY:*What?
JOEY:*Us! You and me. I… I thought that…
PACEY:*Thought what?
JOEY:*I guess I thought something else, Pacey.,

9. 3x15 - Crime and Punishment

Joey: Hmm. And, uh, who may I ask, told you I was planning on repainting the mural in the first place?
Pacey: Ah, it’s just this guy I met out on the street.
Joey: Just some guy?
Pacey: Yeah, you know, your typical do-gooder type. So, are you gonna thank me?
Joey: For what?
Pacey: Well, for all manner of things. You know, like for defending your honor, bucking the system…
Joey: Tilting at windmills while in the throws of a misguided hero complex?
Pacey: Well, yeah, that too.
Joey: Pacey, if I was going to thank you for anything, it would be for being yourself, and, you know, for not caring about what anybody else thinks, and, and for knowing in your heart what’s right and wrong, and… for being there this year… when I needed you the most.
Pacey: You’re welcome. Going up?
Joey: One condition.
Pacey: Sure, name it.
Joey: Be honest. The only reason you were hanging out with me is simply because Dawson told you to?
Pacey: Yep, that’s the only reason.
Joey: Hmm. You need to get a life.

10. 3x16 - To Green With Love


11. 3x16 - To Green With Love

Joey: You bought me a wall?
Pacey: Not bought, rented. And this thing didn’t come cheap, either. It cost me 100 bucks.
Joey: You bought me a wall?
Pacey: You said that already. Look, it’s a limited time offer, so you should get cracking.
Joey: Pacey, did you fail to notice the size of this thing?
Pacey: I just thought your next endeavor should be bigger and better than your last one. I’m supporting you, you keep on growing both as a person and as an artist. I also got you this, (holding up a can of paint) now I know it’s not going to cover the whole thing, but as the saying goes, ‘The journey of 1,000 miles begins with a single step.’
Joey: Well, I’m gonna need your help on this one.
Pacey: No, no, no, no. Not this time. You’re on your own, sister.
Joey: Pacey, you’re unbelievable. I mean, as soon as I think I’ve got you all figured out, you go and you do something so outrageous that, it completely challenges me in a way that no one else would even think of. In case I don’t say it enough, thank you.
Pacey: It’s about time, Potter. It’s about time.

12. 3x17 - Cinderella Story




13. 3x17 - Cinderella Story


14. 3x18 - Neverland

Joey: Are you insane? How could you do that? How could you take some simple declaration of friendship as an invitation to just maul me, Pacey? Answer me! What were you thinking? What?
Pacey: What? I don’t know. God, I mean, it… it was an impulse.
Joey: An impulse?!
Pacey: Yes, an impulse. Sudden, momentary, and believe me, fleeting.
Joey: Do you have any idea the monumental implications of that meaningless little impulse? The ripple effect that it could create on our small, but fragile universe?
Pacey: You’re right, Potter. Forgive me for thinking a kiss is just a kiss.
Joey: Well it’s true. A kiss is not just a kiss. Not between you and me and you know why. Dawson, remember? I mean he factors into this little hormonal meltdown.
Pacey: Meltdown?
Joey: Yeah!
Pacey: I just had a meltdown? Forgive me if I don’t think that this is the worst tragedy in the history of human kind. That Pacey Witter, in a moment of impulsive, compulsive hormone induced insanity would have the nerve to kiss Joey Potter. And you let me do it. You did, you let me do it. So what, now I guess the universe begins to unravel. Well excuse me while I get in the car. [watches her walk away]*Would you get in the car, Potter?!
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Pacey: Jo, it’s at least another 6 miles to your house, it’s freezing cold outside and if you don’t get in, I’m just going to do this the whole way there. So would you get in? Please? [she gets in] So I guess I’m to take it from your angry silence that you’re not speaking to me anymore.
Joey: Nope.
Pacey: Great. Great. And how long do you plan on keeping that up?
Joey: How does indefinitely sound?
Pacey: Fine.
Joey: Fine.

15. 3x18 -Neverland



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16. 3x19 - Stolen Kisses



17. 3x19 - Stolen Kisses


18. 3x19 - Stolen Kisses



19. 3x19 - Stolen Kisses


20. 3x19 - Stolen Kisses

Joey: What’s wrong?
Pacey: It’s the history. It’s killing me. How can a guy compete when the two of you have your own karaoke routine?
Joey: Pacey, you’re not supposed to compete. We’re supposed to have our own his.. I didn’t mean that.
Pacey: Well, what did you mean?
Joey: I don’t even know anymore, Pacey.
Pacey: You know this little arrangement going on between us?
Joey: Yes.
Pacey: Well, it sucks! It sucks up one side, and down the other. It’s uncomfortable, it’s weird, and I hate every single second of it.*
Joey: Really? Then why did you come here. Pacey?
Pacey: You know, for a bright girl, you can be really daft sometimes. Why do you think I came here?
Joey: I don’t..
Pacey: I came here to be with you! It’s as simple as that! When you like somebody, proximity is a good thing. Regardless of how the feel about you. Or don’t, if that’s the case maybe.
Joey: Look, I felt it.*
Pacey: What?
Joey: This morning. When your arm brushed up against me in bed, I felt it.*
Pacey: How did it feel?
Joey: It made me feel alive.
Pacey: Okay. Joey, I’m going to kiss you now.*
Joey: Pacey, you can’t..
Pacey: Jo, you can’t say something like that to me and expect me not to kiss you. So that’s exactly what I wanna do. I’m gonna kiss you in about 10 seconds. And if you don’t want me to kiss you.. If you don’t want me to, the I guess you’re just gonna have to stop me.

21. 3x19 - Stolen Kisses

Pacey: Look, I know how I feel. YOU know how I feel. That much is obvious by now. But during this whole process, we’ve managed to miss the point. Because the point is not how I feel. It’s how you feel. So how do you feel?
Joey: Awful. That’s how I feel, Pacey. I feel awful.
Pacey: So do I. When I was kissing you tonight, I don’t think that I’ve ever felt better and worse at one time in my entire life. I mean, the very idea that Dawson or Andie would find out about us is killing me. It’s tearing me up on the inside to have these feelings for you, but I can’t get rid of them. (standing up) I can’t keep on kissing you, Jo.
Joey: What do you mean?
Pacey: I mean just that. *I* can’t keep on kissing *YOU*. (Joey looks down sadly) I’ve done it twice now. I can’t be the one who’s always initiating it. I can’t be the one who’s always giving you the answers. Look at me, Jo.
Joey: I can’t.
Pacey: Please? (she does; tears streak her face) If you felt even one shred of what I feel for you, then we wouldn’t be standing here having this conversation. (Pacey walks past her to leave.)
Joey: (grabbing his hand as he passes) Pacey.

22. . 3x20 - The Longest Day

JOEY:*Come on. Let’s go, Pacey.*lt’s your boat we’re planning*on christening.
PACEY:*l own a boat?
JOEY: *No, we have to stop doing this.*lt’s wrong.
PACEY:*Yes. Dead wrong.
JOEY:*Pacey.*Look, we’ve been in denial all week.*Around people,*we pretend like nothing’s changed*nd then the minute we’re alone,*it turns into this.
PACEY: *This what?
JOEY:*Well, this embarrassing grope fest.
PACEY: *l guess this is kind of embarrassing.*Especially for you,*given how much you protested.
JOEY:*l did not protest.
PACEY:**You did too.*Wait, wait, wait.
JOEY:*What?
PACEY:*l gotta tell him, Jo.*We do. We gotta tell him*as soon as possible.*The longer we wait,*the worse it gets.
JOEY:*No, Pacey.*l’ve tried. l’ve tried plenty of times.
PACEY:*Every time l see the guy now, l feel—
JOEY: *You don’t have to bother*filling in the expletive, okay?*This isn’t exactly the easiest thing*l’ve ever had to do, Pacey.*Telling Dawson*that while he wasn’t looking*l developed this bizarre gravitational*towards his best friend*and l can’t stop thinking about him*or being near him or wanting to kiss him all the time.
PACEY:*l’ll do it.
JOEY: *What?
PACEY:*l’ll tell him.
JOEY:**No, l can’t let you do that. lt’s—*This is my responsibility.
PACEY:*lt’s not your responsibility.*l’m the one that started this. l’m*the one that got you into this situation.*The only way l’m gonna save*my friendship with Dawson*is to be honest with him,*so l gotta do this.All l need is one day.*Just one day.
JOEY: *One day.
PACEY: *Yes. One day.

23. 3x20 - The Longest Day

Joey: Look, Pacey, we can’t do this, okay?
Pacey: What? Can’t do what?
Joey: I have to be the one to tell him, okay? I mean, things are really complicated between me and Dawson. It has nothing to do with you. It’s just that, look, it has to come from me or it’s going to ruin everything.
Pacey: Okay, okay! That’s okay. Just calm down, Jo. It’s alright. I’ll do whatever you want to do, okay? And you wanna know the God’s honest truth? I’ve been in the process of chickening out the whole way over here.
Joey: Maybe it’s a sign, Pacey.
Pacey: A sign of what?
Joey: It’s just that for so long, he’s been everything to me, Pacey. I mean, this guy’s been my family when I haven’t had one. And he’s the one person in my life that I can always depend on, and this, it’s gonna kill him.
Pacey: You never had any intention of telling him, did you? You didn’t come over here tonight to tell him. You came here to stop me.
Joey: No, I tried to tell him. I went up there and I tried.
Pacey: Of course you did. And let me guess, you failed, right?
Dawson: I thought I heard something out here.
Joey: Dawson, uhh, we were just…
Dawson: Having an argument. Obviously. What about?
Pacey: Us, Dawson. We were arguing about us. Me and Joey. There’s an us here now.

24. 3x20 - The Longest Day

JOEY: Well she looks beautiful in the water.
PACEY: This morning was just a formality. We still don’t know if she’s seaworthy.
JOEY: She looks pretty solid.
PACEY: I don’t know. She hasn’t seen any stormy weather yet.
JOEY: Pacey…
PACEY: It’s over, isn’t it?
JOEY: It has to be.
PACEY: You should be the one to go first this time.

25. . 3x21 - Show Me Love

Pacey: I gotta be honest with you, Jo. I really thought after the way he behaved today that you’d love him less, but you don’t, do you? If anything, you just love him more.
Joey: Pacey, please don’t make this harder than it is.
Pacey: Okay. Okay, I just gotta ask one more question and then I’m gonna stop making this hard on both of us, I swear. If it weren’t for Dawson, could you ever love me like that?
Joey: Like what?
Pacey: Like a soulmate.

26. 3x22 - The Anti-Prom

JOEY: I’ve been meaning to ask you something all night, Pacey. Would you like to dance with me?
PACEY: Yes.
…
PACEY: How come this feels so right?
JOEY: I think it was those dance lessons.
PACEY: Where did you get those? They’re not you.
JOEY: Why, because I’m just a poor tomboy? Or because Dawson gave them to me?
PACEY: Neither. See this? This is you. It’s not showy or gaudy. It’s simple. Elegant. Beautiful.
JOEY: It’s my mom’s bracelet.
PACEY: I know.
JOEY: How do you know?
PACEY: Well, because you told me. Six months ago. You were wearing that blue sweater with the snowflakes that you have. You were walking down the hallways at school. I was annoying you as per usual. You said, ‘Look, Pacey… I just found my mother’s bracelet this morning so why don’t you cut me some slack.’
JOEY: You remember that?
PACEY: I remember everything.

27. 3x23 - True Love

Joey: This is your solution?
Pacey: What are you talking about?
Joey: You’re leaving.
Pacey: Uh-huh.
Joey: Just when things get tough, you pack up and leave.
Pacey: Well that’s the general idea, yeah.
Joey: Wow. Really mature, Pacey.
Pacey: Well what do you want me to do? Sit around all summer and watch from afar as you and Dawson attempt to resuscitate you ailing**relationship? No thanks.
Joey: Well I expected you to at least say goodbye.
Pacey: Ah yes. The goodbye scene. Play that one around a dozen times in my head. I come to you heart in hand and announce my plans. You look at me, pained, but of course the Potter-sarcasm kicks in and I leave never getting what I came for.
Joey: And what is that, Pacey?
Pacey: You never asked me to stay. Ever.
Joey: That’s not my decision.
Pacey: Yes it is. It always has been. You may be too afraid to make it, but let’s be honest with each other her. The decision to be together or to not be together has always been yours.
Joey: All I asked for was time.
Pacey:*And that’s exactly what you got. And you’re gonna get 3 more months of it.
Joey: You know, I may be undecided, Pacey, but at least I’m not running away. You can dress it up any way you want, but it still comes down to the same thing. You’re giving up.
Pacey: I’m giving up?
Joey: Yeah, you.
Pacey: Me?
Joey: Mmhhmm.
Pacey: Turn around. It’s your wall. It’s unfinished. Just like us.*
Joey: Believe it or not, Pacey this is not the ending I asked for.
Pacey: Me neither, but it’s the ending we got, isn’t it?

28. 3x23 - True Love

Pacey: It is not easy work finishing things off.
Joey: Pacey, what does this mean?
Pacey: It means you were right. That my leaving would be giving up on you. And I’m not quite prepared to do that just yet. But it also means that I need to know that you’re not quite prepared to give up me yet either. So, all that being siad, I refer to the wall. With its’ hastily yet adoringly written SOS which I guess kinda speaks for itself. I spent and hour and a half staring at this half-painted wall after we talked last night. Just staring and thinking. So, the way I figure it, it’s your turn to stare now.

29. 3x23 - True Love

JOEY: I can’t do it, Pacey. I can’t give you a reason to stay. I have so much junk to work through I don’t even know where to begin to process it all. I mean, how I feel about you and how I feel about Dawson…
PACEY: So you made your choice. Right there you made your choice.
JOEY: I guess I have.
PACEY: Yeah. That wasn’t so hard, was it? You should have made it months ago. Saved us all a lot of time and energy. And heartache.
DAWSON: I see every member of the triangle is present and accounted for.
JOEY: Can I have this camera? I’m gonna go take some pictures.
PACEY: Jo?
JOEY: Yup?
PACEY: I don’t even get a goodbye?
JOEY: Goodbye Pacey.

30. 3x23 - True Love