- Art is about a world of uncertainty
- —Jack
High Risk Behavior is the 10th episode of Season 2 of Dawson's Creek.
Synopsis[]
TITANIC ROMANCE HITS CAPESIDE – As Dawson (James Van Der Beek) hashes out his entire relationship with Joey (Katie Holmes) in his new script, his real life heats up as a collaboration with Jen (Michelle Williams) on his new movie is thick with sexual tension that may inspire Dawson to act on impulse for once in his life. Meanwhile, Joey has graduated from fruit bowls to male nudes in art class, but may have bitten off more than she can chew when Jack (Kerr Smith) accidentally ruins her classwork and offers to pose for her; and Pacey (Joshua Jackson) exposes his romantic side as he and Andie (Meredith Monroe) continue their delicate dance towards intimacy.[1]
Summary[]
After criticizing the complex vocabulary in Dawson's script, Pacey makes it clear how the main characters are obviously based on Joey and Dawson himself. Dawson reluctantly listens to Pacey go on about how the main characters should have sex at some point in the movie. At school the next morning, Dawson and Jen hand out flyers to as many students as they can, announcing the auditions for their new movie. Meanwhile, Jack admires Joey's first sketch of a nude male model for her art class. Unfortunately, he accidentally spills his drink on the drawing, completely ruining it. Inside the hallways, Pacey proudly shows the results of his HIV test to Andie, who reminds Pacey that testing negative doesn't automatically they're going to have sex right away. Elsewhere, Chris asks Abby to join him at the audition.
In the auditorium, Dawson and Jen suffer through the endless amount of students who have more than enough trouble pronouncing all of the words in the script. However, the writer/director and producer are soon surprised by Chris and Abby's effective reading. Unfortunately for Dawson, they too believe he needs to make a few changes to the script. Namely, the two leads should sleep together. After the auditions finally end, Jen talks with Dawson about the importance of their former relationship in his life. Out by the lockers, Jack offers to pose nude for Joey in order to keep her from failing the assignment.
Andie picks up a new supply of anti-depressants at the pharmacy, then turns around to see Pacey entering the store. She first tries to hide the bottle from Pacey, then lies and says the pills are for her mother. With that settled, they turn their attention to the wide selection of condoms that they happened to be standing next to. To Pacey's surprise, Andie agrees to purchasing a box... just in case. Outside of the store, Andie tells Pacey that she wants her first time to be something special, possibly involving her fantasy of a romantic dinner and a bed and breakfast. Pacey assures her that he's willing to wait for as long as it takes.
Jack arrives at Joey's house and is soon wearing nothing but a towel. Uncomfortable with this situation, Joey decides that she can't go through with this, so she asks Jack to leave. As she gets up, however, she knocks over her drawing board. When Jack gets up to help pick it up, he accidentally loses his towel. With the cat out of the bag, so to speak, they decide to continue the session. Elsewhere, Pacey treats Andie to dinner at a fancy restaurant, intent on fulfilling every aspect of her fantasy. Meanwhile, Jen joins Dawson by the dock. She also believes that Dawson needs to rethink the concept of keeping sex out of his main characters' relationship. Dawson wants to go with the unexpected, but Jen finds that too unrealistic.
As the night goes on, Joey gradually relaxes and concentrates more effectively on sketching Jack. Eventually, they start to discuss sex. Jack admits that he had sex once in the past, and Joey asks him to describe what it was like. Jack explains the experience in terms of art, unaware of how physically aroused he's getting. By the time he notices it, it's too late, for Joey has already seen what's happening. Pacey, meanwhile, takes Andie to a beautiful bed and breakfast, which makes her extremely nervous at first. Soon enough, she warms up to the idea, thanks to Pacey's reminder that he's in no hurry to sleep with her. While they start to make out on the bed, Dawson tries to rework his script in his bedroom. Frustrated, he pulls out a framed picture of Joey and stares at it before deleting a large chunk of dialogue from the script. After a while, he leaves the house and climbs in through Jen's bedroom window. Dawson surprises Jen by kissing her on the lips. Confused at first, Jen returns the kiss, and Dawson climbs onto the bed. Back at Joey's house, Jack gets dressed and then apologizes to Joey. They soon start to passionately kiss, eventually falling onto the couch while still embraced. Pacey, on the other hand, has other things on his mind. He admits to Andie that neither of them are really ready to sleep with each other yet. Pacey doesn't want to ruin their relationship by rushing into things, so he offers to call it a night and drive Andie home.[2]Starring[]
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Quotes[]
- What's with all this psychobabble insight? How many teenagers do you know that talk like that?
- —Pacey to Dawson in a lovely metacomment
Locations[]
- Dawson's House
- Capeside High School
- Joey's House
- Jen's House
- The Harbour Master Bed & Breakfast
Trivia[]
BROADCAST
- The episode was watched by 6.8 million people upon its original airing on the WB.[3]
Films[]
- WATCHED
- —
- REFERENCED
- Titanic (1997)
Music[]
- hey now now | SWIRL 360[4]
- jen and dawson hand out flyers
- the world is new | SAVE FERRIS[5]
- auditions
- please | CHRIS ISAAK[6]
- jen and dawson
- anything but down | SHERYL CROW[7]
- jen and dawson by the creek
- driving you crazy | TIA TEXADA
- dawson writes
- lover lay down | DAVE MATTHEWS BAND[8]
- everyone kissing; pacey and andie walk
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Notes and references[]
- ↑ "High Risk Behavior" official synopsis archived from The WB on dawsons-creek.com
- ↑ High Risk Behavior - Official Summary
- ↑ Ratings Ryan — Dawson's Creek (WB): Ratings Recap
- ↑ Replaced on DVD and streaming with "Find Myself Again" by Nick Nolan
- ↑ Replaced on DVD and streaming with "Convince Me" by Ali Handal
- ↑ Replaced on DVD and streaming with "Glide Away" by Doug Roberson & The Swarays
- ↑ Replaced on DVD and streaming with "Capture Me" by Annie Palmer
- ↑ Replaced on DVD and streaming with "It's You" by Greg Tannen