The Lost Weekend

The Lost Weekend
"Flight 62 to Los Angeles"
Season	5
Episode	2
INFO
Aired	17 October 2001
Written by	Gina Fattore
Directed by	David Petrarca
EPISODES
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I had spent the entire weekend thinking that you had heard everything I had to say on that message and that you came anyway. That you understood me

—Joey

The Lost Weekend is the 2nd episode of Season 5 of Dawson's Creek.

Synopsis

Dawson visits Joey in Boston, and all goes well until he gets an unusual message on his answering machine. Meanwhile, Pacey is interested in the restaurant business; and Jen and Jack go to a frat party, where Jen meets a new guy (Chad Michael Murray).

Starring

James Van Der Beek as Dawson Leery Katie Holmes as Joey Potter Michelle Williams as Jen Lindley Joshua Jackson as Pacey Witter Kerr Smith as Jack McPhee Special Guest Stars Ken Marino as David Wilder Busy Philipps as Audrey Liddell Chad Michael Murray as Charlie Todd Dylan Neal as Doug Witter Lourdes Benedicto as Karen Torres Ian Kahn as Danny Brecher

Guest starring Jennifer Morrison as Melanie Thompson Co-Starring Candy Aston Dennis as Clerk Jesse Janowsky as Guy Ann Morgan as Megan Lynn O'Connell as Airline Employee

Quotes

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Dawson – Joey, I am here. I’ve been here for two days, and only now are we finding a way to talk about stuff that really matters. Like why you left that message. All right? And you know, maybe that is the ending we are supposed to have. Maybe every other attraction that we feel each other is just, fear of moving on, fear of growing up

Joey – Is that what you really think?

Dawson – I don’t know, but I do know that if I get on this plane, I am never going to find out. All right, because, we’re gonna, we’re gonna move on, we’re going to grow up, and four years from now we are going to wake up, and we are going to be complete strangers to each other. The only thing that I know for sure, it that I don’t want that to happen. Do you?

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Why do you think we have had all these advances in information technology? They are all about helping people track down other people other people they are sexually attracted to. Jen, just trust me. Alright? The guy will find you, and when he does, just throw yourself at him immediately because you obviously want to

—Jack

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I know that I wanted you there. At the end of the day, when I got back to my room, I wanted you there

—Joey

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Sometimes I think it's a curse to have all these great friends from high school. If all you had was four years of unabated misery, you'd have nobody to miss

—Dawson

Locations

• Worthington University
  • Joey and Audrey's Dorm
• Boston Bay College
  • Charlie's Dorm
  • WBCW
• Civilization

Trivia

• Jack and Jen have kissed the same number of guys in the last year - one. Jen's one kiss was with Jack. Jen breaks the tie by kissing and then sleeping with Charlie.
• Pacey gets a job at a seafood restaurant with some help from Doug.
• Dawson does not get back on the plane to L.A. after Joey says that she does not want to move on.

BROADCAST

• The episode was watched by 4.99 million people upon its original airing on the WB.

PRODUCTION NOTES

• An original ending for this episode was revealed to be a scene with Dawson, Joey, Jen, Jack and Grams sitting down for dinner while Pacey walks up to the door, sees them through the window and then walks away, feeling left out.

Films

WATCHED

REFERENCED

The Lost Weekend (1945)

Music

spork | THE PILLS

jen and jack walking

girlfriend in a coma | THE SMITHS

charlie puts the song on

wonderful waste | THE VERVE PIPE

joey gives up dropping her class

star | LITTLE RED ROCKET

jen and charlie hang in his room

fly | SCHIAVO

jen wakes up at charlie's

question | OLD 97'S

dawson and joey at the airport

Photos