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Boy#2 (offscreen): Peterson makes him read his poem in class. *
Pacey: Tonight on a very special episode of Capeside High...it's Jack's poem. *Jack puts his arm around Joey and leans in. *They enter the school and we cut to inside as Pacey happily heads towards Andie who is standing by Jack and Joey. And two martinis. Dawson: *smiles* Nothing. I just had to ask right away because it's just been building up inside of me and there's just no easy way for a girl to ask her boyfriend if he's gay so I know that you already explained to me that the poem wasn't about a guy but I feel like when we discuss it we never really discuss it and I never really ask the one important question that you can feel free to answer any minute now so that--
Jack: No. It could have been me, it could have been the image of my brother. Not after what you did. Pacey and Andie are ripping them down. The rumor mill is going into overdrive on this one. Trying to teach people like you is like spitting in the face of the entire educational system. Ty: Aw, Jen. You spit in his face.
Plan: A: a compelling two-part episode; Q: What kind of episode was it? A: the Capeside High School; Q: What school does the gossip mill start at? A: his soul; Q: What does Jack bear in an English assignment? A: his innermost secrets; Q: What does Jack have to expose? A: his poem; Q: What does Jack have to read aloud in class? A: another boy; Q: Who does Jack's poem allude to? A: Joey; Q: Who does Jack tell that the poem meant nothing sexual? A: Pacey; Q: Who tries to defend Jack? A: an adversarial teacher; Q: What kind of teacher does Pacey face? A: Jen; Q: Who finds her latest suitor, Tyson "Ty" Hicks, is full of surprises? A: his deceased brother; Q: What does Jack tell Joey the poem was about? Summary: In a compelling two-part episode, the Capeside High School gossip mill kicks into overdrive after Jack bears his soul in an English assignment and is forced to expose his innermost secrets while reading his poem aloud in class. The poem alludes to feelings that Jack may have towards another boy. Dawson, Joey, and Andie are shaken by the implications of what it all means. Meanwhile, Pacey tries to defend Jack in the face of an adversarial teacher and Jen finds her latest suitor, Tyson "Ty" Hicks, is full of surprises. Jack later tells Joey that the poem meant nothing sexual and that it may have been about his deceased brother.