TEXT: "ALTERNATIVE LIFESTYLES" Cast Dawson: James Van Der Beek Grams: Mary Beth Peil Joey: Kaite Holmes Bessie: Nina Repeta Pacey: Joshua Jackson Mitch: John Wesely Shipp Jen: Michelle Williams Gail: Mary-Margaret Humes Andie: Meredith Monroe Jack: Kerr Smith Abbey: Monica Keena *Cut to Dawson and his dad outside and his dad takes down the ladder.* Mitch: Now don't give me that look. I know there's been a lot of late night creeping around and I'm just taking some standard precautions. *Dawson and his dad start walking back towards the front door* Dawson: You are so in denial. Mitch: Excuse me? Dawson: Denial. You can't except the fact that the little boy that you brought into the world is grown up. I mean, he's a sexual being. Mitch: Are you having s*x with Joey? *Dawson reaches for the door* Dawson: No, I did not say that, but I am a sexual being responsible, mind you, but biologically a sexual being. *They go inside* Mitch: A sexual being? Dawson: Yep, and you are having trouble facing that reality. Dad, it's a typical parental problem. Do you know what? Mitch: No, what? Dawson: The sooner you accept that, the sooner you and I will have an honest relationship. Mitch: Mm-hm. Dawson. Are you...and Joey...having s*x? Dawson: No! Mitch: No? Dawson: No! Mitch: Thank you. *Dawson starts heading towards the stairs and up them* Dawson: But one day, down the road, I'm going to have s*x. And you're acting all paranoid...chucking ladders and locking windows is not going to stop me. Please, will you stop acting like a typical *makes the little quote unquote hand gesture* parent and just let things take their natural course. Let Joey and me hang out in my room, alone at night, unsupervised. *There's a
SUMMARY:
An economics class project pairs Dawson and Jen as husband and wife, Pacey and Andie as a married couple and Joey as a single mother with two children. Jen tries to use the project to get closer to Dawson. Pacey gets to know more about Andie's troubled family life and Joey begins to see that she has a chance of success in the real world while doing her project solo.