"Dawson's Creek" Detention (1998)

User Rating:

8.2/10   

Director:

Allan Arkush

Writers:

Mike White (written by)
Kevin Williamson (creator)

TV Series:

"Dawson's Creek" (1998)

Original Air Date:

3 March 1998 (Season 1, Episode 7)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

After Dawson, Joey, Jen and Pacey individually commits various violations at school, they all get stuck...

Plot Keywords:

High School | College | Boyfriend Girlfriend Relationship | Dysfunctional Family | Small Town

Cast

James Van Der Beek	...	Dawson Leery
Michelle Williams	...	Jen Lindley
Joshua Jackson	...	Pacey Witter
Katie Holmes	...	Joey Potter
Mary-Margaret Humes	...	Gail Leery (credit only)
John Wesley Shipp	...	Mitch Leery (credit only)
Mary Beth Peil	...	Evelyn 'Grams' Ryan (credit only)
Nina Repeta	...	Bessie Potter (credit only)
Monica Keena	...	Abby Morgan
Helen Baldwin	...	Mrs. Tringle
Mati Moralejo	...	Grant
Mike Pniewski	...	Mr. Pickering
Micah Leamer	...	Daniel
Barry Bell	...	Coach
Lyndabeth Bureau	...	Cheerleader #1 (as Linda Bureau)

Runtime:

44 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Certification:

USA:TV-14

Trivia:

Kevin Williamson created the character Mrs. Tringle based on an English teacher whom he'd had in real life who had a very negative impact on him. She was the basis for his villainous character in the movie Teaching Mrs. Tingle (1999), in which Katie Holmes also starred.

Quotes:

Dawson Leery: This is so Breakfast Club!
Jen: Breakfast Club?
Dawson Leery: You know John Hughes movie where the five kids are stuck in detention all day?
Joey Potter: Yeah, in the beginning they hate each other and then by the end they're best friends.
Jen: Oh yeah. God that movie stunk! Whatever happened to those actors?
Dawson Leery: Well, Anthony Michael Hall developed some weird thyroid condition, Molly Ringwald lost her gawky ingenue appeal and the rest and languishing somewhere in TV hell.
Pacey: No way man! Emilio Estivez was in those duck movies. Those were classic. So funny!
[...]

Movie Connections:

References The Mighty Ducks (1992)

Soundtrack:

Dammit