Coda 

Accepted early to the University of Southern California, Dawson finds his last night in Capeside has arrived much sooner than everyone had originally anticipated. While Dawson looks forward... See full summary »

Director:

Gregory Prange

Writers:

Kevin Williamson (created by), Gina Fattore

Stars:

James Van Der Beek, Katie Holmes, Michelle Williams

Cast

Episode cast overview:
James Van Der Beek	...	Dawson Leery
Katie Holmes	...	Joey Potter
Michelle Williams	...	Jen Lindley
Joshua Jackson	...	Pacey Witter
Kerr Smith	...	Jack McPhee
Meredith Monroe	...	Andie McPhee (credit only)
Mary-Margaret Humes	...	Gail Leery
John Wesley Shipp	...	Mitch Leery
Mary Beth Peil	...	Evelyn 'Grams' Ryan
Nina Repeta	...	Bessie Potter (credit only)
Martin Eckhardt	...	Salesperson
Wezley Morris	...	Rasta Dude (as Wesley W. Morris)

Storyline

Accepted early to the University of Southern California, Dawson finds his last night in Capeside has arrived much sooner than everyone had originally anticipated. While Dawson looks forward to spending the evening with his friends Joey, Jack and Jen, his father Mitch has other ideas to spend it with him. Meanwhile, Dawson's not the only goodbye Jen has in store for her, as she bids farewell to the house she's been sharing with Grams as she prepares to sell it. Pacey also phones Dawson from Miami to say his own goodbye while Joey says goodbye to Dawson in her own way, with a final goodbye kiss.

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Plot Keywords:

goodbye kiss | reference to the beatles | 

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Genres:

Drama | Romance

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

23 May 2001 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Outerbanks Entertainment, Columbia TriStar Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

43 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The Marquee of the movie theater shows American Graffiti (1973), which is a movie that covers the antics of group of teens celebrating the last night before some of them are suppose to leave for college. Tying into the theme of Dawson leaving for college.

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Quotes

Dawson: It's become obvious to me that in life you're either a Mac person or a PC person, and the choice defines you. Let me put it to you this way: Beatles or Elvis?
Mitch Leery: Beatles.
Dawson: See? Exactly. This is no different.

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Alternate Versions

Two scenes were cut:

• Joey is talking to baby Lillian when Gail comes in and tells Joey that even though she finally has the baby girl she always wanted, she always thought of Joey as a daughter.
• Bessie tells Joey that if she doesn't tell Dawson exactly how she feels when she says goodbye to him, she'll later regret it.
• Linking to episode

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Connections

References To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)

User Reviews

Sappy but I lived for it

Wow! Um I hate that I cried but ya that happened. There were so many sappy moments and overall it was just a tearjerker and I feel like the series could have ended here. I'm really glad there are two more seasons tho. Which is a sign of greatness.