Coda

Episode aired May 23, 2001
TV-PGTV-PG
43m

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S4.E23

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James Van Der Beek, Katie Holmes, Kerr Smith, and Michelle Williams in Dawson's Creek (1998)

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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 ... Read allAccepted 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 id... Read allAccepted 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 he... Read all

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John Wesley Shipp in Dawson's Creek (1998)

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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. —Anonymous

goodbye kiss

reference to the beatles

Genres
- Drama
- Romance
Certificate
- TV-PG
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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.

Goofs
The night before he leaves for film school at USC, Dawson tells his friends it's only a 5-hour flight to Los Angeles, but it actually takes a little over 6 hours to fly from Massachusetts to LA. This was likely a slip by the writers (and James Van Der Beek) who could fly to LA from North Carolina, where the show was produced, in 5 hours.

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.

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.
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References American Graffiti (1973)

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9/10

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.

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