S1.E7

Detention

Episode aired Mar 3, 1998
TV-14
44m

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Joshua Jackson and Monica Keena in Dawson (1998)

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After Dawson, Joey, Jen and Pacey individually commit various violations at school, they all get stuck together for an eight-hour Saturday of detention, along with Abby Morgan, a trouble-mak... Read allAfter Dawson, Joey, Jen and Pacey individually commit various violations at school, they all get stuck together for an eight-hour Saturday of detention, along with Abby Morgan, a trouble-making imp, where tensions still run high between all of them when Dawson and Pacey turn agai... Read allAfter Dawson, Joey, Jen and Pacey individually commit various violations at school, they all get stuck together for an eight-hour Saturday of detention, along with Abby Morgan, a trouble-making imp, where tensions still run high between all of them when Dawson and Pacey turn against each other, and Joey offers a tearful, partial explanation for her personal anger towa... Read all

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8.3/10

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Gale 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)

Adrienne Harvey

Cheerleader #2

Alan Christy

Football Player
(uncredited)

Mark Van Fossen

Kid at Locker
(uncredited)

Director
- Allan Arkush
Writers
- Kevin Williamson
- Mike White
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One of the best episodes in the whole series..

This was one of the best episodes in the whole series for me.. The delivery of very powerful emotions was done perfectly by the (then) young cast. I rewatched it today and still felt the same feelings that I felt the first time I watched this episode, many many years ago..

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Trivia
Someone mentions Emilio Estevez in Breakfast Club (1985) and Pacey ('Joshua Jackson' ) says, "He was in those Duck movies. Those were classic! So funny!" Joshua Jackson was one of the main characters in the Mighty Ducks movies (Les petits champions (1992).

Goofs
When Dawson throws the basketball at Pacey, the ball first hits Pacey's face before bouncing onto the filming camera lens and then away again.

Quotes
Dawson Leery: This is so Breakfast Club!
Jen: Breakfast Club?
Dawson Leery: You know, the John Hughes movie where 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 are languishing somewhere in TV hell.
Pacey: No way! Emilio Estevez! He was in those Duck movies, remember? God, those were classics, so funny!
[Jen, Dawson and Joey stare at him blankly]
Pacey: What?