ABC is the place to be on community tv to search out Joshua Jackson these days as star of Physician Odyssey within the 2025 TV schedule, however many nonetheless keep in mind him from his days as Pacey Witter on Dawson’s Creek, and never simply because James Van Der Beek’s titular Dawson was absolutely the worst at occasions in comparison with Pacey. The actor appeared again on his days in Capeside and named a particular storyline he does not keep in mind too fondly, in addition to one bodily function of his character that he did not love.
Joshua Jackson spoke with Folks concerning the WB present that marked his massive break into tv (since there are these amongst us who may depend his first ever massive break because the Mighty Geese movies), and he shared the Pacey storyline from Dawson’s Creek Season 6 he might have in all probability lived with out:
I do not suppose Pacey ever wanted to be a stockbroker. I do not actually suppose we wanted to go there. … I do not know the place that got here from. I do not know what the purpose of that was. Did not actually really feel like that is one thing that Pacey would’ve received as much as. Off the highest of my head, that is the one I do not suppose we wanted.
I am unable to say I disagree with Joshua Jackson on this one, and I am nonetheless sufficient of a Dawson’s Creek fan that I used to be flashing again to Pacey whereas watching the collection premiere of Physician Odyssey! The sixth season wasn’t the strongest of the present, and that wasn’t the strongest story for Pacey.
At the least Jackson’s character ended the collection on a excessive be aware after some missteps in that sixth season, because of a last-minute change to the ending that had Joey ending up with Pacey as an alternative of Dawson. The Fringe alum named one other aspect of the sixth and last season that did not work for him:
I do not suppose we wanted a goatee. Possibly that is it: it is goatee Pacey. It does not work for me.
The goatee wasn’t the most well-liked search for good previous Pacey, though Joey (Katie Holmes) shaving it off of him was a part of certainly one of Dawson’s Creek‘s High 10 greatest episodes… which additionally occurred to encourage an episode of All American: Homecoming simply final 12 months, greater than 20 years after it initially aired on The WB. Whereas Season 6 will not be the most well-liked of the present, “Castaways” needs to be one of the memorable episodes.
At the least, that is seemingly the consensus amongst followers who have been rooting for Pacey and Joey slightly than Dawson and Joey. Happily, Joshua Jackson is with the previous group, as he reaffirmed to Those who he’ll “go to my grave Workforce Pacey” as a result of he is “method too petty” to alter his thoughts on that present’s endgame.
If getting Joshua Jackson’s perspective on a few of Pacey’s much less stellar storylines places you within the temper to revisit the enduring present, you will discover all six Dawson’s Creek seasons streaming with a Hulu subscription now. I am unable to promise that the collection that ran on The WB from 1998-2003 aged significantly effectively from begin to end, however it’s enjoyable to see stars like Michelle Williams, Katie Holmes, and Jackson himself in a few of their earliest work, when there was no method of understanding how profitable they’d change into in following a long time.