The recent release of Dawson’s Creek on Netflix Canada is nveniently timed, sce 2020 marks two s sce the show’s groundbreakg kiss between gay characters Jack McPhee (Kerr Smh) and Ethan Brody (Adam Kfman). The show’s season 3 fale, “Te Love,” which aired May 2000, saw Jack travelg to Ethan’s llege Boston to profs his love to him. Stgglg to fd the right words, Jack clar “I want to show you that I n, and that I’m not aaid to… oh hell… this,” before kissg Ethan.
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A great memorable quote om the Dawson's Creek movie on - Doug Wter: [Doug walks up to Jack, who is stg on the beach wh baby Amy asleep a rriage next to him] Gram said you were here. Jt thkg?Jack: Capi's favore Wter: What about?Jack: Wter: Movg? Where?Jack: I don't know. Boston. New Wter: Why?Jack: Wter: Jack, you n't do Y I n. How many gay parents do you know Capi?Doug Wter: So? How many gay teachers were there, before you me back? How many gay sheriffs are there, for that matter?Jack: Last time I checked, none. I'm tired of beg first, Doug. Half my life has been about retg this muny, and what do I have to show for ?Doug Wter: You thk there are priz for spirg people?Jack: I don't want to spire people any more. All I want to do is give Amy a normal existence, and she's not gog to get that here. She's gonna have the same childhood that I did, only stead of beg the only gay kid, she's gonna be the only kid wh a gay parent. I don't want Wter: You're gog to be a gay parent no matter where you are. And yeah-Amy is gog to face rejectn. That's what means to be a I jt want to be a good parent. I have to Wter: Hey. Jack. Beg a good parent means knowg that your child is bound to fall down. And you jt have to show 'em how to get back What do you know about parentg?Doug Wter: Not much. Hopg to learn It's a sweet gture, but no thank Wter: It's not a Y, is. Wh everythg that we've been through, I'll be damned if we're gonna get back together over your sense of... obligatn, or worse, Wter: Screw py. I love you. I love you, Jack. I love that you're the bravt person I know... and the kst. I love that no matter what you do, your life is gonna stand out. I want to stand out wh you... and your dghter. [sighs] If you'll let me. [They kiss, and an elrly uple walks by]Jack: Uh, 's the Dudleys. Right Wter: Eveng, Mr. and Mrs. Dudley. I was jt, uh, kissg my boyiend. * doug witter gay *
She agre to go, but puzzled by the 'date' part, tells him she knows he's gay. Button phed, Doug turns to his smirkg ltle brother, and pulls his gun on him, forcg Pacey to adm to Tamara that Doug is not gay.
Doug and Pacey banter for a while, wh Pacey implyg that Doug is sexually terted Dawson, Doug shouts back to Pacey that he is not gay. Doug Wter is married or was married to Jack Doug Wter gay or straight?
We don't know for a fact whether Doug Wter is gay, bisexual or straight. 60% of all voters thk that Doug Wter is gay (homosexual), 20% voted for straight (heterosexual), and 20% like to thk that Doug Wter is actually bisexual. Throughout the whole seri, Doug is plete nial about his homosexualy, although Pacey tak every chance he gets to rm Doug of his nial.
I jt love this scene. After six years of lovg and losg, the show's gay character Jack McPhee (Kerr Smh) ends up wh the town sheriff - Doug Wter * doug witter gay *
In fact, while Doug is keepg an eye on Tamara Jabs and Pacey durg a hurrine (season 1), he pulls his gun on Pacey upon realizg that he's told Tamara that he's gay. In the seri fale, is revealed that Doug was gay all along and is a ser relatnship wh Jack McPhee.
For years, most gay characters on TV were the go-to prototyp for ic relief ss — thk Will and Grace's Jack McFarland or Stanford and Anthony on Sex and the Cy.
Her unterpart om the origal Brish seri, a gay (male) teen named Maxie, stggled wh his homosexualy and played more of a supportg role. " But her softer si eventually peeks through a tenr scene where she learns her mentia-ridn grandmother is also gay. It was the assertn that rang across lns of TV sets back 1999 as Kerr Smh's Jack McPhee fally admted to his -nial father (and to himself) that he was gay.