"True Love" is an episode of the American television series ''

Dawson's Creek ''Dawson's Creek'' is an American teen drama television series about the lives of a close-knit group of friends in the fictional town of Capeside, Massachusetts, beginning in high school and continuing into college that ran from 1998 to 2003. T ...

'', which originally aired on

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on May 24, 2000. The episode was directed by

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and written by

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and

Gina Fattore Gina Fattore (born June 18, 1968, in Kankakee, Illinois, USA) is an American producer known for her creation of USA Network series ''Dare Me''. She was also a producer and writer for popular TV shows such as ''Dawson's Creek, Gilmore Girls,'' an ...

(teleplay), and

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and

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(story). Fattore later stated that the episode was written "together as a group ... we traded off on scenes." The episode is notable for having featured primetime television's first passionate kiss between two men—Jack and Ethan—which has been called "a milestone in the timeline of gay representation in pop culture". It is also notable for being the source of the meme known as "Dawson Leery Crying" or "Crying Dawson", as well as serving as a dramatic conclusion to the season three romantic story arc between Joey and Pacey.

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