"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. It aired from January 20, 19 ...

'', which originally aired on

The WB The WB Television Network (shortened to The WB, stylized as "THE WB", and nicknamed the "Frog Network" and/or "The Frog" for its former mascot Michigan J. Frog) was an American television network that ran from 1995 to 2006. It launched on ter ...

on May 24, 2000. The episode was directed by James Whitmore Jr. and written by Tom Kapinos and Gina Fattore (teleplay), and

Greg Berlanti Gregory Berlanti (born May 24, 1972) is an American screenwriter, producer and director. He is known for his work on the television series ''Dawson's Creek'', ''Brothers & Sisters (2006 TV series), Brothers & Sisters'', ''Everwood'', ''Political ...

and Jeffrey Stepakoff (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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2000 American television episodes Dawson's Creek Television episodes set in Massachusetts {{Drama-tv-episode-stub 2000 LGBTQ-related television episodes

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