Dawson's Creek, Season 2

Mr.McPhee:
If I'd just been around more.

Jack:
It wouldn't have made a difference. I'm gay for the same reasons that Tim wasn't. It just happened that way.

Mr.McPhee:
But there are people who change, they go back.

Jack:
I'm hardly the encyclopedia of the gay experience but, I'd wager to say that their change is skeptical.

Mr.McPhee:
How do you know? Unless you try.

Jack:
I don't want to try. Why do you want me to try?

Mr.McPhee:
Because I can not understand why anyone would choose that kind of life.

Jack:
I didn't choose it. The only thing I chose was to be happy. Look, I can't go back for you because slowly but surely I'd be going to sacrifice my happiness for yours because I want you to be proud of me. But not under your terms. It just, it won't work.