Dawson's Critique: A Dawson's Creek Podcast

We're here with this weird episode. Joey's trying to study in the library where everyone is acting a mess, but never goes to her room, where no one is. Pacey cheats on Audrey with Alex and all of these stories are so close to being interesting that it's super frustrating. Jack's storyline is the most fascinating and we don't get nearly enough of it. And Dawson sleeps with Amy, the film critic, but...

Happy new year, y'all! We will be back next week with full episode breakdowns but we wanted to talk about our New Year's resolutions or non-resolutions and tell you how grateful we are for you. Have a great and safe New Year's Eve and thank you for spending time with us. We appreciate you! xx, Julia & Erin

Guys, what is even happening? We'd love the Joey storyline if it was with anyone but Charlie. We have no idea if Joey even knows that Dawson came to Florida. We're excited to see Sherilyn Fenn, but man, at what cost? Just not going to mention Jen or Jack in this episode. Overall maybe the worst of Season 5? Join us for this deep dive into the 90s teen drama Dawson's Creek! Thank you so much to Kil...

It's the 100th episode! And our 100th episode breakdown! And oof, guys, this is not a good episode. Joey is wilding out all over the place, Pacey, Audrey, and Jack get some meat to work with but the Joey/Dawson retrospective is traumatizing and why on earth is he driving to Florida? Also, Jen's big storyline is that she has a cold and Joey's mean to her. Ugh. Come on. Join us for this deep dive in...

THIS IS THE SAME EP THAT CAME OUT YESTERDAY. But some folks are having a hard time getting the replacement audio, so it's a reupload for them. Sorry again for the issues. Maybe 38 will be the year I get my shit together. —Julia Y'all, somehow we had a ton to say about this episode because it's so frustrating. Jen and Dawson don't seem like they care that they just broke up, except for one scene. J...

Y'all, somehow we had a ton to say about this episode because it's so frustrating. Jen and Dawson don't seem like they care that they just broke up, except for one scene. Joey and Charlie is a living nightmare that we're still being subjected to. The only great storyline is Audrey and Pacey. And then Dawson is like talking to some random lady instead of any of his friends. Look, we'll take Meredit...

Whew. It's a real mess this week. Joey is bailing on Lily's 1st birthday to go to some biker bar and sing with Charlie's band and we're glad that she actually expresses a desire, but man do we hate Charlie. Also, Pacey and Audrey come and there's just zero tension about the fact that Audrey and Pacey are dating? None. That doesn't seem real. Finally, Jen wants to break up with Dawson and we're dev...

Hey all! We wanted to wish you a happy Thanksgiving! We're saying what we are thankful for. We'll have a full episode breakdown for you next week. Happy Thanksgiving!

Okay, we're in the aftermath of Joey's assault, but don't get too excited because almost no one even seems to care, including Joey herself. Everyone has nights out—Jen and Audrey, Jack and Pacey, Joey and Dawson—that change their perspectives and we're along for the ride. Jen and Audrey at a rock show and talking to two band members, Jack and Pacey at a gay bar (the delight of this episode), and J...

Woof. This is just a terrible episode. Joey bantering with her mugger is a choice. This being an episode with only Joey and none of our other main cast is another choice. We have questions about why this episode happened and there are very few answers. Hopefully we made this an entertaining musing on how a show can go so terribly wrong, but if you need to skip this one, we're not mad. Join us for...

Hey y'all! Life got in the way this week and we just couldn't get Downtown Crossing recorded in time, but to make it up to you, we have a fun interview with Dawson's Creeps! We had so much fun chatting with these folks and we hope you'll enjoy as well! Thanks for being here with us.

It's time to make a movie! Dawson is shooting Oliver's script which stars Audrey and we have to replace Oliver with Charlie (ugh) who is perfect for the role but must we put Jen through this? Joey and Wilder are having some conversations that we're having a hard time caring about. Can this story be done please? And we deal with Pacey and Audrey and their kiss. This was a fun one and next week is n...

Whew, we love some of this and hate some of it. The Jen, Dawson, and Oliver scenes are just perfection. The fact that any of those men survive is just incredible. Jen has great restraint. We love Joey and Audrey's friendship. But man do we wish they were talking about anything other than Joey's professor. Also, Pacey is such a great friend to Jack and we just wish Jack could find people that aren'...

Dawson and Jen are living together and honestly have a great argument and make up in this ep. We love it. We discuss Pacey as poor kid fantasy for his rich sometimes lady friend. And Jack's frat bros get homophobic in a way that no one could have predicted (just kidding, we all predicted it). We're still having fun but a couple of these stories are not our favs. But join us while we rip it all apa...

It's winter break and everyone is acting, well, wild. Joey and Audrey make a pact to kiss a guy by the end of their night out and Joey kisses Charlie, which we have FEELINGS about. Dawson and Jen go home to Capeside and it's the first time going home to meet the parents with a significant other. Dawson acts wild and then doesn't apologize but it's kind of not his fault. But still, ugh. And also, w...

It's time for this absolute romp of an episode. The gang finds out about Dawson and Jen and everyone keeps entering and exiting various rooms to discuss feelings, avoid discussing feelings, make out, cook dinner, eat dinner, and avoid each other, just to name some of the things that happen. The complaint we agree on the most, not enough Jen, but we have a pretty frank discussion about Joey and her...

Welcome to this totally wild episode. First off, we get 3 legitimately terrifying stories and 1 story that is very dumb. But this was clearly the episode that was derailed by 9/11 and it shows. We get Joey and Jen in two very scary situations, where they are being stalked/attacked by men. And Jack is confronted with the reality of what it was to be gay in eras past. SCARY stuff. Join us for this d...

We're here! This is the episode that began our friendship. Yes, it's the one where Dawson loses his virginity, yes, we love every second of it...the Dawson losing his virginity part that is. Between Dawson and Jen being there for each other, Joey standing up to Jack for being an asshole, and Jack standing up to her right back, and well, let's just forget the Pacey storyline here. Just a gem of an...

We loved this episode! The Jen and Dawson parts. The Joey and Dawson not having storylines together. Joey being a good roommate to Audrey. We'll take it all...with the exception of the Pacey and Karen story, which we have some issues with. How is it that Pacey is our least favorite character this episode? Guess you'll have to listen and find out! Join us for this deep dive into the 90s teen drama...

Dawson's in Boston to see a shrink but instead of actually going he ends up at a frat party with Jack. Meanwhile, our dream friend couple, Jen and Pacey, talk about what she's going to do about Charlie and she ends up getting back at him with his other girlfriend, Nora, who we love. Audrey's mom is in town and Joey reluctantly goes to dinner with them, and ignores a lot of abuse being hurled at Au...

This episode made us defend frat boys and we're not thrilled about it. We love Pacey and Jen's friendship and wish we got a million more hours of them, but we're so confused about most of the rest of this episode. What are we even supposed to be rooting for with Dawson and Joey? Are we supposed to be mad at Jack? Because we're not. And finally, why must we always do Jen so dirty? Also SURPRISE, WE...

Hey y'all! Life just got in the way for us this week, so instead of a full episode breakdown, we're addressing some emails we got and talking about a few upcoming fun things we have going on. Join us for this chat and know that we'll be back with a full episode next week! Join us for this deep dive into the 90s teen drama Dawson's Creek! Thank you so much to Killya for our amazing theme song. Find...

We're saying goodbye to Mitch Leery and trying not to sob through this whole episode. It's a great one. And we have discussions about how to be there for people, how not to be there for people, and what it is to lose a father and a father figure. Join us for this deep dive into the 90s teen drama Dawson's Creek! Thank you so much to Killya for our amazing theme song. Find them on Instagram @gofrea...

Joey, Jen, and Audrey hang out and we love every second of it. Also, please tell us who our characters line up with in Sex and the City because we're having that conversation. Joey sees Pacey and dare we say growth—she doesn't throw Jen under the bus, and she isn't mad at Pacey. Wow, Josephine, we're proud. Also, she goes to see Pacey at his boat and yet another David Gray song has been cut, but t...

Well apparently Joey and Dawson have spent the whole weekend together and talked about literally nothing, so here we are. Luckily everyone else is amazing so we continue to have a great time in season 5. Love this Jen and Charlie story so far and honestly, we hope Jen is having a great time with early-00s Chad Michael Murray, so many teenage dreams coming true there. Audrey continues to be the lit...