Dawson's Critique: A Dawson's Creek Podcast

We're shipping out to Boston this week. That's right, it's the start of season 5 and Joey, Jack, and Jen are in Boston starting college while Dawson has to stay in LA because he needs to wear sandals and cargo shorts to his internship on a movie lot. And we have so many questions. But honestly, we don't care about Dawson and Joey right now because Jack, Jen, and Joey are FRIENDS! And Joey's new ro...

We're wrapping up our season-long discussion about Workforce Bound folks and how we should be telling stories about people who don't go to college, people who delay college, and why we need storytelling that normalizes what is already normal in the real world. 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 Ins...

We are continuing to break down the good, the bad, and the ugly of Season 4 of Dawson's Creek. Join us as we answer listener questions, and talk about how we felt after rewatching this season. 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 @gofreakingcrazy Thank you to @camadeclub for our social medi...

We are breaking down the good, the bad, and the ugly of Season 4 of Dawson's Creek. Join us as we answer listener questions, and talk about how we felt after rewatching this season. 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 @gofreakingcrazy Thank you to @camadeclub for our social media awesomene...

LOOKS LIKE WE MADE IT! It's the end of season 4 and we are VERY conflicted over this episode. Wouldn't it be a great episode about how hard it is to leave everything you've known and say goodbye to everyone you love if it didn't end LIKE THAT?!?!? We're going to yell about it and discuss the ending of season 4, why we both swore we would never watch this show again after this episode, and Julia's...

Here's to you, Capeside High class of 2001! I guess it's your 20 reunion now, and wow how time has flown. But let's look back on the episode that gave us the 'you wouldn't have to ask, Pace' moment. The episode we got Andie back for a fleeting moment. The episode where Jack admitted that Tobey is his boyfriend. And of course, the episode where Jen finally got a fucking break. Bust out your tissues...

Well everyone is broken up and we're going to feel the pain of it. Gretchen is leaving Capeside and Dawson decides that what he should really do is join her on a road trip and skip his high school graduation. Joey takes Pacey to a Worthington party when the dean of admissions tells her that he has a proposition for Pacey. It's not the one they were hoping for though. And finally, Jen tells Jack sh...

It's the dreaded senior prom episode and man is this one tough. The Joey and Pacey of it all is the key but everyone's having a terrible time except for maybe Jack and Tobey who end up being really sweet by the end. Everything is hard, and we're mad that these kids don't seem to get any of the joys of senior year to go along with the pain. Hope we did this one justice for you all. We know it's a b...

Everyone is late in different ways in this ride of an episode. Gail is 2 weeks late in giving birth and she and Mitch still haven't picked out a name for their baby so they throw a naming party, which makes Joey super uncomfortable since her period is late and she thinks she's pregnant. Joey can't find Pacey to help her navigate her situation because his brother took him away to talk some sense in...

It's senior ditch day, which we can't remember if we had or not, but Joey and Jen are living out our dream for them by being there for each other in New York as Jen confronts her dad about their relationship. Meanwhile, Dawson and Gretchen are living out real life shit that's happened to us, by going on an unplanned road trip and then getting a flat tire and dealing with it. Don't worry, we'll be...

It's college acceptance time and my god what a nightmare. Jack and Jen have decided that they're going to go to the same college but Jen is hesitant about going back to New York. When Dawson's parents and Joey's sister call the school and ask them both to call home about college mail (seriously, this was not a thing) they learn that Joey got into Worthington (a very real college) and Dawson did no...

Join us in this special episode where we dissect the death of our least favorite character on Dawson's Creek—Joey's virginity. We take some questions and discuss the male gaze-iness of Joey's virginity loss. 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 @gofreakingcrazy Thank you to @camadeclub for...

Pacey and Joey are HORNY and ready to bone each other like all the time, and we are very happy about this. But oh hey, remember when Joey lied to Dawson, that's coming back to bite her and everyone else in the ass in a big way. Also, Jack and Jen stalk Jen's therapist, which is wild, but we'll watch this buddy detective show any day. Join us for this deep dive into the 90s teen drama Dawson's Cree...

In dealing with the aftermath of the ski trip and Mr. Brooks's death, we get, you guessed it, four different stories. In the first, Joey and Pacey miss the bus and have a post-coital discussion when they're waiting to get back home. In one, Dawson deals with his feelings about Mr. Brooks and how he lived his life. Do we think Dawson is scared he's going to end up like Brooks? Yes. Jen gets sent to...

Join us for this hot mess of an episode that ends with one of the most romantic scenes in tv history. We're talking about the absolute ridiculousness of Dawson possibly having control over ending Brooks's life, and the fact that Andy Griffith comes to say good-bye to Brooks. Jack and Jen have one of the best scenes of their friendship on the show, and then promptly ruin it. And Joey is awful to Pa...

Hey ya'll. Life got in the way this week, so we need to take a week off, but we'll be back next week with the episode for A Winter's Tale. It's a big one and we wanted to make sure we could do it justice. Take care of yourselves and we'll see you next week.

It's time for Dawson to meet Gretchen's friends, and one of them is Rachel True, and we are so excited about it. But the age difference between Dawson and Gretchen has never been more apparent. Meanwhile, Joey and Pacey have to take Drue and Anna (whose dad is president of the Capeside Yacht Club) on a double date, so Joey can get time off for the Senior Trip. Side note: on what planet are these g...

It's Pacey's 18th birthday, and it's full of plot holes. Did Joey and Pacey ever go to Sunday night dinners? Because if they did, why is Joey so shocked at how much Pacey's family sucks? Dawson makes the rookie mistake of thinking just because you go on a date with someone, doesn't mean you're in a relationship. And why the fuck is Tobey so mean to Jack, and why is Jen encouraging Tobey's crush on...

This week we're talking about all kinds of men behaving badly. Between Dawson, Pacey, and Drue, we have a trifecta of shitty dudes...and Joey isn't great either. Between Pacey trying to pawn Gretchen off on her ex, Drue sexually assaulting Joey (can this girl catch a damn break?), or Dawson trying to tell Grams her life, everyone is messy. And to top it all off, we end with a romcom trope that we...

The fallout from Dawson and Gretchen's kiss at the holiday party is reverberating through Capeside, because when is a kiss ever JUST a kiss in this little town? Pacey and Joey are fighting over how Joey feels about it, while completely ruining their time without Bessie and Bodie watching over them. Jen and Jack go to Provincetown to a Gay Straight alliance meeting and meet Tobey, who, like every m...

Merry Christmas in March. This episode is all over the place, with Joey completely out of her element and throwing Pacey under the bus at a Worthington networking dinner, while Gretchen negotiates to throw the annual Leery holiday part at Mitch and Gail's house. Meanwhile, Gail is WAY more pregnant than she should be at this point. Also, we learn that Grams is STILL not talking to Jen for the whol...

Welcome to Dawson's Noir! And Congratulations to the class of 2001 (us)! This week we are trying to solve the mystery of who put the principal's boat and dog in Capeside High's indoor swimming pool (what is this high school?!?). Luckily, the new principal is played by Harry Shearer, who holds this weird episode together. Warning: This is a dude-centric episode and we feel the dearth of ladies, but...

We're here at the first bittersweet episode of senior year—we have to say goodbye to Andie McPhee. We have loved her since she ran into Pacey's dad's squad car and we will miss her greatly. Unfortunately, Andie's leaving Capeside is what brings all of our teens back together after the fallout of last week's rave and Andie's bad reaction to ecstasy. We're here to discuss it all, and listen to Sarah...

Time to celebrate! Andie gets into Harvard and the gang all ends up at a rave. Andie takes one of the ecstasy pills that Drue gave Jen, and Jen has to be rave mom to Andie, who is TERRIBLE at hiding the fact that she's high. When the X reacts badly with Andie's antidepressants she needs medical attention, but before she can be taken away in an ambulance, Jack blames Jen for this scene, and must we...

Whew, this episode is a ride and like not a great one. We have some great conversation about consent, abortion, and emotional labor, all of which are big topics, but mostly because this episode fails to actually have those conversations in its storytelling. Though we must say, this episode does have a few really great lines, and a great song was cut that we discuss in depth. Join us for this deep...