Dawson's Critique: A Dawson's Creek Podcast

Man it's a hot one this week. And Dawson and Pacey are in their own weird noir movie where they need to track down Eve because she broke into Grams' house for some reason. Jack and Jen are adorable, but have a big fight when Jack tries to set Jen up with Henry without telling her and Jen is rightly pissed. When they talk it out, they both reveal some deep secrets and we could not love them more. J...

Okay ya'll. We've got Gina Fattore, writer of some of your favorite episodes of Dawson's Creek with us. We talked about her new novel, The Spinster Diaries, season 3, what it is to come into a show in season 3, and how they created the best season of television ever. Please grab a copy of Gina's book and enjoy! https://bookshop.org/books/the-spinster-diaries/9781945551734 Put on your life preserve...

Remember the betamax? Aw. Memories. Dawson gets an opportunity to do a human interest story that will air to a lot of people, but we're not sure exactly where it will air. He chooses Jack—gay kid on the bad football team that makes it a winning team. But when Mitch expresses displeasure with the choice of topics, he and Dawson fight about it because Mitch doesn't actually communicate his concerns....

Eve brings Dawson a copy of the PSAT and he, in turn, brings it to the Creek kids. When a fire alarm goes off, the test gets stolen, and instead of Dawson seeing this as the gift it is, he decides he's going to track down who, exactly stole it. In the meantime, Jack is getting the snot beaten out of him in football practice and thinks it's because he's gay, but really it's because he's the new kid...

Jen's a cheerleader, and Jack's on the football team? We went away for the summer and everyone went crazy? Joey and Pacey go to get Andie from the mental health clinic she's been in for the summer, but things aren't exactly the same as they were. Eve, ever the wild card, propositions Dawson for sex where she picks the time and place, and the time and place is behind the screen where Dawson's propa...

Ahoy there, Creekers! It's time for SEASON 3!!!! We know you're champing at the bit for this one, and we are too! Dawson and Joey are not together and Dawson finally understands that they really do need time apart. Pacey acts like not himself until the last 5 minutes of the episode, which we could do with out, but man do those last few minutes make up for it. Who knows? Maybe Pacey and Joey will e...

It's the end of season 2! And this episode is a wild ride that includes a fire, someone wearing a wire, talk of teen suicide, and Pacey punching his dad in the face. When the Ice House burns down, Dawson forces Joey to turn her dad in for dealing drugs. We hate it. Thanks. But on the plus side, Jack and Jen decide they don't want to be alone and both move in with Grams. Chosen Family for the win....

Changes abound in Capeside, MA. Andie's dad has come back to take her back to Providence, leaving Pacey and Jack to try and convince him to let her stay. While Jen contemplates leaving Capeside with nowhere to go, as her parents have told her she's not welcome with them. Ugh, these parents. Finally, Dawson needs to find people to interview for his film project on how people around him have changed...

Reunited and it feels so good...maybe? This one starts off with the whole gang watching St. Elmo's Fire together and getting in a pillow fight, and quickly gets both serious and farcical, depending on whose storyline we're in. Andie has a severe breakdown that leaves Pacey and Jack with only one option—to call Mr. McPhee. Meanwhile, Joey and Jen create a whole Parent Trap-esque situation to get Mi...

Alas, it is time to say goodbye to Abby Morgan, and all of the Creek kids are agreed that she was an asshole, but she changed them all in meaningful ways. Joey decides to finally visit her mom's grave, and asks Dawson to come with her. Oh, and they say 2 sentences to each other about their kiss and are now apparently back together. Great communication happening all around. Speaking of communicatio...

Well, Mike Potter is back in Capeside and the Ice House is going to cater a wedding. What could go wrong? Erin and Julia discuss Jack and Joey's continued friendship, Andie and Pacey's role as comic relief, and Dawson and Joey's possible reunion. Spoiler: we hate it. Top that all off with an ending that will change everything and this is one you won't want to miss. We hope everyone is staying safe...

Join us in what is most definitely the worst episode of season 2 of Dawson's Creek. We discuss why this episode happened at all, what they were trying to get at and how we feel like we move nowhere good by the time we hit the shocking ending. Whew, ya'll. This was a doozy, but we got through it and actually had quite a bit to say about boundaries, gaydar, and Mädchen Amick's first episode! We hope...

On this episode of Dawson's Creek, it is a miracle that Dawson has any friends that will speak to him after how he behaves at his 16th birthday. Joey plans a surprise party for Dawson, despite his telling her he wants to be together and then getting mad when she says that's not what she wants. Andie and Dawson get drunk and sing the worst blues song ever. While Pacey tries to corral them to the pa...

In the second half of the big two parter, Jack and Andie's dad shows up when he finds out what's been happening at school with Jack. And Jack reveals something about himself that changes everything...for the better, as far as we're concerned. Meanwhile, Jen is inexplicably dating Ty, and Joey and Dawson end up at the jazz club we may or may not be referring to as The Peach Pit, where we all learn...

In this first episode of the big two parter, Jack is forced by a sadistic teacher to read a poem in class that ends up making him cry. By lunch, the whole school is atwitter that Jack is gay. Joey is with Dawson when she hears, of course, and Dawson goes from being kind of a dick about it to giving her good advice. Pacey stands up for Jack, which puts him at odds with Andie. And Jen's storyline is...

Dawson is supposed to start filming his new movie, 'Creek Times', and he still doesn't have someone to play Sammy, the character that is basically Joey in Dawson's interpretation of his relationship with Joey. As luck would have it, when Dawson shows up randomly at Joey's art class, the girl who is posing naked is an actress and he casts her in the movie! Rachel Leigh Cook, star of on of Julia's f...

In our first episode recording at home and not at the studio, Erin and Julia navigate the rough waters of the Witter family, namely Pacey's dad and their very hard relationship. While Dawson, Mitch, Pacey, John Witter, and (surprisingly) Jack, all end up on a boat doing very manly fishing things together, the women of Dawson's Creek end up at the Leery's so Gail can interview them about the strugg...

In Erin's favorite episode of Season 2, it's a full-blown whodunit...literally. Abby finds a letter and knows someone had sex, and she is hellbent on getting to the bottom of who actually did it and who is just saying they did it. An episode that solidifies Pacey Witter's place in the hierarchy of television dream boats, this, as they say, changes everything. Join us for Season 2, Episode 11 of th...

Let's talk about sex, baby! In this VERY steamy episode of Dawson's Critique, Julia needs a cold shower after Jack explains sex to Joey referencing only works of art, Erin is, as ever, not here for Dawson's weirdo shit, and Erin and Julia agree that Pacey and Andie are so freaking perfect that it's almost too much to bear. Join us for Season 2, Episode 10 of the 90s teen drama Dawson's Creek! Than...

It's election 1998 at Capeside High School and somehow Andie convinces Joey to run with her for Sophomore class president against Abby and Chris. It...doesn't go well. Listen as Julia and Erin break down Pacey's turn as campaign manager, how fucked up Abby is to Andie, and what happens when Joey finds out the truth about Jack's family. Join us for Season 2, Episode 9 of the 90s teen drama Dawson's...

What makes a person a hero? Erin and Julia break down who exactly the titular reluctant hero is in this episode of Dawson's Creek. Jack and Joey go on a dat, which is decidedly not a date; Pacey helps Andie with her mom in a way that melts both Julia and Erin into puddles on the floor; and Dawson handles a spiraling Jen in a tremendously shitty way—which is to say Dawson acts like himself. Join us...

The Capeside teens pull an all-nighter to study for their English midterm and drama ensues. Post-breakup, Dawson and Joey are yelling at each other at every turn. Andie and Pacey are sweet, but a little unsure of where they are with each other. Meanwhile, new guy Chris, played by Roswell star Jason Behr, is trying to seduce Jen, which she is well aware of, while Dawson tries to stick his face in t...

Shit always goes down at dances in Capeside, and this one is a doozy. Jack McPhee and Jen Lindley FINALLY meet each other, while Dawson learns that Jack kissed Joey (conveniently forgetting that Jen kissed him just a few episodes ago and nothing was made of that, but whatever, boys will be boys...). While Jack, Joey, and Dawson duke it out, Pacey and Andie sweep us all off our feet by dancing to J...

Erin and Julia discuss whether the full moon or new moon makes people act weird, and whether or not this makes Jack a werewolf...this episode got weird for a second. Everyone in Capeside is completely losing their shit because of the full moon, and this episode basically leaves everyone's life in shambles or close to it. This episode is a doozy and Erin and Julia dig in accordingly. Join us for Se...

Oh my god, will Tamara Jacobs ever leave Capeside for good?!? Julia and Erin break down this return of Pacey's abuser. Spoiler: there's a lot of groaning. On the plus side, Joey gets in touch with her inner artist, we find out that there's a lot more to Jack than we originally thought, and Pacey and Andie grow ever closer. Join us for Season 2, Episode 4 of the 90s teen drama Dawson's Creek! Thank...