Episode Report Card Jessica: B- | 1 USERS: C YOU GRADE IT Cigarette Burns
By Jessica | Season 5 | Episode 18 | Aired on 04.09.2002
House of Grams. Dawson meets Jen in the kitchen. They awkwardly converse, Dawson confessing that he's really nervous about the screening because the movie "isn't finished." Jen watches him stutter and stammer and finally smiles and tells him that "it's okay if this is weird." Dawson sighs and sort of laughs. Jen says that it's "okay not to know what to do with each other." Dawson leans against the kitchen counter and points out that just last week, he was "covering [her] face with kisses," and that while "it's such a comfort" to do the check-in with her, the change in their relationship is confounding. Jen leans over and pecks his cheek. "Who's to say what we can and can't do?" she asks. He grins.
Worthington. Joey's really piling on the make-up in preparation for the screening. Audrey grills her about the flick, asking Joey to be "honest and unmerciful. How brilliant was I?" Joey turns away from her smoky eye make-up. "You were horrible," she deadpans. Audrey rolls her eyes and tells Joey to "give it to her straight." Joey says that Audrey's "washed up." This little game continues for about six more pages of the script before Joey cracks and tells Audrey that she was "fantastic" and has "amazing chemistry with Charlie, who was, surprisingly, really good." Oh, just get on his jock and get it over with, Joey. Also, I can't believe I just used the phrase "his jock," because, ew. Audrey's all, why are we talking about Charlie? "This is about me," she says. Joey turns back to her make-up mirror and asks Audrey to stop interrogating her. "You look hot," Audrey announces suspiciously. "Why do you look hot?" Joey cracks the half-smile and starts to tell Audrey about Charlie and his ginormous johnson, but Audrey decides she'd rather get back to talking about herself. This time, she asks Joey what she should do about The Drama Of Pacey And The Number Of Sexual Partners. Joey shrugs and lies that "honesty has always worked for her," but advises Audrey to be careful of Pacey's ego. "I shouldn't tell him," Audrey deduces. Joey shrugs that it really all depends on the answer. Because if it's too high, you know (whatever "too high" is), Audrey should be deeply ashamed and ought to tell Pacey that she's a dirty, dirty whore and unworthy of love and then she should shave her head and put on a hair shirt and enter a convent, because Girls Who Have Sex Are Bad and Should Be Punished Severely (see Exhibit A: Lindley, Jen). What ever happened to either telling Pacey that it shouldn't matter how many people she's slept with and leave it at that, or telling him the truth and if he can't handle it, then telling him to shove it? But what kind of lesson would that be for the children? Won't someone please think of the children?