Episode Report Card Jessica: C | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Instant Karma!
By Jessica | Season 6 | Episode 4 | Aired on 10.15.2002
Back at the bar, Audrey turns to Jen and announces that she's going to go home. But Jen will not hear of this! "This is like the biggest party of the year!" she yelps. "Jack, back me up on this." Jack's stellar backup is one word: "Eh." He pulls up a stool and explains that he'd be okay with going home. "Kate and Leopold is on cable. Hugh Jackman's a hottie," he explains. And that is a fact, people. So Jen whines and stamps her feet and has a complete tantrum. They all have to go to the party! She worked hard all week! She wants to get drunk and make out with a stranger and they have to come so they can make fun of her the next day! Against all odds, Jen's yelping convinces them. "We're going to party like it's 1999!" she crows triumphantly. Wow, people still use that phrase? Because it wasn't funny in 1999, and it's certainly not amusing now.
Dawson pulls up at the airport, where he finds Natasha perched on a curb. She glares up at him and drawls that she totally doesn't mind waiting on a cab for an hour. "And my ass is not the least bit numb," she snarls. Oh, poor princess. If I were a difficult, diva-like actress in her position, I would have taken a taxi to the most expensive hotel in Boston, charged it to the studio, and waited there for someone to get off their ass and pick me up. But Natasha? Not so smart.
Which is proved by the fact that she gets into the car with Dawson. She stares out the window. Dawson stares at her. Total silence. Riveting. Finally, Dawson awkwardly attempts conversation. "I need Evian water and Altoids," Natasha cuts him off. Dawson tells her they're both in the glove compartment, and she almost smiles at him. Dawson wonders if she's nervous about her "big scene." Natasha snarks that the other actor isn't really going to strangle her, and takes a big swig from a mini-bar bottle. "Are you…drinking?" Dawson asks. "Smart!" Natasha chirps sarcastically. She snaps that she needs him to stop at a florist, because she wants to bring Todd flowers. And Dawson is all -- oh, screw this. This is scene is mind-numbingly dull and I just can't do it anymore. I'm still weak from the season premiere, people, and besides, this scene isn't pertinent to the plot, like, at all. All you need to know is that Natasha is a) a bitch and b) drunk.
The mostly empty offices of Not Merrill Not Lynch. Pacey studies for his Series 7 exam. Bobby Briggs comes bounding up and informs Pacey that he's coming to some clubs with some of the other brokers. Pacey whines that he has to study. "Did I say that like it was a question?" Bobby Briggs asks. Yada yada yada, when the suits want you to socialize with them, you go, blah blah blah Audrey, blah blah study, blah blah Pacey finally agrees to go with Bobby Briggs and anyone with a working eye in their head can see that he's obviously going to run into Audrey at some point in the evening, thus causing conflict in their relationship. Yawn. I'm beginning to think I could recap this show without even watching it, so predictable it has become.