Episode Report Card Jessica: C | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Instant Karma!
By Jessica | Season 6 | Episode 4 | Aired on 10.15.2002
Movie Set. I can't believe I haven't died of boredom yet. Todd comes over to Dawson and makes his sad puppy-dog eyes and tearfully informs our stupid, large-noggined hero that he's fired. Because Natasha asked Todd to fire him. And Todd's really tore up about it, he says, because Dawson is the best assistant he's ever had, the only man he's ever loved, and the only person he doesn't actually really want to fire. Dawson swears that he understands. The Music of Gay Former Co-Worker Soulmates twinkles in the background as Todd and Dawson stare into one another's eyes. "It's got me so upset, I'm smoking again," Todd says, sticking a cigarette in his mouth. "You shouldn't do that," Dawson says. "Yeah, you're right," Todd agrees, taking a long drag. Dawson blinks sadly as Todd instructs him to keep in touch. Maybe they can work together on his next film, he says. Dawson nods. Todd's eyes fill with wet juicy tears. "I'm going to miss you, mate," Todd snuffles. Dawson smiles weakly. Todd runs off, wailing and beating his breast.
Worthington School For Formerly Entertaining But Now Mostly Irritating Recent Additions To The Cast. Audrey stumbles into her room and falls on the bed, fully clothed. I assume she's praying for the room to stop spinning. Man, I was wasted on Thursday. I haven't been that drunk in ages! It was refreshing. Anyway, Jen turns at the door and tells Blandy that she's going to stay with Audrey. "You sure?" he asks. She is. Jen closes the door and asks Audrey if she can get her a glass of water, which is not the way to go about it. When you friend is that drunk, you get her a glass of water, hand it to her, and force her to drink the whole thing. ["And put a trash can next to her bed. Yeah, you heard me." -- Sars] Audrey drunkenly orders Jen to go home. "Seriously, Jen. Leave," she says. Jen looks pained, but goes, telling Audrey she'll call her in the morning. Audrey sprawls on her hot pink shag-carpet pillow and looks miserable. Man, if she hurls onto that pillow, she'll never get the vomit out.
Blandy is waiting for Jen in the hallway. He swears he was going to leave in a minute, but…Jen apologizes for being mean to him earlier. Blandy assures her that she wasn't being mean. Jen makes a sad face. "You know, what happened to Audrey tonight? It's happened to me before," she tells him. "More than once. And to watch, to watch her go through it, it was just weird. Now you know what a mess I am." Yawn. I am so bored of this Jen Is A Bad, Bad Girl routine. Blandy is, too, apparently, as he tells her that she doesn't think she's a mess. "Well, then you haven't been playing very close attention tonight," Jen sniffles. Blandy assures her that she didn't do anything wrong, and whatever mistakes she's made in the past, they're over. "And they've obviously made you a more empathetic and more compassionate person. I don't think that's such a bad thing," he tells her. Jen sneers that this is "a nice spin," but claims that it's entirely untrue. Blandy just looks at her. "It is true. You just need to learn to believe it," he tells her.