Episode Report Card Jessica: C+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT The Song Remains The Same (2)
By Jessica | Season 6 | Episode 2 | Aired on 10.01.2002
In the corner, Audrey and Pacey talk about Emma. He whines that she hates him. I can't imagine why. You're just STALKING her for an APARTMENT. "I know," Audrey agrees. "She hates you too much. I don't trust it." Blah, blah, blah. No one cares! Audrey points out that Jack has managed to drive away the lesbians. Jack comes up to them and watches proudly as, yes, the lesbians leave in a big hurry. "What did you say?" Pacey wonders. Jack shrugs. "My love for this apartment knows no ethical boundaries," he says.
Dawson. Joey. Champagne in plastic glasses on the faux Casa Leery patio. Schmoopy. Flashbacks of the previous night. Gagging. Retching. Barfing. Tearing at eye sockets. Screaming. Wailing. Hollering. Bargaining with God. Sobbing. Rolling back and forth in the fetal position. And yes, some of that was me.
Post-schmoop, Dawson walks Joey back to her room. Blah blah blah he's leaving the next day. "And then what?" Joey asks. "And then I come back," he tells her. "To what, exactly?" Joey presses. "To us?" he offers. She smiles. More kissing. I think I'm almost immune to the kissing. In fact, yes, I -- nope, I still want to yack. As they mack, his phone rings. "You should answer that, you know," Joey says, her mouth smooshed against his. Dawson takes a gander at the caller ID and blanches. He shoves the phone back into his pocket. They kiss some more. Joey finally reaches over and playfully wrestles the phone away from him. "Who's the girl?" she asks coolly. "You're the girl," Dawson offers awkwardly. "No, who's the girl calling your cell phone?" Joey asks. Dawson lies that it's "a friend" and then it all goes to hell. He admits that it's a girl that he's "been kinda seeing." Right as he says this, Audrey flings open the door to hers and Joey's dorm room and asks perkily if they're coming in or not, because they're trying "not very successfully to throw [Joey] a surprise party." Joey gives Dawson a pissed, hurt look as Audrey reaches out and drags her inside.
When everyone yells, "Surprise!" Joey fails to muster up a very happy expression. "You hate it, don't you?" Audrey moans. "No," Joey practically sobs. "Lucky me." She smiles really, really fakely. Jack, holding a cake with his very, very strong buff arms, shoots a look at Jen.
After a series of commercials in which I rail against Taryn Manning, and her "singing" and "dancing" "skills," Joey opens her presents. "Do you love it? Audrey asks, leaning over and looking into the box she gave Joey. "I got it at Fred Segal, so you can't return it even if you don't." Ah, Fred Segal. Such an endless delight. Especially when your daddy pays your credit cards bills. Which, for the record, mine does not. Joey manages to tell Audrey that she loves her gift. Jen hesitantly wonders if something is wrong. Joey puts on a brave face, but soon she leaps up, grabs Dawson, and drags him into the bathroom.