Episode Report Card Jessica: C+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Merry Mayhem
By Jessica | Season 6 | Episode 10 | Aired on 12.10.2002
There's a long, awkward silence, and then Mr. Potter takes it upon himself to tell Dawson that he's really impressed with what Dawson has "done with [his] life." Dawson thanks him. And then Mr. Potter wonders if Dawson can get Oliver a job, since Oliver is "looking for work." Joey looks like she wants to crawl under the table and stay there. Oliver pipes up that film "isn't really [his] thing." Mr. Potter sneers in his direction. "Well, what is your thing, Oliver?" he asks. "Dad!" Joey finally yelps. Mr. Potter shrugs that he's "just interested." "No, you're not, you're being a dick," Joey tells him. It is at this point that my father would have disowned me and thrown me out of the house. I would be eating grass for Christmas dinner. "Mr. Potter?" Audrey slurs. "Can I ask you another question about prison?" she asks. "Sure, Audrey," Mr. Potter says, pretty nicely, considering. "Yeah, so, why is it that you don't think Oliver is good enough for your daughter?" she sasses. "Back off, Audrey," Joey spits. Audrey wrinkles her face up. "What is your problem, princess? I was sticking up for Joe Dirt over there," she says. Down at the other end of the table, Pacey chuckles -- not in a happy way. "Oh, this isn't going to end well," he mutters. Audrey spits at him to shut up. Pacey looks at her and calmly tells her that she's out of line. "Of course I am. Anyone messes with the one who got away and you get all up on your high horse, don't you?" Audrey sneers. Dawson, Joey, and Pacey all look at their empty plates, horrified. Why don't they start serving dinner? If someone's going to be screaming about my sexual past at the dinner table, I at the very least want to have a plate full of ham while they do it.
"Audrey," Jen finally begins. "Oh, excellent, another party heard from. What's your problem, Lindley?" Audrey snarls. Jen quietly says that she's pretty sure it's Audrey who has the problem. Audrey laughs, a harsh, unamused chuckle. "Oh, how devilishly clever of you, Jen," she says. I can't believe Grams hasn't whacked Audrey with a Bible yet. "Oh, honey, are you still upset that I shagged your dream boy? Because I am sorry about that," Audrey tells Jen. Joey covers her mouth with her hand. I really do think it's out of character that Grams hasn't given Audrey a piece of her mind yet. "What are you even doing here?" Jen asks quietly. "I missed my flight, bitch," Audrey sasses, and laughs like she thinks this is hilarious. She informs the table that if any of them thinks that spending Christmas there on "Walton Mountain" is her idea of a good time, then they're as high as she is. Finally, Gale speaks up, suggesting that maybe Audrey should go lie down. But Audrey yelps that she's "just getting started," and then thanks Gale for all the painkillers and explains that, thanks to the miracle of pilfered drugs, she's seeing things more clearly than any of them. Audrey tells Dawson and Pacey that it's clear that they "hate each other" and that they're "never going to be able to mend this little rift that exists between the two of [them]." Joey looks disgusted. Seriously, have none of them ever heard of the words "shut up"? It's not like I don't use them enough. Why are they letting a drunk nineteen-year-old hold them hostage like this? If this were my parents' house, both my mother and my father would have escorted Audrey from the room twenty minutes ago.