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
"You have a girlfriend!" she screams. Outside, everyone exchanges glances. They can hear everything. "I slept with you last night and you have a girlfriend?" Joey screams. Pacey looks at the wall. "This is a very unhappy birthday," Jen whispers. In the bathroom, Dawson clarifies that he was "seeing someone." Pacey and Audrey eavesdrop in silence. Pacey is wearing two red party hats like horns. It's cute.
In the bathroom. Dawson swears that he broke up with this girl that very morning! "How, in your mind?" Joey snips. Dawson explains that he did it on the way to get coffee! "Would you rather I didn't?" he asks. "NO! I would rather you weren't involved with someone when we finally sleep together!" she yells. Oh, dear. I can sort of see both sides of this. He did try to tell her at the bar. And he probably should have told her before they had sex. But these things get away from you sometimes and he did break it off immediately. He wasn't serious with this other girl -- if anyone should be aggrieved, really, it's the other girl. She was the one who was cheated on and got broken up with. Really, although it's understandable, Joey's being a little irrational. Things are rarely perfect in adult relationships and throwing sex into the mix doesn't usually clarify the matter. This bites, yes, but I don't know that it should be an ironclad deal-breaker. Dawson tells her that he knows it "ruins the fantasy," but he swears that the girl "meant nothing to him." ["Oh, that's nice, Dawson. There's ways to put that that aren't, you know, skeevy." -- Sars] Joey screams that he should have told her. "When?" Dawson asks. "BEFORE!" Joey yells. Well, that's probably true.
Next, she drags him out of the bathroom and actually takes a poll. Yes. The height of maturity. Polling your friends about the wrongdoings in your relationship, right in front of the person you're accusing. I so can't believe the other four didn't sneak out during the yelling. The gang is split solidly along gender lines: Jen and Audrey agree that Dawson should have told her before the sex. Dawson ignores all of them and calmly tells Joey that she's blowing things way out of proportion. Jack asks them quietly to take a breather. Pacey suggests that, actually, they leave. Audrey tells him that she can't leave until Joey says it's okay to leave her alone. "It's fine, Audrey," Joey says, still giving Dawson a dirty look. At this, Audrey -- and everyone else -- books. "Happy birthday, Jo," Pacey calls over his shoulder.