What's with Dawson's Creek? Or to rephrase the question, why do I continue to watch a program which is *so bad*? Let's look at each character individually.

Let's start with Jack McPhee. At the beginning of the second season he had a great haircut and it was all my roommates could do to keep from drooling all over him. And then he decides to go and get a haircut that makes him look like an absolute dork. I swear, these hollywood people probably couldn't tie their shoes without a *personal assistant*. And then, need I mention that he went through more sexual orientation changes than Michael Jackson in a roomful of children?

Andy McPhee, Jack's calm, collected, and psychotic sibling is probably the only saving grace for this program. She was actually able to maintain a relationship through eight shows, which is probably seven more shows than any of the other main characters. Too bad she's crazy and her version of insanity would send my cat (if I had a cat) running from the room every time I started up. Hmm. Maybe it's a good thing she was a guest character. Of course, the writers had to be dumb as a bag of rocks to write her so deep into the storyline and then get rid of her.

Joey Potter. What's with you, Joey? You've been pining about Dawson all through the first season, playing the ironic platonic friend. Now when you finally get the chance to get together with him, what do you do? You dump him and pick up another guy. (It was at this point where one of my roommates almost threw a chair at the television, I kid you not. Even she saw the infinite stupidity in this, and she's an arts major. Not that there's anything wrong with that). When you finally get your act together and get back together with Dawson, you end up telling him that you never want to speak to him again, despite him trying to help you.

Jen. I like you Jen, keep up that spunk. A little moral guidance (or Prozac) would help, though.

Pacey. Good Canadian kid. Sticks by his girl and doesn't back down from anyone, including his father. Goodonya. Now only if you could get something better than a C+.

Dawson. Dawson, Dawson, Dawson. A sheltered child who has somehow managed to introduce a twenty five year old's dialog into a show about sixteen year olds. HELLO! You're only in grade ten. Right now you've got a good two years of innocence (an eternity, in other words) ahead of you. Use it. Would you please think about something other than Joey? She's obviously toying with you and using you for personal enjoyment. Maybe it's a good thing that she never wants to speak to you again. Oh, and the ironic platonic friend that Joey was for you in season one? Maybe you should start getting yourself into some real platonic friendships instead of yearning for Joey every other clock cycle.

Well, that's about it for Dawson's Creek. You can be sure I'll be watching next season to see how the writers get around the fact that Joey hates Dawson.