Dawson's Creek: Alternative Lifestyles

Dawson's Creek: Alternative Lifestyles
The WB
October 21, 1998
Drama
DVD
C-

I disliked just about everyone in this story by Mike White, his fourth of nine, particularly Abby, who crudely advises Jen to throw herself at Dawson and who mocks fat nerdy Kenny.  I know you're going to say, "Well, they're teenagers, they're supposed to be stupid, especially about romance and finance."  (The lifestyles of the title are a class project to work out family budgets.)  But that doesn't explain why Dawson's father keeps trying to push open marriage without understanding how it works.  In the end, Joey apologizes to her sister and says something like, "You know what I said isn't like me."  Then this is either characters being out of character for no reason, or they really are this unpleasant.  Still, I'll keep going until and unless the average falls to C.

Colin Fickes makes his first of two appearances as Kenny Reiling, while Tamara Taylor does his first of two as Laura Weston.  Chris Blackwelder plays Jeff Buris, his third of four characters on this series.