This episode, third in the season, was kept back, and aired only as no. 10 in the next season... because for the fledgling TV show, it was a shaky prospect, what with no prominent guest stars in it.
No matter its content. It was just deemed not good enough at the critical time so early on in its run.
Excuse me, but James Van Der Beek by himself is a movie star and major DAWSON'S CREEK movie star. Not that that's the point I want to make. This episode is quite hilarious, and definitely goes to show that those TV execs never even bothered to really look at the merit of the content. There's some wonderfully naughty humor which I dared to post as Quotes here on this episode's page, and if it doesn't make you at least giggle, you are either (a) a super-prude or (b) dead.
By its structure, it is clearly an episode you had to see early on, as June is new in her 'relationship' with catty Chloe. Of course, what do the TV bosses care about viewers getting the true experience, as long as the commercials gets stuffed down people's throats?
Thank goodness for DVD! The pure unsullied medium.
As for the story-line:
Loved the Hotties from Pilates bit. And James Van Der Beek is totally hilarious in the parody of himself.
Krysten Ritter is absolutely fantastic as the title character. All the more intoxicating for me that I saw her as the screwy vampire in that movie with Alicia Silverstone, VAMPS.
I had some fears that the episodes wouldn't live up to the standard of the pilot. Not anymore.
Of course, the TV execs wrote it off after only two seasons. They always win. Which means YOU LOSE.
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