Joey Potter: The Reason Capeside Sucked
by swonderfulsmarvellous
In the Creek of Dawson, there’s a lot of talking about sex and not a lot of doing it. There’s a lot of boyfriend thievery. And there’s a lot of incomprehensible nonsense spoken between 15 year olds that amounts to nothing.
But no character in Capeside falls foul of all things annoying more than Joey Potter. I’ll try and keep the list as short as possible, though I could probably write a thesis on her inability to act like a normal human being.
1. This is high school- stop talking like an old college professor.
It made me feel pretty stupid when Joey was spouting some shitty nonsense to Dawson or Pacey about how wrong they were, about how the world was changing, how she was changing, blah blah blah, and I had no idea what she was talking about. Think how Dawson and Pacey must have felt!
This has to be one of my favourites.
Joey: So the friendship? You don’t think we’re friends anymore?
Dawson: I don’t know. Are we more? Are we less? All I know is it’s just not the way it used to be. Nothing is anymore.
Joey: It’s called social evolution, Dawson. What’s strong enough flourishes and what doesn’t we look at behind glass cases in science museums.
Dawson: You and I? Are we museum bound?
‘It’s called social evolution?!’ SERIOUSLY?! It’s called ‘I want to have sex with you but you’re a douche who wears baggy shirts and I like to keep my options open.’
2. She has uneven eyebrows
In itself, this is quite a small detail. But it really gets on my nerves. I have wonky eyebrows and I never have 2 guys fighting over me.
3. She is holier than thou about everything.
‘Oh my god, you guys are having sex?! Oh my god, you did drugs?! OH MY GOD, YOU HAVE A LIFE!? I WILL JUDGE YOU! JUDGE YOU WHILE I CLIMB INTO DAWSON’S BEDROOM AT NIGHT AND SLEEP OVER, TOTALLY PLATONIC!’
Not that I’m condoning underage sex and drug abuse. I’m just saying she’s not very open to new things. Or new people…
4. She’s a bitch
One of the biggest problems with Ms. Potter is not that she talks like a raving sociopath, or that she is a secret nun, but because she is a bitch. She treated Jen like shit when she first arrived, and she’d been sent from New York to live with her Christian grandmother. I mean, before they became chummy, Jen and Grams didn’t have the best relationship. She needed sympathy. She needed a friend. Joey basically forced her into a friendship with Abby, who had serious issues. (Don’t worry though… she died.)
You wouldn’t want to be Joey’s friend. She’d ask to do homework instead of going to parties. She’d tell you Pacey wasn’t interested in you and then go on a boat with him all summer. Pah.
5. She steals people’s boyfriends
This is my main issue. I’ve done some detective work, and this is what I’ve found…
Boyfriend 1: Dawson. Stolen from Jen.
Boyfriend 2: Jack. Kissed while still going out with Dawson.
Boyfriend 3: Pacey. Was with Andie. Joey kisses him even though she knew one of her best friends was still in love with him. Worst. Friend. Ever.
Boyfriend 4: Charlie. Jens ex. Seriously.
Boyfriend 5: Dawson (again). Eesh. By this point I was getting more than annoyed.
…And she ended up with Pacey, who everyone knows should have ended up with Busy Phillips. What a bitch.
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6. She doesn’t wear a bra. IT’S WEIRD.
what is wrong with that??? wtf…
Totally agree with #4. She drove me nuts. And the show became more and more “Joey-centric” as the seasons went on. Just…don’t get me started, haha!
On a side note, have you seen “Don’t Trust the B in Apartment 23” yet? James Van Der Beek plays himself and there are all kinds of fun Dawson’s Creek references. Really makes the show in my opinion!
I am most definitely team Jen all the way!
I haven’t seen it, I don’t think it’s been broadcast in the UK yet! I thought it looked a little bit New Girl-esque though, so I will probably love it! And I do love a good Dawson Creek reference!
To me Joey potter was the most arrogant imperfect person n the entire show. First she’s “inlove” with her whole life friend Dawson then after he finally came around.. The bitch dumps him for no reason at all, then they get back together then she dumps him again because poor Dawson found out her dad was drug dealing again? How the fudge is that Dawson’s fault? Then she falls for pacey.. She spends the WHOLE relationship in this weird “I feel sorry for Dawson” stage, which got on my nerves because pacey worshipped her and loved her in a normal love kinda way and she didnt seem to care, everything was just about Dawson and Dawson’s feelings.. She had sex with pacey and she didnt want to tell Dawson because in one way or another she still hoped her and Dawson would end up together and totally pushed away pacey with all her stupid judgments thinking she was perfect and deserved everything.. Then after they broke up she totally seemed fine.. And he was supposed to be”the love of her life” okay nice way to handle it.. She went straight to Dawson and kissed him? And spent season 5 whining about her relationship with him. Like there’s a difference between friendship and love.. She doesn’t seem to comprehend that -.- its like she always had hope for the two of them to re unite and never let Dawson be with anyone else. She was selfish, she spent the entire series confused and hurting everyone who loved her.. Then after pacey started going out with her best friend in $easoN 5 Aubrey or w.e her name was.. Its like she was oblivious to the fact that pacey was the love of her life.. Joey Potter was the worst character I’ve ever seen in any television show
Wow! Kudos on the venting! I totally agree that, as a character, Joey was ridiculous! Thanks for stopping by! 🙂
You have a lot of complaints and swear a lot.
1. It’s not a real show
2. People have their on emotions, you don’t judge them for it.
3. She just cared about Dawson’s feelings I think that’s kind.
4. Pacey shouldn’t of ended up with Audrey.
5. How would you feel if someone got your dad in prison even though it was the right think? (jeez)
6. She was jealous a common human emotion.
7. I think she acted great about the Audrey, Pacey thing, nothing wrong with being mature (she moved on from Pacey and wanted him to be happy, sounds like a great friend)
8. By the way the “bitch” doesn’t dump him for no reason at all.
9. She did care that Pacey loved her, she loved him very much, but she knew Dawson loved her very much as well and was concerned for his feelings.
10. She didn’t think she was “perfect” and “deserved everything”,
quite the opposite.
11. And she didn’t spend season 5 “whining” about her and Dawson’s relationship, she wanted to figure things out.
This is only the stuff off the top of my head that’s wrong with what you said, and Joey Potter is a character with human emotions and the best of intentions at heart. Personally, I think your “the most arrogant imperfect person”.
Joey is a fictional character not sure why you’re resorting to personal insults Olivia, and really reminding that person that it’s not real-then why are you so offended my their feelings on a person who is not real?
LMAO! Yeah, it’s fictional. So, why are you defending the fictional character from criticism? People can say whatever they want about your BFF Joey Potter. If people have their emotions and we don’t judge them, they why are you judging how someone feels about the show? Seems kind of hypocritical, but you’re a Joey fan, so of course you think that’s cool to do.
i just finished watching the last episode of season 2.The one in which Joey tells Dawson she doesn’t want to know anything about him (due to the fact that he told the police what his father REALLY WAS), and i just thought to myself : WHAT A BITCH! she needs a reality check, she’s the Dreamer not Dawson
🙂 I love this comment! I also get really angry at Dawsons Creek when I rewatch certain episodes!
It’s a tv series, I’ts not even real, get a life
So, you have a life because you comment about people commenting on a tv show. Makes sense and isn’t at all goofy or weird.
My god for someone who doesn’t like her you sure know enough about her!!! – Perhaps in the closet a bit. …….lol
Sorry to tell you but I’m not a fan of the ladies… that way! Thanks for commenting!
That’s a bit mean
Totally agree w/ all these points. I’ve been re-watching Dawson’s Creek on Netflix this spring and her character is driving me bananas. She’s got these weird mood swings – from overconfidently self-righteous to majorly insecure and self-depricating to vindictive mean b—-. Tell me how she has guys falling all over her again??
Despite everything, I am glad she ended up with Pacey. They really do make a hot couple. Also, the only character more annoying than Joey is Dawson, so when those two are together it’s like nails on a chalkboard. Lol.
Not to mention she freaks out at the most random moments about the most trivial things and always thinks every problem is centered around her and have you noticed how her eyes are droopy like a dog’s ears?
I hadn’t even noticed that! And now it’s all I will ever notice about her. Stupid dog ear eyes
I just finished watching the entire series on Netflix a few minutes ago (I didn’t watch it in its prime) and I immediately had to search for other people who thought Joey was a piece of crap. WHY DID THESE GUYS THINK SHE WAS SO AMAZING?!? I feel like in the real world if I looked like Joey ( I think Katie Holmes can be beautiful, but not in this show) and acted like her (always condescending and talking out the side of my mouth with sarcastic tones and using language that even the smartest teenager doesn’t use, with that look on my face, you know the one: neck extended forward with her head slightly dropped so she’d have to look up at you, almost as if rolling her eyes while maintaining eye contact, furrowed brows and frowning ) I would most definitely die alone, a crabby old bitch. Too bad she wasn’t the one with the heart condition. Whew! I feel better now.
I hear you- I think someone should do an experiment to see if acting like Joey Potter would ever get you a man.
And I’m also loving that this post has turned into a meeting place for people who hate Joey Potter.
If you build it, they will come…;)
I’m happy to find others like myself here…Joey Potter is one of those TV characters you either love or hate, or both.
Sometimes Joey (Katie Holmes) had those rare moments where she was cute and those were the times when she was actually convincing as a teenage girl. But yeah, count me in with the rest of y’all…I can’t understand what they saw in her. She wasn’t all that pretty, IMO. She was cute but not gorgeous like they made her out to be. Maybe by the standards of fictional small-town Capeside, she was the prettiest girl in town. But that might have been the intent of the directors…they probably wanted an actress who was the epitome of the “girl next door”. Just a girl who was pretty in a non-threatening way and very natural. Come to think of it, the same was true for the Jen Lindley character played by Michelle Williams, and the other females.
And her personality was annoying as hell. She always seemed to be mad at somebody, but she never apologized for her own actions. She was indecisive about who she wanted to be with, which ruined Dawson’s friendship with Pacey. I hated when she would half-smile and talk out the side of her mouth…she was so much prettier and more likable when she would laugh, or simply have normal facial expressions.
I’ve learned how to imitate her perfectly, something that can be fun when one is clowning around. I have long dark hair like she does and I tend to tuck it behind my ears, so that’s one thing we have in common. Then I widen my eyes for that deer in headlights look and I turn up one side of my mouth and I’m like “Dawson…” in this syrupy sweet voice. My husband cracks up when I do that.
Whats your definition of pretty? I think we have different ones. Mine is classy and graceful
Thats sick ( why do people always use the word “bitch” anyway, that says a lot about that person), I know Joey has a “bitter-sweet” personality but shes a great character to have on the show, and to be honest all you people do is bitch and moan about things because you have nothing better to do with your time.
Yeah. Feel so bad the way Jen’s story ended. She, Jack and Andie were my favorite characters.
I just hate how she starts to cry like everytime she can’t get what she wants. Or she complains about being the fourth of her year, WHAT?! And she tells Pacey who actually struggles because he doesn’t know if he can graduate. She doesn’t even seem to care about that. And then in college she complains because she has a D and not an A in on single subject. Reason? Of course her professor doesn’t like her, because she’s perfect and makes everything right. She can’t really handle when people don’t love her in the moment they meet her. Everyboy loves her, yay. She’s such a self-centered person who can’t handle one failure. Or on the party of Dawson’s mum, where she should be happy for his family she cries because she thinks she can’t attend her dream college?! That’s so ridiculous.
And seriously I love how everybody here hates her just as I do, because everyone seems to love her and that’s NOT understandable.
Amen to that!
@Nina…I think she acts that way because she is a perfectionist. I’ve known tons of people who are extremely focused on being perfect in every way and it often stems from insecurity. In keeping with who Joey is on the show, I would say her need to be perfect also comes from wanting to rise above her “poor white trash” background in Capeside. Since most people in Capeside look down on the Potter family for various reasons, including her jailbird father and her sister’s interracial relationship, Joey is probably determined to escape her small town and the small-minded people in it. So I admire her drive to succeed. But I agree, it is a bit too much at times.
What I always wondered about Pacey is whether he could have possibly had a learning disability that went unnoticed, and that’s why he did so poorly in school. He was a smart kid with potential but I think he lacked motivation and it was partly because of his emotionally abusive parents, especially his dad. And you’re right…as his girlfriend, Joey should have been a bit more sensitive to his struggles in school. It was obvious that he was damaged and it was painful for him to see his friends graduating, moving on and being successful while his own life went nowhere. That was the story of my life too and although I’m female, I related to him easily.
I also think that with Joey, her attitude comes from everyone constantly telling her how special and wonderful she is. Dawson pretty much idolized her and put her on a pedestal for years. This type of treatment goes to a person’s head sometimes and makes them obnoxious. I have a cousin just like that and I can tell you that dealing with her is NOT fun.
It is understandable, I think your the one thats not
I agree, I dont know what these people are talking about, its an excuse to complain about something, which is apparently one of the many things they hate about Joey Potter
Are you forgetting that her dads in jail and her mom died of cancer? shame on you 😦
Omg I’ve just started rewatching Dawson’s Creek and I never realized how much I hate Joey until now. She gets so unreasonably angry about every little thing. Like when Pacey kissed her for the first time, she started bitching and blowing up at him for kissing her..I mean..what? Why is that a reason to be angry about? I get she was confused with her own feelings but that’s your problem, don’t lash out at others. Dear god, she has the worst temperament and the worst personality.
And for someone who acts so smart and holier than thou, she is also undoubtedly the most immature of the lot (well maybe Dawson’s on the same level but that’s why they’re soul mates). Plus her logic is always just astoundingly messed up. Like how she broke up with Dawson and gave him this whole speech about wanting to “find herself” and do her own thang for awhile and then 5 seconds later, jumps right into the arms of Jack. Wtf. At least be honest with the guy and tell him you just wanted to leave him for a new guy rather than giving him this condescending, contrived bullshit speech about finding ones self. Right, whenever she pulls stuff like this, it’s completely justified but when other people do this kind of stuff she nails them to a cross with her judgement. Like when Dawson was finally moving on with Eve and Joey had the nerve to throw a hissy fit about it even though SHE LEFT HIM FOR JACK. She just gets so unreasonably upset when the attention is not on her for even a second.
Then there’s the fact that she’s constantly playing around with Pacey and Dawson’s feelings. She wants to have her cake and eat it too. When she’s with Pacey, she keeps stringing Dawson along as if to say, “Well I like Pacey right now, but I want to keep you near me in case I need someone to fall back on”. She takes both of them for granted the entire time. I could just go on about this.
This show should’ve just been called “Joey’s Creek”, the way everything revolved around her. It’s sad that they gave Jen such a miserable life when she was actually a very mature and likable character and 1000x better of a person than Joey ever was. If I had things my way, Joey should’ve died.
I admire your passion! Completely agree that if Pacey Witter (or Josh Jackson for that matter) kissed me, in no way would that be my reaction.
she has a great personality, yes, the character does have some flaws but thats how she feels (shes not even real), so everyone here should suck it up and stop moping about how much they hate her, if you want to hate someone hate the people that wrote the character up
Your logic here is backwards and makes ZERO sense. Criticizing a fictional character is moping? Then, by your own rationale, aren’t you moping about other people moping? Maybe you should follow your own advice, champ, and “suck it up”. Too funny.
Just stumbled on this while watching dawson’s creek, I’m so glad I’m not the only one who thinks this!
grow up
You first. Nobody here is talking about a real person. People in book clubs do this all the time, they discuss character development. There are several “antiheroes” used in literature and on screen, and the character of Joey Potter is someone who we feel classifies as one..along with Carrie Bradshaw. These characters are meant to provoke discussion, that is the intent of the person who created them.
The people who are getting personal and bashing real life people on here are the people who need to grow up and get a life. Grown people are supposed to be able to have different viewpoints without getting nasty, especially over something so trivial as a fictional character. I think you could just state your reasons why you like the character without being a petulant child about it.
What about the hair tucking behind her ear!?!?!? most annoying thing ever. and she always has this stupid look on her face after somebody kisses her. cant stand her.
Hahaha, I’m so glad this post exists. I found it because I just started rewatching Dawson’s on Netflix and I quickly googled “Joey Potter is the worst.” The crazy thing is that I remember as a kid watching the show, I was totally team Joey! What was I thinking? She is one of the least likable characters I’ve ever seen on any show. All she does is pout, preach, act like her life is so unbelievably wretched compared to everyone else and blow up at people over nothing. I was just watching that episode where they all get together to study for some big test, right after she breaks up with Dawson so she can “find herself”…in the beginning of the episode she yells at him for not talking to her, and then later on he tries to talk to her and she snaps at him for not giving her the space she said she needed. I don’t think she’s happy for more than ten seconds in any given episode–that disapproving I-wouldn’t-expect-YOU-to-understand look seems permanently plastered on her face.
So glad you liked the post! I love how this one blog post has turned into a place where people watching Dawson’s Creek can vent their frustrations at this one character! Rewatching on Netflix could be dangerous- good luck!
she had a tragic life ( HER MOTHER DIED AND HER DADS IN JAIL!) im starting to think u people are heartless
Why would someone write such horrible things for no good reason?
Hi Lauren/Zoe/Carmen/Holly/Kate/Sam/Olivia/Sophie/Ally,
What a coincidence all you avid Joey Potter fans stumbled across this little blog post all at the same time!
Firstly, your passion for the Joey Potter character is admirable.
Secondly, this post is obviously written in the spirit of fun. I in no way want to target anyone by saying hateful things about them.
Following on from that thought, Joey Potter is a fictional character and therefore has no feelings that can be hurt by my blog post. This blog post is not about Katie Holmes (who I’m sure is a lovely woman) or the writers of Dawson’s Creek (who, let’s be honest, would probably be thrilled their characterisation is causing so much debate.)
Lastly, I’m unsure what you were expecting when clicking on this post. It’s called ‘Joey Potter: The Reason Capeside Sucked.’
🙂
I stumbled across this when I googled ‘Joey Potter needs a bra.’ Which is my number one reason for why her character sucks. I have to emphasize character – as you pointed out above. She is a character and does not have feelings. ‘she had a tragic life ( HER MOTHER DIED AND HER DADS IN JAIL!) ‘ made me lol. I rarely comment on anything but this pretty much made my day. Thanks for a gorgeous nightcap and wonderful post.
Haha you’re welcome!
Joey was the dark cloud of Capeside. Her character eventually ruined the show for me.
I hate the fact that Dawson and Pacey’s friendship was essentially scrapped because of her, as it was rare to see a friendship between two teenage boys portrayed in a realistic manner.
It’s great to get a guys perspective of this! I hadn’t thought about it like that!
I’ve been looking for a group to post my utter displeasure for Joey Potter. I’m a guy that watches this show but I’m almost done with it. She has steadily ruined the show for me. And the show became all about her for some reason. Her smile annoys me so much to.
I couldn’t stand her and I’m doing a rewatch right now. Her behavior towards Jen really really annoys me, all the more because it’s obvious that the narrative wants us to sympathize with poor put-upon victimized Joey who had to deal with some city *insert gendered slur here* come in and steal her man (though she never actually spoke up but you know she had dibs!). I hate this kind of behavior in male characters (Ross on Friends being nasty to Paolo in S1 because he essentially claims Rachel as his even though she has no idea) and I hate it in female characters too. I’m sure as the rewatch goes on, I’ll hate her more. I
I like that you started a new sentence at the end of that rant, but we’re probably so filled with rage you couldn’t finish it! I agree (though Paolo did try to sleep with Pheobe. Not cool bro)
I’m so glad I found this! The whole thing between Joey and Dawson was so cheesy and unrealistic, I mean come on! Who has conversations like this when they’re 15 or whatever! I kind of liked Joey at the beginning but as the seasons went by, it somehow turned into hate and wishing someone finally punched her in the face. I think that there was too much of Joey’s love life, which made the show very repetitive and shallow at the end. The writers could have given more focus on Jen (what happened to her half-sister Eve?) or Jack’s issues with facing homophobia (I think that wasn’t highlighted enough), rather than creating boringly complex adult monologues for teenage Joey.
Yes to all of this!! What is up with the no bra thing and the weird every guy ever loving Joey Potter!? I think the latter fools people into thinking they want to be like her or that they like her. Just getting to the end of the last season of my first watch through of the show, at first I couldn’t stand Dawson. The most immature self-centered character. But I find this normal in shows the older I get, it’s like every main character’s main flaw is selfishness or being self-centered. I totally understood why Pacey, Jen and Joey all felt like add-ons to his life and needed to find their own lives. The group dynamic was based on him, he was the centre of their social lives, and he was the person keeping them apart from the others in the group because he gave them a false sense of devotion to each individually, at least to start with. If I didn’t think him so caught up in himself i’d have thought he was a major manipulator, but he was written as far too self involved to bother orchestrating it like that. Joey however, no one ever talks about their annoyance of Joey, perhaps because most people only watched the first few seasons?
By the third season I just wanted Dawson and Joey to get killed off in a boating accident, then Jen, Pacey, Jack and Andie could all run off into the sunset together. The sickeningly over the top intensity was frustrating, in rl they’d have cut the airy fairy grown-up speak and just had an actual conversation about it or they’d have gone their separate ways. They both seem to think they were special and so were their feelings. Poor Pacey had to deal with some twisted devotion those two have for each other that just hurts other people, at some point the writers should have decided enough is enough with those two, it’s not remotely charming,it got old fast. I’ve been with the same man since we were 14, so I know what a serious and loving relationship would look like in reality throughout the teen years, theirs isn’t remotely believable. And what was that sex phobia!? I don’t know any teenager who could lay next to their best friend of whom they are attracted to and love deeply and know it’s reciprocated and not do something about it? Joey did that with Dawson and Pacey! And Dawson did that with Jen and Joey!
By the last season I think they wrote Pacey in such a way that just belittled the character entirely . He never needed to be the knight in shining armor, and he never needed to be the guy failing at it, he was fine as just a romantic. Don’t even get me started on Joey’s love-life. Never have I seen something so ridiculous. Jen can get dropped by guys, the fun laid back girl who was smart as well as funny and humorously cynical who overcame her issues and was a really loving person, but no one drops Joey, she’s everyone’s ‘the one who got away’ (except for Pacey, I thought he deserved better but the writers failed the character by the end anyway), the narcissistic angry girl who blames everyone else for their imperfections yet thinks her, Dawson and Pacey are pretty perfect. Joey has become the most infuriating character I’ve come across since Dawson, who was alright in the end tbh.
Wow! I’m glad I’ve created such a safe place for people to come and vent about Joey Potter. Bravo 👏🏻
This is definitely the topic for me, because I pretty much disliked Joey from Season Two on, and I hated the way that Dawson’s Creek focused on her character more and more over the years. It really made my stomach turn to see so many of the characters bend over backwards to tell Joey how wonderful she was, because I felt that Joey Potter was one of the most self-absorbed and whiny characters ever presented on a television show.
If you objectively compare the Joey Potter of Season One to the Joey Potter of Seasons Two and beyond, the differences are quite astounding, and very disheartening. In Season One, Joey Potter was introduced to us as a young woman who, beneath her tough and seemingly cynical exterior, hid an endearing vulnerability that instantly made her the main focus of the show, and the character that everyone grew to love and root for. From that season on, however, in my humble opinion, Joey became “the heartbreak kid,” and I sometimes shook my head over how selfish she became, and how heedless she was of the feelings of other people, especially the people who cared about her the most, like her sister Bessie, and her best friend Dawson. I even thought she treated Pacey badly, who turned out to be the love of her life. I feel that Joey, throughout her entire relationship with Pacey the first time around, had no real sympathy for the difficult time that Pacey was going through, as she focused only on herself, and she seemed completely oblivious to Pacey’s struggles. Two episodes that really brought that point home for me were “Future Tense,” where Joey basically whined through the whole episode for “only” being fourth in her class, while Pacey was having to struggle with having to take extra courses just to be able to graduate, and “Admissions,” where she lashed out harshly at Pacey, who was still struggling to graduate, and who hadn’t been accepted into any college, and who, despite that, offered her his complete and loving support, simply because she didn’t get a full scholarship to her “dream college.” We saw Joey give lip service to helping Pacey in episodes like “Failing Down,” and “The Te Of Pacey,” but all she basically did was sweep any of Pacey’s honest concerns about their future together under the carpet, and she never had the ability, or the understanding of what Pacey needed, to inspire and challenge Pacey to succeed like Andie did. I also was incensed by the way that Joey led Pacey on in Season Six, only to dump him in a very hurtful way when Eddie returned, so I’ll never understand why both Dawson and Pacey continued to worship the ground she walked on, along with all of the other characters, like her roommate Audrey, who told her that “Because… you’re beautiful and you don’t know it. Because you’re smart and you don’t believe it. You’re the kind of girl that guys never get over. Joey, you’re the kind of girl that other girls get compared to.” Oh brother.
I think that Dawson’s Creek was basically ruined when it became “Joey’s Creek,” and I’ll never understand why so many people liked her character so much, because as time went on, I found it impossible to like her character.
Thank you. My mate and I can’t stand Joey – horrible, toxic character but the writers revered her and so, it seemed, did the majority of fans.
I lowkey want someone to do a comparative essay between Joey Potter and Rory Gilmore
Wow, I’m so glad there are other people who dislike the character that is Joey Potter. I used to be a huge fan of hers but as an adult rewatching the show, I cannot for the life of me, understand why I liked Joey Potter. Jen and Andie were much more relatable. I was also a huge fan of Andie and Pacey and if you re-watch season 2, you will see what a beautiful relationship they had. The writers should have revisited the possibility of that relationship. The actors who played Andie and Pacey also had great chemistry. I also enjoyed Dawson but felt he always received a smack down from Joey. He should have ended up with Jen, she also deserved better from the writers and sheade Dawson a better person. Anyway, let’s hope the do a reunion of sorts, maybe Kevin Williamson will rewrite some of these errors.
THEY CANNOT REWRITE IT, Jen is dead………. angry face
I agree on everything. Joey is so despicable, a bully, a bitch, yet she gets so much priority in the show. So the show makers never realised how absolutely Cringey Little Miss Joey Potter was ??? I mean come on.