Dawson's Creek - The Complete Sixth Season (DVD)

All I can say is - FINALLY! This is not to say that I was anxiously awaiting this DVD release. It is more along the lines that I am just happy to be done with it since "Dawson's Creek" really hit the wall once these crazy kids graduated from high school. Granted, there is no easy way to take a group of five friends, ship them off to college and then keep the show interesting. "Beverly Hills 90210" had the same problem, but "Dawson's Creek" (The College Years) would have been so much more highly tolerable had it not been for the addition of the most annoying girl in the world - Audrey (Busy Phillips). This girl manages to destroy every scene she is in. I am not sure if it is the character, or the girl playing the character, that annoys me so much, but I really could have done with a magical short bus taking her out once and for all as she stumbled, drunk, into the street and -- BOOM! No more Audrey.

Nevertheless, she is still here, she even makes an appearance on the cover of the sixth and final season of the hit show so there is nothing I can do about. So, I will quit bitching about her and just tackle this show head-on.

I never watched this show until I reviewed the third season DVD. I really enjoyed the comfortable atmosphere of Capeside and was able to quickly steam roll through season three and I did the same thing with season four, but I think a lot of that had to do with Sasha Alexander playing Pacey's sister, Gretchen Witter. Man she is hot and I can't wait to review the first season of "Navy NCIS". The fifth season began the college years and began the decline and the sixth season is just that final nail in the coffin. Oh yeah, the bit where sex is discussed over dinner at Gram's house was really the capper.

I don't have the time or the desire to tell you about all the senseless drivel that goes on in the sixth season, but once you see Pacey playing a stock broker and then hiring Joey (Katie Holmes-Cruise) as his secretary I think that pretty much sums it all up. Yeah, they go for the heart strings as the season approaches its final episode, but I was too far gone to have any real emotional attachment for the characters. So, it was a "see ya later moment for me." Now, this is not to say my sister won't be chomping at the bit to get her hands on this DVD set, after all it comes with a 32-page collectible booklet called "Over the Years", which - get this - looks at the show and how it has changed, say it with me, over the years. Actually, this is a nice little compliment to the final season set and I do think uber-fans will eat it up.

The only other feature in this set is a commentary by creator Kevin Williamson and executive producer Paul Stupin on the series finale, but this is something I am sure most "Creek" fans have heard since it was available on the Series Finale DVD, which was released three years ago.

Overall, there is a built-in audience for this DVD. My opinion probably doesn't mean much to several of you, but hopefully it will encourage a few of you to save your bills and remember "Dawson's Creek" when it was good and forget both season five and season six. They really aren't that good.