Dawson's Creek
With the recent passing of James Van Der Beek, I wanted to express my condolences and talk about the profound impact Dawson's Creek has had on me. See, I may have been too young to watch it as it premiered, but I always wanted to watch it. There were re-runs that came on TV really late (3am), but for me, that wasn't so out of the ordinary. Still, I was usually upstairs in bed by then so staying downstairs to watch it was a feat. One night in senior year, I decided to take the plunge. I stayed up (on a school night!) to see what all the hype was about, and because I was actually really interested. Of course, because Kevin Williamson loved all things scary, it was the episode Return to Witch Island where they visit a supposedly haunted island and talk about witchcraft. Of course, that late at night, I was a bit spooked, and I also didn't feel like I got a true sense of what the show was really like. So, luckily for me, there was another episode right after. At 4am I sat there...