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Dawson, returning from spending his whole offscreen summer in Philadelphia with Gale, ends up on a bus next to a very confident pixie-cut blonde. When she disappears after he apparently bores them both to sleep yammering about Joey, he assumes he'll never see her again. He assumes wrong, and is no match for her aggressive come-ons. Her sexual overtures while Dawson's out driving them around in Mitch's boat lead Dawson to make some reckless choices with expensive consequences; knowing this girl works at the local exotic dance establishment, Pacey gets the idea to knock off Risky Business with a stripper party at the Leery house. Through all this, Joey has alternated between parrying the unwanted attention of Rob Logan, her new boss at the marina, and regretting the way she told Dawson off in the Season 2 finale. Roomies Jen and Jack have reached a new level of platonically intimate friendship and are so adorable even Grams seems like they're giving her a cavity -- but in a fun way! Less fun: the tyranny of cheer captain Belinda McGovern, who is terrorizing her classmates with slut-shaming and fatphobia. Jen notices, apparently for the first time, and decides to fight back by trying out for the cheerleading team. But what you really want to know is whether her hair has grown back out: we're thrilled to let you know it has. You made it through the wilderness of our two-week holiday break: welcome back to our episode on "Like A Virgin"! JOIN THE AWT CLUB 🌴 Access to 'Again With Again With This' bonus episodes 💬 Access to the AWT Discord 🚫 Ad free episodes 👯♀️ High rollers get access to 'Again With Them,' our monthly digest of Tori and Jennie's 9021OMG podcast NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our site 🖼️ Check out this episode's Visual Aids 💂🏻♂️ Parker Stevenson in a 1971 commercial for Right Guard, on YouTube 🧺 Gail Strickland in a 1976 commercial for Cheer, on YouTube 🛢️ Greg Evigan in a 1978 commercial for Quaker State, on YouTube 🍊 Alyssa Milano in a 1985 commercial for Hi-C, on Facebook 🍊 Brian Bloom in a 1985 commercial for Hi-C, on Facebook 👖 Cheryl Pollak in a 1986 commercial for Jordache, on YouTube 👩🏻🦰 Laura Leighton in a 1992 commercial for Dep, on Facebook 🐄 Kristin Davis in a 1992 commercial for Kraft ranch dressing 👖 Grant Show in a 1984 commercial for Jordache, on YouTube 💸 "Why Paula Cole Re-Recorded Her Iconic Dawson's Creek Theme: 'I Haven't Seen Royalties For Years" on Billboard 👕 Shop the Again With This store at Through Methods 📚 Buy our book, A Very Special 90210 Book ☎️ Thoughts or questions? Call our hotline at 210.767.2237