DC S05.E04: The Long Goodbye

Again With This: Dawson's, Melrose, 90210

Tara Ariano, Sarah D. Bunting, David T. Cole

Tv Reviews, Tv & Film, After Shows

4.9 • 732 Ratings

🗓️ 5 January 2026

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Mitch is dead, and everyone's stopped their lives to deal with it. All the Boston students, plus Grams and Pacey, come back for the funeral. (Evidently all Pacey's relatives -- including Gretchen, who lives less than a half-day's drive away -- had better things to do.) Jen doesn't know how to help Dawson, and says so to him. Joey thinks she does, and gets rebuffed. Dawson himself is handling as much of the preparations as he can because Gale has fully broken down, though when he does open up, it's to tell Joey he blames himself entirely for Mitch's death. This is such a relentlessly grim one that we better get at least three kooky ones to balance it out, but for now, say hello to our episode on "The Long Goodbye"!

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Inevitably, there comes a day that isn't as bad as the one before it.
0:05.8	And until then, well, that's what prescription medication is for.
0:18.8	Hello, everybody. This is again with this, Dawson's Creek. Today's episode is Season 5, Episode 4, The Long Goodbye. And now here are your host.
0:29.1	Tara Aronio and Sarah D. Bunting.
0:40.8	Hello, Sarah.
0:41.9	Hello.
0:43.7	Hello, listeners.
0:48.9	Welcome to 2026 for our first regular episode of the new year.
0:52.3	Before we get into it, we want to tell you what's happening on Patreon.
0:55.4	This Friday, January 12th, we will be bringing you again with again with this 271. Let's watch a bunch of Dawson's Creek stars in their pre-fame
1:02.5	commercials. I tried to narrow it down to just one per guest star, but there are a couple that
1:08.4	had to go in there twice because they were too good,
1:11.1	Meredith Monroe and John Wesley Ship. So you'll be seeing them along with people like
1:16.3	Kerr Smith, Jane Lynch, Tony Hale, of course, Rachel Lee Cook. You probably remember that one
1:23.0	already, but we will link all of them in the show notes in case you want to watch them first.
1:28.6	And if you are not in the club, again with this podcast.com slash club.
1:32.7	Any level of support gets you those bonus episodes for Fridays a month.
1:38.0	Again, that is again with this podcast.com slash club.
1:41.9	Sarah, are you ready to talk about this episode? I think so.
1:46.1	Really, just the one plot line, Mitch is dead and everyone has feelings about it.
1:53.0	We open in town where a couple who could walk straight out of this setup into an ad for
1:58.2	Cialis, run up to the door of Gail's restaurant, and are disappointed to
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