DC S05.E20: Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)

DC S05.E20: Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)

From Again With This: Dawson's, Melrose, 90210 by Tara Ariano, Sarah D. Bunting, David T. Cole

April 27, 2026 · 51 min

About this episode

The episode discusses Charlie's decision to drop out of college for a music career and the implications for his relationship with Joey, alongside the changes at Civilization and Dawson's aspirations.

Aggressive Mediocrity has been offered the gig of a lifetime: a ten-city tour supporting a Go-Go’s tribute band! If Charlie had any family that cared about him even a little, they might be telling him he shouldn’t drop out of his college classes in the hopes that he’s going to make it big with his college-town cover band, but he doesn’t, which is why he’s not only planning to go, but thinks Joey should drop out and go with him, as his girlfriend. When she immediately declines, telling him HE should totally still go if he wants, he’s not trying to hear that, deciding at this pivot point in his life that he needs to stay in Boston and devote all the time he formerly spent performing with her. Out of absolutely nowhere, Civilization gets sold to a conglomerate with a lot of big plans. Audrey and Pacey are both worried that new manager Alex Pearl (Sherilyn Fenn!) won’t want to keep them around. Only one of them is right. Oliver and Dawson have rescheduled their meeting with the New York agent who might be interested in representing them; while Dawson is eager to practice how they’re going to approach it, Oliver believes being himself is the way to go, and if you’re not sure how that…

People in this episode

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

Topics covered

  • college life
  • music career
  • relationships
  • personal growth
  • career decisions

Keywords

  • Dawson's Creek
  • college dropout
  • music tour
  • relationships
  • career choices
  • Go-Go's tribute
  • new manager
  • personal decisions

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Go-Go’s, Civilization, New York agent

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