Did Andie Really Get Booted From ‘Dawson’s Creek’ Because Audiences Hated Her?

Kevin Williamson who co-produced and co-wrote the favored WB sequence has said that Andie’s departure from the sequence left a foul style in his mouth. “I wasn’t thrilled with the best way Andie left the present as a result of I actually beloved that character when she first got here on. And by the point she left, everybody hated her. I did not assume the viewers wanted to show towards her the best way they did. That is why I needed to convey her again for the sequence finale,” he advised Hollywood Reporter.

Kevin mentioned that he wasn’t in control of writing explicit storylines and that Andie was one among his favourite characters when he started writing the present. And whereas he mentioned he did not “wish to dismiss anybody’s work” he “wasn’t an enormous fan of Eve in season three.”

Williamson had provide you with the thought for the present over a number of years and first formulated the pitch that may finally discover life on the WB. He had been telling shut buddies within the business concerning the thought for the present till he had an opportunity to pitch it to Columbia-TriStar. He made the transfer, drafted an overview after which Fox took a have a look at it, however as a result of Celebration of 5‘s numbers had been floundering, the community determined to go.

One other teen drama wasn’t what the physician ordered, no less than at Fox, and after he thought the challenge was finally lifeless, he obtained a name from TriStar who had pitched it to the WB. They had been all in favour of assembly with Kevin and the remainder was historical past. 

Kevin mentioned that he needed to create the teen drama of the ’90s, very similar to Beverly Hills 90210 was the hallmark TV present for younger People within the period of hairspray and shoulder pads.

The rationale why Andie finally was booted from the present could possibly be attributed to her “problematic” character arc. A lot has been mentioned of Andie’s choices within the present, and the way they’d by no means play within the trendy tv panorama at present: she sees a person who’s manner older than her, leaves highschool early to go to Italy, does not settle for Jack when he comes out of the closet, cheats on Pacey whereas she’s in rehab, cheats on her PSATs, and lies about being assaulted.

There’s much more to be mentioned about her explicit journey that most likely rubbed followers the improper manner that finally contributed to her leaving this system rather less than midway by way of its whole 128-episode run.