The much-maligned Dawson’s Creek is now streaming on Netflix Instant Watch.

The show, which features a number of big-time people in their early years — Michelle Williams, Joshua Jackson and Katie Holmes — ran for six seasons from 1998 until 2002. Your primer is below:

This thought-provoking nighttime soap about a group of close-knit teens, led by dreamer Dawson Leery, frankly portrays the issues of adolescence that obsess young adults as they navigate through high school and college — including sex, sex and sex.