diff --git a/dvc/command/experiments/show.py b/dvc/command/experiments/show.py
index 2d39aba08..505de5467 100644
--- a/dvc/command/experiments/show.py
+++ b/dvc/command/experiments/show.py
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import argparse
 import logging
+import os
 from collections import Counter, OrderedDict, defaultdict
 from datetime import date, datetime
 from fnmatch import fnmatch
-from pathlib import Path
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Dict, Iterable, Optional
 
 from funcy import lmap
@@ -472,7 +472,6 @@ def show_experiments(
     if kwargs.get("only_changed", False) or pcp:
         td.drop_duplicates("cols", ignore_empty=False)
 
-    pcp_args = {}
     if pcp:
         td.dropna("rows", how="all")
         td.column("Experiment")[:] = [
@@ -481,23 +480,25 @@ def show_experiments(
             for x in td.column("Experiment")
         ]
         out = kwargs.get("out") or "dvc_plots"
-        pcp_args["output_path"] = (Path.cwd() / out).resolve()
-        pcp_args["color_by"] = kwargs.get("sort_by") or "Experiment"
+        ui.write(
+            td.to_parallel_coordinates(
+                output_path=os.path.abspath(out),
+                color_by=kwargs.get("sort_by") or "Experiment",
+            )
+        )
+        if kwargs.get("open"):
+            return ui.open_browser(os.path.join(out, "index.html"))
 
-    td.render(
-        pager=pager,
-        borders="horizontals",
-        rich_table=True,
-        header_styles=styles,
-        row_styles=row_styles,
-        csv=csv,
-        markdown=markdown,
-        pcp=pcp,
-        **pcp_args,
-    )
-
-    if pcp and kwargs.get("open"):
-        return ui.open_browser(Path(out) / "index.html")
+    else:
+        td.render(
+            pager=pager,
+            borders="horizontals",
+            rich_table=True,
+            header_styles=styles,
+            row_styles=row_styles,
+            csv=csv,
+            markdown=markdown,
+        )
 
 
 def _normalize_headers(names, count):
diff --git a/dvc/compare.py b/dvc/compare.py
index ec93362ad..f9c3ffa12 100644
--- a/dvc/compare.py
+++ b/dvc/compare.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ from typing import (
 from funcy import reraise
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from dvc.types import StrPath
     from dvc.ui.table import CellT
 
 
@@ -153,7 +154,9 @@ class TabularData(MutableSequence[Sequence["CellT"]]):
             writer.writerow(row)
         return buff.getvalue()
 
-    def to_parallel_coordinates(self, output_path, color_by):
+    def to_parallel_coordinates(
+        self, output_path: "StrPath", color_by: str = None
+    ) -> str:
         from dvc.render.html import write
         from dvc.render.plotly import ParallelCoordinatesRenderer
 
@@ -185,14 +188,6 @@ class TabularData(MutableSequence[Sequence["CellT"]]):
 
         if kwargs.pop("csv", False):
             ui.write(self.to_csv(), end="")
-
-        elif kwargs.pop("pcp", False):
-            ui.write(
-                self.to_parallel_coordinates(
-                    kwargs["output_path"], kwargs.get("color_by")
-                )
-            )
-
         else:
             ui.table(self, headers=self.keys(), **kwargs)
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/command/test_experiments.py b/tests/unit/command/test_experiments.py
index e15b83134..7a222f548 100644
--- a/tests/unit/command/test_experiments.py
+++ b/tests/unit/command/test_experiments.py
@@ -787,9 +787,7 @@ def test_show_experiments_pcp(tmp_dir, mocker):
 
     td.dropna.assert_called_with("rows", how="all")
 
-    render_kwargs = td.render.call_args[1]
+    kwargs = td.to_parallel_coordinates.call_args[1]
 
-    for arg in ["pcp", "output_path", "color_by"]:
-        assert arg in render_kwargs
-    assert render_kwargs["output_path"] == tmp_dir / "dvc_plots"
-    assert render_kwargs["color_by"] == "Experiment"
+    assert kwargs["output_path"] == str(tmp_dir / "dvc_plots")
+    assert kwargs["color_by"] == "Experiment"
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_tabular_data.py b/tests/unit/test_tabular_data.py
index 5b216a3e4..328bce71f 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_tabular_data.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_tabular_data.py
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ def test_to_parallel_coordinates(tmp_dir, mocker):
     )
     renderer = renderer_class.return_value
 
-    td.render(pcp=True, output_path="foo")
+    td.to_parallel_coordinates(output_path="foo")
 
     renderer_class.assert_called_with(td, None, td._fill_value)