EPISODE GUIDE: SEASONS 1-3

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~*~Season 1~*~

• Episode 100, 20 Jan 98
  PILOT: Best friends Dawson and Joey have been spending the night together since they were little kids in the quiet town of Capeside, but at 15, this ritual takes on complicated elements that change and intrude into their comfortable relationship. Though Dawson pretends to think about nothing but filmmaking, Joey knows that sexuality is bound to hit him over the head soon, and to her dismay, it does so with force when the blonde and lovely Jen appears next door visiting from New York. Meanwhile, their friend Pacey, who is rather a social outcast, decides to exercise his budding hormones by conducting an improbable flirtation with an older woman who turns out to be his English teacher. The only sexually satisfied people seem to be Dawson's parents, who still vigorously lust for each other, but behind whose passion may lurk an ugly secret.
  
• Episode 101, 27 Jan 98
  DANCE: As Dawson struggles to complete his film by the festival deadline, he decides to mix business with pleasure by casting Jen, with whom he now has a budding romance. This continues to irritate Joey, for reasons she won't truly admit, even to herself. Dawson soon finds he has some competition in Cliff, an upperclassman who's not as ‘enlightened,’ but is handsome and popular for his football prowess, and is stunned when Jen accepts Cliff's invitation to the dance. Although not one to attend dances himself, Dawson now feels compelled to rush in and make an utter fool of himself. Pacey, meanwhile, moves forward with increasing confidence in his secret quest for romance with his teacher.
• Episode 102, 3 Feb 98
  KISS: Dawson struggles to create the perfect setting for his first kiss with Jen, and Joey argues that all the scheming and planning to make the moment ideal is proof that Dawson is living in a Hollywood dreamland. His weekend plans with Jen are foiled again, as he is enlisted to be the production assistant on a film project for the class that he's desperate to join, but Dawson finally gets his romantic moment with Jen, who realizes at the last minute that everything is just a little too contrived. Meanwhile, Joey meets and falls for a handsome and wealthy boarding school student, who is equally taken with her. Pretending to be someone she's not to impress him, Joey jeopardizes her chances with him. Meanwhile, Pacey continues to doggedly pursue Ms. Jacobs, who shows signs of cracking under the pressure.
• Episode 103, 10 Feb 98
  DISCOVERY: Dawson is surprised to find scandalous footage of Ms. Jacobs and an unidentified man making love outdoors, after he accidentally leaves his camera on location, and running, overnight. Panicked, Pacey reveals to Dawson that the tryst is between he and Ms. Jacobs. Meanwhile, on the eve of Dawson's parents' 20th anniversary, Dawson discovers that his mother has been having an affair with her co-anchor and Joey has known about it. Hurt and confused, Dawson wants desperately to tell his father. To further confuse matters, Jen reveals that she had been leading life in the fast lane in New York, which is why her parents sent her away. Completely put off, Dawson doesn't know how to respond to the fact that Jen is not a virgin.
• Episode 104, 17 Feb 98
  HURRICANE: As a hurricane approaches Capeside, emotions run as high as the winds. Worried that her son may be on to her, Gale has her worst fears confirmed and realizes that she now has no choice but to come clean to her husband. Accusations and mistrust don't stop there, however, as neighbors Grams and Jen come over to Dawson's house to weather out the storm and clash with Joey's pregnant sister Bessie and her fiance, Bodie. And Dawson, who is already at the end of his rope over his mother's infidelity, lashes out at Jen over his own disillusionment with the fact that she is not a virgin. Meanwhile, Pacey is annoyed when he ends up at Tamara's house not alone, but in the company of his brother Doug, the dutiful cop.
• Episode 105, 24 Feb 98
  BABY: The miracle of life surprises everyone, as Bessie and Bodie's baby decides to make an early entrance. Finding her very pregnant sister on the side of the road, a panicked Joey transports her to Dawson's house to wait for an ambulance. A bad traffic accident and limited resources delay the ambulance, and it becomes very clear that Bessie is going to give birth on Dawson's living room floor. Desperate, Joey enlists Jen's grandmother, a registered nurse who disapproves of the interracial couple's decision to have a baby, much less one out of wedlock, to help with the birthing. Meanwhile, Pacey's affair with Miss Jacobs is leaked to the high school rumor mill, with news of the scandal traveling all the way to the school board. In an uncharacteristically mature move, Pacey gallantly saves Miss Jacobs' job and reputation, only to be given a heart-breaking blow.
• Episode106, 3 Mar 98
  DETENTION: Dawson, Pacey, Joey and Jen all wind up spending an 8-hour Saturday in detention at Capeside High under the supervision of Mrs. Tingle, the school librarian. Abby Morgan, a fellow trouble-maker, stirs the pot by initiating a telling game of truth or dare to break up the monotony of the day. Afraid that Jen isn't physically attracted to him, Dawson's insecurity causes him to fight with Pacey. Matters are only complicated by the drawn-out truth or dare kiss between his best friend and his girlfriend. Later, Jen airs her frustration about not being accepted in the small town and frankly questions Joey about the friction between the two of them. While coolly composed most of the time, Joey panics when her intense feelings for Dawson threaten to boil over after she is dared to kiss him.
• Episode 107, 10 Mar 98
  BOYFRIEND: Jen is caught off guard when her old boyfriend Billy from New York pays a visit to Capeside to try to rekindle the relationship that abruptly ended when she left the city. Jen ditches school to spend the day with Billy, sending Dawson into a mire of insecurity about their relationship. Clearly conflicted, she tells Billy it's over, but the underlying passion in a good-bye kiss convinces him otherwise. Meanwhile, Pacey presses Joey about her feelings for Dawson. While she continues to deny her attraction, her actions make her true feelings perfectly clear to everyone but Dawson.
• Episode 108, 17 Mar 98
  ROADTRIP: Dawson is miserable after being dumped by Jen, and Billy convinces him to ditch school to go to a club in Providence with Billy, where they can have their pick of eligible college co-eds. When Pacey catches wind of the plan, he invites himself along. All the way to Providence, Pacey chides Dawson about being too much of a nice guy, and Dawson sets out to prove him wrong. Surprising even himself, Dawson successfully picks-up his dream girl of the evening at the club, but with his mind still on Jen, he stops short of a rebound affair. The evening ends with a confrontation between Billy and Dawson, who both still want Jen back. Meanwhile, Joey accepts a ride to school from Warren, a brash football player, who then spreads a rumor that they slept together. Jen convinces Joey to take revenge and comes up with a plan to put Warren in his place. But, when Joey pretends to be pregnant, the lie gets out of control.
• Episode 109, 28 Apr 98
  THE SCARE: Dawson orchestrates a few schemes carefully designed to scare the tar out of his friends on Friday the 13th, and a timely news story about an at-large serial killer only increases the fright factor. Dawson plans to conclude the ominous day with a spooky, adrenaline-laced seance. Meanwhile, Jen reluctantly agrees to a date with Cliff, who vainly turns to Dawson for advice on how to impress her. And, Pacey invites a sexy and unbalanced stranger, whose crazed boyfriend threatens to deliver real danger to Dawson's door. All converge on at the Leery house for some heart-pounding fun, but when the power goes out, the phone lines are cut and loud noises cannot be explained, all look to Dawson for reassurance, only to realize that the terror at hand may not be Dawson's doing.
• Episode 110, 5 May 98
  DOUBLE DATE: Unable to accept his breakup with Jen, Dawson seeks solace and advice from Joey, who must continue to mask her own feelings. Pacey abets Dawson in coming up with a save-face way to becoming ‘friends’ with Jen that proves to be more than a bit misguided. Acting nonchalant about Jen's upcoming date with Cliff, Dawson goes so far as to pretend that he has a date for the same evening, and then suggests they make it a foursome and Dawson has to come up with a date-fast. Dawson's date immediately suspects she's being used but Dawson is able to allay her fears-for a while. Once the foursome hit the local carnival, however, the ugly truth rears its head for all to see. Meanwhile, to their mutual displeasure, Pacey is forced to spend remedial marine biology time with Joey, but a their project wears on, Pacey's attitude toward his lab partner takes an unexpected turn.
• Episode 111, 12 May 98
  BEAUTY CONTEST: Capeside's annual Miss windjammer contest gets turned on its ear when it draws some unexpected contestants. Jen persuades Joey to enter in hopes of winning the $5,000 prize for her college tuition. After being demeaned by his father Pacey is determined to move out of the house and get his own place. In the hopes of winning rent money, and also to further irritate his family, Pacey too, decides to challenge the rules and be the first male ever to enter the competition. As Jen begins to regret breaking up with Dawson, he starts to see Joey in a new light, while Jen becomes increasingly jealous.
• Episode 112, 19 May 98
  DECISIONS: Joey is given the opportunity of a lifetime when she is chosen to represent the highschool for a year in France. Escaping Capeside has been her life's dream, but now that Dawson sees her in a more romantic light, she is terribly torn. Adding to the stress, it is Joey's turn to visit her father in prison for his birthday and she decides to confront him with all of her anger and hurt. When Pacey decides to clear the air with his brother, Doug, he learns that Doug's relationship with their father is not as perfect as he'd believed. Meanwhile, Jen and Grams are elated when Gramps comes out of his coma, but when his conditions worsens they find common ground in their anguish. When Jen then seeks comfort from Dawson, Joey is horrified to find them in what appears to be a compromising position.

~*~Season 2~*~

• Episode 201, 7 Oct 98
  THE KISS: After their first, wildly passionate kiss, Dawson and Joey fall prey to the all-too-normal insecurities and uncertainties that accompany the death of a platonic relationship and the birth of a romance. On top of it all, Joey needs to make an immediate decision on whether to not to go to France, and a grief-stricken Jen keeps looking to Dawson for support in the wake of her grandfather's death. It all seems as if the deck is stacked against the new couple. Meanwhile, Pacey meets new girl in town, Andie McPhee, who gives the wiseacre a taste of his own medicine after he masquerades as a police officer. And, Mitch visits a divorce lawyer without telling Gale, who blindly believes that they're headed for a complete reconciliation.
• Episode 202, 14 Oct 98
  CROSSROADS: Pacey fails his driver's license test on his birthday, and Dawson is so absorbed with his new relationship with Joey that he overlooks Pacey's special milestone entirely. Hurt and feeling like he's being phased out, Pacey throws a huge bash in an effort to expand his horizons. While innocently snooping around Joey's room, Dawson reads some disparaging remarks in her diary that make him question how well he knows his lifelong friend. The budding Dawon-Joey romance affects Jen too, whose loneliness causes her to befriend the group's adversary, Abby Morgan. With boys and booze forever on her mind, Abby proves to be a bad influence on Jen. Meanwhile, Mitch suggests that he and Gale try an ‘open’ marriage as a means to save it.
• Episode 203, 21 Oct 98
  ALTERNATE LIFESTYLES: When Jen and Dawson get paired up in an Econ class as a pretend couple who must come up with a ‘family budget,’ Abby convinces Jen to seize this opportunity to seduce Dawson, while Pacey's pairing with Andie brings them closer and reveals the truth about Andie's family. Meanwhile, Mitch rides Dawson about the new sexual nature of his relationship with Joey, and announces to Gayle that he has decided that an open marriage would be the best thing. And, Joey begins to see a whole new world of possibility and empowerment when she does research for her Econ project with an unmarried businesswoman.
• Episode 204, 28 Oct 98
  TAMARA'S RETURN: Joey's newfound passion for art drives a wedge between she and Dawson. She's nervous about taking her focus off of Dawson to concentrate on herself, and Dawson can't seem to recognize how important this budding interest is to her. While continuing to develop his flirtation with Andie McPhee, Pacey unexpectedly bumps into Tamara and realizes that he is far from over her. And when Jen and Abby meet a handsome stranger who shows more interest in Jen than Abby, Abby drops her new best friend instantly.
• Episode 205, 4 Nov 98
  FULL MOON RISING: The full moon puts everything in a twist and nothing goes according to plan. Joey has a healthy respect for the havoc that can be wreaked by this monthly event, while Dawson maintains his usual romanticism on the subject. That is, until he is forced into joining the sinking ship of his mother's dinner party, at which his father Mitch infuriates Gale by showing up very late - and with Tamara in tow as a surprise guest. Romance goes awry on several other fronts as well, as Jen hooks up once again with hunky dock worker Vincent, despite Abby's jealousy. Determined to seduce this older guy, Jen realizes she's made a mistake when the situation turns ugly. And, Pacey and Andie finally agree to go out on a date but as fate would have it, they just can't seem to find each other in the right place at the right time. Meanwhile, Jack and Joey battle a strange power outage in the restaurant (which leads to a forbidden kiss) but are aided by a strange lone customer.
• Episode 206, 11 Nov 98
  THE DANCE: School-spirited Andie somehow convinces her apathetic buddies to attend a Capeside High School dance, where each romantic entanglement is tested. Hoping the dance will help him forget about his parents' decision to separate, Dawson arrives in time to overhear Jack and Joey arguing about the kiss they shared a few days before. Meanwhile, Pacey maintains to Andie that he's not a dancer, but is later caught swaying in the arms of a beautiful upperclassmen.
• Episode 207, 18 Nov 98
  THE ALL-NIGHTER: A panic-inducing English Lit mid-term compels Dawson, Joey, Pacey, Andie, Jen and Chris Wolfe to mount a desperate, last-ditch study effort - the rite-of-passage all-nighter. At Chris' house, the group members settle in to study, procrastinate and come to terms with their individual dramas. Dawson puts Joey through the paces, creating a post-break-up hell in which he gives her the silent treatment, insults her and says a lot that he doesn't mean. Andie finds out about Pacey's affair with Tamara during a Cosmo magazine purity test, and Jen gives in to temptation courtesy of lady-killer Chris.
• Episode 208, 25 Nov 98
  THE RELUCTANT HERO: Elated about winning the junior division of the Boston Film Festival, Dawson wants to share the triumph and prize money with Joey, whose less-than-enthusiastic response dampens his jubilant mood. As she pulls away from Dawson, Jack edges a little closer and asks her out on a date. Seeking solace, Pacey's guidance counselor paints a bleak picture of his future. Andie helps him buckle down, but she too needs to be saved, when her mother loses her composure in a public place.
• Episode 209, 16 Dec 98
  THE ELECTION: Andie persuades Joey to be her running mate in the student body election, pitting them against the popular ticket of Abby and Chris Wolfe. Andie, Joey and Pacey anticipate that Abby's smear campaign will dredge up Joey's spotty family history, but are completely unprepared when Abby turns the spotlight on the McPhees. Meanwhile, Jen pressures Dawson to live a little so that he can use his real-life experiences to write a stronger script. Only when he witnesses his parents' feeble attempt at reconciliation and their subsequent decision to divorce, does Dawson give in to Jen's advice.
• Episode 210, 13 Jan 99
  HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR: It seems that love - or at least lust - is in the air in the usually sleepy town of Capeside. During much analysis of his autobiographical movie script, Dawson and Jen ponder their past romance and current friendship. Their frank discussions lead to Dawson's realization that romance, love, lust and passion are sometimes hard to separate. Meanwhile, Pacey and Andie move forward with planning Andie's ultimate fantasy scenario for losing her virginity. And, Joey agrees to let Jack pose nude for a sketch, which serves to heighten the mounting tension between them.
• Episode 211, 20 Jan 99
  SEX SHE WROTE: When the meddlesome Abby discovers a crumpled but heartfelt note, written by someone who has just had sex, to their
• Episode 212, 27 Jan 99
  UNCHARTED WATERS: On a weekend fishing trip, Pacey is once again at odds with his hard-to-please father, while believing that his shipmates, Mitch and Dawson, have the perfect father-son relationship. But Dawson's dealing with problems with his own dad, blaming Mitch for his parents' divorce and for not being able to keep a steady job. And Jack, whom Andie talked Pacey into including on the male-bonding weekend, is a total fifth wheel, since his dad is nowhere in sight. Meanwhile, inviting Jen, Joey, Andie and Abby over to film a news piece on teenage girls, Gale initiates a female-bonding session in which Jen and Joey come to terms with their precarious friendship, and the usually-mild-mannered Andie locks horns with Abby.
• Episode 213, 3 Feb 99
  HIS LEADING LADY: Using the prize money from the Boston Film Festival, Dawson is ready to begin filming his second movie, and everyone in Capeside is involved. Despite Dawson's effort to deny it, he finally concedes that the highly autobiographical film is his way of hanging on to Joey, who is fighting emotions of her own. Andie decides she no longer has time for a relationship - but Pacey won't go away that easily. And, while shooting Dawson's film, Jen meets a cute guy named Ty, who takes her to a party - a bible study!
• Episode 214, 10 Feb 99
  TO BE OR NOT TO BE ... (1): When Pacey and Jack get caught talking in Mr. Peterson's English class, Jack is forced to recite his very personal poetry assignment, intended for Mr. Peterson's eyes only. While reading, Jack is overcome by emotion and flees from the room, and the school is quickly abuzz about the incident - not only did Jack cry in class, but the missive was about a man. New friendships and relationships are put to the test as everyone at Capeside High asks the same question - is Jack McPhee gay? Sticking up for Jack, hotheaded Pacey spits in the English teacher's face and faces suspension just as his grades are improving. Andie completely avoids her brother, and Joey stands by her man as best she can in the face of such scrutiny.
• Episode 215, 17 Feb 99
  ... THAT IS THE QUESTION (2): Despite his attempts at levity, Jack is having trouble coping with the rumors at Capeside High School that he's gay. In a moment of anger with his absentee father, Jack blurts out his true feelings, that despite his efforts to the contrary, he is gay, and is left with the consequences of what he says. When Pacey returns to school from his suspension, he continues to battle Mr. Peterson - this time, over the new, seemingly unfair gradingsystem. Pacey makes his argument to the School Board, inadvertently prompting Mr. Peterson to take an early retirement, forcing Pacey to doubt his actions. Meanwhile, Jen questions her relationship with Ty when they have a heated discussion about homosexuality.
• Episode 216, 3 Mar 99
  BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR: Dawson's sixteenth birthday sparks some unsettling self-reflection -- he's no more grown up than a year ago, and the only part of his life that is clear to him is his feelings for Joey. Crushed that she still wants to be alone, Dawson becomes determined to have a little fun on his miserable birthday. Andie joins Dawson's mission, after her therapist prescribes a night of imperfection, and to Pacey's horror, the two goody-goodies show up drunk at Dawson's surprise party, where the guest of honor unleashes all of his bitterness at his loved ones. Meanwhile, Joey is speechless after catching a confused Jack kissing Abby, and Jen is stung when Ty wrongly assumes that, given her reputation, she's trying to seduce him.
• Episode 217, 10 Mar 99
  PSYCHIC FRIENDS: After being told by a fortuneteller at the Capeside Winter Arts Fair that a tall and dark man will enter her life, Joey meets an artistic stranger named Colin, who asks if she'll pose for him. Just when Joey thinks Colin will kiss her, he expresses interest in someone else (he asks if Jack is available!) In the end, the soothsayer hits her mark, as someone tall and dark from Joey's past makes an unexpected visit. Meanwhile, when Dawson's new film teacher, who has Hollywood experience, tears his movie to shreds, he considers abandoning his lifelong dream to be a filmmaker. And, Jen helps Grams realize that she still has a life to live when a former high school classmate asks her to dinner.
• Episode 218, 28 Apr 99
  A PERFECT WEDDING: Biting off more than they can chew, the Potters take a job catering a wedding, and Joey enlists her buddies to help out. While trying to keep the dinner on time, Joey is preoccupied and conflicted about her father's return to Capeside. Dawson and Jack both console her, but it's with Dawson that she shares a passionate kiss. Meanwhile, feeling alone, Jen patches things up with Abby, hoping to stir up some fun. The two rebels crash the wedding reception, steal a bottle of champagne and head to the docks, where their drunken night comes to a terrifyingly sober and tragic end. And, Gale is determined to win back Mitch, who shows up at the wedding with another woman.
• Episode 219, 5 May 99
  REST IN PEACE: Just as Abby Morgan would have wanted, Capeside is reeling from her unexpected death. Disgusted by the hypocrisy of everyone's false grief, Jen tries to cope with her survivor's guilt and the loss of her friend. Unfairly blaming Andie for Abby's demise and mocking her Grams' faith in God, Jen lashes out at those who try to console her. Meanwhile, Abby's mother asks Andie to give a eulogy at the funeral, not knowing the two girls were sworn enemies. Dawson and Joey try to forget their passionate kiss. And, Gale is offered a high-profile network news job in Philadelphia.
• Episode 220, 12 May 99
  REUNITED: Stirred up by the trauma of Abby's death, Andie's repressed grief over her lost brother brings her dangerously close to the breaking point. Concerned, Pacey and Jack are torn about the best way to handle her escalating breakdowns, especially after Andie admits to having conversations with her dead brother. Meanwhile, a farcical situation ensues when the romantic evening that Mitch plans for his new girlfriend is interrupted by Dawson and Joey, celebrating their one month anniversary, and by Gale and Jen, out to drown their sorrows at Capeside's hottest French bistro. Trying to set things right between the Leerys, the kids cook up a scheme to reunite Gale and Mitch on the dance floor.
• Episode 221, 19 May 99
  CH... CH... CH... CHANGES: Desperate to help his sister, Jack calls on their absentee father, who decides that Andie and her mother need to be under constant medical supervision. Pacey vows to fight to keep Andie in Capeside, fearful of what being shipped away will do to her and equally afraid of being left behind without her. Looking for a subject for a film project, Dawson zeros in on Mr. Potter as a person who has heroically changed, and regrettably discovers something that could destroy Joey. And, Jen contemplates setting off on her own, feeling totally alone without a home or a family to turn to.
• Episode 222, 26 May 99
  PARENTAL DISCRETION ADVISED: After Dawson confronts Joey with the knowledge that her father is trafficking drugs again, Joey is determined to handle the situation by herself. However, Sheriff Witter's growing suspicion and near-fatal event force Joey to come to terms with the painful truth threatening to destroy her reunited family. Forced to take action, her next move promises to forever change her relationship with both her father and Dawson. Meanwhile, desperately missing Andie, Pacey blows his finals and has a heartbreaking confrontation with his father. And, Gale makes a surprising final decision about the job offer in Philadelphia.

~*~Season 3~*~

• Episode 301, 29 Sep 99
  LIKE A VIRGIN: On the way home from his summer internship in Philadelphia, Dawson has an encounter with an alluring and sexy young woman (Eve). He falls asleep after baring his soul to her, and when he wakes she is gone. Autumn also finds Jack still living at Grams' house with Jen, an arrangement now as comfy as an old marriage and in an act of rebellion against conformity, Jen tries out for the cheerleading squad with great ironic flair. The school's new leader, Principal Green, demonstrates at the first assembly that he has an unorthodox approach. Dawson desperately seeks to avoid Joey, who has also changed the summer - she wants Dawson back. Eve's agenda soon becomes clear - to change Dawson's life by ending his virginity. Her efforts to do this in an unlikely place results in Dawson and Eve crashing his father's prized antique motorboat. Pacey comes up with a wild plan to throw a party complete with strippers, courtesy of Eve, to earn the money to fix the boat, but the boisterous event spirals out of control in more ways than might be expected, resulting in even more changes for our friends.
• Episode 302, 6 Oct 99
  HOMECOMING: Eve tells Dawson that she is a senior at Capeside High and challenges him to get over Joey…her way. Unsure of Eve's next move, Dawson prepares for that special moment as he puts his filmmaking skills to use for the school's football team for homecoming. Meanwhile, Pacey and Joey go to bring Andie home, only to find her with another man in her room. Although it was innocent situation, Andie avoids being completely alone with Pacey, which he doesn't understand. Jack joins the football team and with the new quarterback, Henry Parker, becomes the star wide receiver. Jen, as the unlikely and reluctant head cheerleader, leads the homecoming pep rally for Capeside High.
• Episode 303, 13 Oct 99
  NONE OF THE ABOVE: Not one to give up easily, Eve continues to work on making Dawson into a real man. When she fails to consummate her role as temptress on that front, Eve continues to live up to her name by presenting Dawson with something she knows will provide an irresistible temptation to him and all his junior year friends. As Principal Green whips them all into test prep mode for the PSAT, Eve delivers into Dawson's hands the ultimate weapon - a completed copy of the current year's PSAT test. No sooner has Dawson shared this mind boggling news with Pacey, Joey, Jen, Jack and Andie, the test mysteriously vanishes when all the kids are suddenly called outside for a fire drill. No one admits to taking it, and Dawson is consumed by the need to find out which of his friends could have suffered such a grievous moral lapse. Eve relishes the turmoil she has thrown the group into, and plants the seed of suspicion against the always-vulnerable Pacey, who is still very much reeling from his breakup with Andie. Caught in a terrible test of friendship and faith, Dawson and Pacey may now lose each other as well as their loves.
• Episode 304, 20 Oct 99
  HOME MOVIES: Dawson gets his first break to film a news story about Jack becoming a gay high school football player, but Mitch, who as the new football coach prepares for homecoming game, has strong objections. Determined, Dawson makes the film despite the fact that it could cost Capeside its first football victory and Mitch his career. Meanwhile, mischievous Pacey persuades Joey to cut class, but Principal Green catches them. Their punishment is to show school spirit by being the mascot, the Capeside Mule, at the homecoming game. Andie grapples with her guilty conscience over cheating on the PSATs, especially when Principal Green wants to see her about a confidential matter. And, Jen quits cheerleading after finding out that her squad auctioned a kiss from her at homecoming for $500. However, another surprise awaits her at the Capeside homecoming game.
• Episode 305, 27 Oct 99
  INDIAN SUMMER: Dawson steps up his efforts to find out who Eve really is, but the mystery only deepens. None of the stories Eve has told about herself turn out to be true, and after following her Dawson discovers that she's been squatting on someone's yacht. An old photo of a lovely blonde that he finds with her clothes catches his interest, however. Meanwhile, Joey is horrified when she finds out that her boss Rob has a date with the vulnerable Andie, who seems quite taken with him. She follows them on their date to the movies and tries without success to talk sense into Andie only to find herself fired by Rob the next day. Jack meets with equal failure when he tries to help the hapless and hopelessly-in-love Henry get a date with Jen which only serves to infuriate her. Dawson ultimately confronts Eve about the photo and learns that all this time she has in fact been in search of the mother who gave her up long ago and lived somewhere on the northeastern seaboard, after which she bids him goodbye. Not long after, however, Dawson catches sight of something in Jen's house that sends his mind reeling.
• Episode 306, 10 Nov 99
  SECRETS AND LIES: Dawson's mom comes home for the annual Capeside Homecoming Queen Gala. In an ironic twist, Jen, as the most recently crowned Homecoming Queen, must host this event with the oldest living Homecoming Queen, who's now eighty years old. In charge of the entertainment for Capeside's most formal event, Jen arranges for the most outrageous, Jen-style. At the gala, Dawson finds out the real reason why his mother is home, and struggles with his conscience over whether to tell Jen what he knows (that Eve is her half-sister). Meanwhile, Joey and Pacey rescue Andie, who claims tearfully that Rob assaulted her.
• Episode 307, 17 Nov 99
  ESCAPE FROM WITCH ISLAND: Dawson persuades Principal Green to let him film a documentary on Capeside's historical witch trial instead of doing a report on ‘The Crucible.’ Dawson and his film crew of Joey, Jen and Pacey, venture to haunted Witch Island to film the legend of thirteen witches killed in a deadly fire. With heavy ‘Blair Witch’ overtones, the crew is warned not stay past sundown, but becomes marooned as night falls. Dawson and Joey are caught up in the mystery of one witch, Mary Waldeck. Meanwhile, Jen and Pacey dabble in a little ‘magic’ of their own inspired by a book of spells. Stuck waiting for the morning ferry, the four spend the night in a old church only to be awakened by screams, bells and a violent storm that is suddenly replaced by flames. They flee, with Dawson's camera still running. Back on the mainland, Andie is appointed head of the student disciplinary committee and relishes her authority while she sets out to enforce the school's rules with a vengeance.
• Episode 308, 24 Nov 99
  GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER: Every year Grams holds a potluck Thanksgiving Feast, opening her home to those who don't want to spend the holiday alone. This year everyone shows up including a surprise guest, Jen's estranged mother, Helen. Tensions run high as Jen deals with her rage toward her mother for sending her away to Capeside. Dawson confronts Helen with the secret about Eve. Andie and Pacey are in the same room for the first time since their last fight. Then when Dawson thinks his mother is home for good and they are a family again, his parents tell him that their divorce is final. By the end of the evening, all six kids gravitate to each other amidst their turmoil.
• Episode 309, 1 Dec 99
  FOUR TO TANGO: While Pacey and Jen try unsuccessfully to ignite the flames of passion that sparked between them on Witch Island, Jack unexpectedly finds a romantic possibility on the internet. Things heat up when Dawson discovers a condom in his bedroom that Pacey seems to have left behind after an unannounced visit. This leads Dawson to jealously suspect that Pacey has something going on with Joey after he follows the pair to a ballroom dancing class. In fact, Joey, is simply trying to win college scholarship money from the dasnce school, and has drafted Pacey as her unwilling partner in exchange for math tutorials. Ultimately, each of these friends comes to learn that true passion can't be forced, any more than learning to Tango can be a free ride to college.
• Episode 310, 15 Dec 99
  FIRST ENCOUNTERS OF THE CLOSE KIND: Dawson, Joey, Andie and Jack get a taste of life outside Capeside when they spend a weekend at a prestigious Ivy League university in Boston. Dawson's ‘Escape From Witch Island’ is in the student film festival on campus, and he meets tough critics as well as the next female Tarantino. In a case of mistaken gender identity, Joey ends up with a male roommate who gives her a bitter taste of the college lifestyle. In turn, she gives him a healthy dose of life outside textbooks. Jack nervously checks out the Boston nightlife on his own. Ambitious Andie tries to get a jump on admissions, but encounters an enlightening obstacle.
• Episode 311, 12 Jan 00
  BAREFOOT AT CAPEFEST: Dawson finds out there's a new filmmaker in town when he goes to use the school's camera - and Nikki has beaten him to it. Is Capeside big enough for two aspiring filmmakers? Meanwhile Andie decides that the best way to get over Pacey is to get busy, and thus becomes the assistant director for the school play. Unfortunately, the incompetent teacher/director persuades Pacey to be the lead. Jack convinces Jen to camp out at Capefest since Ethan will be there. During a night of discoveries, Jack learns that dating isn't easy, gay or not, while Jen observes yet another side of Henry.
• Episode 312, 19 Jan 00
  A WEEKEND IN THE COUNTRY: As the Potter B&B prepares to open its doors, Joey and Bessie find themselves in a precarious financial position. Without Joey's knowledge Bessie has mortgaged the house and, if the inn doesn't succeed, they stand to lose their family home. In the face of this crisis, Joey's friends pull together to help her with the business. Unaware that the B&B is nowhere close to being ready for guests, Pacey invites finicky and influential travel writer Fred Fricke to stay and write a review. Chaos ensues when the bathroom floods, the furnace fizzles and none of Joey's efforts can please the cranky scribe. And, because the B&B needs to look busy, Joey's friends act as faux guests. During the course of the friends' ‘weekend in the country,’ Jen faces her fears about her past and finally decides to go out with Henry; under pressure from Andie, Jack reconsiders his move away from home; Dawson struggles with his parents' post-divorce friendship; and Pacey finds himself falling further for Joey.
• Episode 313, 26 Jan 00
  NORTHERN LIGHTS: It's the eve of Pacey's debut as the lead in ‘Barefoot In the Park,’ and he's disappointed that Joey, who's been helping him run lines, will miss his gig for a date with her college friend A.J. She explains that, as this is a date to view the Northern Lights, it can't be rescheduled. The flustered Pacey then proceeds to flub all his lines in dress rehearsal, panicking Andie, who abruptly has had to take over as director when the teacher falls ill.
• Episode 314, 2 Feb 00
  VALENTINE'S DAY MASSACRE: It's Valentine's Day and Capeside High is bracing itself for the party of the year - a Bacchanalian anti-Valentine's bash hosted by bad boy Matt Caufield. Pacey convinces Dawson that they must be there, while Joey insists that the whole vibe just isn't her style. Also at the party is Jack's one-time girlfriend Kate, who is visiting Capeside in hopes of recovering from the blow of her recent break-up - her boyfriend announced that he was gay. Jack wrestles with his conscience over whether to tell her about his own homosexuality, while Dawson puts his conscience on ice in order to hook up with the needy Kate.
• Episode 315, 9 Feb 00
  CRIME AND PUNISHMENT: Joey is proud to have finished her mural for the school and Pacey is the only one to get an advance peak at her work. At the official unveiling, however, jaws drop along with the cloth that reveals that in the night, someone has horribly defaced and ruined Joey's painting. Dawson and Pacey immediately want to come to her rescue and find the culprit, but Joey's far too dispirited to care. While Dawson then takes the tack of trying to get Joey to start over on her work, Pacey determines to nail the offender.
• Episode 316, 16 Feb 00
  TO GREEN, WITH LOVE: The expulsion of mural-defacer Matt Caufield, whose father is a rich and prominent member of the community, prompts an enraged reaction from a group of parents who rally around Matt's family and demand that the school superintendent overturn Principal Green's decision. The parents' frenzy over what they see as a terrible injustice leads the superintendent to demand that if Green chooses not to reverse his decision about Caufield, he will be forced to resign.
• Episode 317, 1 Mar 00
  CINDERELLA STORY: Pacey is thrown into turmoil when Joey leaves Capeside for a ‘Cinderella’ weekend with college-boy AJ. However, when the clock strikes midnight on Joey's fairy-tale and Pacey rushes in to her rescue, they realize that their relationship has grown more complex than they had ever planned.
• Episode 318, 5 Mar 00
  NEVERLAND: Pacey and Joey's impulsive kiss throws them both into moral and emotional chaos. While Joey feels that Pacey has seriously endangered their already complicated friendship, Pacey worries that he may have completely betrayed Dawson. Secretly hoping to secure Dawson's blessing on a possible Pacey-Joey union, Pacey takes him camping to remind him of their long-standing friendship. When Buzz, Pacey's bratty ‘little brother’ (played by Jonathan Lipnicki of Jerry Maguire), crashes their woodland weekend, Pacey and Dawson are reminded of the value of their friendship and the magic of being a kid.
• Episode 319, 26 Apr 00
  STOLEN KISSES: Affairs of the heart plague everyone in Capeside during a turbulent Spring Break, when Dawson and friends visit Dawson's bohemian aunt. The tension between Dawson, Joey and Pacey threatens to boil over, and Andie develops an interest in Will, Pacey's handsome boyhood friend (Rodney Scott from the upcoming teen drama ‘Young Americans’).
• Episode 320, 3 May 00
  THE LONGEST DAY: Ever had a day you wish you could live all over again? In this creative riff on The Usual Suspects-meets-Groundhog Day, Pacey and Joey agonize over the impact their new relationship might have on Dawson. Through a patchwork series of scenes from one day in their lives, we find that Jen has accidentally let the cat out of the bag, unbeknownst to Pacey and Joey. When they decide to tell Dawson about their romance, it becomes clear he has known for most of the day and that their long-standing friendship has been destroyed. The resulting guilt causes the fledgling couple to reconsider their relationship.
• Episode 321, 10 May 00
  SHOW ME LOVE: When Dawson discovers that Leery's Fresh Fish has sponsored Pacey and his ‘True Love’ in the upcoming Capeside Regatta, he strong-arms Jack into letting him borrow his father's boat and turns the race into a classic grudge match. With the help of Mitch and Jack, Dawson, a notoriously bad sailor, joins the Regatta and lets his desire to beat Pacey overtake his sense of sportsmanship.
• Episode 322, 17 May 00
  THE ANTI-PROM: It's prom season and Capeside High is awaiting the event with giddy trepidation. When Dawson asks Joey to be his date, she reluctantly agrees despite their awkward state of ‘affairs.’ Jack is forced to face a tyrannically homophobic prom coordinator who refuses to allow him to attend with Ethan. In response to this act of injustice (and in fear that Joey might boycott the prom altogether) Dawson organizes an alternative prom at Leery's Fresh Fish. The evening turns out to be a parade of misfits and malcontents, and all of the prom pressure further alienates Capeside's most notorious love-triangle.
• Episode 323, 24 May 00
  TRUE LOVE: In an emotionally charged season finale, the many star-crossed lovers of Capeside go to dramatic lengths to mend their romantic rifts. Gail and Mitch finally take their second walk down the aisle, attended by Dawson and a mentally exhausted Joey. Dawson, inspired by his parents re-marriage, reconsiders Joey's and his relationship. Meanwhile, Pacey, who is preparing to sail to Key West for the summer, makes a final desperate attempt to convince Joey of his love.