After a short summer romance in Capeside, Joey returns to Boston for a new school year. In the hallway she runs into Professor Greg Hetson, she immediately receives homework. Joey wants to prove herself at all cost and starts working, until a message from Dawson confuses her. Meanwhile Audrey also arrives in Boston. Pacey wants to get a job and luckily finds someone who can help him. Jen learns her parents want to get a divorce and jack deals with a broken relationship.

Pacey and Jack become roomies. Dawson and Joey become closer then ever before untill she finds out that he has a girlfriend back in California.

Joey ignores good advice from Audrey and writes a letter to Dawson with her feelings. By the time she is done she was so tired she mailed it to the whole school in stead of Dawson. Meanwhile Pacey goes to work for the first time and notices everybody has already started.

Dawson is confused when he finds himself wondering about Joey........and Natasha. Audrey gets herself attention from a new guy.

Joey wants nothing but the truth from Eddie. Meanwhile, Audrey gets to be lead singer in Emma's band but Pacey is so busy with his job he ends up ignoring Audrey, again.

Joey ends up "babysitting" Harley, Prof. Hetson's daughter. Dawson believes he is seeing a ghost while he is trying to put on a Halloween party for Todd.

Audrey's friends think she may have a drinking problem after she gets really wasted before performing with Emma's band.

The whole gang goes to a No Doubt concert. Joey AND Dawson spend their time with their new "close friends" while ignoring eachother. The big secret comes out to Pacey that while he was still with Audrey she slept with Jen's crush CJ.

Joey decides to spend the night with Eddie and then misses her important exam. Dawson is getting really jealous of the new actor flirting with Natasha.

The whole gang decides to go to Capeside to spend Christmas with Gail. Everyone's relationships fall apart.

Joey is confused about not hearing from Eddie since Christmas.

Emma lets Audrey sing in her band again but still gets trashed right before the show starts so she messes up.

Eddie, Joey and Audrey head for California to drop Audrey off at rehab.

In L.A. Dawson decides to see how Audrey is doing at rehab. Back in Boston Pacey decides to throw a party and very drunk Joey ends up telling her friend's old secrets to everyone at the party.

Pacey and Joey get locked in a K-mart after closing.

Joey babysits for Harley and finds Patrick in her room.

Joey decides to be Pacey's secretary to make some extra money.

Gram's reveals that she has breast cancer and Jen is crushed by the news.

Dr. Drew and Adam come from Lovelines to the college to help them with their love and sex problems.

Pacey looses all of Dawson's money on the stock market.

Pacey finally tells Dawson that the money is all gone. Dawson is totally crushed by the news and is not sure where to go from there. Jen invites her mother to Boston to tell her about Gram's cancer.

Joey tries everything she can to help Dawson make the movie even though all the money for it is gone. She recruits everyone to help.

[ Part I ]

The series finale finds the gang 5 years older and everyone is meeting up in Capeside for a wedding. Dawson is a director for a tv show called "The Creek". Jack is a Capeside school teacher in love with the town sherrif. Pacey re-opened the Ice House. Jen is a single mother still living with Grams. And Joey is a book editor living in NYC with her current boyfriend.

[ Part II ]

All the friends try to cope with the revealtion that one of them will pass away very soon. Jen rebuilds her bond between all of her friends, as well as gives her daughter some words of Wisdom. Jack continues to struggle with the curveballs life has thrown him, but starts to think positively about his future. Meanwhile, Joey is forced to choose once and for all between Pacey and Dawson, and finally realizes that the answer has been with her all this time...