My 10 Best Episodes of "Dawson's Creek"
I love TV. It's been a constant companion through the years when I've needed one and had nothing else around to be there for me. Comedies can make me forget about my troubles and make me laugh when I need to the most. Dramas can bring me inside a world I don't know while making me feel emotions and contemplate issues I might not otherwise. I am going to be making some lists of what I think are the 10 best episodes of various comedies and dramas I love. If you haven't watched some of these series, I hope I give you some ideas for episodes you can watch that may make you love them.
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- DirectorAllan ArkushStarsJames Van Der BeekMichelle WilliamsJoshua JacksonAfter Dawson, Joey, Jen and Pacey individually commit various violations at school, they all get stuck together for an eight-hour Saturday of detention, along with Abby Morgan, a trouble-making imp, where tensions still run high between all of them when Dawson and Pacey turn against each other, and Joey offers a tearful, partial explanation for her personal anger towards Jen.
- DirectorArvin BrownStarsJames Van Der BeekMichelle WilliamsJoshua JacksonJen convinces Joey to enter a beauty competition to win money for college, while Pacey decides to enter to win money for his own apartment. While Dawson covers the competition, with his mother's assistance, Jen begins to regret her breakup with Dawson.
- DirectorDavid SemelStarsJames Van Der BeekKatie HolmesMichelle WilliamsFaced with a difficult English test, Dawson, Joey, Pacey, Jen, and Andi have an all-night studying session at Chris Wolfe's house. During this time, a purity quiz reveals the innermost secrets of all involved, including Pacey's fling with the departed Miss Jacobs, as well as Chris' motives to sleep with Jen, who reverts back to her promiscuous personality. The grouping also reveals the rage and jealousy in Dawson over his and Joey's failed relationship, in which he confides in Chris' younger sister, Dina, about his life problems.
- DirectorScott PaulinStarsJames Van Der BeekKatie HolmesMichelle WilliamsThe gang explore uncharted waters when the girls, Jen, Joey, Andie and Abby spend a day with Gail doing a TV report on teenage behavior amid the tensions between all of them over Jen and Joey's continuing feud and Abby's continuing insensitivity. Meanwhile, Dawson and Pacey explore their own uncharted waters when they go on a father-son fishing trip with Mitch and Pacey's grumpy and critical father, Sheriff John Witter, as well as Jack whom Pacey invites to tag along which brings out more tension between Dawson and Jack.
- DirectorDavid SemelStarsJames Van Der BeekKatie HolmesMichelle WilliamsIn the aftermath of Abby's death, all of Capeside is attempting to 'whitewash' her life. But all the hypocrisy is making Jen angry knowing that Abby's 'good life' was all a scam. At Abby's funeral, Jen delivers part of the eulogy where she embarrasses Grams by announcing that Abby taught her the falseness of God. Meanwhile, Abby's clueless mother asks Andie to deliver the eulogy after mistakenly thinking that they were friends. Joey is afraid to attend the funeral which brings back bad memories of her own mother's funeral while Dawson persuades her to overcome her fears. Also, Gail tells Dawson that she has accepted a job offer as an TV executive in Philadelphia.
- DirectorLou AntonioStarsJames Van Der BeekKatie HolmesMichelle WilliamsConcerned for Andie's well being, Jack phones their father who arrives back in Capeside where he announces that he intends to take both Andie and Mrs. McPhee to Providence for treatment in a mental hospital. Both Jack and Pacey are stunned at the news which leads to Pacey and Andie to decide whether her mental wellness is more important than being together. Jack also must decide if he wants to go with Andie and their mother, or stay alone in Capeside. Meanwhile, Dawson is preparing his film class' final exam by videotaping all individuals involved as well as helping Joey's father, Mike Potter, extend the Ice House for Bessie. After being shunned by everyone, Jen wonders where she'll live after her parents tell her by phone that she is not welcome to come back to New York.
- DirectorSandy SmolanStarsJames Van Der BeekKatie HolmesMichelle WilliamsJoey questions Dawson's state of mind when he and Pacey decide to lead her and their friends to a secret location party on a golf course hosted by Matt Caulfield, a wealthy and snobbish student connected to a clique of spoiled rich kids from school, infamous for their complete and utter debauchery. Meanwhile, Jack's ex-girlfriend, Kate Douglas, arrives from Rhode Island for a visit while nursing a broken heart, but is unaware of Jack's coming out. Also, Jen's first date with Henry is a Valentine's Day she won't soon forget when he passes out after donating four pints of blood to pay for their romantic dinner at a fancy restaurant.
- DirectorGregory PrangeStarsJames Van Der BeekKatie HolmesMichelle WilliamsDawson, Joey and Andie prepare their own unique prom when they learn that the committee has scrutinized Jack's selected male date Ethan. Dawson, who has invited Joey to be his date, uses the special evening to try to win her back and make Pacey jealous. Andie persuades Pacey to be her escort, but her evening ends by her consoling him about his love life uncertainties. Also at the prom, Jen becomes outraged with Henry when he reveals he is leaving Capeside for the summer to attend football camp in Ohio, and Gail and Mitch celebrate their new found romance.
- DirectorSandy SmolanStarsJames Van Der BeekKatie HolmesMichelle WilliamsPacey, enlightened by getting good grades, decides to take a sail on his boat and takes Jen with him for company. Meanwhile, Andie has an interview with Drue's mother for a college acceptance. But her medical records get in her way in which the egotistical and snobbish Mrs. Valentine worries about Andie's mental stability and outright denies her the spot. Everyone's plans change when a big storm rolls into Capeside, trapping Pacey and Jen at sea where Dawson and Joey steal a motorboat, owned by a cranky old resident, A.I. Brooks, to rescue them while Andie takes control of the situation at the Yacht club to wait out the storm. At sea, Jen and Pacey admit to each other their biggest regrets in life. Jen regrets never being in love, despite her feelings for Henry, and Pacey regrets the destruction of his friendship with Dawson.
- DirectorRobert Duncan McNeillStarsJames Van Der BeekKatie HolmesMichelle WilliamsAfter Mitch suddenly dies in a car accident, Dawson has to handle the funeral arrangements where everybody comes to give him and Gail support as Dawson tries not to breakdown upon his father's sudden death. Gail, unlike Dawson, is not holding up very well and feels sorry for six-month-old Lily, who will never know how her father was like. Everybody, including Joey, Jen, Jack, Pacey and even Grams Ryan try to comfort Dawson in their own way, and Dawson starts to blame himself for his father's death.