List of Dawson's Creek episodes

[1] Paul Stupin shared the executive producer role until Williamson left, and remained until the series finale along with Tom Kapinos and Greg Prange.

Rounding out the cast are Mary-Margaret Humes and John Wesley Shipp as Gail and Mitch Leery, Dawson's parents; Nina Repeta as Bessie Potter, Joey's older sister and legal guardian due to their mother's fatal cancer and father's incarceration for blue-collar crime; and Mary Beth Peil as Evelyn "Grams" Ryan, Jen's maternal grandmother and legal guardian in Capeside.

[2] Dawson returns from spending the summer in Philadelphia with his mother, and on the journey home meets a beautiful blonde girl, Eve (Brittany Daniel), who takes a liking to him.

Eve shows very clear interest in Dawson, and he takes her out on Mitch's motorboat with the intent of impressing her; it works, but during a moment of distraction (which is implied to have involved fellatio), he crashes the boat into the docks.

Eve, it transpires, is a stripper, and Pacey, who is trying to distract himself while waiting for Andie's return, hatches a plan to host a house party with her co-workers at the Leery residence to raise repair money.

In an effort to add excitement to a dull school project, Dawson decides to make a documentary, enlisting the help of Joey, Pacey and Jen.

The group head to a small island near Capeside, rumoured to be haunted by the ghosts of thirteen girls killed in the 17th century after being accused of witchcraft.

Dawson faces criticism for his documentary at a student film festival, while Joey forms a connection with English major and Teaching Assistant A.J.

Andie seeks advice for an advanced admissions interview and finds inspiration from an unexpected source, while Jack explores the local gay community and bonds with a returning Capeside resident, Ethan Brody.

The weekend ends with the promise of new romances: Joey gives her number to A.J., Jack connects with Ethan, and Dawson encounters another filmmaker, Nikki Green, who happens to be his principal's daughter.

Jen blames Drue for her life falling apart when he turns Grams and the whole town against her by telling everyone that they intentionally gave Andie the drugs.

After Andie comes home from the hospital, her father offers her the chance to spend the rest of the school year in Italy with a relative, telling her that she has more than enough credits to graduate.

Jack and Jen get things straight and Andie tricks Dawson and Pacey into playing nice with each other, resulting in the last photograph of the six main characters together as friends.

Absent: Meredith Monroe Secrets spiral out of control as Pacey begs Gretchen to find somewhere to overnight, so that he and Joey can have the place to themselves.

Dawson realizes that he is going to miss a great deal of Lilly's babyhood as he goes off to college, and arrives at Pacey and Gretchen's house to find that she has already gone, leaving only his yearbook, in which she exhorts him to live the life already before him, and says that she loves him.

Joey, with the help of Audrey's audition tape for a (fictional) season of The Real World set in Ibiza, realizes that the letters were Lazare's diary entries, writing to herself.

Gail formally releases him from his responsibilities to the Leery household, and all three agree that Dawson should move to Boston, enroll in the Visual Arts College, and live with Jen and Grams.

This puts the film under additional pressure: the final scene must be shot by the end of the day, as the lights are only rented for that long, and Dawson wants to change it as he feels it lacking.

Audrey, practicing lines with Pacey, kisses him in a moment of passion; later, she locks herself in the bathroom out of guilt for making a move on her roommate's ex, but Joey, called in by Dawson, gives the two of them her blessing.

Dawson and Audrey improvise a successful ending in one long take, and Joey heads back to Professor Wilder's house through a snowy, late-night Boston.

There, she is held up at gunpoint by (Sam Ball), who demands her mobile phone and drains her bank account; he explains that he needs to get back into the good graces of his estranged wife.

Joey takes custody of a lost girl, Sammy (Olivia Milo Pence), and finds her mother, Grace (Mercedes McNab).

Charlie then decides to quit the band and stay with her; Joey begins to panic, as she feels like the relationship is moving too fast.

The two end up having a one-night stand, with Amy declaring she makes judgments about impulsive sexual liaisons partially based on her date's shoes.

Almost everyone brings a date: Famed movie star Max Winter (Eddie Cahill) arrives on the set of Wicked Dead to shoot his scenes and Natasha eagerly sequesters herself to rehearse with him.

At the Christmas dinner, a drunk Todd and an even drunker Audrey begin airing the group's dirty laundry: Jen's pain that C.J.

Joey, on spring break for the next two weeks, accepts Rich's offer to be Pacey's temporary secretary, but shows a complete lack of professionalism.

This is exacerbated when a local newspaper reporter, named Sadia Shaw, arrives to interview Pacey, and he recognizes her as the attractive woman from the Stepatech party five episodes ago.

Jen admits that her self-destructive behavior is causing her to implode her relationship in fear; Adam reminds Eddie that he abandoned Joey twice, and that her unwillingness to trust him is entirely reasonable; David gives Jack an ultimatum: apologize or dump him.

As her dying wish, she begs Joey to stop running and put everyone out of their misery by making a choice between Dawson and Pacey, since they both are evidently still in love with her.