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...Must Come To An End (2)

...Must Come To An End (2) - Jen dies, and, yes, people, I cried. I'm not made of stone, okay? She bequeaths baby Amy to Jack, and -- because Everyone Must Learn A Lesson From Jen's Tragic Death -- Doug comes out of the closet to admit that he loves Jack and he's ready to be a parent. Meanwhile, Dawson and Joey agree that they'll be together forever.but simply as friends, rather than in any kind of sexual or romantic way. Instead, Dawson goes back to his one true love (himself, a.k.a. his television show) and Joey and Pacey end up as they should: together. Oh, shut up. You got misty, too.

Future Shock

All Good Things... (1) - Ha! As if. There's nothing shocking about this episode, which allegedly takes place five years from now, even though everyone still looks and acts exactly the same -- which is to say, badly coiffed and irritating. Especially Dawson. Everyone who was hoping he would be the "one of these four friends" who took a dirt nap will be sorely disappointed, and yet, not even the tiniest bit surprised by who actually is about to croak. (Hint: That character's name rhymes with "Jen." And is "Jen.")

Joey Potter And Capeside Redemption

Joey Potter And Capeside Redemption - Joey pulls all of Capeside together to make Dawson's movie happen. Pacey, meanwhile, uses his charm all over town to make back most of the money Dawson lost in his crazy stock scheme. In the final analysis, Joey reels off a pat little speech about all the stuff she's learned about, like, life and shit in her long nineteen years, and it is revealed that she's run off to Paris. Before she goes, though, she and Dawson make their peace with each other, and she even brokers an honest understanding of sorts between Dawson and Pacey.

Goodbye, Yellow Brick Road

Goodbye, Yellow Brick Road - Pacey has lost all of the seed money for Dawson's Self-Indulgent Independent Movie, and after he manages to get up the courage to tell him, the two of them have a big old fight. Also, they make all this noise about how they're not really friends, and blah blah blah Joey-cakes. After the fight, Joey gives Pacey a little pep talk about how he's making his fear of failure into a self-fulfilling prophecy, and she assures him that she wants to be part of his life. In Boston, Jen's mother arrives to kiss and make up with Grams. Grams, Jen, CJ, and Jack then all decide to move to New York, so that CJ can go to grad school, and Grams can be waiting on them hand and foot.

Making money hand over fisticuffs

Catch-22 - Sadia and Pacey have the world's least interesting affair, Dawson's money goes down the tubes, Eddie dumps Joey, Pacey has a fight with Boss Man Rich, and Jack breaks up with Little David. It sounds like a lot, but honestly, nothing happens.

Lovelines

Lovelines - Dr. Drew and Adam Corolla, formerly of Loveline fame, make an appearance at Boston Bay College of Contrivance. Joey and Eddie use the forum to work through the fact that she doesn't want to "get with" him. Blandy and Jen use it to work through their "break-up," and Jen finally admits to Blandy that Grams is sick. TGED and Jack have the stupidest fight in the world about saving seats, because they're apparently twelve. Oh, and Audrey's back. Whatever.

Love Bites

Love Bites - Grams has breast cancer and it's spread too far for surgery, Joey told Pacey that it was over between them forever and went back to Oliver, and I sympathized with Dawson. I can't give a well-done and moving episode a bad grade simply because one character (Joey) made a choice (going back to Oliver) that I think is really, really wrong (yes, I said Oliver), can I?

Sex And Violence

Sex And Violence - Joey takes a temporary job as Pacey's assistant, and acts completely unprofessionally and in a generally appalling manner. And stupid Dawson goes through the most unrealistic pitch meeting ever and then talks to Todd, and Todd has apparently been taken over by the pod people because he gives him the schmoopiest advice ever. And Jen! Jen has a complete break with reality and decides that CJ both wants an unreasonable amount of sex from her and that he thinks she's a slut, painting herself as a whore and a prude at the same time! And then she and CJ work out their sexual problems with Grams! At the dinner table!

That Was Then

That Was Then - Pacey and Joey are considering whether to revisit their relationship when Pacey gets called back to Capeside: Pa Witter is in the hospital. He recovers, but not without finally telling Pacey how proud he is of the way Pacey turned out. This causes some conflict between Pacey and a surprisingly bratty Deputy Doug, but Pacey's visit to Capeside ends well when he meets up with Dawson and they agree to start anew with their friendship. As for Joey, she's dealing with her own Mini-Me, as she tutors Harley in both English and her burgeoning relationship with a mini-Pacey.

Castaways

Castaways - Joey and Pacey are locked in a K-Mart. No Dawson. No Audrey. No boring tertiary characters yapping about their stupid lives. Katie Holmes and Josh Jackson look alive for the second episode in a row as their characters actually talk about the fact that, you know, they used to go out. Eventually, Pacey admits that he's been having schmoopy feelings for Joey. She kisses him a couple of times, but asks to think about the possibility of them getting back together for a bit before giving him a definitive answer. Bonus: Pacey loses the goatee! Praise the sweet Lord!

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