Dawson's Creek: Season 5

Dawson is a freshman film student in Los Angeles and about to begin an internship at a studio under director Todd Carr (Hal Ozsan), while Joey is settling in at Worthington College in Boston. Instead of focusing on their new lives, they find themselves distracted by the distance between them and their unsettling last kiss. Joey is out of her depth, dealing with promiscuous roommate Audrey Liddell and a demanding creative writing professor, David Wilder (Ken Marino), who gives her story -- based

Dawson is packing to return to LA after spending the weekend with Joey when he receives the voicemail she left him the previous Friday. The two are unable to hash out their differences as Joey spends the day trying to get permission to drop her writing class and get the form through Worthington bureaucracy. At the behest of his brother, Pacey reluctantly gets a dish-washer job at Civilization, a restaurant run by an ambitious chef, Danny Brecher (Ian Kahn), and meets a waitress named Karen (Lour

Joey, Audrey and Jen go out to dinner at Civilization, where Joey is perturbed to see Pacey working in the back; she is shocked to learn from Jen that he's been here for more than three weeks and has made no attempt to contact her. Jack is offered a bid by the Sigma Epsilon fraternity; he tells them that he is gay, but they say diversity is part of their mandate, so he accepts. Dawson heads home to Capeside, having made the decision to drop out of university and move to Boston. While Gail is und

The main characters assemble in Capeside to bury Mitch Leery. Dawson and Gail are devastated that Lilly will never remember her father. Dawson is convinced that he is at fault, as his father would have been driving him to the airport instead of going to the store if he had taken Mitch's advice about film school. Pacey takes him to the scene of the accident and shows him how the other driver - who had worked a double shift - was at fault. But Dawson does not allow himself to cry until he visits t

Dawson takes Joey up on her invitation for a weekend in Boston, but the two have reservations once there. Meanwhile, Jack is surprised when his boyfriend Tobey shows up unexpectedly forcing Jack to choose between fraternity hell week and spending time with Tobey.

Dawson is having trouble with anxiety attacks so his doctor refers him to a grief therapist in Boston. Outside the office Dawson changes his mind and instead embarks on a night of debauchery with Jack and his frat brothers, which ends with a drunken Dawson citing his kiss with Joey as being the reason Dawson dropped out of USC, and therefore of Mitch's death. Jen, conferring with Pacey on the issue of Charlie's cheating, finds a locket; Pacey passes it to Danny for his wife. Jen finds the other

Jen helps Dawson go to the grief counselor (Pauley Perrette) he ran away from the week before. Dawson finds the idea of sharing his thoughts with a complete stranger uncomfortable, but he is surprised with how much he learns from it. Back in Capeside, Dawson and Gail run into problems handling Mitch's will: he never signed an updated version that includes Lily. Meanwhile, Joey helps Professor Wilder's hand-picked team sift through Rose Lazare's letters; they are frank and detailed, leading to th

Nora approaches Jen at the radio station and asks if Charlie has also been writing Jen lovesick letters begging her to take him back (he hasn't). To break her out of her funk, Dawson takes her on a road trip to a small film festival in Hooksett, New Hampshire, where his documentary about Mr. Brooks, submitted by Mitch on Dawson's behalf, has won the grand prize. His main competition is Oliver Chirchick (Jordan Bridges), who has won the festival three years running and who starts off assuming Daw

After watching scary movies, Joey, Pacey and Jack talk about their creepiest experiences and urban legends. * Joey shares her story of how she was almost attacked by the librarian on Halloween and saved by the creepy man she was running from. * Jack describes helping to clean the frat house basement and finding a pledge gagged and bound in a closet in what is believed to be a hazing ritual; however, the pledge is implied to be the ghost of a closeted gay man who committed suicide in the 60s. * P

To encourage the gang to actually hold one of the weekly dinners they've been planning since the start of the semester, Pacey offers to cook the meal; he, Joey, Jack and Audrey discuss the fact that Dawson and Jen stayed an extra night in New Hampshire after the film festival, making them a little late to dinner. Jen and Dawson, arriving, decide to keep their re-kindled relationship to themselves, but are caught by everyone kissing at the door. The resulting tense atmosphere derails dinner, with

Joey, Audrey and Pacey go out to celebrate at a nightclub: Pacey has been promoted to chef, Audrey has been hired as a waitress at Civilization (primarily on her ability to put Pacey in his place), and Joey has achieved a perfect GPA for her first semester at Worthington. Audrey suggests to Joey that they should both kiss some boys but Joey is reluctant to do so. Charlie's band is playing, and Charlie hits on Joey, though he gives up when Joey confirms that she knows what he did to Jen. Still, h

Dawson and Jen see that living together is tricky. Between ruined toothbrushes and bathroom overcrowding, they get on each other's nerves. Jen faces a new challenge at work after her regular show turns into an advice show. She mainly gives advice to girls with relationship problems, and makes statements on men that hurt Dawson's feelings, but Dawson surprises her by saying he won't ever treat her badly; meanwhile, the producers offer her another show as an advice expert. Meanwhile, Melanie (Jenn

Dawson attends the Visual Arts College. Oliver wastes no time in asking Dawson to direct a movie he wrote. Dawson is impressed with the script, but refuses the directing job due to fear of the inevitable lows that follow any sort of emotional highs. Oliver reminds him that this is a terrible way to live life, and Dawson accepts the directorship. Oliver plans to play the starring role. Meanwhile, Jen's new radio show gets terrible reviews: her blissful relationship with Dawson have transformed he

Directing Oliver's movie is not an easy task. Audrey, playing opposite Oliver, has problems with the star's kissing skills, and Dawson discovers that Oliver is a deficient thespian, leading to a re-casting of Charlie in the role. 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; l

Joey stops at an ATM at the eponymous Downtown Crossing shopping district. 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. He demands Joey's coat for use as a gift. As he crosses the street he is struck by a moving car. Joey retrieves her possessions and, despite the criminal's protests, calls an ambulance. She faints and is taken to hospital too. Joey take

Joey visits Prof. Wilder to explain why she failed to turn up at his house, but he does not allow her to speak and suggests she had avoided him for good reasons. Dawson invites her to watch In A Lonely Place with him. They see Prof Wilder with an unknown woman and Joey is uneasy. Later, Wilder kisses the woman and leaves the screening early. Joey follows him to the foyer. He explains he sometimes meets the woman although they are wrong for one another (preserving the idea that he hasn't been dec

Charlie learns that the lead singer of his band has quit; he begs Joey to take over, as the band have a paying gig the next day. Pacey agrees to drive her and Audrey the six hours. Charlie, who overslept and missed his ride with the rest of the band, turns up needing a ride. Pacey dislikes Charlie as the latter has wronged Jen. The drive is fraught with arguments and sniping from Charlie. Meanwhile, Dawson, Jen, Jack and Grams return to Capeside for Lily's first birthday party, and Dawson is unc

Oliver tells Dawson he has arranged a screening for their movie, which is yet to be finished. Dawson freaks out, but Joey comforts him saying the movie is brilliant. At the screening, Dawson meets a beautiful woman, and after exchanging insults she reveals herself to be Amy Lloyd (Meredith Salenger), movie critic for the Boston Weekly, whom Oliver secretly invited. She storms out, but Dawson convinces her to watch the movie after a heart-to-heart talk -- and, after Amy glimpses her boyfriend, wh

It is Spring Break and the group goes to Miami to party. Audrey and Pacey go through their first relationship test when Chris Hartford (Tac Fitzgerald), Audrey's high school boyfriend and first love, shows up with tickets for the M2M concert at an MTV event. She is torn with the memories of the past, and eventually kisses Chris. Pacey stays cool about it and asks Audrey to be his official girlfriend after she confesses she loves him. Meanwhile, Dawson and Oliver drive to New York to meet a film

Charlie's band lands a deal for a tour. He asks Joey to go with him, but she doesn't want to leave college in the middle of the semester. 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. She breaks up with him so he can go with his band on tour. Meanwhile, Oliver and Dawson finally get to NY to meet with an agent (Jack Plotnik), but Oliver ruins the meeting with his awkwardness. Dawson smooths it over by remaini

Dawson, at the theatre to watch a movie for class, runs into Amy Lloyd, who is fleeing a disastrous date. 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. He admits that he still harbors feelings for Joey. Dawson is stung by Amy's review of his and Oliver's picture, which she called "at times imitative, derivative, and full of unexplored potential," but Amy gives him a copy of a film which she des

Civilization's new investors show up and Alex, a control freak, begins insulting and firing people; Pacey leads a coup d'etat against her, and both are fired. Dawson and Joey return to Capeside, and Audrey accompanies them to avoid her parents; she learns that Dawson and Oliver have been invited to summer in LA, where a famous director wishes to mentor them. Joey receives a surprise visit from Prof. Wilder, who included her story from the start of the year (about her kiss with Dawson from the Se

Dawson, Audrey, Jack and Jen await flights at Logan International Airport. Grams is also awaiting a flight; she's taking a 'on the sly' weekend jaunt to Las Vegas with Clifton Smalls. Dawson runs into Todd Carr, the director who fired him at the beginning of the year; Carr invites Dawson to look him up in LA. Only Joey and Pacey plan to stay in Capeside; Joey to resume her hostess job at the Yacht Club; Pacey as security guard there. Pacey runs into Danny Brecher, who reaffirms his bond with Pac