Episode Guides (Season 1)

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• "Pilot" #100
  EMOTIONS IN MOTIONS -- At the onset of their sophomore year of high school, Dawson Leery and his best friend, Josephine "Joey" Potter, battle with the knowledge that their lifelong friendship may be changing. Adding to Joey's confusing emotions is the arrival of the radiant Jennifer Lindley, who appears to be "the girl next door," but has an air of mystery surrounding her as she harbors a dark secret from her past. Rounding out the clique is Pacey, whose gift for sarcasm is topped only be an over-confident knack for stumbling awkwardly unprepared into adult situations. John Wesley Shipp, Mary-Margaret Humes, George Gaffney, Nina Repeta, and Leeann Hunley also star.
  
• "Dirty Dancing" #101
  
• "A Prelude to a Kiss" #102
  TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES -- Dawson's dream of a perfect, storybook first kiss with Jen may finally be coming true, but his plans may not go according to schedule when Jen discovers a secret that breaks up the romantic moment; at school, Dawson has the opportunity to join the film class as a silent observer, but can't keep quiet when he sees the film is in trouble; Joey finds herself swept away by Anderson Crawford (guest-star Ian Bohen), an attractive, wealthy preppy whose family has docked their sailboat in Capeside; and Pacey and Ms. Jacobs' (guest star Leann Hunley) secret rendezvous may no longer be just between them. Nina Repeta and Obi Ndefo also star.
  
• "Carnal Knowledge" #103
  HIDDEN TRUTHS -- On the day of Dawson's parents' twentieth wedding anniversary he spots his mother with another man. Later, Dawson turns to his best friend Joey, rather than his girlfriend Jen, when he needs a friend to confide in about his suspicions. Upon turning to Joey he feels betrayed when she confesses she has known about his mother's dishonesty. Jen finally reveals to Dawson her dark past about her life in New York. By his surprise reaction, Jen feels like Dawson is slipping away and turns to an unlikely source for advice. Meanwhile, Pacey and Ms. Jacobs continue to grow closer but they are having a hard time keeping their tryst a secret after Dawson's budding film career captures their romance on videotape. John Wesley Shipp, Nina Repeta and Mary Beth Peil also star.
  
• "Blown Away" #104
  CAPESIDE UNDER SIEGE -- When the Leerys, the Potters, Jen and her grandmother are confined to the Leery house during a hurricane, temperaments run high when Dawson angrily confronts his mother about her affair; Gale confesses the error of her ways, shattering Mitch's world; and Jen's grandmother exchanges acrimonious words with Bessie and Bodie about their relationship and their unborn child. Meanwhile, across town, Pacey and Tamara struggle to keep their emotions under control as they weather out the storm in her house with Pacey's older brother, Deputy Doug Witter.
  
• "Look Who's Talking" #105
  HUSH LITTLE BABY-- As Bessie goes into labor at the Leery household, Joey turns to Dawson for solace when her sister's anguish floods her with memories of her mother's death. Jen must put aside her religious differences with Gram, who must overcome her own racial judgements, when they are the only ones left to deliver the baby. Meanwhile, when rumors of Pacey's closeness with Miss Jacobs' begin to spread, the school board calls for an emergency meeting to decide her fate.
  

• "The Breakfast Club" #106
  After committing various violations at school, the gang gets stuck together during Saturday detention, where Dawson and Pacey turn against each another; and Joey offers a tearful partial explanation for her anger toward Jen.
  

• "Escape from New York" #107
  MY BOYFRIEND'S BACK - Jen's ex-boyfriend from New York (guest star Eion Bailey) shows up to try and win her back, and much to Dawson's dismay it seems to be working; Pacey talks a weary Joey into attending a beach party where she drowns her sorrows in alcohol, and Gale and Mitch continue to work on repairing their marriage through a deep-sea fishing adventure. Nina Repeta also stars.
  

• "In The Company Of Men" #108
  BOYS WILL BE BOYS -- Dawson, heart-broken after his break-up with Jen, allows himself to be coerced into an impetuous road trip with Pacey and Jen's ex-boyfriend, Billy. Meanwhile, Jen and Joey find common ground confronting an arrogant Jock (guest star Eric Balfour).

• "Modern Romance" #109
  CIRCLE OF LOVE -- Dawson, sulking over his break-up with Jen and the knowledge that she has a date with Cliff (guest star Scott Foley), masterminds a double date, but when his date (guest star Megahn Perry) uncovers his manipulation, they join forces to obtain their desired dates which leaves all four going in circles. Meanwhile, Joey is recruited to save Pacey from failing biology, but when Pacey confesses his new discoveries about Joey to Dawson, it makes Dawson begin to confront his own feelings about their childhood friend. Mary-Margaret Humes, John Wesley Shipp, Mary Beth Peil and Nina Repeta also star.

• "The Scare" #110
  SCREAM - Creator Kevin Williamson brings horror to Capeside -- It's Friday the 13th in Capeside and Dawson revels in his annual blood curdling practical jokes. Meanwhile, news hits the sleepy town that young women are being brutally murdered, and Jen fears she might be the next victim when she gets a frightening anonymous phone call. Also Pacey brings a peculiar woman (guest star Jennifer McComb) who does not know she is being stalked, to Dawson's annual Friday the 13th seance and all the guests have encounters of the scariest kind.

• "Pretty Woman" #111
  NEVER JUDGE -- Joey becomes the center of amorous attention when she enters a local beauty competition to earn money towards her future education; meanwhile, to the pageant judges’ dismay, Pacey enters the pageant on the grounds that he is as qualified as any female contestant. Furthermore, on the eve of the extravaganza, Dawson is surrounded by romance when Jen confesses her regrets about breaking off their relationship and Joey unburdens her heart. Mary-Margaret Humes, John Wesley Shipp, Mary Beth Peil and Nina Repeta also star.
  
• "Breaking Away" #112
  When Dawson learns that Joey may leave Capeside, he is forced to confront his true feelings for his childhood friend. But even though Joey has longed for Dawson for years, she must now decide if this is her one true love and if it's enough to keep her in Capeside. Elsewhere, Jen and Grams put aside their religious differences to mourn the death of a cherished family member.

Episode guides taken from the official Dawson's Creek website.