The gang rallies around one of their own as they face a major health concern.

After five years, the gang reconvenes in Capeside for Gail's wedding but one of them faces a health crisis.

Joey rallies the group to help make Dawson's film; Pacey returns to live with his brother after losing his job.

Pacey has to return to Capeside and inform Dawson that their investment in the stock market is gone; Jen's mother makes a visit to Boston where Grams needs to tell her about her cancer.

Pacey's investment advice for Dawson's ends up costly Dawson his life savings; Jack and David reach a crossroads; Joey decides to take a leap with Eddie but is left heart broken.

Audrey returns from rehab; Jen abruptly dumps C.J.; Eddie wonders why Joey won't sleep with him since they reconcile; The gang has their problems exposed to an audience when Dr. Drew and Adam Corolla bring their Lovelines show to Boston.

Joey is surprised by Eddie's return; Jen gets devastating news; Dawson asks Pacey to invest in his film.

Joey fills in as Joey's secretary; Dawson heads to L.A. to try and sell his teen movie idea.

Professor Hetson recruits Joey to babysit his daughter, Hayley; Dawson visits Capeside High; Pacey returns to Capeside after his father has a heart attack.

After agreeing to pose as Pacey's sister at a business party, Joey demands to be taken home. When Pacey makes a quick stop at a local K-Mart they are accidentally locked inside the store. They're forced to spend the night there and talk about their friendship and relationship, both past and future. After the night is over they are both left to ponder what the future has in store for them.

Pacey and Jack throw a party full of surprises; Visiting Audrey in rehab, Dawson first meets a filmmaking legend.

Joey convinces Eddie to cross the country to take Audrey to rehab; Dawson discovers that directing in Hollywood will be more difficult than he thought.

Joey follows Eddie to his family home where they face up to their true emotions and the obstacles they must overcome to be together. Back in Boston, Pacey is invited to an exclusive party where he receives a promotion and is recruited to be part of a special project but is tipped off that the project maybe not be ethical. Audrey returns from Los Angeles and is welcomed back into the band, but blows her chances by getting drunk just before taking the stage.

Back in LA, Dawson is asked by the studio to direct re-shoots but is conflicted about being disloyal to his mentor. Meanwhile, Joey hasn't heard from Eddie since Christmas and finds his apartment empty; Pacey starts skipping work to spend time with Emma; Jen's insecurities as a peer counselor are compounded when C.J. is assigned to train her.

Dawson and Gail invite everyone back to Capeside for Christmas, but Dawson confronts Natasha about her one-night stand; Joey's happiness with Eddie turns sour when her father expresses his disapproval; Jen spends her time consoling a dumped Grams and Audrey gets loaded.

Natasha is drawn to a handsome new actor who arrives to the set. Meanwhile, Joey spends the night at Eddie's apartment but misses Professor Heston's final exam. Pacey invites Emma to his office party and sparks between the two turn to passion.

Dawson comes through with No Doubt concert tickets, but he and Natasha's first public date ends in a brush with the law. Joey and Eddie have to sneak into the concert, while Pacey come to blows with CJ at the concert when it is revealed that he slept with Audrey.

Audrey gets drunk before her band performs and worries her friends, especially CJ who suspects a deeper problem. Meanwhile, Eddie and Joey agree to go on a real date; Pacey hits it off with a beautiful woman while on a business trip to New Orleans, and is shocked to discover that she's a call girl; and when Professor Freeman announces that he's leaving he and Jack have a heart-to-heart talk about their future.

When Dawson assists Todd in throwing a blow-out Halloween party, Todd and Natasha have Dawson believing he is seeing the ghost of a legendary film actress. Jen becomes suspicious about C.J., and Joey gets stuck taking Professor Heston's daughter to a haunted house with Eddie.

Dawson's manages to 'get the girl' when a producer visits the "Wicked Dead" movie set to fire Natasha and close down production. Audrey is excited when asked to be the lead singer of Emma's band but is crushed when Pacey misses the gig. Joey demands the truth from Eddie.

Dawson finds himself in an awkward situation when he is put between Joey and the intoxicated leading lady of his film. Audrey allows herself to be taken in by another man's charm.

Joey accidentally sends an emotional email addressed to Dawson throughout the Worthington campus; Pacey's first week on the job gives him a hard lesson in corporate greed and ambition.

Dawson & Joey's reunion leads to an evening of truth and intimacy, which is ruined when Dawson receives a phone call from another woman. Pacey gets a job interview that could change his life. Sparks fly between Jen and CJ, a handsome new peer counselor she meets at school.

Dawson returns to Boston after working as an assistant director in Los Angeles over the summer and reunites with Joey who has spent a relatively angst-free summer in Capeside. Audrey and Pacey return from L.A. with a surprise passenger, Audrey's childhood friend Jack Osborne.