Advisor: To make a fresh start today you wanna go to college? Can't get enough. Drue: Oh, and you have? Gretchen: School? I know it's not gonna help me get into college. Interviewing for a job. It's not really Jen's birthday. Jack: And? Jack: Andie, it is not my future that I'm concerned about at the moment, it's the present. Joey is really starting to get drunk.] Joey: Good. Just talk to him. Pacey: Yes, because as you so rightly pointed out, I am a guy, and if I'm going to get in trouble for being a guy, I think I should at least get to act like one every once in a while... You know, with your advance permission and approval. Think about it. [Cut to inside the party. [Scene: The Leery Fish House.
Plan: A: their future; Q: What do the characters start to think about? A: Joey; Q: Who is concerned about Pacey's grades? A: college; Q: What is Gretchen reluctant to admit she is not going back to? A: her worries; Q: What does Joey get drunk to forget? A: Drue; Q: Who makes everyone think it is Jen's birthday so he can have a party? A: more people; Q: What does Drue want to get to know by having a party? A: Andie; Q: Who takes over Jack's college applications? A: Gretchen; Q: Who applies for a job as a bartender at Leery's restaurant? A: her reason; Q: What does Gretchen refuse to admit about her decision to not go back to college? Summary: Everybody starts to think about their future, and their higher education options. Joey is concerned about Pacey not having grades good enough to get into college and gets drunk to forget her worries. Drue makes everybody think it is Jen's birthday so he can have a party to get to know more people. Andie takes over Jack's applications and drives him crazy with her obsessive behavior. Gretchen applies for a job as bartender at the Leery's restaurant and appears reluctant to admit her reason for not going back to college.