'Cause I don't mean to be an alarmist, but that sounds serious to me. A student is reading some poetry from a book uncomfortable in front of the entire class while Jack is sitting in one of the desks towards the back.] Actors playing Colby and Sam are acting out a scene from Dawson's New TV show The Creek.]
Colby: Feelings and emotions have an inexplicable way of manifesting themselves in subconscious and not always se-aware behavior. All of the gang have met up at the Ice house and are all sitting around a large table joking and reminiscing together]
[Jack and Jen come walking up to join]
Jack: Hey, hey, hey, hey! Amy changed me. And dad would be, too. And, uh, they need to confer with her New York doctors before they can tell us anything. Cut to a Jen, Grams and Amy sitting together in the hospital bed. Dawson and Joey are still there sitting down on his bed and talking to one another about how they have been spending the past few years.] Dawson looks around and sees a Director's chair with his name on it and a poster of his show on the wall]
Dawson: Hmm. Dawson: All right. Does Sam hook up with feisty Petey or soul mate Colby in the season cliffhanger? He is startled by a sound coming from outside the window and he grabs his laptop ready to use it to hit whatever comes through the window and it is Joey who falls to the floor while trying to climb through the window.] He joins his Assistant who is finishing a phone call.] He's just a friend. Her mother's in Europe. Jen: Nothing. Jen: Right now... Jen: Wait, stop. Joey is sitting with her head on Jack's shoulder and Bessie is sitting with them on the couch as he tells them about Jen. Joey: I will. Joey: That's not as easy as it once was. Later that evening. Man: They're soul mates. My baby Jen. Pacey is driving Dawson and Joey back to their places. Pacey: Do you want to help me out here? Pacey: Must be the new shoes. Pacey: [Sighs]
[Pacey hits the first guy, and tries to run when the other two grab him, and the three of them begin beating him up.] Series Finale (Part 1 of 2)
[Scene: A set dressed up like Dawson's Bedroom. She is now conscious and Jack comes into her room to join her]
Jen: Hey, you. She just collapsed. She's touring Europe, and she's got some boyfriend she calls the anti-Pacey. Still breaking hearts? The camera pulls back from the TV and we see that Joey was watching the show on the couch with a tear in her eye. There's so much I want to know about you and New York and... everything. You know, I wanted to be Spielberg. You know, we do live in a post Will & Grace world. [HE looks over and sees the woman who is looking over at him still]
Pacey: Oh...
[Cut to later and Pacey and Joey are dancing together.] [He puts down his bags and looks around and picks up a picture of him and Joey happy together.] [Joey and Dawson get up to leave.]
Plan: A: Five years; Q: How long has it been since everyone was last together? A: Capeside; Q: Where is the wedding that the gang is reunited for? A: Dawson; Q: Who did Joey confess to that she and Pacey are soul mates? A: Los Angeles; Q: Where was Dawson living when he was reunited with his childhood friends? A: his life; Q: What does Dawson want to spend with Joey? A: Joey; Q: Who did Jen ask to choose between Dawson and Pacey? A: a successful book editor; Q: What is Joey's profession? A: New York City; Q: Where is Joey now living? A: her boyfriend; Q: Who is Chris? A: her childhood sweethearts; Q: Who does Joey still love? A: Pacey; Q: Who does Joey decide she wants to be with? A: the new Ice House; Q: What is Pacey the owner of? A: a torch; Q: What does Pacey carry for Joey? A: Jen; Q: Who asked Joey to pick between Pacey and Dawson? A: a single mom; Q: What is Jen's current status? A: Grams; Q: Who does Jen live with in New York? A: an art gallery; Q: What is Jen managing in New York? A: SoHo; Q: Where is Jen's art gallery located? A: Jack; Q: Who tells Jen that she's his soul mate? A: Capeside High; Q: Where is Jack a teacher? A: the Sheriff of Capeside; Q: What is Doug's job title? A: all the secrets; Q: What comes out as tragedy and love becomes clear? A: tragedy; Q: What event caused the secrets to come out? A: the hospital; Q: Where is Jen when the gang is reunited? A: a terminal heart condition; Q: What is Jen dying from? A: the gang; Q: Who is trying to move on after Jen's death? A: a video; Q: What did Dawson help Jen make for her daughter? A: Amy; Q: Who is the baby that Jack and Jen have? A: their unhappy childhood; Q: What did Joey and Pacey share in common? A: cancer; Q: What disease did Joey's mother die from? A: drug trafficking; Q: What crime did Joey's father get incarcerated for? A: his outrageously immature and neglectful parents; Q: What is Pacey dealing with? A: the world; Q: What did Joey want to travel to? A: his alcoholic loser father; Q: Who did Pacey's father remind him of? A: grandfather; Q: Who is Pacey's other family member? A: a phone call; Q: What did Dawson answer in the final moments of the series? A: Steven Spielberg; Q: Who is Dawson's idol? A: the camera; Q: What lingers on a picture of Dawson and his friends? A: a picture; Q: What does the camera linger on on Dawson's desk? A: Dawson's desk; Q: Where is the picture of Dawson and his friends that ends the episode? A: season one; Q: What season did the show end with a scene of the gang walking down the beach? A: 2011; Q: When was the two-part finale ranked #16 on TV Guide Network's TV's Most Unforgettable Finales? A: the TV Guide Network special; Q: What was the final episode of Dawson's Creek ranked #16 on? Summary: Five years have passed and everyone is reunited in Capeside for a special wedding. Dawson has been living in Los Angeles producing his autobiographical television series The Creek and has never forgotten the love of his life, Joey. She is now a successful book editor living in New York City with her boyfriend, Chris, but comes home to realize she still loves her childhood sweethearts. Pacey is the owner of the new Ice House and still carries a torch for Joey, Jen is a single mom living with Grams in New York and managing an art gallery in SoHo, and Jack is a teacher at Capeside High and has fallen in love with Doug who is now the Sheriff of Capeside. Together all the secrets come out as tragedy and love becomes clear. With Jen in the hospital dying from a terminal heart condition, the gang tries not to be too sad about it. Dawson helps Jen make a video for her daughter, asking her to never stop loving and dreaming. Jen also asks Joey as her last wish to end the chasing and running and to finally pick between Pacey and Dawson. Joey tells Jen that she has always known who she is supposed to be with. Jack tells Jen that she's his soul mate and asks to raise baby Amy for her. Jen passes away and while mourning the death of their close friend, the gang has to move on. Doug tells Jack he's willing to spend his life with him and wants to help raise Amy. Joey breaks up with Chris over the phone while she tries to decide whom she will choose: Dawson or Pacey. After Jen's funeral, Pacey privately tells Joey that she's "off the hook"; despite his endless love for her, he can't hold her back any more despite them growing up together and relating to each other over their unhappy childhood and adolescence; Joey dealing with her mother's death from cancer and her father's imprisonment for drug trafficking, plus Pacey dealing with his outrageously immature and neglectful parents. But as much as Joey wanted, all her life, was to leave Capeside and travel the world, Pacey seems forever destined to be stuck there just like his alcoholic loser father and grandfather, etc. Before returning to New York, Joey sits with Dawson and confesses that even though they may never be together, he and she are soul mates and nothing should ever change that, but, in the end, she decides it is Pacey she wants to be with. In the final moments of the series, Dawson answers a phone call from Pacey and Joey who have just watched an episode of The Creek. Dawson tells them that he's meeting someone tomorrow and Pacey and Joey figure out it is Steven Spielberg, Dawson's idol. The episode ends when the camera lingers on a picture on Dawson's desk of him and his friends before cutting to a scene of them all walking down the beach from season one. In 2011, the whole two-part finale was ranked #16 on the TV Guide Network special, TV's Most Unforgettable Finales.[2]