TEXT: Escape From Witch Island #307 (Dawson is working at the video store when suddenly Joey shows up.) Dawson: Joey, hey. Joey: Dawson, please tell me you have 'The Crucibles'. Dawson: Belinda checked it out, about an hour ago. Joey: Oh. Well, serves me right, I guess, for being that girl. Dawson: What girl? Joey: The girl who rents the movie the night before an all important paper is due, because her debilitating attention deficit disorder has gotten in the way of her actually reading the book. Dawson: Since when are you that girl? Joey: Well, between taking care of baby Alexander and getting the B&B up and running, I haven't had a whole lot of time for that pesky endeavor known as school. Dawson: B&B? I thought you worked at the Marina? What happened? Joey: That's a long and exceedingly soapy story, Dawson. So, what's up with you? Eve help you add anymore crimes and misdemeanors to your record? Dawson: Eve left town, actually. (an awkward pause) Joey: Well, thanks a lot Dawson. I guess I'll see you around school. I'll be the one cloaked in failure. Dawson: Hold on, you know what, Joey? What if I told you you didn't have to do the paper? Joey: I'm listening. Dawson: After we got the assignment I went up to Green and said 'Look, you really want the standard 5-pages of footnotes and cribbed encyclopedia passages chronically the Salem Witch trials, or Joey: Let me guess, you, uh, sold him on the idea of making a movie instead? Classic Dawson Leery. Dawson: Here's the best part. Jen and Pacey are also excused from doing the paper as long as they (missed the word). Joey: I guess my invitation got lost in the mail. Dawson: I would have invited you Joey: Forget about it. So what's it about? Your movie. Dawson: Well, umm, since we're reading The Crucibles, we're studying the Salem Witch trials
SUMMARY:
In an effort to add excitement to a dull school project, Dawson decides to make a documentary, enlisting the help of Joey, Pacey and Jen. The group head to a small island near Capeside, rumoured to be haunted by the ghosts of some 17th-century girls, killed after being accused of witchcraft. Joey finds similarities between her own life and that of one of the dead girls which provokes some deep reflections on her strained relationship with Dawson. After some exploratory conversations, Jen and Pacey make the decision to become more than just good friends, albeit on a casual basis. Back at school, Andie gets a little too involved with her role as head of the school disciplinary committee. When Dawson screens his documentary for his class, Joey is forced to again question her opinions about love and happiness.