TEXT: [Scene: Outside Capeside High. Students are getting ready to get on to a bus for the Senior Ski trip and Gretchen has just dropped off Joey and Pacey at the Bus.] Gretchen: Senior ski trip is a Capeside rite of passage, absolutely guaranteed to be chock-full of the cruel and unusual. Joey: Well, knowing our class, I highly doubt it. Gretchen: Well, let's just say when I went, somebody got pregnant, somebody got arrested, and this one girl's hair caught on fire. Pacey: Joey'll probably keep me out of jail and Lamaze, and I guess I'll watch out for your hair. Gretchen: Well, have fun. You've earned it. Pacey: Bye. Joey: Bye. Gretchen: Bye. Um...Joey? You might want to give Dawson a call sometime this weekend. With everything that's going on, I'm sure he'd appreciate it. Joey: Thank you. [Jen and Jack come walking to the bus carrying their bags.] Jen: You know, I really shouldn't even be going on this trip. With brooks the way he is, I should be back in the hospital with Grams. Jack: Dawson's with Grams. I mean, they'll take care of one another. Don't worry about it. You're gonna have some fun this weekend. Jen: Ha! Jack: That's what they'd want. Jen: Fun. That's not likely. Oh, come on, senior trips are notoriously awful. And as a rule of thumb, anything that you look forward to for too long is invariably a disappointment. Pacey: The eternal optimist speaks. Jen: I promise to make an effort, but... Pacey: Hey. Everything cool? Joey: Absolutely. Pacey: You know, this is exactly what we need. Joey: What do we need? Pacey: Well, it's good for people to get out of town. Joey: People like us? Pacey: Well, just... People who need to... Get out of town. Joey: Are we those types of people?
SUMMARY:
While the rest of the class is on the ski trip, Dawson stays behind to care for a near-death Brooks, but he is overwhelmed when he is asked to make a life or death decision. Meanwhile, there's a lot more than skiing going on when the senior trip doesn't go exactly as planned. The evening takes an unexpectedly romantic turn for best friends Jack and Jen, while Pacey and Joey find their own ways to keep warm on the cold night, finally taking their relationship to the next level.