Season 5 poster

Season 5

(2001)

Overview

This season finds Joey heading off to college, Dawson beginning a film internship in Hollywood and Pacey starting a new career at a restaurant.

Cast

James Van Der Beek as Dawson Leery
James Van Der Beek

as Dawson Leery

Katie Holmes as Joey Potter
Katie Holmes

as Joey Potter

Michelle Williams as Jen Lindley
Michelle Williams

as Jen Lindley

Joshua Jackson as Pacey Witter
Joshua Jackson

as Pacey Witter

Kerr Smith as Jack McPhee
Kerr Smith

as Jack McPhee

Mary Beth Peil as Evelyn 'Grams' Ryan
Mary Beth Peil

as Evelyn 'Grams' Ryan

Episodes

The Bostonians poster

The Bostonians 0.0

October 10, 2001

Dawson is a freshman film student in Los Angeles, while Joey starts college at an Ivy League university in Boston. Inst…

The Lost Weekend poster

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October 17, 2001

Pacey gets a job at a bar and meets an attractive Hispanic waitress named Karen. Although Karen has a very non-friendly…

Capeside Revisited poster

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October 24, 2001

Dawson is hit with tragedy after he heads home to Capeside to break the news to his parents that he is dropping out of …

The Long Goodbye poster

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October 31, 2001

Lifelong friends Dawson, Joey and Pacey put past grudges behind them in the wake of the tragic death of one of their fa…

Use Your Disillusion poster

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November 7, 2001

Dawson takes Joey up on her invitation for a weekend in Boston, but the two have reservations once there. Meanwhile, Ja…

High Anxiety poster

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November 14, 2001

Dawson is having trouble with anxiety attacks since his father's death, so he tries to escape reality on a night of deb…

Text, Lies and Videotape poster

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November 21, 2001

Jen helps Dawson go to the shrink he ran away from last week. Dawson still thinks that the whole idea of sharing his th…

Hotel New Hampshire poster

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November 28, 2001

Dawson takes Jen on a road trip to a small film festival in New Hampshire where his documentary is being honored. The s…

Four Scary Stories poster

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December 12, 2001

After watching scary movies, Joey, Pacey and Jack talk about their creepiest experiences and urban legends. Joey shares…

Appetite for Destruction poster

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December 19, 2001

Pacey offers to cook for the gang on their weekly dinner (an event they always plan on doing but always fail to). Jen a…

Something Wild poster

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January 16, 2002

Joey and Audrey go to a nightclub to celebrate both Joey's grades and fall break. There, Audrey tries to convince Joey …

Sleeping Arrangements poster

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January 23, 2002

Dawson and Jen realize that living together is not as much fun as they hoped to be. Between ruined toothbrushes and bat…

Something Wilder poster

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January 30, 2002

It's Dawson's first day in his new film school. Oliver (the somewhat obnoxious filmmaker Dawson met on the film festiva…

Guerilla Filmmaking (1) poster

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February 6, 2002

Directing Oliver's movie is not an easy task. First, Dawson has to deal with Audrey's (who took the leading part) compl…

Downtown Crossing (2) poster

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February 13, 2002

Joey is held up and forced to clean out her account by a street mugger, who is accidentally run over by a car just afte…

In a Lonely Place poster

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February 20, 2002

Jen and Audrey are tempted to risk their new relationships with Dawson and Pacey after interviewing a couple of cute mu…

Highway to Hell poster

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April 3, 2002

Charlie asks Joey to sing with his band at a distant club, which requires Pacey to give them a ride. Pacey and Charlie …

Cigarette Burns poster

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April 10, 2002

Oliver tells Dawson he's arranged a screening for their movie, which is yet to be finished. Dawson freaks out, but Joey…

100 Light Years from Home poster

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April 17, 2002

It's Spring Break and the gang goes down to Miami to party! But not everything is a reason to celebrate. Audrey and Pac…

Separate Ways (Worlds Apart) poster

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April 24, 2002

Charlie's band lands a deal for a tour and Charlie asks Joey to go with him, but she doesn't want to leave college in t…

After Hours poster

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May 1, 2002

Pacey's new boss proposes more professionalism in the workplace and promises to leave behind her attraction towards him…

The Abby poster

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May 8, 2002

Pacey leads a revolt against Alex at Civilization. Dawson, Joey, and Audrey return to Capeside, leaving Audrey to wonde…

Swan Song poster

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May 15, 2002

As summer approaches, everyone gets ready for various travels. Dawson prepares to head out for LA with Audrey, while Ja…