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Dawson's Creek

In a rapidly changing world, four teenagers come of age in a small Massachusetts coastal town.

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James Van Der Beek
Dawson Leery
Katie Holmes
Joey Potter
Michelle Williams
Jen Lindley

Season 6 Episode Guide See All

Episode 1

The Kids Are Alright

Wed, Oct 2, 200244 mins

During the summer, Pacey and Audrey rocked Los Angeles and spent time with her next door neighbors, the Osbournes, and Jack Osbourne even tags along with them to interview at Worthington. Jen spent her time in New York and got ecstatic to learn her parents are separating. Jack got dumped by Eric, but got over it. Joey spent her summer in Capeside doing a lot of reading, working and romancing. On their first week back at Boston Bay College, Jen is shocked to run into find that Grams Ryan has decided to go back to school. At Worthington, Joey experiences nothing but bad luck when she decides to enroll in an intermediate writing class taught by the liberal, but manipulative and cynical, Professor Greg Heston who does not hesitate to ridicule and embarrass Joey in front of the class with her lack of knowledge of the current book topic. Pacey and Jack move out of Grams' house and Pacey tries to get the perfect apartment, owned by a feisty, punk rock British woman, named Emma Jones, who works as a waitress in the local bar Hell's Kitchen. Also, Dawson is working on a new movie, a horror film titled "Wicked Dead" with him as the assistant director and the hack Todd Carr as director. When he finally gets together with Joey, he is the only one to have remembered her 20th birthday.

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Awards

  • 1998 - Artios Award - Best Casting for TV, Dramatic Pilot - nominated
  • 2004 - Golden Satellite Award - Best DVD Release of TV Shows - nominated
  • 2001 - ALMA Award - Outstanding Director of a Drama Series - nominated
  • 2000 - GLAAD Media Award - Outstanding TV Drama Series - winner

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