Again With This

Dawson's Creek, Melrose Place & Beverly Hills, 90210

Dawson's Creek  \\  S03.E19

Stolen Kisses

Cheer up, sleepy Jean! It's a whole new episode, and...Julie Bowen is here!

It’s spring break, but of course Capeside’s biggest nerds aren’t going to Fort Lauderdale: they’re heading to Vermont for what is apparently their traditional visit with Dawson’s Aunt Gwen (Julie Bowen!). Pacey wasn’t going to come, but the kids’ old and previously never-mentioned friend Will Krudski (Rodney Scott) made a surprise visit to pull a Jake Hanson– er, tell us all his deal as a working-class ne’er-do-well with daddy issues and a heart of gold and then leave for his own show (spoiler?), and since there’s nothing to do in Capeside, they’re going to an even smaller and duller town. Also joining is Andie, because someone has to have a crush on Will to make us think he’s a viable leading man. Will Dawson stop thinking about his own reinvention long enough to notice all the eye-fucking Pacey and Joey are doing? Apparently not before their first night at Gwen’s, because the sleeping arrangements end up putting Joey and Pacey in the one bed together for It Happened One Night high jinks. Back in Capeside, Fresh Fish server Shelley (Sarah Lancaster) has the hots for new busboy Henry, and Jen’s not just telling her they’re dating because otherwise they wouldn’t have a plotline; and the surprise death of a longtime friend has Gale and Mitch reflecting on what they’ve lost…and could possibly regain? Close your eyes and lean in for our episode on “Stolen Kisses”!

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