#306 - Secrets and Lies
 Dawson's mom comes home for the annual Capeside Homecoming Queen Gala. In an ironic twist, Jen, as the most recently crowned Homecoming Queen, must host this event with the oldest living Homecoming Queen, who's now eighty years old. In charge of the entertainment for Capeside's most formal event, Jen arranges for the most outrageous, Jen-style. At the gala, Dawson finds out the real reason why his mother is home, and struggles with his conscience over whether to tell Jen what he knows. Meanwhile, Joey and Pacey rescue Andie, who claims tearfully that Rob assaulted her. 
#307 - Escape from Witch Island
 Dawson persuades Principal Green to let him film a documentary on Capeside's historical witch trial instead of doing a report on "The Crucible." Dawson and his film crew of Joey, Jen and Pacey, venture to haunted Witch Island to film the legend of thirteen witches killed in a deadly fire. With heavy "Blair Witch" overtones, the crew is warned not stay past sundown, but becomes marooned as night falls. Dawson and Joey are caught up in the mystery of one witch, Mary Waldeck. Meanwhile, Jen and Pacey dabble in a little "magic" of their own inspired by a book of spells. Stuck waiting for the morning ferry, the four spend the night in a old church only to be awakened by screams, bells and a violent storm that is suddenly replaced by flames. They flee, with Dawson's camera still running. Back on the mainland, Andie is appointed head of the student disciplinary committee and relishes her authority while she sets out to enforce the school's rules with a vengeance.
#308 - Guss Who's Coming To Dinner?
 Every year Grams holds a potluck Thanksgiving Feast, opening her home to those who don't want to spend the holiday alone. This year everyone shows up including a surprise guest, Jen's estranged mother, Helen. Tensions run high as Jen deals with her rage toward her mother for sending her away to Capeside. Dawson confronts Helen with the secret about Eve. Andie and Pacey are in the same room for the first time since their last fight. Then when Dawson thinks his mother is home for good and they are a family again, his parents tell him that their divorce is final. By the end of the evening, all six kids gravitate to each other amidst their turmoil.
#309 - Four To Tango
 While Pacey and Jen try unsuccessfully to ignite the flames of passion that sparked between them on Witch Island, Jack unexpectedly finds a romantic possibility on the internet. Things heat up when Dawson discovers a condom in his bedroom that Pacey seems to have left behind after an unannounced visit.
This leads Dawson to jealously suspect that Pacey has something going on with Joey after he follows the pair to a ballroom dancing class. In fact, Joey, is simply trying to win college scholarship money from the dance school, and has drafted Pacey as her unwilling partner in exchange for math tutorials. Ultimately, each of these friends comes to learn that true passion can't be forced, any more than learning to Tango can be a free ride to college.
#310 - First Encounters of the Close Kind
 Dawson, Joey, Andie and Jack get a taste of life outside Capeside when they spend a weekend at a prestigious Ivy League university in Boston. Dawson's "Escape From Witch Island" is in the student film festival on campus, and he meets tough critics as well as the next female Tarantino.
In a case of mistaken gender identity, Joey ends up with a male roommate who gives her a bitter taste of the college lifestyle. In turn, she gives him a healthy dose of life outside textbooks. Jack nervously checks out the Boston nightlife on his own. Ambitious Andie tries to get a jump on admissions, but encounters an enlightening obstacle.
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