#311 - Barefoot at Capefest
 Dawson finds out there's a new filmmaker in town when he goes to use the school's camera - and Nikki has beaten him to it. Is Capeside big enough for two aspiring filmmakers?
Meanwhile Andie decides that the best way to get over Pacey is to get busy, and thus becomes the assistant director for the school play. Unfortunately, the incompetent teacher/director persuades Pacey to be the lead. Jack convinces Jen to camp out at Capefest since Ethan will be there. During a night of discoveries, Jack learns that dating isn't easy, gay or not, while Jen observes yet another side of Henry and becomes intrigued. 
#312 - A Weekend in the Country
 As the Potter B&B prepares to open its doors, Joey and Bessie find themselves in a precarious financial position. Without Joey's knowledge Bessie has mortgaged the house and, if the inn doesn't succeed, they stand to lose their family home. In the face of this crisis, Joey's friends pull together to help her with the business. Unaware that the B&B is nowhere close to being ready for guests, Pacey invites finicky and influential travel writer Fred Fricke to stay and write a review.
Chaos ensues when the bathroom floods, the furnace fizzles and none of Joey's efforts can please the cranky scribe. And, because the B&B needs to look busy, Joey's friends act as faux guests. During the course of the friends' "weekend in the country," Jen faces her fears about her past and finally decides to go out with Henry; under pressure from Andie, Jack reconsiders his move away from home; Dawson struggles with his parents' post-divorce friendship; and Pacey finds himself falling further for Joey.
#313 - Northern Lights
 It's the eve of Pacey's debut as the lead in "Barefoot In the Park," and he's disappointed that Joey, who's been helping him run lines, will miss his gig for a date with her college friend A.J. She explains that, as this is a date to view the Northern Lights, it can't be rescheduled. The flustered Pacey then proceeds to flub all his lines in dress rehearsal, panicking Andie, who abruptly has had to take over as director when the teacher falls ill.
Meanwhile, a disillusioned Dawson drops film class, much to Nikki's dismay. And Jen and Henry finally have a face-off date at Pacey's play, during which Henry forces Jen to be truly honest. Ultimately, Pacey pulls off an acting triumph as Joey navigates her way around her evening with A.J. with an equal mixture of wariness and excitement.
#314 - The Valentine's Day Massacre
 It's Valentine's Day and Capeside High is bracing itself for the party of the year - a Bacchanalian anti-Valentine's bash hosted by bad boy Matt Caufield. Pacey convinces Dawson that they must be there, while Joey insists that the whole vibe just isn't her style. Also at the party is Jack's one-time girlfriend Kate, who is visiting Capeside in hopes of recovering from the blow of her recent break-up - her boyfriend announced that he was gay. Jack wrestles with his conscience over whether to tell her about his own homosexuality, while Dawson puts his conscience on ice in order to hook up with the needy Kate.
Meanwhile, Henry scrapes up cash for his big date with Jen by persuading the blood bank to accept yet another pint - only 48 hours after his last visit. Jen, who has been hoping for a storybook evening, has to contend with a dating disaster when Henry's vein drain catches up with him.
#315 - Crime and Punishment
 Joey is proud to have finished her mural for the school and Pacey is the only one to get an advance peak at her work. At the official unveiling, however, jaws drop along with the cloth that reveals that in the night, someone has horribly defaced and ruined Joey's painting. Dawson and Pacey immediately want to come to her rescue and find the culprit, but Joey's far too dispirited to care. While Dawson then takes the tack of trying to get Joey to start over on her work, Pacey determines to nail the offender.
Meanwhile, Andie finally comes to terms with the fact that she's been overly harsh in her role as disciplinary committee head - and realizes that it's because of the guilt she carries over her own terrible and undisclosed crime -cheating on the PSAT. After confessing to a shocked Jack, she decides that she's got to come clean. As Pacey zeros in on the rich and smug Matt Caulfield as the perpetrator, Joey is confused by his heroic efforts on her behalf, and it takes more than the restoration of justice to sort out the changing feelings between these friends.
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