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Katie Holmes as Joey Potter, James Van Der Beek as Dawson Leery, Joshua Jackson as Pacey Witter, and Michelle Williams as Jen Lindley stand indoors near a table with candles in Dawson's Creek. Michelle Williams as Jen Lindley and Kerr Smith as Jack McPhee sit at a bar with drinks, while Busy Philipps as Audrey Liddell dances with Joshua Jackson as Pacey Witter in a dimly lit club.
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  • Dawson's Creek
    Dawson’s Creek
    / Plot, characters, and cast

    
underachiever Pacey Witter (played by Joshua Jackson), which blossoms in an angsty season three of Dawson’s Creek. Pacey and Joey have a natural chemistry (Jackson and Holmes dated early on in the series, with Holmes referring to Jackson as her “first love”), and the love triangle between Dawson, Pacey, and


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underachiever Pacey Witter (played by Joshua Jackson), which blossoms in an angsty season three of Dawson’s Creek. Pacey and Joey have a natural chemistry (Jackson and Holmes dated early on in the series, with Holmes referring to Jackson as her “first love”), and the love triangle between Dawson, Pacey, and


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