Ep 23. Swan Song

As Audrey prepares to leave for LA, she and Joey find that, following his dismissal from the restaurant, the Capeside Yacht Club has hired Pacey as a security guard. Dawson admits that he made his unexpected Spring Break trip to Florida to tell Joey that he loved her, only to find her with Charlie. Failing to persuade Joey to come with her for the summer, Audrey joins Dawson at the airport where, arriving hours early for the flight, they spot Todd Carr, the film director who sent Dawson fleeing from California, as well as Jack and Jen awaiting their plane, too. At the airport, things take yet another unexpected turn when Jack's former fraternity brother, Eric, arrives after failing to tell his parents that he's gay. And the surprises refuse to stop when Dawson catches Grams leaving on a secret getaway with boyfriend Clifton Smalls, while back at the yacht club, Pacey has an unexpected encounter with his former boss and mentor, Danny Brecher. After Dawson asks her to reconsider spending the summer with her mom and dad, Jen encourages Jack him to stay in Boston with Eric while she heads home to New York. Meanwhile, a conversation with Dawson proves that a recent filmmaking failure has done little to temper Todd's arrogance. Persuaded by her sister to do something exciting, Joey heads for the airport with Pacey after convincing him that he's about to lose his final chance to make things right. Arriving with precious little time to make his case, Pacey commandeers the airport's public address system for a very public declaration of his love for Audrey. As Jen prepares to board her flight to New York, Joey buys a ticket for a much dreamed about trip to Paris. But after sharing a romantic kiss with Dawson before putting him on his plane, she's left wondering just where she should spend her summer. Finally, having decided to give Pacey a second chance, Audrey joins him for the long cross-country drive to Los Angeles.