8. The Unusual Suspects

Complete story — includes the ending

A sailboat owned by Principal Peskin is found one morning in the Capeside High school swimming pool with 'Class of 2001' painted on the sail as part of a school prank with his pet dog on board. Dawson, Pacey, and Jack are suspected and interrogated by Mr. Peskin and Mitch due to their connections over the incident (Dawson had access to the school, Pacey had access to the boat yard where Mr. Peskin's boat was stolen the previous day, and Jack had access to Mr. Peskin's pet dog.) However, all three of them give solid alibis for their whereabouts the previous day which check out; Jack was teaching little league soccer all day with Jen volunteering as part of her community service sentence; Dawson was cleaning Mr. Brooks' house for most of the day; and Pacey was riding along with his brother Doug. Peskin blames Drue for organizing the prank due to him being seen at a paint store by Jack, having access to Dawson's school keys which Dawson allegedly "lost" for over three hours the previous day, and Drue was seen by Pacey and Doug at the boat yard that evening after he was told by an "anonymous phone call" to meet someone there. Peskin suspends Drue for two weeks and puts him on probation for the duration of the school year. Mitch, however, is not so easily fooled, but he remains silent and he later and privately tells Joey to congratulate "the boys," prompting Dawson to privately admit to Joey how they "could have" orchestrated the prank and framed Drue. Dawson later works with Pacey to cover their tracks. Absent: Meredith Monroe