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As Senior Ditch Day arrives, Joey is excited to find herself on an excursion to her hometown of New York City with Jen. Jen is here to confront her father Theodore (guest star Don McManus ). He takes the girls to lunch at a local restaurant but then leaves them. Later, Jen confronts Theodore at his office and it is here that she reveals the source of her trauma: when she was 12 she saw him in bed with a neighbour - a girl about age 17. Having confronted him with this event, Jen meets up with Joey and returns to Capeside. Meanwhile, Gretchen and Dawson take off on a road trip, but get a flat tire and cannot pay the mechanic (guest star Pat Hingle ) for its repair because of Dawson unwisely leaving his wallet behind. They spend the night on the beach, and tell each other they love each other, but hold back from consummating their relationship as Gretchen sees Dawson is trying to prove something. Back in Capeside, Drue tries to bond with Pacey. Drue sneaks them into a bar with fake IDs, but they are arrested for public drunkenness. Doug comes to fish them out, and Pacey lashes out saying that if he can't enjoy this time -- specifically, public drunkenness -- he will have nothing. Absent: Kerr Smith and Meredith Monroe
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