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15. Castaways

After agreeing to pose as Pacey's sister at a business party, Joey demands to be taken home. When Pacey makes a quick stop at a local K-Mart they are accidentally locked inside the store. They're forced to spend the night there and talk about their friendship and relationship, both past and future. After the night is over they are both left to ponder what the future has in store for them.

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After agreeing to go with Pacey to a business party and witnessing him flirt with another girl the whole night, Joey demands to be taken home. When Pacey stops at a local Kmart for condoms, they are accidentally locked inside the store overnight. The two are forced to discuss their past and current relationship: they feel uncomfortable talking about sex with each other, they never discuss their past and they never had closure. In an intimate moment, Joey shaves off his goatee beard; afterwards, Pacey goes in for a kiss, confirming what he confessed when she was drunk the previous episode. As they bed down for the night in camping equipment, Joey admits to a fantasy she had when they summered aboard True Love: being castaways on an idyllic island, living their love away from everyone. They share a bittersweet kiss after her confession and they quietly leave when the store opens in the morning. Absent: James Van Der Beek, Michelle Williams, Kerr Smith, Busy Philipps

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