EPISODE

2. Failing Down

Joey is looking for a new job and gets one at the Yacht Club pretending to know a very affluent family. She is tricked by her boss's son, Dru, who discovers her lies. Mitch (no also a counselor at the school) tells Pacey he's not going to graduate unless he makes up for his bad grades. Pacey doesn't want Joey to know, but Mitch tells Dawson, who tells Joey, showing that he still cares about Pacey. Pacey and Joey have a fight, and Pacey admits he need help.

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Joey is looking for a new job and gets one at the Yacht Club, a high-end restaurant, by lying to the proprietress, a wealthy and cynical Mrs. Valentine ( Carolyn Hennesy ), that she knows a very influential family. She then falls afoul of the spoiled and trouble-making teenage son of that family, who instantly sees through her lies... and is additionally revealed to be lying about his identity himself; he is actually Drue Valentine ( Mark Matkevich ), living here with his divorced mother. Mitch, now working as a guidance counselor at Capeside High, tells Pacey he will not graduate unless he makes up for his bad grades from the previous academic year. Pacey doesn't want Joey to know, but Mitch tells Dawson, who tells Joey, showing that he still cares about Pacey. Joey confronts him, and Pacey manages to admit that he needs help.

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