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20. Catch-22

Pacey's investment advice for Dawson's ends up costly Dawson his life savings; Jack and David reach a crossroads; Joey decides to take a leap with Eddie but is left heart broken.

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Pacey learns he has lost all of his as well as Dawson's money in the stock market after unwisely investing all of it in the Stepatech bio-tech stock that just went bust after a public FDA rejection of Stepatech's "miracle flu" drug. Sadia Shaw then breaks up with Pacey after telling him that she and her former boyfriend have decided to get back together. After work, things turn from bad to worse for Pacey when he privately asks his boss Rich Rinaldi to borrow $18,000 to refund Dawson's money, but Rinaldi refuses. Frustrated and angry after Rinaldi insults Pacey one too many times by calling him a loser, Pacey physically attacks Rinaldi and is immediately fired. Meanwhile, Joey passes her English final with an 'A−', which earns her a C+ average grade for the class, and is relieved that her long ordeal with the insufferable Professor Hetson is over. However, Joey later tells Hetson that she wants him as her adviser when she decides to choose English as her major. Elsewhere, Eddie surprises Joey with a trip to Europe for the summer, but a fiery conversation about how differently they live their lives leaves both of them questioning their future together. Eddie ends up breaking up with Joey with a letter. Also, David finally breaks up with Jack, who ponders if he was only with David to prove to himself that he could hold a steady relationship.

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