

Pacey broke up with Joey because he knew deep down that she had a need to grow, away from Capeside, before they could make an adult decision as big as promising to be together forever. Their relationship is sweet, albeit tentative and they even get close to sleeping together. This eventually leads to Joey’s break-up with Dawson and she soon starts exploring a romance with Jack. Jack becomes romantically interested in her and ends up kissing her one night under the full moon.

After the two break up, Pacey lands in Boston, working at a classy restaurant called Civilization, and begins a physical relationship with Joey’s roommate, Audrey Liddell (Busy Philipps). It might appeal more to teens and young adults, more than the older ones, but I still suggest everyone check it out.During Season 3, Joey loses her virginity to Pacey, and the two fall in love. "Varsity Blues" is funny, moving and wonderfully acted. He has a good locker room speech at the end of the movie. But he likes football, has fun with it and simply wants to play a good, honest game. Then James Van Der Beek comes along, and his character is not really concerned with winning or playing football in the first place. And I'm sure there are coaches out there who have that selfish goal. If he has to shoot drugs into every one of his players, he's going to arrive at that goal. And he doesn't care how he gets to that goal. Voight's character has only one goal: winning. The film dabbles with elements of the sport that probably hit home to some high school football players. He's the kind of character you want to stab in the chest every minute he's on screen, and Voight was a perfect choice.

Jon Voight is absolutely terrific as the no-nonsense coach. You have a pretty good idea how it's going to end up, but it's the way it's executed that makes it special. It's more of a compelling comedy-drama about football that delivers a fine message about sportsmanship. True, "Varsity Blues" has those standard teen elements like wild drinking parties, the school slut, etc. I think I'll pass on that." Well, I went into the theater not thinking it was going to be bad, but I expected more of an amusing film that isn't really high on ingenuity. If someone checks out the trailer, one might think, "Another MTV-produced teen flick.
