I completely agree that the producers knew who they wanted Joey to end up with at the end of Season Three, just like they knew who they wanted Dawson to end up with at the end of Season One, but they didn’t destroy Jen’s character to facilitate a Dawson and Joey pairing at the end of Season One like they destroyed Dawson’s character to facilitate a Pacey and Joey pairing at the end of Season Three. As a Dawson fan, I’ll always find that grossly unfair, but like you said TrueLovePJer, that's just how it was played out and there's nothing we can do about it now, but I still reserve my right to complain about it!
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