- Can you honestly doubt for a second that he doesn't truly care about you?
- —Dawson to Joey about Pacey
Crime and Punishment is the 15th episode of Season 3 of Dawson's Creek.
Synopsis
FACING THE CONSEQUENCES – Joey (Katie Holmes) is chosen to be part of a group of students to paint a school mural, but when hers is defaced before the unveiling, Dawson (James Van Der Beek) offers words of encouragement while Pacey (Joshua Jackson) takes action and risks suspension when he goes in search of the culprit. Meanwhile, when Andie's (Meredith Monroe) PSAT scores rank among the best in the country, she gambles with everything she has worked for and comes clean to Principal Green (guest star Obba Babatundé) about the previously stolen test; and Pacey moves in with Deputy Doug (guest star Dylan Neal) when their sister and her kids move back into the Witter house.
Starring
- James Van Der Beek as Dawson Leery
- Katie Holmes as Joey Potter
- Joshua Jackson as Pacey Witter
- Kerr Smith as Jack McPhee
- Meredith Monroe as Andie McPhee
- Nina Repeta as Bessie Potter
Special Guest Stars
Recurring cast
- Obba Babatundé as Howard Green
Guest starring
- Michael Hagerty as Matt Caufield
Trivia
- Pacey moves in with Doug in this episode, as their older sister, Kerry, takes over Pacey's room.
Music
- believe again | SUSAN AGLUKARK
- pacey sees joey finishing her mural
- devoted | JULIE PLUG
- dawson and joey
- flower days | TRINA HAMLIN
- andie at her locker
- one turn deserves another | SUSAN AGLUKARK
- pacey and joey paint