The teenage trials and tribulations continue in the small, scenic coastal town of Capeside, Massachusetts, in the third season (23 episodes) of the successful television drama. Affluent, 15 year-old Dawson Leary (James Van Der Beek), idolizes Steven Spielberg and wants to be a film maker. He has been friends with Joey (Katey Holmes)--who lives across the pond with her pregnant sister--since they were both five, but their friendship is changing now that their hormones are kicking in. Jen (Michelle Williams), meanwhile, continues to cause drive a wedge between them. Joey's growing closeness to Pacey (Joshua Jackson) does not help matters, either. Created by Kevin Williamson, DAWSON'S CREEK is filmed on location in Raleigh, Durham, and Wilmington, North Carolina.