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.