Click through to see how each one stacked up.

(The episode that followed, though, did feature some impressive performances.)

Plus, Dawson and Joey finally had sex!

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Columbia TriStar Television

(It had to happen before the show ended, right?)

DAWSON’S CREEK, Kerr Smith, Katie Holmes, James Van Der Beek, Joshua Jackson, Michelle Williams, (Se

Everett Collection

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Warner Bros

DAWSON’S CREEK, ‘Redemption’, (Season 6), Katie Holmes, James Van Der Beek, 1998-2003, ©Warner Bros

Everett Collection

DAWSON’S CREEK, Michelle Williams, James Van Der Beek, Katie Holmes, Joshua Jackson, 1998-present, y

Everett Collection

DAWSON’S CREEK, 1998-present, Michelle Williams, James Van Der Beek, Joshua Jackson, Meredith Monroe

Everett Collection

Dawson’s Creek - 1998

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