Joey Potter - Notable Relationships

Notable Relationships

• Anderson Crawford
  • Fling
    • Beginning: "Kiss" (1.03)
    • Broke Up: "Kiss" (1.03)
      • Reason: They didn't continue because she lied about who she was and he lied about a restaurant in NYC.
• Dawson Leery
  • Kiss
    • "Detention" (1.07)
      • Reason: They were dared to kiss each other despite him being with Jen.
  • Boyfriend
    • First Relationship:
      • Beginning: "Decisions" (1.13)
      • End: "The Dance" (2.06)
      • Reason: After Jack kisses her, she gets confused about who she really is and what she wants.
    • Second Relationship:
      • Beginning: "A Perfect Wedding" (2.18)
      • End: "Parental Discretion Advised" (2.22)
      • Reason: Dawson convinced her to get her father to confess to a crime that burned down the ice house and his drug use.
    • Third Relationship:Almost (they don't confirm this relationship)
      • Beginning: Coda" (4.23)
      • End: "High Anxiety" (5.06)
      • Reason: Dawson's dad dies and Joey has a difficult time trying to get him to open up. Dawson goes with Jack to a party where he gets drunk and tells Joey that his father's death was her fault because she convinced him to stay, making Mitch (Dawson's dad) go out to clear his head and die in a car accident.
    • Fourth Relationship:
      • Beginning: "The Kids Are Alright" (6.01)
      • End: "The Song Remains The Same" (6.02)
      • Reason: After they sleep together, she finds out he had a girlfriend.
• Jack McPhee
  • Kissed
    • Beginning: "Full Moon Rising" (2.05)
    • Broke Up: "Full Moon Rising" (2.05)
      • Reason: Didn't continue to be a couple because she was still with Dawson.
  • Boyfriend
    • Beginning: "The Reluctant Hero" (2.08)
    • Broke Up: "...That Is The Question" (2.15)
      • Reason: He finds out after reading a poem that he's gay
• A.J. Moller
  • Boyfriend
    • Beginning: "Northern Lights" (3.13)
    • Broke Up: "Cinderella Story" (3.17)
      • Reason: Didn't continue to be a couple because she finds out his best friend loves him and he loves her but not knowing it yet.
• Pacey Witter
  • Kissed
  • "Double Date" (1.10)
    • • Reason: She didn't feel the same way and he knew that she liked Dawson and Dawson liked her even though he was still hung up on Jen
  • Kissed
  • "Cinderella Story" (3.17)
  • "Neverland" (3.18)
    • • Reason: She didn't fully realize that she liked him yet until she talks to Jen but still doesn't tell him until the next episode
  • Boyfriend
    • First Relationship:
      • Beginning: "Stolen Kisses" (3.19)
      • End: "The Longest Day" (3.20)
      • Reason: She feels guilty when Dawson finds out about their relationship and ends things with him
    • Second Relationship:
      • Beginning: "True Love" (3.23)
      • End: "Promicide" (4.20)
      • Reason: They realize that they are different and it seemed like she had a bright future ahead of her while he felt like he was being left behind.
    • Third Relationship:
      • Beginning: Castaways" (6.15)
      • End: "Love Bites" (6.18)
      • Reason: Eddie comes back.
    • Fourth Relationship:
      • Beginning: ...Must Come To An End" (6.24)
      • Note: Jen tells Joey as her final wish is for Joey to choose between Dawson and Pacey she chooses Pacey.
• Charlie Todd
  • Kissed
    • Beginning: "Something wild" (5.11)
    • Broke Up: "Something wild" (5.11)
      • Reason: Because he cheated on Jen.
  • Fling
    • Beginning: "100 Light Years From Home" (5.19)
    • Broke Up: "Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)" (5.20)
      • Reason: She tells him to go off and fulfill his dream of being a musician
• Elliot
  • Almost Fling but never kissed
    • Beginning: "Sleeping Arrangements" (5.12)
    • Broke Up: "Guerrilla Filmmaking" (5.14)
      • Reason: She met him when she wasn't over Dawson. Then she thought he slept with Audrey, and after finding out he never slept with her, she gives him another second chance. But she later bails on a date with him (by claiming she was sick) to go to a thing with Wilder who she later kissed and the next day tells him she can't go out with him off-screen.
• Professor David Wilder
  • Kissed/Almost Fling
    • Beginning: "Something Wilder" (5.13)
    • Broke Up: "In A Lonely Place" (5.16)
      • Reason: Joey inadvertently stands David up after getting mugged. This gives him the time to reflect upon the relationship and he realizes that he can't have an affair with a student.
• Eddie Doling
  • Boyfriend
    • First Relationship:
    • Beginning: "Ego Tripping At The Gates Of Hell" (6.07)
    • Broke Up: "Rock Bottom" (6.13)
      • Reason: He left without telling her
    • Second Relationship:
    • Beginning: "Love Bites" (6.18)
    • Broke Up: "Catch-22" (6.20)
      • Reason: They didn't see a future with each other
• Christopher
  • Boyfriend
    • Beginning: About a year or two before "All Good Things..." (6.23)
    • End: "...Must Come To An End" (6.24)
      • Reason: Joey breaks up with him over the phone after having found a ring in his drawer back in New York.