Season synopsis

By Jimmy Chai, On-Line Forty-Niner

Monday, September 21, 1998

Here is a recap of the season finales for two of last season's most popular TV shows among young viewers.

Meet Ross Gellard (David Schwimmer), the man torn between two loves in the hit NBC comedy "Friends." Ross supposedly cheats on Rachel (Jennifer Aniston), Ross's long-time love, though he thinks they are on "a break" at the time. Ross later falls in love with Emily and is set to marry her in London, her hometown.

But Rachel, on a last minute decision, goes to London to break up the wedding. However, while Ross and Emily are gazing into each others' eyes, Ross says, "I do ... Rachel."

By the way, Chandler (Matthew Perry) and Monica (Courteney Cox), long-time plutonic friends, have sex. And Phoebe has triplets.

"Dawson's Creek" is a highly intellectual self-aware melodrama of teenagers in the small town of Capeside. Joey (Katie Holmes) finds a safe haven in her long-time childhood friend Dawson Leary (James Van Der Beek), an only child.

Joey finds a favorable eye for Dawson. But Dawson looks past Joey and into the eyes of Jen (Michelle Williams), the bad girl from New York.

At the end of last season, Dawson realized what he always wanted was in front of him the whole time: Joey.