On Halloween night, Todd throws a costume rave on the sound stage where Dawson thinks he sees the ghost of a famous Hollywood actress whom was murdered, while he also sees Todd and Natasha becoming more friendly. Jen is encouraged by Jack to call C.J., but she thinks he's gay after he shows up at the rave with another guy. Jack has a talk with C.J. and finds out the guy he's with, David, is gay, but not him. But C.J. also confides in Jack that he's not interested in Jen either. Meanwhile, Joey is stuck babysitting for Professor Hetson's annoying and headstrong 15-year-old daughter, Harley. Eddie helps her by taking them to a haunted house, where he and Joey kiss. Also, Audrey breaks up with Pacey at the costume rave after she overhears him talking to Emma that he doesn't love Audrey anymore.

In Los Angeles, while directing re-shoots on "Wicked Dead", Dawson finds his authority questioned by Heather Tracy when Natasha refuses to do a nude scene. Frustrated in this work, Dawson (at Natasha's advice) resorts to an aggressive, Todd-like attitude to get the crew to listen to him. Meanwhile, Joey is unable to say good-bye to Eddie, who is moving to California to register at a college. She convinces him to help her take Audrey to a rehab clinic in Los Angeles, and the three of them, plus Bob, drive cross country where the four quarrel with each other. At a gas station, Audrey steals their car, forcing Joey and Eddie to walk, and they manage to work out their differences. They find Audrey in the parking lot of a bar and save her from an attempted rape by a guy she met there. Back in Boston, Jen and C.J. set a lonely Grams up with C.J.'s Uncle Bill, who turns out to be quite randy.