 Charlie s band lands a deal for a tour and he asks Joey to go with him, but she doesn t want to leave college in the middle of the semester. Charlie then decides to quit the band and stay with her. But she breaks up with him so he can go with his band on tour. Meanwhile, Oliver and Dawson finally get to New York to meet with an agent. But Oliver ruins the meeting with his brazen obnoxiousness, and Dawson ends their partnership. Also, the restaurant Civilization is sold and an attractive, 30-something woman, named Alexandra  Alex  Pearl, takes over as the new manager. She promotes Pacey as head chef, but fires Audrey and half the other employees. Pacey tries to get Audrey her job back, but all he gets is an inadvertent kiss from Alex.