Pacey's English Teacher in this episode was named "Mr. Kasdan". This was actually a deliberate reference to John Kasdan, who was one of the writers on "Dawson's Creek" that year. He wrote the episode "Unusual Suspects".

During this scene, Dawson's parents give him a watch with an inscription for his graduation present. The inscription reads "If you will it, it is no dream" or something similar. Alan Cross, who wrote this scene, explains during the commentary that he originally intended to use a line from a Beatle's song "All You Need Is Love" for the inscription. But the show felt that although that would be appropriate for his parent's generation, they needed something more profound. So Alan bought a book of quotes, looked through them and finally ended up improvising the aired version of the inscription.

This episode where Joey and Pacey finally sleep together, was originally planned to be much later in the season. Looking at the broad story arcs planned for the season, the writers realized that there was no big event happening in the show during the earlier time period. Normally, something of great interest has to happen on a fairly regular basis during the season. So they moved the episode up in order to fill the gap.

Most of the filming of the 'Perfect Storm' water scenes in this episode was done in a holding pool at a cement factory, about 4-5 miles from the studio in Wilmington, NC. They would shoot all night for the water scenes.

In the opening scene when Joey and Pacey are returning to Capeside on Pacey's boat, they had to shoot the scene 3 times because the boat was rocking too much. Production finally sent to LA for a special "Steady Cam" sort of rig, and it finally worked on the 3rd shoot.

This kiss between Andie and Jon had to be edited to appear more passionate than it did originally. Apparently the male actor was gay in real life, and this affected the chemistry between the two while kissing.

Originally Dawson's love interest for this Season had been planned to be Pacey's younger sister, but when they pitched the idea to the network, they hated it and thought it inappropriate. Therefore, the storyline was turned into Pacey's older sister Gretchen Witter.

During the 4th Season, there were a lot of parties in various episodes. Generally episodes were structured to have some sort of party or get-together in the 3rd or 4th act. This was done in order to intersect the various storylines in a realistic and visually interesting manner.

Originally, they were thinking of actually moving the show "Dawson's Creek" to another city in order to send off the main characters to Boston for College, etc. Cities considered as locations for College, etc. were Montreal, Vancouver, Baltimore, Austin, and San Diego. Baltimore ended up being the easiest city to 'fake as Boston'. But ultimately it was decided that it was simply too expensive to move the show; so they ended up sending their main characters to Boston, but actually keeping the show in Wilmington, NC and filming there during the 'College Years'.

When Joey and Dawson are talking before they leave on their respective trips, Joey makes a comment about getting it right "in another life when we are both cats". This line was also made famous by Penelope Cruz in the movie "Vanilla Sky", starring her and Tom Cruise. Ironically, Katie Holmes is now married to Tom Cruise; and in the beginning of the Vanilla Sky movie when he is running through Times Square he goes by a large poster of none other than Katie Holmes. Bit of a coincidence?

During Pacey's 'Urban Legend'; the Diner Owner named Vic is Richard Fullerton, the same Actor who played the Prison Guard when Joey went to see her Father during the first season.

In Episode 5-8 "Hotel New Hampshire", Dawson meets a film-maker named "Oliver Chirchick". There is a shot of Oliver sitting at a small table at the Film Festival, with a sign saying "Meet The Director" and his name printed underneath. (Run Time 14:27). Interestingly enough, there is a crew member on Dawson's Creek with the name Alissa Chirchick, Production Secretary. (End Credits). Also in Episode 5-12 "Sleeping Arrangements", Pacey's girlfriend from the Summer cruise to the Caribbean shows up to where he is living on the boat. He announces her name as "Melanie Shea Thompson". (Run Time 00:31). Again, it is interesting that there is a crew member on Dawson's Creek with the name Melanie Shea, Assistant To Mr. Kapinos, Executive Producer. (End Credits). These names are too specific and unusual to just be coincidence. Apparently this is an inside joke, used as 'Easter Eggs' by naming characters after crew members.

The video montage Pacey shows Jen is to the tunes of Alanis Morrisette's "One Hand In My Pocket". The producers for "Dawson's Creek" originally wanted this song to play in the opening credits for the show but Morrisette said no.

The scene towards the end, where Joey and Pacey are watching "The Creek" from her NYC apartment, was the actual last scene shot for the entire Series. Also during that scene, when Pacey is shown crying while watching "The Creek"; those were actual tears from shooting the very last scene of the entire Series. Joshua Jackson was really crying, not just acting.

When joey is watching "The Creek" on her TV in NYC, the show ends and you can see "Directed By Dawson Leery" on the screen. Right after that, you can see a page of credits for "The Creek" and they appear to be the same names, crew members as for 'Dawson's Creek'.

In this scene; when Pacey, Dawson and Joey are in the car driving back from the hospital, they aren't actually driving. This scene was filmed using something called a "Poor Man's Process"; which involved shaking the car a little, and a crew person holding two lights behind them to simulate headlights. This scene was actually shot on a soundstage, and could be fit in easily at virtually any point in the filming schedule. Normally scenes like this are shot with a car being towed on a trailer, but in this case that method was too expensive for their TV budget.

During this episode; we see Mimi Rogers playing Jen's Mother, when she comes to visit Boston. But in Season 3, during the Thanksgiving episode; Jen's Mother was played by Mel Harris.

When Joey goes to her Professor's house to talk to him about her final, he mentions that she left 27 phone messages. Interesting coincidence; because Joey and Audrey's dorm room was 27 in both years, and Pacey's hotel room in New Orleans was also 27. The number 27 apparently has some significance to the show, as they seem to be using it a lot.

When Pacey and Denise go back to his hotel room in New Orleans, you can see that the room number is 27. Interesting coincidence, because Joey and Audrey's dorm room for both years was 27.

When they are filming Natasha's scene, there is a close-up of the marker board. You can read the film title "Wicked Dead", the Director's name "TODD" and on the bottom line, the name "Frank Perl for "Camera". This is obviously an inside joke, as Frank Perl was the Director of Photography for Dawson's Creek.