Andie McPhee

Andrea "Andie" McPhee is a fictional character from the WB television drama Dawson's Creek, portrayed by Meredith Monroe.

Fictional biography

Background

Andie first appears in the Season 2 opener "The Kiss", and quickly becomes a love interest for Pacey Witter. The character returns for two guest appearances in order to provide closure for her character (in Season 4, when Andie returned to graduate), and to support the ongoing storylines at the time (in Season 6, to say goodbye to Jen Lindley and to show where Andie was in 2008). Her character exited the show early in Season 4 in the episode "You Had Me At Good Bye" - the character had eventually run its course, producers commenting that the only story arc left for Andie would have been a relationship with Dawson Leery.

Season 2

Andie crashes into the second season, literally, after she runs into the car that Pacey was driving. Knowing full well that it was his fault and that his father would "kill" him for damaging his police car, Pacey kept up with the pretense he was the police officer and it was his car. This kind of sparring would eventually define Andie and Pacey's relationship throughout Season 2. The two attended the school dance in the episode "The Dance", the episode closing with the two dancing on the docks, putting into motion the start of their relationship. However, throughout the course of the season the audience sees Andie experience mental health issues in trying to overcome the death of her brother, Tim, the reason the McPhee family moved to Capeside from Providence. It was Pacey who did not give up on Andie, coaxing her out of a locked room, eventually the two of them making the decision for Andie to be rehabilitated during summer break, and to return to Capeside in the fall, "happy, healthy, and more in love than ever". Andie left that season with her father, en route to Providence in the episode "Ch-Ch-Changes".