Episode Report Card Kim: B- | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Todd Mulcahy, Part II
By Kim | Season 1 | Episode 14 | Aired on 02.15.1999
Ben struggles with the espresso machine at Dean & Deluca. Javier watches him for a minute, and then walks up and tells Ben that if he doesn't respect the machine, he'll never get quality mochas. Ben protests that he respects the machine. Javier says that Ben clearly has contempt for it, and that he should turn the knob the way that he himself would like to be turned. I just went to a bad place in my mind for a minute there. Okay, I' m back. Javier adds, "If you were to be a knob." Javier demonstrates how to use the machine, and adds that he doesn't drink coffee, but you will never find a better mocha maker. Ben thanks him. Javier yells at Ben to put his hat on, and Ben heaves a sigh before handing off the mocha to a customer. Noel walks in. Ben says hello and asks if something went wrong with Todd. Noel say that Todd has apparently stabilized, and Ben is happy to hear it. Noel says he needs to know what Felicity was like in high school. Ben says that they weren't really friends in high school. Noel explains that he thinks Felicity is having "some mid-freshman crisis," because as long as he's known her she's been "a pre-med workaholic," and then Todd showed up and reminded her what she used to be like. Okay, Noel has known Felicity less than six months. Ben looks puzzled and asks Noel if he wants a coffee on the house. Noel wants a mocha. Ben goes to make it and says that he can sort of relate to Noel's issues, because Julie is going through "that whole thing with her mom." Noel apparently got the memo. Ben explains that Julie sent her mom that tape, so Ben asked her what happened with that, and Julie snippily said, "Nothing!" and then barely talked to him the rest of the night. Ben's imitation of Julie's snippery is hilarious. Noel asks what's going on with the women. Ben doesn't know. Noel suggests that they are acting a little crazy. Ben agrees. Noel sips his mocha and says that it's excellent. Ben laughs and thanks him.
Todd's fiancée (who we find out later is named Rebecca) sits in a waiting room. Felicity walks in, holding a bag of M&Ms, and sits next to Rebecca. Awkward pause. Felicity offers some M&Ms to Rebecca, who turns her down, so Felicity sets them aside. Rebecca says, "I know all about you, you know." But not in a mean way. Felicity is surprised to hear this. Rebecca says that before Todd left, he confessed what he was up to, explaining that he wanted to resolve this Felicity thing once and for all. She continues, saying that Todd has been pretty depressed for about six months, and that when he saw Felicity over Christmas, it was like he woke up again. At first, Rebecca was mad that Todd was going to see Felicity, but then she realized that if Todd is really hers, all she can do it let him go. Rebecca starts crying and says that he could have lied, but he was honest about Felicity. She concludes by asking Felicity, "Do you love my Todd?" Felicity earnestly says, "No!" Rebecca sobs even harder and asks if Felicity is telling the truth. Felicity says that she likes Todd, but she's not interested. Rebecca says that really loves Todd, and she knows that he's a little eccentric, but you'll never find a guy with a bigger heart. A nurse appears and tells Rebecca that the doctor is ready to see her now. Rebecca says that she's too terrified to see Todd, in case something happens. Felicity offers to go with her. Rebecca thanks her but refuses, and tells herself that she can do it. Felicity watches Rebecca walk through some double doors into what I assume is the ICU. Felicity walks over to the double doors and watches through the window as Rebecca talks to a doctor. At first, Rebecca covers her face with her hands like she's crying, so you can't tell if it's good news or bad. But then she hugs the doctor happily, so it must be good news. She turns and sees Felicity watching and grins, giving her the thumbs up. The doctor continues to hug Rebecca, and Felicity continues to watch and smile.