Episode Report Card Maggie: B- | 1 USERS: B+ YOU GRADE IT The Trouble With Normal Is It Always Gets Worse
By Maggie | Season 3 | Episode 16 | Aired on 05.15.2001
Felicity couldn't find Javier's lilac nightgown so she has brought him a blue one with cows on it, along with slippers that look like fish. She assures him that he'll be fine. He asks how Dean & Deluca is functioning without him. She lies that things are great, and that Ben's in charge when she isn't there. Javier clutches his heart and tells her that he isn't supposed to have stress. Felicity repeats that things are fine. Her phone rings and as she talks with Ben, Javier keeps interrupting wanting to know what's going on. Felicity gives him the thumbs up and whispers that everything is okay.
Things at Dean & Deluca definitely aren't okay, though. The sprinklers in the ceiling were activated by smoke from the steamer. Felicity comes in to find Ben soaking wet and they search for a valve to turn off the sprinklers. They locate a valve in the storeroom and struggle to turn it off. Knoll appears and helps Ben with the valve. Felicity and Ben thank Knoll for his help.
At the loft, Sean is violently chopping vegetables in the kitchen. Meghan bursts in through the door and starts ranting at him about their session. Arguing and bickering ensue. Meghan wants to break up, but Sean challenges her to go to their next session because all relationships take work. She agrees to go and they growl, "Fine!" at each other. She leaves.
At Dean & Deluca, Felicity, Ben and Knoll are mopping up as the service guy explains how much time and help he needs to clean the restaurant. Knoll agrees to hang around and continue to mope...uh, I mean "mop."
Elena sashays into the library and up to where DeForrest is sitting. She delivers a little speech about wanting to get to know him and that he's the only person "obsessed" with his fat. Library patrons shush her during the tirade. DeForrest sits there with a dumb look on his face after she has flounced off.
Richard bangs on the window of Dean & Deluca. Knoll calls out, "We're closed," but when he sees that it's Richard, he opens the door. Richard has come to deliver the news that Knoll will be allowed to graduate. Knoll cries, "Thank God" but Richard says Knoll should be thanking him because he had "to pull some serious strings" with the dean. Richard warns, "You owe me big." Knoll offers him a cup of coffee. Ben asks Knoll to come into the storeroom to help him with something. Felicity comes out of the back room and says "hey" to Richard. He snarks, "Don't 'hey' me. I know all about your little library escapade. Y'know, Knoll's taking the fall for you. Are you aware of that?" Felicity asks whether Knoll is in trouble.