Episode Report Card Kim: B+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Spooked
By Kim | Season 1 | Episode 5 | Aired on 10.26.1998
Hey, it's the first-ever appearance of Sean! He tells Ben and some random British dude who, I guess, is supposed to be their other roommate, that the thieves stole his idea book. Ben and British Dude are not very interested, but Sean prattles on. It's nice to know that some things never change. Apparently, Sean had a book in which he used to write down his business ideas, and it was stolen. Sean refers to them as his future. British Dude says that Sean could just write them down again. Sean says that he wouldn't be able to remember them all, and asks Ben whether he even tried to stop the guys. Man, Sean is a dick! This would be a good time to begin the recurring theme of Ben calling people dicks. The robbers had guns! Ben silently walks away, and Sean half-heartedly apologizes. I think that is the last time we ever see British Dude on this show, but I could be wrong.
Felicity recounts the experience to Julie, Elena, and Knoll. She says that there was "a real person pointing a real gun" at her. Julie says that she would have screamed and wet her pants. Me too! Knoll shares that a homeless guy pushed him over once and ruined his birthday cake. The girls are all, "What?" Elena points out that "for a woman, having a gun pointed at you is a whole different thing." Felicity asks whether that has happened to Elena, who replies that she was mugged a couple of years before, and it "really pissed [her] off." Brian Krakow comes in; he says that he heard what happened, and asks whether Felicity is okay. He's wearing -- surprise -- a pink shirt. Brian shares that he was held up at knifepoint once; he then asks to speak to Julie alone. Julie gets up and follows him away. Knoll asks Felicity what the police said, and Felicity reveals that she and Ben have to go to the police station to look at mug shots.
Over on the other side of the room, Krakow asks Julie whether she wants to see The Exorcist with him, but he does so very awkwardly and in a very Krakovian fashion. Julie agrees to go with him, and he looks incredibly surprised.
That night, Felicity lies in bed and tries to sleep through a thunderstorm, but fails. Her phone rings. She answers it, and it's Ben. He asks whether she was asleep, but she says that she wasn't. He tells her that he's downstairs.
The elevator doors open on Felicity's floor, and Ben gets off to find Felicity waiting there for him. Felicity points out that it's after 2 AM, and Ben says he thought she might be shaken up, so he wanted to make sure she was okay. Fade to Felicity and Ben talking in her room in the dark. FVO says she read somewhere that soldiers who have been through battle have a special bond, and that she never knew what that meant until that night with Ben. You know, I never thought of this before, but this has a huge parallel to the Ben/Avery story line in Season Three. They went through a traumatic experience together, and Ben felt drawn to her. Wow, continuity!