Episode Report Card Kim: A | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT The Storm
By Kim | Season 4 | Episode 7 | Aired on 11.20.2001
Ben shows up at Felicity's door. Felicity is so happy to see him, but Ben just quietly says, "I came over to get my stuff, okay?" Felicity lets him in, looking like she's about to vomit all over the place. Ben walks into Felicity's room and starts grabbing his possessions as that annoying piano music plays again. The music is so distracting that it's kind of ruining the emotional impact of these scenes. Felicity stands there and watches him, opening her mouth to speak a few times, but then thinking better of it. Finally, she goes to point something out to Ben that he missed, but Ben quickly dismisses her. Ben asks if she knows where his green sweatshirt is, and Felicity, glad for something to do, looks for it in the bathroom. Ben stuffs some books into his duffel bag. In the most heart-rending part of the scene, Ben says, "Here's your key," and holds it out to Felicity without even looking at her face. She looks distraught, and like she wants to say something, but can't think of the words. Ben walks out quickly, running into Elena on the way. Elena suddenly has these bangs that make her look like Cleopatra. She asks Felicity if she wants some ice cream. Felicity shakes her head, probably too emotionally overcome to even speak.
Ben shows his mom, played by Dee Wallace Stone, around the loft. Does that mean that Ben and Elliott are brothers? When I was a kid, I had a crush on Elliott's older brother in E.T., Michael. I thought he was cute. I was like ten years old, so please cut me some slack. I also had a crush on Danny Noonan from Caddyshack, so you can see what my type was. Anyway, enough about my pre-adolescent crushes. Mrs. Covington is impressed with the loft, and notices the drawing hanging above Ben's bed. It's the one that Felicity did of the guy running into the wall. Mrs. Covington starts gushing about seeing Felicity's mom, and Ben quickly changes the subject by asking his mom what she wants to do. Mrs. Covington just wants to get back to the hospital, and tells Ben that his father has been put back on the transplant list. I think Dee Wallace Stone has had one too many facelifts, because her eyebrows are permanently raised and her face has no wrinkles or laugh lines or anything. Anyway, Mrs. Covington says that she can't wait to take Jack home. Ben is surprised to hear this, and Mrs. Covington confirms that she and her husband are reconciling. Ben sighs and shakes his head, and then sits down on the bed. Mrs. Covington sits next to him and says that she knows it's hard. Ben tells her that he understands if it's what she wants, "but it makes [him] very, very nervous." Mrs. Covington explains that it is what she wants, and after all they have been through, "it's not easy to let go." She and Ben share a sort-of hug.