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By Maggie | Season 3 | Episode 13 | Aired on 04.24.2001
Richard barges into Elena's room to discover her surfing the 'net on her iBook. She tells him to get out, but he exclaims, "Oh great, a connection to the outside world. Con Ed has a website and I can't watch anymore of the Docuventary." Elena is looking at "a website for women who want breast enlargements," which interests Richard so deeply and passionately that he plans to bookmark it for himself. Elena declares him "disgusting," just like he was earlier when he couldn't stop "checking [her] out." He says that she looked "healthier" before. She breaks it to him that she had stuffed her bra with tissue, and thanks him for proving her point "that all men are superficial pigs." Naturally, Richard is unfazed by this slam and wants to see more of the site. Hey Richard, pull back the corners of your mouth with your fingers and repeat after me: I was born on a pirate ship.
The Docuventary rolls on with Knoll/Llonk showing the gang his wedding photos, but no one is watching it. Knoll strolls into the living room and asks Felicity whether it seems "like a crazy night" to her. She tells him about Ben's leaving, and asks whether she was difficult to talk to when they were dating. He thinks she's the "easiest person in the world to talk to." In the understatement of the year, she points out that he and Ben are quite different people.
Meghan wanders out of the apartment, through various groups of people sitting in the hall, over to Chris, who is sitting on the stairs. Meghan reports that she just broke up with Sean. Chris wonders if that's "good" for Chris. Meghan explains that she and Sean constantly break up and make up, and that this time she can't wait to make up with him because she loves Sean -- and guys, for that matter. Chris deadpans, "There goes my pre-nuptial fling." Meghan questions whether Chris should be having "a pre-nuptial anything" and whether getting married is how she wants to spend her life.
At the loft, Avery lights some candles and sticks them into wine bottles. She and Ben are drinking beer from bottles and discussing the "victim impact statement" that she has to make the following day. Ben wonders what she's going to be asked. She says that if they want to know how her life has been affected, she'll tell them about her operation, rehab, missing school, and meeting Ben. He doesn't think they'll care about him, and she sidles up to him, mewling that he changed her life as she. He gives her another dopey smile.
Sean whines to Felicity and Knoll that it's been "a hell of a premiere." Knoll asks him whether the footage of an interview he recently did with Ben is accessible. Sean says "it's near the end." There's an end to the Docuventary? It's finished? Break out the champagne. Sean flops down beside Felicity on the sofa and asks her whether Meghan ever "came on" to her. Felicity assures him that nothing of the sort ever happened. Knoll finds the interview, which depicts Ben talking about how tough Felicity is on him, but that it's for his own good, and that he always ends up appreciating her. Felicity looks thoughtful; she smiles and thanks Knoll for showing it to her before leaving the room. Knoll asks Sean whether he's ever been to Seattle.