Episode Report Card Maggie: B- | 1 USERS: A- YOU GRADE IT Ding Dong, the Witch Is Dead
By Maggie | Season 3 | Episode 15 | Aired on 05.08.2001
Sean walks into Meghan's room and announces that he has a big surprise for her: he's going to have a bar mitzvah. Meghan wonders why he didn't have one when he was a kid, and Sean explains that his parents "never really believed in religion" back then. Meghan is a little dismayed that this is her surprise. Sean says he hasn't been sitting around shooting the "shabbat" with Rabbi Levin for the past two months; he's been preparing for his bar mitzvah. He explains that, after the ceremony, he'll be a man, according to Jewish custom. Meghan deadpans, "Finally." Sean is slightly miffed that she's making fun of his heritage, and warns her not to do that when Rabbi Levin comes over for dinner that night. He's thinking of ordering Chinese food, but she convinces him to let her make the meal. Sean thinks she's "the greatest" for doing that for him. Meghan tells him, "for future reference," that the next time he tells her he has a surprise for her, it had better actually be a surprise for her. I hope Sean doesn't get a surprise when Meghan puts a tref dish on the menu.
At the library, Felicity is quizzing Knoll on various cultural institutions in Seattle. Richard, who is dressed like Barney Fife but isn't as manly, stops by their table to complain about seniors pulling pranks at the end of the school year. He's not about to let anyone get away with "senioritis" stunts like "TP-ing the library" while he's president. Knoll comments, "Nice uniform." Richard informs them that he "borrowed it from Security" and he thinks "it sends a message." Felicity agrees that it does indeed send a message. Richard's walkie-talkie crackles with a message that there's a problem in "sector four," so he leaves to provide "back-up." On his way out, he asks Felicity and Knoll to keep their eyes out for any suspicious behaviour. They assure him they'll let call him if they do. When he's gone, they burst into laughter. Felicity asks him why he and Ben are having so many problems. Knoll tries to put her off, but she won't let it go and wonders whether there's something she should know. He dodges her questions by getting up to go to his interview. He wishes her luck on her exam and she wishes him luck, too.
Ben is at the loft putting some books into his knapsack. The phone rings and he ignores it until he hears that it is Avery's roommate Samantha calling for him. He picks up the phone and says, "What happened? Are you serious?"
Ben walks into a hospital ward and is approached by Samantha. She states that she wouldn't have called him, but that Avery insisted. Samantha is wearing such a low-cut top that she could drop by the La Leche League's meeting elsewhere in the hospital and be quite at home. Ben mumbles that Samantha said that Avery's stomach was pumped, and asks what else happened. Samantha sneers, "I just think that if you had returned some of her phone calls, she wouldn't be here." Ben asks her to elaborate, and she tells him to talk to Avery. He walks in to find her in a hospital bed, looking as weak as a kitten. A man-eating tiger kitten.