Episode Report Card Kim: D | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Family Affairs
By Kim | Season 2 | Episode 8 | Aired on 11.20.1999
There's a knock on the door, and Felicity answers it. David enters and Knoll yells from off-screen, "Hey, David's here!" Somebody cut Knoll off, stat. David asks Felicity where to put his coat, and Knoll yells out, "Come in, David. Relax. Your mom's here." Okay, that was funny. Knoll tells Meghan that he likes David and Meghan laughs at him. Felicity and David are in the bedroom and he says he didn't mean to overwhelm her last night, but it's how he feels. Meghan yells, "Are you guy fighting in there? If you are, talk louder." David tells Felicity they can discuss it later.
Maggie is looking out the window and Ben comes up behind her and asks if she's okay. She says, "Not really." Ben invites her to go talk sometime, maybe get coffee or something. The Husband appears and calls Maggie over to meet someone. Maggie introduces Ben and says, "I thought you should meet the person I've been sleeping with." Inappropriate! The Husband tells her she's drunk and that "this is not the place." Maggie asks if he thinks he's the only person allowed to cheat and walks away. See, that was the big fall they were setting up. I thought it was a little anti-climactic myself.
Felicity and her dad are making a salad. Felicity asks if he was surprised that she dropped pre-med. He says he knew she was wavering and that she seems happy with her decision. This man clearly had brain surgery since last season, because he never would have said that before. He goes on to say that he's not thrilled, but he's glad she's happy with her classes and with David, because he likes him. Then he says he talked to David about coming out to Palo Alto for Christmas. Felicity tells her dad she'll be right back, and bails out.
The writers have Elena take the turkey out of the oven, since she clearly doesn't have anything else to do in this episode, except listen to Felicity whine. Knoll drunkenly asks Annie what's in the punch. Annie says she's already told him and Meghan adds, "Twice". Knoll decides he needs to go lie down. David nods to Knoll as he passes, and once he gets by, Knoll sarcastically nods back. That cracked my shit up. Mr. Porter is talking to Elena about pre-med. Felicity goes into the bedroom, not realizing that Knoll is in there until he says hello. Knoll says he came in to escape the "spinning-room sensation" (and I want to tell him that generally lying down just makes it worse) and Felicity says she was "feeling a little spinny" herself. Felicity sits on the bed next to Knoll and they start reminiscing about last Thanksgiving, and giggling. Felicity says it feels like yesterday, but Knoll thinks it feels like a million years ago. In case you missed it, last Thanksgiving was the first time Knoll and Felicity kissed. Back in the present, they start kissing and, of course, Annie walks in on them and then walks out.