Episode Report Card Kim: D | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Revolutions
By Kim | Season 2 | Episode 16 | Aired on 04.04.2000
Outside the health center, a group of students is chanting, "There's no laughter without the morning after. We'll stay until we get that pill." Hey, it's not Shakespeare but it works. Inside, Julie, Ruby and Elena are coloring in a banner. Elena tells Ruby it's cool that she came. Ruby says, "Why wouldn't I?" Julie blurts out, "Because you're having a baby, Elena didn't think you'd support the morning-after pill," like way to pin the blame on Elena. Ruby notes that they think she is crazy for having this baby. Elena says (not unkindly) that she thinks Ruby's life will "change in ways [she] can't even imagine." I'm glad they addressed Ruby's situation and all, but this whole conversation seemed weird and unfinished, and they never came back to it. That's because Felicity suddenly has a megaphone and is making an announcement.
Sean races into place to film her. Felicity tells everyone that they just got off the phone with the Assistant Dean and "apparently, the administration's official response is no response." Someone boos and Sean turns around to film the crowd, so the next few shots alternate between Felicity in regular cam and the crowd, in Sean cam. Felicity says it means they might be there for a while and everyone grumbles. On Sean Cam, we see the cheerleaders (remember Julie's original roommates?) stand up and do a little cheer that goes, "We're fighting for a cause. We couldn't be prouder. If you can't hear us, we'll shout a little louder." Felicity and Leelah exchange a look of disbelief. Sean the horndog zooms in as the cheerleaders finish up with "Be aggressive, B-E aggressive. B-E A-G-G-R-E-S-S-I-V-E". Why did they bring their pom-poms to a sit-in? Next up, a guy who looks like British Guy from earlier, yet without the accent, starts strumming a guitar poorly and singing, "We Shall Not Be Moved." I take this moment to thank God that Julie didn't think to bring her guitar. Everyone actually starts singing along. On Sean Cam, we see a very out-of-place looking Meghan glancing around the room. At first, I couldn't figure out why she was there, but then I remembered the whole "Meghan loves Greg" subplot. Felicity looks around, bemused, but doesn't sing.
Ben and Knoll are playing Tekken 3 on the PlayStation. Thanks to Wing Chun for providing me with the name of the game, because I have to admit that fighting games are not my forte. I was all about Crash Bandicoot earlier this season, but unless it's WWF Smackdown, I'm lost when it comes to the fighting genre. ["Tekken 3 is wicked fun. I don't know another game where you can pit a panda bear against a Bootsy Collins lookalike." -- Wing Chun] Anyway, Ben and Knoll are giggling and jostling each other on the couch, so clearly they've had a few more beers since last we saw them. Knoll beats Ben and laughs, while Ben yells out, "No! No!" This is so realistic, I'm having flashbacks to the last time my boyfriend's friends came over and spent like twenty-four hours straight playing these games. Ben gets up and asks Knoll if he wants another beer. There are like six empty cans sitting on the table in front of them. Knoll says, "More beer? How much beer is in there?" I was kind of wondering that, since neither Knoll or Elena seem like heavy beer drinkers to me, but maybe Ben brought his own. Ben says there are two left. Ben says they have to go to a bar, which is also a realistic portrayal of the thought process you go through in college when you're drunk, I think. I definitely remember hearing, "The bar is closing? We have to stop and buy more beer before we get home!" when realistically, none of us needed any more beer, and in fact, we didn't need the beer we had already consumed.