Episode Report Card 1 USERS: B- YOU GRADE IT Help For The Lovelorn
By Kim | Season 2 | Episode 11 | Aired on 01.22.2000
Cut to Felicity lying on a table, with a gas mask on her face. A doctor (not the same one from before) leans over her and she pulls off the mask and asks, "Where am I?" She realizes she is in restraints. The original doctor says that she had a dream during the procedure, and was talking, so they had to increase her dosage. Felicity says she never okayed a procedure, but original doctor points out her signature from her first visit to The Clinic. Felicity says she dreamed that The Clinic removed hearts. Then I got that weird commercial cut that others complained of, but some people in the forums said that Felicity finds out that the original doctor's name is "Snow...Malcolm Snow" and then Felicity sees a C-shaped scar on her own chest.
This last segment is kind of hard to recap, since it is essentially just dialogue and no action, but I'll give it a shot. Felicity wakes up in a completely bare room. Nothing on the floor, nothing on the walls, nothing anywhere. She stands up, and Knoll walks out of the shadows saying, "I felt confused, too. I'm Knoll, remember?" Felicity says, "I'm not kidding. I'll kick your ass. I took a self-defense course over the summer." Then she asks Knoll why he didn't tell her the truth about the procedure. Knoll says he doesn't know what she's talking about. Felicity looks at her own scarless chest and then makes Knoll bare his scarless chest, and starts laughing in relief. Knoll asks why she's so happy and Felicity says it was all just a dream. Knoll says the nightmare isn't over, because they don't know where they are, or how they got there. Felicity says she just woke up there. Knoll says there aren't any doors. Ben walks out of the shadows (and where are these shadows coming from?) and says that Knoll is right. Julie walks out and says they've all been there for months. Felicity says that can't be true because they just got back from Christmas break, right? Elena walks out and says they don't know. Felicity asks who else is in there, and Elena says it's just the five of them, and then does a weird curtsey thing so that she is kneeling. Felicity insists that there is a rational explanation. Ben says in a frustrated manner, "You're trying to use normal logic, and it doesn't work in here." Knoll points out that no one brings them food. Felicity says it must be a dream. Julie says that if it is, then they are all having the same dream. Felicity says there has to be a door. Elena tells her to look all she wants, but she won't find anything. Ben says she can try to solve their problem, but she will eventually give it up. Julie points out that maybe Felicity was sent to solve the problem. Knoll tells Julie he is sick of her optimism. Elena tells Knoll not to jump on Julie just because she has hope. Really, Knoll, there are so many other reasons to hate Julie. Felicity says that maybe there was an accident, and they're all dead, and this is hell. How very No Exit of her. Julie says that it can't be hell since they are stuck in a room with two cute guys. Knoll and Ben laugh, and I wonder if that was an ad-lib, because their laughs seem very genuine. Knoll says they've gone through all the obvious scenarios. Elena wonders if they were never really people. Felicity insists that they are people. Knoll asks what they really know about each other, and then answers his own question by saying, "Names, we go to the same college, the few stories we've chosen to share, but what else?" Julie says she can't remember her adoptive parents. Knoll says he's been in college for three years and he doesn't have any friends. Ha! I bet the writers had fun with this one. Elena says she can't remember the time before college. Julie says they have no food, water, sunlight, doors, or memories. Knoll says it's only a matter of time before Felicity asks the same question: "Who are we?" Felicity says that maybe everything before was just a dream, and maybe this place is all that's real. Dude, that's deep.
Felicity pounds on the walls, looking for a door. Julie is doing some weird yoga stretch on the floor; she wishes aloud that she had her guitar. Knoll joins the rest of the television-watching public in saying, "Thank God you don't have your guitar." Elena is jogging in circles. Elena wonders how she will be a doctor if she's stuck in a box. Knoll wonders how he will become a graphic designer. Ben wonders how he will become...Knoll asks what exactly Ben is going to do with his life. Ben says, "Nothing. This is what I'm doing." Julie says that they can't stay there forever, and wonders what's out there. Elena says it's got to be better than what's in there. Elena has a heart charm on her bracelet. Again, just pointing it out. Don't know what it means. Ben gets up and crashes into the wall. Knoll laughs and says, "Nice one." Shut up, Knoll. Ben says, "At least I'm man enough to try." Yeah! Take that, Knoll. Knoll says, "At least I'm smart enough not to run into walls." Oh, that was a good one. Felicity asks if Ben is okay. Ben says, "How can I be okay? I'm trapped. I want out," and kicks the wall. Okay, Ben is kind of a baby. A cute baby, but a baby nonetheless. Elena points out that they all want out. Felicity says they could climb out if they all stand on each other's shoulders, and whoever got out could go get help. Julie says she's too scared, because they don't know what's out there. Felicity says she'll do it.