Episode Report Card Maggie: D | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Ben Was Here
By Maggie | Season 2 | Episode 20 | Aired on 05.02.2000
Now we see various people playing Backgammon, The Game of Life, Battleship, Popomatic Trouble, and Boggle. Popomatic Trouble. The game is fun for Dad and Mother and sis can trouble her mean old brother. Ben's paper mustn't have been very important because he's out in the living room playing. He and Felicity exchange meaningful looks, while Sean can't stop staring at Julie, and Knoll is riveted by Ruby's every move.
Sean's phone rings during his game of Backgammon with Julie and it is the Independent Film Channel offering to buy his Docuventary. When he's off the phone, Julie squeals, "Omigod, that is so great!" and hugs him. Sean grabs her for a full-on extended kiss. Everyone stops and stares. When they stop kissing, Julie quickly walks away and everybody else looks at each other. Elena breaks the tension by saying, "That's the documentary we're all in, right?" Sean says, "Yeah, isn't that great?" Meghan doesn't think so but Sean assures them that everyone in it "comes off great." Felicity haltingly stammers, "Julie, you saw it, is it good?" Julie stutters, "It's um, Sean just kissed me!" Everybody laughs. There's a knock at the door and it's Wade. When Ruby went away to make her movie, she was lying about working with Tom Cruise. She meant to say that it starred Tom Green and that the movie was called Road Trip. I, for one, am really glad that Wade is the father of her baby and not Tom Greene. Even Knoll would be better father material than Tom Greene. Wade greets everyone and asks if Ruby is ready.
After a pause, Meghan says, "So, you're the guy who knocked her up?" Knoll, king of sensitivity and polîtesse, apologizes for Meghan and introduces himself. Wade says, "So, you're Knoll," a little wearily. Obviously, Knoll's reputation proceeds him. Greg arrives next. Meghan is clearly delighted to see him and she asks, "What are you doing here?" When she finds out that he's there to meet Felicity, she's visibly deflated. Felicity comes out and introduces herself to Wade. Wade responds that Ruby loves Felicity. Ruby finally appears and greets Wade. There's awkward silence all around until Meghan says, "Somebody leave!" That prompts Felicity and Greg and Ruby and Wade to leave. Meghan, Ben, and Knoll all look morose and Elena and Tracy quickly decide to go out for something to eat. Julie offers to play cards with Knoll, but he declines and leaves. Next, she asks Ben, but he gets up and leaves, too. Then there were three. Sean says, "Operation?" and Meghan replies, "What the hell."