Episode Report Card Kim: B+ | 1 USERS: A+ YOU GRADE IT Felicity Interrupted
By Kim | Season 4 | Episode 21 | Aired on 05.21.2002
Felicity adds a bunch of ingredients to a simmering pot and chants a spell. In one part, she has to prick her finger and add some drops of blood to the pot, and I swear to God, they had the needle miked because I could hear it popping through her skin. So gross. Anyway, over Felicity's shoulder, we see Ben watching her. Felicity notices him and looks like she's trying to think of a possible explanation for her actions, but decides to keep her mouth shut. Ben asks how she's feeling. Felicity asks if Noel talked to Ben. Ben says no, and then after a moment admits that he did, but only because Noel's worried about Felicity's time-travel theory. Felicity says that she knew that Noel didn't believe her. Ben asks if it's true. Felicity looks him in the face and says, "Yes. I came from the future so I could be with Noel, and now I'm doing a spell so I can get back." Ben just nods. Felicity says that she's been thinking about how she could prove to Ben that she's telling the truth. Felicity tells Ben that his father is having liver problems, and that there's a woman named Lauren, and Ben's father is her AA sponsor. Ben looks confused. Felicity tells Ben to call his dad, and that she has to get back to her spell. Ben looks worried and says that he will. He walks out, and then starts to walk back, but finally leaves. Felicity doesn't notice, since she's focused on her spell.
Ben walks into Noel's room and says that Noel is right, and that there's something going on with Felicity. Noel tells Ben to check out something he found on the internet -- the criteria for psychosis. Noel reads off the first two symptoms, and says that Felicity has both of them. Noel says that at least Felicity doesn't have the third: "Grossly disorganized and bizarre speech and behavior." Ben thinks for a minute and then admits to Noel that Felicity was pricking her finger with a needle and chanting. Noel realizes that Felicity fits all of the criteria. Ben asks what they should do, and Noel has no idea.
Felicity is putting a bandage on her finger when she hears a knock at the door. She answers it to see Ben and Noel standing there with really fake cheesy smiles; they simultaneously breathe out: "Heeeeeey." Hee! Felicity asks what's going on. Noel asks if they can talk to her. Felicity looks kind of unsure, but says, "Sure." The two guys follow her inside. Felicity asks Ben if he called his dad, and Ben says that he left a message. Ben says that they both really care about her. Noel adds that they are both on her side, no matter what. Ben agrees vehemently. Felicity glances at them cautiously. Ben says that he and Noel have been talking about "this whole time-travel thing," and Noel says that they are worried about her. Felicity says that she's fine. Noel asks what she would think in their place. Felicity knows that it sounds nuts, but it's absolutely real. Noel asks, "What if it just seems real?" and pulls out a printout from the website they were looking at earlier. Felicity reads it and asks, "You guys think this is psychosis?" Noel says that they just want her to talk to someone. Why wouldn't they take her to Toni Pavone?