Episode Report Card Kim: B | 1 USERS: B+ YOU GRADE IT Moving On
By Kim | Season 4 | Episode 9 | Aired on 12.04.2001
Ben is lying on his bed when the phone rings. He answers it, and Lauren tells him that she's walking down the street, and her tea is too hot to drink, so she called him. Total booty call. Lauren mentions that she was thinking about drinking a martini, which may be true, but kind of reeks of a desperate measure to get him to invite her up, which he does. Ben hangs up and looks somewhat disappointed that it wasn't Felicity who called, but maybe I'm projecting.
Javier walks down the hallway outside class. Rita calls out to him, then runs up and gives him a lint brush. She figured that he would need it since his dryer is broken. Javier says that he has to explain something to her. He says that he's a lot like Blanche in the play, in that he hides the truth to protect others. Rita says that they're all like Blanche, "which is why Tennessee Williams is such a genius." Javier says, "I'm a lot like him, too." Rita thinks that he means he is a genius, so Javier finally just admits that he's gay. Rita breezily says that she knew, and that it's pretty obvious. Javier wonders why she wanted to go out with him. Rita explains that her husband is never coming back, and that she's not looking to replace him, and asks if Javier ever gets lonely. Javier softens and says that he misses his husband, too, even though Samuel is not dead. Rita suggests that they miss their husbands together. Javier thinks that sounds "sad and nice." Rita suggests that they do it. Javier smiles and says, "You swept me over. You and your little lint brush." Rita admits that was her plan. They walk down the hall together, and Javier thinks that her plan was so good that she must have read "The Art of War by that Sung Sung Sung."
Ben opens the door to let Lauren in. He offers her a drink, and tells her to come sit down. She removes her coat and scarf and takes a seat. Ben sits across from her. Ben wants her to tell him what happened. Lauren hesitates, and then says that she emailed her ex about a week ago, because she "got thirsty for him." She compares their relationship to drinking, because she took one sip, and now she's off the wagon. Now he wants to get back together, and she can't, because it's so bad for her. Lauren says, "I just don't want to feel this hole in my heart anymore." Ben moves to sit next to her, and takes her hand. She rubs his hand for a while, and then whispers, "I just wanna forget it for tonight. Just one night, okay? Just tonight." They kiss. Like, a lot. And lie down on the couch. Oh, no. I don't like this at all. As they continue to kiss, the phone rings. Cut to Felicity, listening to Ben's outgoing message, and then leaving a message: "Hey, it's me. I got your message, um, and, well, I'll be up for a little while if you want to talk. Otherwise, we'll talk later. Okay. Bye." Felicity hangs up, not knowing that if she had only returned the call a few minutes earlier, she might have prevented that whole Lauren/Ben disaster.