Episode Report Card Kim: B- | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Happy Birthday
By Kim | Season 1 | Episode 18 | Aired on 04.26.1999
Julie walks into the loft, all dressed up. Ben tells her that she's wearing "a very, very nice dress." Whatever. Ben adds that Julie doesn't seem that nervous. Julie says she's more excited than anything. Ben asks if Carol's whole family is going to be there. Julie says it's just the two of them. Sean walks down the stairs and wishes Julie luck. As he approaches, we see that Sean has a device on his head. Kind of like a clamp. Ben asks what it's for, and Sean says it's for headaches. That would totally work! I want one. Sean explains that it compresses the head, relieving tension, but that he needs to get a headache in order to test it. He should try watching just the Julie scenes on the first season DVD box set. I'm sure that would give anyone a headache. Ben says he has something to cure Sean's headache (which was an awkward segue since Sean was just saying that he doesn't have a headache), and hands over his rent check. Sean looks at it, and notes that it's not for the full amount. Ben says that he needs to get another job, and hopes to pay the rest in a couple of weeks. Sean says that, some day, he will say no. Ben knows that. Sean asks Julie how he became Ben's dad. I have to say that the Ben/Sean relationship was one of my favorite friendships on the show. Especially in the last season, when they forgot that Felicity and Elena were friends. Ben says that if Sean were his dad, he would have said no. Julie tells Sean that his headache thing is a good idea. Sean says he loves her, and commands Ben to get her a substantial birthday present. Julie tells Ben that if he spends any money on her, she'll just return the gift. Sean tells Ben again to get her a nice gift. Ben grins uncomfortably.
Felicity walks into her dorm room and sees two people sitting on Meghan's bed. She assumes that she's in the wrong room, spazzes out, apologizes, and runs out. That was one of my favorite Felicity spaz-outs of all time. Felicity looks at the room number, and realizes that she was in the right room. She slowly walks back in and smiles nervously. She introduces herself, and the couple reveals that they are Meghan's parents. They are total straight arrows, and not at all what you would expect Meghan's parents to look like, unless you had watched television before. Their names are Walter and Faye, and they've heard a lot about Felicity, or so they claim. Felicity is surprised to hear that Meghan has talked about her. Meghan bursts in and says she's ready. Where the hell was she? The closet? They have walk-in closets? With doors? Meghan is wearing a blue floral dress over a white button-down shirt, a string of pearls with matching earrings, and a headband. And her hair is all one color. And she has very little makeup on. In other words, she looks like a totally different person. Felicity bursts out laughing. When the camera moves out for a wide shot, I notice that Meghan is also wearing white tights and red T-strap shoes. Hee!