Episode Report Card Maggie: D | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Final Answer
By Maggie | Season 2 | Episode 22 | Aired on 05.16.2000
Felicity is in her art history class looking at a slide of Manet's painting Bar at Folies-Bergère. Her professor is blathering that it's not only Manet's "finest painting and a superb example of the Impressionists' rejection of Romanticism, but it is also likely to appear on your final exam." That's a pretty meager commentary on what is considered to be Manet's final masterpiece. I hope Felicity has a textbook that goes into greater detail about the painting because she hasn't even heard what the professor said. Felicity's voice-over mentions that she only has to get through the next three days, then she'll have the whole summer to spend with Ben in Palo Alto. The prof dismisses the class and Felicity wakes up and starts packing up her stuff. She is asked to stay behind when the rest of the class has left. The professor offers her an internship to assist her with an exhibit at the Met on French Impressionists, if Felicity does well on her exam. Felicity is initially thrilled but her enthusiasm is dampened when she realizes that she'd have to stay in New York for the summer. The professor leaves, and Felicity stands there alternating between grinning and looking like she is suffering from a small wound.
In the back room at Dean & Deluca, Ben tells Felicity that "it is so cool" that her professor has offered her the internship. Felicity reminds him that it is not a done deal and she has to do well on the exam first. She asks him if he could get a job in New York for the summer and he says that he wouldn't likely be able to find one that paid as well. Felicity whines that she doesn't want to be apart from him for three months. Ben says that he doesn't want to either, but since the internship could be "a really good thing" for her, she should do her best on the exam, and let the prof officially offer her the job and then they'll figure what to do. She thanks him for being so understanding and, of course, they start to kiss. Javier walks in on them and says, "Omigod, you're kissing. It really worked. I'm like your cupid." Hey, that's what I said in last week's recap! Javier has come in to give Ben a little gift from him and Samuel. It's what they're giving to all their ushers. Ben says, "Your ushers?" Javier says, "Yes, we'd like you to ush for us." Ben accepts and he fumbles around trying to open the gift. Javier gets impatient and tells him it is a watch, just like the one he is wearing. He explains that it is "motion-sensitive" and you have to wind it by shaking your wrist, which he demonstrates. Ben thanks him. Then Javier asks Felicity to be his best man. She stumbles over her words for a moment, then accepts. Javier is overjoyed and he trills, "Now I have the best looking best man in the history of the world." They hug and all three stand around smiling at each other. Javier tells them to get back to work, then asking them to stop kissing because the customers can see them. Y'know, I'm getting a bit tired of seeing it too.