Episode Report Card Kim: B | 1 USERS: B+ YOU GRADE IT Moving On
By Kim | Season 4 | Episode 9 | Aired on 12.04.2001
The elevator arrives on Felicity's floor. Ben steps out and walks right over to Felicity's door. Owen wanders around, looking at a slip of paper in his hand, and checking doors. Ben knocks on Felicity's door. Owen realizes that he needs to go to the same place and walks over, explaining that he's there to see Felicity. The two men wait for someone to answer the door.
Inside, Felicity has the skirt on, and tells Elena that the whole situation is so weird. Little does she know that it's about to get much weirder. Elena tells Felicity that she looks great. Felicity yells out, "Coming!" She runs over and opens the door to find Ben and Owen both standing there. Ben has the perfect look on his face -- slightly bemused and kind of cracking up. Felicity looks like she doesn't really know what to say, so she introduces the two guys. Elena walks over and realizes that she and Ben were supposed to study. Ben walks in, and whispers, "You look great" to Felicity as he walks past. Felicity looks startled, but recovers to tell Owen that they should get going. In her rush to get out of there, she leaves without a coat. Owen suggests that she might want one. She's all flustered. She grabs her coat. Ben turns to look at Felicity. He sadly watches her flounce out the door for her date, knowing that he can't say anything since he's the one who wanted to move on.
Noel is back at the therapist. Seriously, this is a pretty boring storyline. I mean, depression is an important issue and all, but I really could not be less interested in Noel's struggle with it. But in case you are, I'll recap it. Noel explains to the therapist that he's read that depression is a disease, like diabetes, and that it's hereditary. ["I should PSA Here that it can be hereditary; it can also be caused by environmental factors, or external stresses in one's life." -- Wing Chun] Noel doesn't think that he's depressed, because he solves other people's problems. The therapist thinks that Noel is a good guidance counselor, and Noel says that he is. No, he's not! He's a terrible guidance counselor. The therapist asks to whom Noel goes when he needs help. Noel says that he goes to his brother. The therapist explains the depression doesn't mean Noel is a weak person; if anything, it means that he's more empathetic. Noel launches into an Emmy-reel soliloquy about how his brother would go through periods where it seemed like he was at the bottom of a swimming pool, and couldn't hear anyone. Noel thought that he was boring his brother (like he's boring me), but now he realizes that his brother could have drowned. Noel asks about the medication, and the therapist admits that Noel might need to stay on it forever. The therapist says that he won't let Noel drown. Noel says that he doesn't want to. Yawn.