Episode Report Card Kim: A | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Finally
By Kim | Season 1 | Episode 10 | Aired on 11.23.1998
Knoll sits on the bed, and Felicity asks what happened with his uncle. Knoll replies that his uncle needs a new hip, but that he's going to make a full recovery. Felicity thinks that's great news. Knoll leaps up and starts kissing Felicity, pausing to comment, "That's why I ran up the stairs." They kiss some more, but Knoll breaks it off to say angrily that he's pissed at his uncle. Knoll explains that he spent his whole time in Florida "making unnecessary funeral arrangements and comforting everyone," and wasn't able to study for finals at all. Felicity says that they are all stressed out, and Knoll whines that it's worse for him, because he's an RA, and then lists off all the responsibilities he has as such which have prevented him from keeping up all semester. Oh, the world's tiniest violin plays for you, Knoll. Meanwhile, in return for all the RA stuff, he gets free room and board, at the very least, and it's nobody's fault but his own if he couldn't keep up. Knoll concludes, "So while I have this massive, unrealistic amount of work to do, the only thing I want to do is hang out with you and kind of figure out what's going on." Felicity smiles, but then comments that they probably wouldn't get much work done if they did hang out. Knoll agrees, and suggests that they make a pact not to hang out together for the next three days, and when finals are over on Friday, they can figure things out, and go home for the break confident about their grades and their relationship. Felicity thinks that is an incredible plan. I think that is a terrible plan, but I have the benefit of seeing how it all turns out. I think they should just do it and get it over with.
Sean asks Ben for help lugging something into the loft. Sean explains that with finals going on, the library is open twenty-four hours a day. Sean asks Ben, "What is the one thing desperate college students need to stay alive?" Beer? Bad television shows? Candy? No-Doz? There are so many possible answers to that question. Ben looks at the boxes they just carried in, and ventures, "I'm gonna say, fruit." Sean explains that he's going to take a cooler filled with fruit into the library and sell fruit by the piece. Sean asks Ben how his studying is going; Ben says it's going "crappy," and that he's going to go find someone with whom to study. Sean tells Ben that he can't flunk out, because Sean relies on Ben's rent check. That Sean is so sensitive. Ben sarcastically thanks Sean for the additional pressure "from the fruit guy." On the way out, Ben grabs an apple, and Sean yells that Ben owes him a dollar. As Ben walks out, Sean reconsiders and mutters, "Two dollars." Heh.