Episode Report Card Kim: B- | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Happy Birthday
By Kim | Season 1 | Episode 18 | Aired on 04.26.1999
Elena, Felicity, and Julie (is she still there? Why?) hang out in Julie's room. Elena is looking for dance music as they listen to a CD at top volume. Noel bursts in and yells, "Do you think you could turn that up a bit?" Halfway through the sentence, he sees that Felicity is in the room and tries to pretend her presence doesn't affect him, but it totally does. Elena asks Noel if he wants a dance lesson. Noel informs them that the music echoes down the hall and actually gets louder. Julie jumps up to turn down the volume, and Elena does a sarcastic dance for Noel's benefit. Don't ask me to describe a sarcastic dance. Okay, it's basically a dance move performed while making a "Suck it" face. Noel thanks them for turning down the music, and glances again at Felicity, who pretends not to notice. Julie asks Noel if he's coming to her birthday party on Saturday. Noel stammers but doesn't answer. Elena says they'll be right outside his room. Noel says he'll try. Felicity continues pointedly not looking in Noel's direction. Noel leaves with a nod. Felicity finally looks at him. Julie asks if it's okay that she invited him, and Felicity lies that she's glad Julie invited him.
Carol (a.k.a. Jane Kaczmarek, a.k.a. Julie's birth mom) wanders through the dorm hallway, looking around. Back in Julie's room, the girls dig into a pizza and discuss clothes. Elena calls Felicity "the sweater queen." Hee! Carol stands in the doorway until Julie notices her and quickly turns off the music. Carol asks if it's a bad time. Felicity and Elena catch on and quickly exit. Julie asks Carol why she's there, and Carol presents Julie with a birthday present. Julie asks if that's the only reason she came. Carol closes the door and says she also wanted to give Julie the truth. Wow, I remember totally not caring about this storyline when this season originally aired, and knowing that Julie leaves and all, I care even less about it now. Anyway, Carol admits that she's Julie's birth mom. Julie cries, and they hug. And I yawn and wonder when Ben is going to make an appearance.
Noel hangs out with Guy, the dude with the crazy blond afro hair. Guy asks how the place will function without Noel as an R.A. Dude, don't build up his ego any more than it already is. Noel is sure the building won't collapse. Guy says, "I mean, Felicity's the one that diddled this other guy. She's the one that should move, man." Noel is in the middle of calling about a new place, and accidentally says "diddle" instead of "apartment." Anyway, he makes an appointment to come and take a look at the place as Guy continues complaining about Noel moving out because he and Felicity "hit a rough patch." Noel says that it's torture, because every time he walks down the hall, he hopes he doesn't see her and he also hopes that he does. Noel accepts some of the blame, saying that when he left with Hannah, he gave up his right to any relationship with Felicity. Damn straight. Also, aw. Scott Foley and Jennifer Garner are getting divorced. Guy says he'll miss Noel, who returns the sentiment.