Episode Report Card Maggie: B | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Laser Labels and TV Dinners
By Maggie | Season 3 | Episode 12 | Aired on 04.17.2001
Sean is at the girls' apartment reading Us magazine when Meghan storms in. I guess he can't stand to spend time in his own home with Knolla Lugosi haunting the place. Sean asks, "So, it went well?" Meghan announces that the kids weren't so bad, but that the teachers "suck." Ms. Sensible Shoes's name is Ann Kring, and Meghan describes her a witch. Ha, that's funny coming from her -- an actual witch. Meghan explains that she was sent home to change her clothes. She predicts that the kids will all become "robotrons" just like Sensible Shoes. Sean jokes that she could get her back by teaching the kids witchcraft. Meghan appears to take the suggestion seriously.
After a pounding on a door, Tracy opens it to find Elena, who demands, "Who was that girl?" Tracy says, "What girl?" Elena elaborates, "The one I saw you put your arm around." Tracy says, "Oh, you mean Rose." Elena asks whether Rose is the reason he came back from Africa a month early. He says that Rose was there with her church group, and that they worked in the same village. Rose's group returned early, so he came back with them. Elena asks whether he and Rose are seeing each other, and he admits that they are.
At the apartment, Felicity holds her back and groans, as she walks to the door. Avery is there with her neck uncovered, revealing nothing. She apologizes to Felicity for flipping her, explaining that she took a single karate class "years ago." Felicity makes light of it and invites her in. Avery has brought Felicity a purple turtleneck. Felicity tries to decline the gift because she doesn't "need another top, especially one that costs more than rent." Again, Avery insists that she accept it, and then asks whether Ben likes his watch. Felicity tells her that he loves it. Avery asks how long Ben and Felicity have been going out. Felicity says that it's been a year, but that they've known each other since high school. Avery very phonily bleats that they're "made for each other." Felicity tries to give the sweater back, but Avery says that in the next class Felicity can flip her, and then give her a gift. Hey, Felicity, why wait for the next class? Do it now.
At the loft, Richard, Ben, and Sean are playing a Playstation game while Knoll sits like a lump at the end of the sofa. Richard declares, "She's a trustafundian." Ben cries, "She's a what?" I think Richard means trustafarian, which is the term I've heard used before. Sean explains, "She's a trust-fund baby. They all hang out together: the Rockefellers, the Phipps, the Swansons." Ben says, "So she's rich. I don't care if she's rich." Richard asks if he's a Communist. Knoll drones that he agrees with Ben, and that money can't buy anything important. Sean snorts, "Money gave me this Playstation 2." Ben asks just how rich Avery is. Sean explains, "You know how ambitious I am right now? I would be totally satisfied with my life if I were her dad's butler." Ben laughs at the thought. Richard says, "Her dad's a banking magnate." Knoll says, "No, he owns a magazine. Richard shouts, "Guys, he owns a publishing empire. He was on 60 Minutes." And don't forget about the frozen-food division. Richard exhorts Ben to get more out of her, but Ben declares that he doesn't care how rich she is, he's not asking for anything. Avery Swanson: I can't help thinking of laser labels and TV dinners.