Episode Report Card Kim: D | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Family Affairs
By Kim | Season 2 | Episode 8 | Aired on 11.20.1999
Back at the Apartment of Family Gatherings, Felicity's parents are watching Annie Sherman make some sort of demon punch containing vodka, and sherry, and of course raspberry. Knoll is happy to see Elena and Felicity return. As Felicity goes to shut the door behind her, a hand reaches out and pushes it back open -- it's Meghan! Turns out Felicity's mom invited her along. Mrs. P says, "Annie is whipping up quite a punch back there -- it smells like pure alcohol." Annie calls Mrs. P over for a glass and she practically sprints over. Meghan notes, "Mom's gonna get toasted. This is gonna be great." Annie walks up to Felicity and says that David called and he's on his way, and also that she knew David and Felicity would make a great couple. Felicity makes like Ben, and looks guilty. Annie twists the knife, by saying that she hasn't seen David this happy in a long time, and it's like he's come alive again. Gee, do you think we're being set up for a fall once again?
Back at Dean and Deluca, the camera pans by The Husband chatting up some sweet young thing. I'm sure he's just soliciting a donation. ["Is that what the kids are calling it these days?" -- Wing Chun] Ben thanks Julie for her warning and asks if she's mad at him. She says she's not, but that she doesn't want to run interference for him any more tonight. Julie's hair is looking kind of Julia Salinger-esque in this episode. Ben apologizes, then looks at Maggie across the room. Julie follows his gaze and asks if Maggie is worth it. Ben looks at her again; she looks miserable, and he replies that he doesn't know.
Felicity tells Elena that it doesn't feel right keeping her feelings from David. Elena tells her to have some "200 proof punch." Let me take a moment to point out the inappropriateness of these adults serving alcohol to a bunch of minors. I mean, it's not like a glass of wine with dinner. This punch is clearly meant to get you drunk. And they're being served by one of their professors, just to make things more illegal. Not to be completely puritanical, but I find that really wrong. ["I think it is weird that the legal drinking age is twenty-one. You can vote and serve in the armed forces but you can't drink? New York is one crazy state." -- Maggie] ["In fairness, in Canada you can theoretically be the Prime Minister before you can legally drink, but only a year separates those two examples." -- Wing Chun] Mrs. P and Annie make nice about Felicity's artwork. Knoll and Meghan are sitting on the couch, observing it all, and Knoll says he can't believe that Felicity's parents and David's mom are getting along. Meghan asks if somebody's going to fight soon. Felicity comes over and asks Meghan what happened to the dinner she was ordering for their floor. Cut to a shot of Burky and three other kids sitting at an empty table, and Burky yells out, "I'm starving!" Cut back to Meghan giving Felicity a glassy-eyed stare, but not responding.