Episode Report Card Maggie: D | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT The Aretha Theory
By Maggie | Season 2 | Episode 21 | Aired on 05.09.2000
There's a knock at the door, and Felicity, who has decided to wear a red print strapless-handkerchief-pseudo-tube-top-affair and red pants, answers it and lets Javier in. When he sees her outfit, he exclaims, "Look at you, my little hot tamale. My goodness, what, are you painting the town all different colours tonight?" Then he glances around the loft and says, "Jesus, Mary, and San José, this is living! You know, I work so hard all my life to live in a hovel, and you kids are living like the queens of England." Felicity explains that, "It's Sean's and it's rent-control [sic]." That's funny, I thought that Sean had a mortgage. Elena and Julie appear and Javier exclaims over their outfits, especially Elena's added height, and tells them that he's there to see Ben, who has agreed to help Javier out with a "wee task." Julie informs him that Ben went out for a run and that he'll be back soon. Javier asks where they are going and when he finds out they're going to the "T-Bone Club" he reacts a bit shocked. Meghan passes by him and he doesn't say much to explain his reaction. Felicity is the last one out the door and he says, "Have fun, and um, I hope you're packing some heat." Felicity says, "Some what?" and Javier just shuts the door in her face. Tee hee!
The next scene opens with a shot of an alley outside of a club doorway, with a bunch of people lined up behind a velvet rope and some bouncers. One of the bouncers lets a few of the various club kids through and warmly greets them. Meghan says, "How are you?" and breezes past. The bouncer returns the rope to its stand when Felicity, Julie, and Elena get to the front of the line, and they call after Meghan who has met up with some guy she knows. She points them out to get them admitted. Inside the club, there's some non-descript dance music playing and the dance floor and mezzanine is full of what the show's executives probably think are really edgy-looking characters, but they look kind of unintentionally retro and pseudo-gothy. There's even an old, fat guy with long hair, wearing an eighteenth-century long, cutaway coat. I believe he is a former member of the band, Paul Revere and the Raiders. Dude, the dinosaurs went thataway. Meghan leads the group and tells them to stay where they and not to eat anything anyone gives them, then she walks away. The other three look very earnest about staying put. I think Meghan was just playing with them though. Elena makes a rule for the night that they won't think about Ben, Tracy, or Sean. Meghan heads to the bar with the guy from the line, whose name is Earl. She greets the bartender and orders a Bonzai, actually she orders seven of them and tells the bartender to put it on her friend's tab. Meghan hands out the drinks, which are lime green cocktails, and tells the gang to drink lots of them. Felicity asks what they are and Meghan responds, "Bonzai Demons, and if you have to ask, don't even drink it." They clink their glasses, hoot, and take little sips.