Episode Report Card Kim: B | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Future Shock
By Kim | Season 4 | Episode 12 | Aired on 03.19.2002
Felicity and Owen return home from another day of gallery-hopping. Felicity thinks the process is depressing. Owen makes a joke, and Felicity asks what happens if they don't sell anything, and wonders how they will make a living. Owen is sure that things will work out. Felicity asks whether it bothers him that everyone else has a career path, like doctor, lawyer, or real estate agent. Owen says that all the doctors and lawyers he knows hate their jobs, and that the prospect of being a real estate agent is depressing. Hey, I just saw my real estate agent's new house, and it was really nice and not at all depressing, and neither was her car or her expensive furniture. I'm just saying. Felicity admits that her mother wants her to be a real estate agent. Owen thinks that Mrs. Porter must not have seen Felicity's work. Felicity says that she has. Owen says that Mrs. Porter doesn't know what she's talking about. Felicity feels like she should be doing something "with a clear path that's well-marked." Owen says it depends on what she wants. Felicity says she doesn't really know what she wants. Join the club.
Felicity comes home. Javier is there, and he needs to show her something. He plays the tape of All About Eve and asks who Felicity is reminded of when she sees Bette Davis. Felicity doesn't know. Javier gives the hint, "Freshman year roommate." Felicity asks, "Meghan?" and Javier is all, "See! That's what I thought, too!" Elena runs in, all excited because she got a letter from Columbia Medical School, but she's too nervous to open it. Javier does the honors. While he's opening, Elena says that if she didn't get in, it'll be okay, because she'll probably get in somewhere else. Javier jokingly pretends that he's presenting an Oscar, and then reads the actual letter, which reveals that Elena was accepted. Elena and Felicity hug, and Elena runs off to call her father. Javier trails after her, trying to get her to say that Meghan is like Margo. Felicity looks after them, happy for her friend, but sad that she doesn't have a well-marked path. She walks into her bedroom, fishes out the business card her mother gave her, and stares at it.
Noel walks into the loft, and Sean announces that they got the job they bid on earlier. Noel is shocked. Sean says that it gets better: Webb Graphics also wants them. Mr. Webb wants the job so badly that they are willing to hire Noel and Sean as independent contractors. Sean thinks it will be a great opportunity to get experience and also steal all of Webb Graphics' accounts. Noel doesn't know if it's such a great idea. ["Probably because when you sign on to a company where they're selling your creative work, they make you sign something that says you can't work for any of their clients for a period of time after you leave the company, so Sean's plan of stealing Webb's clients is not realistic. Plus what does Webb want Sean for? He brings nothing to the table." -- Wing Chun] Sean shows Noel the financial reasons why they need to do it. Noel says that he went out with Zoe Webb last night. Sean reminds Noel of the "ducks in a row" thing. Noel says, "I have spent the last three and a half years of my life waiting for someone who wanted to be with someone else. And now, I think...I think that I found someone. Someone that I can care about." Sean says that Noel is right. Noel says he needs some time to think about it. Sean says that Noel gets to make the decision, and Noel thanks him. I can't believe how understanding Sean is being. So different from how he was acting earlier this season.