Episode Report Card Kim: C+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Boooz
By Kim | Season 4 | Episode 5 | Aired on 11.06.2001
At the loft, Sean pulls a shirt out of a box and inspects it, but quickly throws it back in when Meghan enters the room. Meghan wants to know what's going on, and Sean admits that he ordered some sock shirts, but that he did so before their discussion at the party. Meghan protests that it's "part of [her] look, and if [he] sell[s] it to everyone else, [she'll] look like everyone else." Sean points out that Meghan's look isn't that original, which makes Meghan more upset, and she leaves in disgust and slams the door. Just kiss her, Sean, and everything will be fine. Or tell her that she's right. Or secretly sell the shirts without telling her.
In Felicity's class, the students hang their drawings up on the wall. Felicity asks for a volunteer to critique the first drawing, but no one offers, so she starts critiquing it herself. She has some nice things to say, and the guy who was giving her a hard time before says that it's his drawing. In fact, it's a tribute to Felicity, because it's a drawing of a tiara. Everyone giggles. Felicity wants to move on. The guy says that he was inspired by "the packaging and objectification of the feminine form," and wants to know whether Felicity got a scholarship. Felicity says that she didn't, and tries to move on again. He implies that Felicity got her TA position because of the pageant. No, she got that because she slept with the advisor, but that's neither here nor there. Meanwhile, fuck off, guy. Some girl says, "I have to say that we, as artists, will be fighting the pressure of commercial and material concerns at every turn, and you traded on your looks. You already sold out. That's not a lesson I want to pay to learn in this or any class." What does Felicity being in the pageant have to do with her ability to teach the class? If they want to argue that she has no feminist credibility, I could see that. I don't know if I would agree with it, but I could see it. Fuck off, girl who asked the question. If you were a real artist, you wouldn't be in college. You'd be out producing art. I hate that girl. Felicity says none of these things, and just stands there, silently.
Ben walks into Professor Snark's classroom. The snake charmer music is back. Professor Snark reminds Ben that he was kicked out of the class. Ben says that Trevor is in a coma. And this is Professor Snark's problem why? Ben explains that Trevor got alcohol poisoning, after they went drinking because they got kicked out of class. That is so not the Professor's fault. Ben says that the professor's job is to help students. Snark says that his job is to teach chemistry. Ben says that they just wanted Snark to be fair. Snark wonders if this is Ben's attempt to get back into class. Ben says that he doesn't care about the class, but that Trevor is in a coma, and asks if it would have been that big of a deal for Snark to admit that he was wrong. Ben walks out. Snark has a look on his face like, "I think I need a drink." That was my interpretation, anyway. This storyline is dumb. Why should the professor care? I mean, I don't think he should have kicked them out of class in the first place, but it's not his fault that Trevor dealt with it by drinking himself into a coma. Ben's just as much at fault as Snark, in my opinion. But really, it's entirely Trevor's fault.