Episode Report Card Maggie: B- | 1 USERS: B+ YOU GRADE IT The Trouble With Normal Is It Always Gets Worse
By Maggie | Season 3 | Episode 16 | Aired on 05.15.2001
Meghan and Sean are in the office of their counsellor, played by Teri Garr, who basically sleepwalks through her scenes. Wasn't she once billed as a comic actor? She psychobabbles that she wants to start off with new clients by having them repeat a few phrases. She asks them to repeat what she's just said to them and they do, more or less in unison. They go through a few minutes of crossed wires to establish that Sean and Meghan aren't married. Teri Garr wants Meghan to talk to Teri as if Meghan were Sean. Meghan gets hostile and mocks Sean by mentioning that it was on his rabbi's recommendation that they came to see Teri. Sean (as Meghan) squirms in his seat for a moment, pretending that his leather panties are in a wad. Meghan hits him. The therapist asks why they fight so much, and the wires get crossed again in a totally unfunny way as she tries to figure who is saying what. Every reaction shot of Teri Garr consists of her squinting at them. To boil it down, Meghan thinks that Sean is self-centred and must have everything his way. Sean thinks that Meghan takes all of her insecurities out on him. Smoothaise, the bar mitzvah, tattoos, and the Docuventary are all mentioned to uncomic effect. Teri Garr makes them repeat, "We've got problems."
At Dean & Deluca, the milk steamer is on the fritz. Felicity is on the phone with a repair company, which supposedly serviced the machine recently. Ben gets burned while futzing with the machine. Felicity tries to pull rank and shouts that she's "the manager" and "there's one thing we need and it's a functioning steamer." Somehow, this lame non-threat gets results and someone will be there by three o'clock. She tears her hair out for a few seconds then puts on her coat because she has to go see Javier at the hospital. Before leaving, she puts Ben in charge. He tries to get out of it by telling her, "That's not smart." As she sweeps out the door, she says, "I have faith in you."
Knoll is in a daze at the library. Molly approaches his table, because she has nothing left to do on this show but hang out in the library, even though it isn't likely that she's enrolled in any courses at this late date in the year. She asks Knoll, "Did you, uh, talk to Richard?" Knoll doesn't answer due to the low-level fog surrounding his head. When he realizes that she's there, he apologizes and says he was thinking about his "upcoming expulsion." She thinks that Richard will come up with something and Knoll says, "That doesn't exactly inspire confidence." Don't do the crime if you can't do the time, Knoll. Molly blathers that his protecting Felicity is really great. Knoll plays dumb -- or perhaps that should be "dumber" -- until Molly explains that Felicity has already told her of her involvement. Molly describes Knoll as "a good friend," and then babbles that she was surprised to learn that Knoll and Felicity had once dated and yet continued to be friends, which is "special." Knoll appears almost chastened to realize that he hasn't been acting like much of a friend to Felicity lately.