Episode Report Card Maggie: C- | 3 USERS: B YOU GRADE IT I'm Going to Kansas City -- Kansas City, Here I Come
By Maggie | Season 3 | Episode 17 | Aired on 05.22.2001
Ruby, Knoll, and Eva are sitting en famille on a bench out on the street. Ruby enthuses, "That was fun, wasn't it?" Knoll answers, "Yeah." Ruby picks up Eva and feeds her a bottle. Knoll invites Ruby and Eva to join him and his parents for dinner. He notes that Ruby's wearing the bracelet he gave her before she left, and she says that it reminds her of him. Knoll quips that he has "horrible taste in jewellery," and she chides him that she's serious, and that wearing it makes her feel close to him. Knoll looks at her with a pained expression, which grows more strained when she confesses that she misses him.
Knoll walks into the loft to discover Felicity making a phone call. She hangs up and looks at Knoll, who walks by her without acknowledging her presence in any way. Felicity readies her bag to leave, and Knoll stomps out of his room to force her to take back the book she gave him. He thinks the book would remind him of her, and he doesn't care to be reminded of her. So why doesn't he just leave the damn thing behind in New York or donate it to Goodwill? For someone who claims to love Felicity, he sure doesn't mind hurting her at every opportunity. She takes the book and gives him a hairy eyeball before leaving. A few seconds later, there's a knock on the door. Knoll answers it and finds Felicity, who says, "You can't just dump your friends because you're freaking out." Knoll denies that he's freaking out because of graduation and shouts, "I'm terrified that you're going to stay alive in my life, that I'm going to move across the country and still not be able to get away from you." Felicity blurts, "Thank you. Now I'm an evil presence in your life." Knoll says that he doesn't think she's evil, "just completely unhealthy." Felicity rails that he's being "completely selfish" in acting the way he is just because they can't date. Too bloody right, Felicity. She throws the book at his feet and declares that she's not taking it back, then heads for the elevator. Knoll whines that he's not being the selfish one, and that he only wants her out of his life. She yells, "I'm going," and runs into Ruby, who is just exiting the elevator. Ruby looks back and forth between Felicity and Knoll, with a hurt look on her face. Knoll stands there stunned.
Knoll is back in front of the mirror getting ready for his graduation. His voice-over continues rambling about the end of his friendship with Felicity, and that the argument was the "final nail in the coffin." He wonders whether that's what he'll always remember about her. The scene shifts to him grimly marching along in slow motion with all the other graduands, who appear to be having the time of their lives. He remembers the only answer he missed on a high-school Biology test, and compares that to insulting the woman he loves. Whatever, Knoll.