Episode Report Card Kim: A | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT The Storm
By Kim | Season 4 | Episode 7 | Aired on 11.20.2001
Ben does some work in his room when there is a knock on the door. It's Sean, who has come to express...something. He says, "Um" and "You know..." a lot, but basically, Sean is trying to let Ben know that if Ben needs to talk, Sean is there for him. Ben says that he's really busy, because his mother is in town to see his father. Sean thinks it's great that Ben's parents are talking. Ben nods like he's not really sure that it's great at all. Awkward pause. Sean says that if Ben wants to get a beer or something, he's around. And again, I wonder about the sensitivity of urging a guy whose father is dying of liver cancer due to alcoholism to drown his sorrows with beer. I mean, I know that Sean was really just trying to show support in a very guy way, but it seems like there are other ways to say it. Ben says sincerely that he appreciates it. Sean stands there for a minute, like he knows that he should say more, but doesn't quite know what to say, and then leaves. Ben sighs and turns back to his work.
Felicity's doorbell rings. She opens it to find Meghan, who says, "You slept with Noel." Felicity sighs and says that everyone seems to know, and that it's horrible. Meghan disagrees; she thinks "it's about time." Meghan follows Felicity inside, and asks if Felicity is okay. Meghan comes to Felicity's bedroom, where Javier is sitting on the bed, eating ice cream. Javier tells Meghan not to worry about spilling the beans, because he already knows. Felicity says that Ben won't even talk to her, and that it doesn't get much worse than that. Meghan points out that "Sean lost a testicle." Javier reminds Meghan that he's eating. Meghan asks Felicity if she's going to get back together with Noel. Felicity firmly says that she wants to be with Ben, thus crushing the hopes of Felicity/Noel 'shippers around the world. ["All seventeen of you. Sorry!" -- Wing Chun] Javier assures Felicity that Ben just needs time to cool down. Meghan brings up the one time she cheated on a boyfriend -- well, the one time she got caught: "He was mad at me all summer, but when I got to eighth grade, he was all mine." Felicity doesn't look comforted by this tale, and when Meghan starts reminiscing about how hot the guy was, Javier reminds her that it's not about her. Meghan says that she came over in a show of "female solidarity," and offers to sleep over. Aw, that's so cute. Where the hell is Elena, anyway? Felicity says that Meghan doesn't need to do that. Meghan reminds Felicity that she followed Ben all the way to college, and "it's like a fairy tale; it'll work out." Javier says that when Meghan is the most romantic one in the room, they are in trouble.