Episode Report Card 1 USERS: B- YOU GRADE IT Help For The Lovelorn
By Kim | Season 2 | Episode 11 | Aired on 01.22.2000
The doctor starts walking toward her and says, "How do you know you're not imagining the glass heart, too?" If Felicity was in her right mind, she would remember that she never told him it was a glass heart, so clearly he can see it, so she's not imagining it. The doctor continues, "Your story is implausible. How do you know where truth ends and fantasy begins?" Felicity says that she can feel the box, just like she can feel pain in her left arm. The nurse comes up behind her with a giant syringe. I haven't seen a needle that big since Pulp Fiction. The doctors asks to see Felicity's arm, but she pulls away and sees the nurse approaching. The nurse tells her that the best thing for Felicity to do is co-operate, and the doctor says that the more she fights, the worse it will get for her. Felicity smashes the glass box against the wall and takes advantage of their shock to run out the door. The doctor shoots the nurse a look of contempt and stomps into his office.
Felicity is hugging someone, and says she's worried that she's losing her mind, or maybe Julie was right and it's stress. She pulls back to reveal the recipient of her hug -- Knoll. Felicity says that maybe she never talked to Julie, and wonders if she's going crazy. Knoll says there's probably an explanation for everything. Felicity says that she wanted to feel better and lose the "emptiness in [her] heart," so she was willing to do anything. Knoll says that for some people, alcohol is a weakness, and for some people it's gambling or drugs, but that for Felicity, it's love. Knoll continues that he believes her, and that his burden is always to believe her. His "burden"? Felicity says that she wants to report The Clinic to the police, and Knoll says he'll go to the police station with her, but that he needs to change first. As he goes into the bathroom to change (without closing the door), he asks Felicity about the man in the library. Felicity starts talking to him, but sees a glass heart on the end table. She starts walking towards the bathroom while continuing the conversation, and sees a C-shaped scar on Knoll's chest. She drops the glass box on the floor. Knoll turns around and realizes that she's seen his scar, and remarks that it's been a while since she saw him shirtless. He says that Julie told him about The Clinic, and that he only went three weeks ago, and that it's the only way they'll all survive their emotional turmoil. He says that The Clinic guarantees no heartache, and asks if that isn't that what Felicity wanted. Felicity says that's not what she wants if it means she'll end up not feeling anything. Knoll advances on her in a threatening way, saying that she doesn't understand what's happening, and that she should take a deep breath. Felicity wonders why everyone keeps telling her to take a deep breath. Knoll says that's how anesthesia works.