Episode Report Card Maggie: D | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT The Aretha Theory
By Maggie | Season 2 | Episode 21 | Aired on 05.09.2000
Javier ushers Ben and Felicity out to the alley so that they can talk. Javier leaves them to go back inside and get "one of those Bonzai Demons. They're fahntastic." Felicity tells Ben that she's glad that he apologized to Greg. Ben admits that telling Richard about Greg was "a screwed up thing to do" and he deserved to get punched by Greg. Ben, you had me until the "deserved to get punched" part. Ben says that if he had known that they were going to break up, he would have hit Greg back, which makes Felicity laugh.
Inside at the bar, Javier is indeed having a Bonzai and he is chatting with a drag queen in a blonde wig. Javier asks her, "So, how's marketing?" Blondie replies, "You know how it is, the daily grind," to which Javier comments, "Tell me about it." No, tell me about it. I live it. Anyway, Meghan arrives says hi to "Bijou," who, with total false friendliness, says hey to her. Meghan asks Javier where Felicity is and he tells her that she's outside with Ben. When she stomps off to "break that up," Bijou looks at her with total disdain then says to Javier, "I don't know what her problem is." Javier says, "She scares me."
Ben and Felicity are still out in the alley, and he tells her that what he said at the loft, about only being interested in chasing her, is not true. Before Felicity can comment, Meghan comes out and tells her that they're leaving and going to Earl's. She grabs Felicity by the arm and the rest of the gang follows. Ben and Felicity promise to meet up with each other later at the loft.
The gang, plus Earl, plus a woman named Lulu, enter a bodega. Earl is pontificating about the "self-replicating capabilities of nanobots." Meghan explains that "this is stuff that Heinlein and Asimov have talked about this for forty years." Neither Elena, nor Julie, nor Felicity seems very moved by Meghan's explanation. Earl and Lulu walk away, with Earl still blabbing. Meghan tells them that Earl and Lulu used to go out, like that adds further explication to the situation. Julie declares that she needs candy and she and Elena walk away. Felicity thanks Meghan for taking her away from Ben. Meghan picks up a huge can of instant Nestea mix and says, "No problem." Felicity can't let it go and she says that she knows that Meghan thinks their relationship is "ridiculous" but unless she's ever liked someone forever, she can't know what it's like. Meghan informs her that she too, has a Ben. Felicity thinks she is referring to Earl, but she is actually referring to Greg. Arrgghh! I thought we'd seen the back of him! As luck would have it, Greg walks into the store at that moment. Meghan thinks his arrival is a sign, so she decides to hit on him. Felicity hides behind a display while Meghan walks up and says hi to Greg. She launches into a story about how they knew each other as children and how they got married in a sandbox. Greg can't believe it and Meghan reminds him of how she used to be fat, and it all comes back to him. Meghan asks, "So, you wanna go find a sandbox?" Greg laughs and says, "That's cute." Meghan makes it quite clear that she's very serious but Greg says, "I'm sorry, but I-I-I'm not interested, but thank you." Meghan tries to play off the rejection but comes out with a lame line that he'll be hearing from her lawyer regarding alimony. How cringe-inducing. Greg leaves and Meghan walks back to where Felicity is hiding. Felicity looks sympathetic and Meghan informs her that it is her (Felicity's) turn to take her out. Felicity mentions that she knows of a party that is going on. Meghan says, "Take me there."