Episode Report Card Kim: B- | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Love And Marriage
By Kim | Season 1 | Episode 15 | Aired on 02.22.1999
At the pool, people swim. Duh. Ben swims. Man, I wish Ben had stayed on the swim team, if only because it would have increased the number of scenes featuring Scott Speedman in a bathing suit. Yes, I am that shallow. Sue me. Some coach-looking dude tells Ben that he's in the wrong lane for the swim-team tryouts. Ben says he's just swimming, but looks intrigued. Ben gets out of the water and...I'm sorry, I need a moment. Okay, I'm back. Some shaggy dude named Lynn walks in and tells the coach that he's there. He's accompanied by a blonde chick. The coach apparently already knows Lynn, and is familiar with his slacker ways. Lynn complains about how early the swim team has to practice, saying that no other team has to practice that early, and the blonde chick snarks that he should go to bed earlier. Ben adds that the crew team practices just as early, like, who asked you? The blonde chick agrees, and the Lynn points out that the crew team doesn't have to jump in the freezing cold water. Ben agrees and leaves. Man, Lynn's cheesy high-school moustache was just ill advised. Meanwhile, whatever happened to the guy who played Lynn, Dash Mihok? He was on this show, then he dated Alanis Morrissette for a while, then he kind of dropped off the face of the earth. ["He had a tiny part in The Perfect Storm, but really, that just proves your point." -- Wing Chun] Eh, he always was the poor man's Donal Logue anyway.
Felicity waits for the subway. A train goes by and blows her hair back, a shot that was featured in the credits. FVO tells us that she decided to say no to Javier, because the only reason to get married is for love. At Dean & Deluca, Javier talks to someone on the phone and assures the person that he'll be okay. He hangs up. Felicity walks up and says his name, but Javier is all choked up. Felicity asks what's wrong, but Javier won't talk about it. After a pause, Javier explains that Samuel put in for a job transfer, but that his company won't send him to Spain. So, Samuel has to stay in New York, and Javier has to go to Spain. FVO says that she realized then that if she married Javier, it would be for love, and that Javier found his soulmate. Felicity tells Javier that he's not going back to Spain, because she's going to marry him. Javier turns, shocked. He starts thanking her and kissing her hand. Well, first he accidentally kisses her coat and then kisses her hand, telling her that she's an "angel straight from heaven." Javier says that they have to meet with a lawyer and sign the papers. He'll get his visa in six months, and then after a year, they have to meet with the immigration officer. Felicity seems surprised that they'll have to stay married for a year. Javier says at that point, he'll get a temporary green card. Javier takes off to call Samuel and his mother, and Felicity is left with a look on her face like, "What in the hell did I just agree to?"