Episode Report Card Kim: B | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Future Shock
By Kim | Season 4 | Episode 12 | Aired on 03.19.2002
Ben lies on his bed. Felicity walks in and asks what he's doing. Ben says that he's just thinking. Felicity asks what he's thinking about as she lies down on the bed next to him. Ben admits that he screwed up the lab and that Snark is looking for a replacement, and then asks how the play was. Felicity admits that they didn't go because they got in a fight and she "said some really mean things" and "it was awful." Ben strokes Felicity's hair and asks if she wants to talk about it. Felicity doesn't. Ben says that he wants to stay in that bed forever. Felicity smiles and agrees that it would be nice. They snuggle on the bed.
Javier is once again watching All About Eve when Meghan walks in with one hand behind her back. He looks at her, and she thrusts a golden statuette toward him. He grabs it and gleefully exclaims, "It says Best Actor and everything!" Meghan walks over to the refrigerator and Javier apologizes for saying that she's as mean as Margo. Meghan says that Javier is right, and that the whole class agreed with him. Javier replies, "Well, they're not a very smart class." Meghan ignores him and says that she doesn't want to be like Margo, but she is. Javier says that Margo was mean because she was sad, so maybe Meghan is sad about something, too. Meghan doesn't think so. Javier says that someone like Margo would never bring him a trophy. Meghan says that Javier was really good in their scene. Javier suggests that they have a fight before every class, but Meghan doesn't think so. She leaves. Javier waits until she is gone, and then gives his Oscar acceptance speech, which is about the cutest thing I've ever seen. He kisses his trophy and then starts to walk off, but then pretends like someone told him to go the other way. Only Javier would include screwing up his staging in his faux Oscar acceptance speech.
Ben sits on the couch in Lauren's tastefully decorated subletted apartment. Is she still subletting? How long is she staying in New York, exactly? Does she have a job? You know what? I don't really care enough to find out the answers to any of those questions. Ben says that he's been thinking about what she said regarding his choices, and he's decided that he can't be a part of the baby's life because it's already messing up his life. I'd like to point out that at least Ben, as the father, has that choice. Lauren says that she understands, and that he shouldn't feel bad. Ben says that he does, and that he probably will for a long time, but that he doesn't want to raise a kid. Lauren purses her lips.