Episode Report Card Maggie: B- | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Hatching, Mismatching, and Dispatching
By Maggie | Season 3 | Episode 8 | Aired on 11.21.2000
At her apartment, Felicity sees a commercial for "Storkdust Baby Powder" featuring baby animals; it seems to strike a chord with her. Ben comes in and sits down beside her; she greets him, "I don't agree with you. I actively don't agree with you." Ben protests that he hasn't said anything and Felicity launches into a speech about the many ads in the school newspaper for egg donors. He reiterates his position against her plan and she tries to win him over with the everyone-is-doing-it argument, followed by the Javier-deserves-to-be-a-parent defense. Ben doesn't deny that Javier deserves to be a parent, but he doesn't change his stance and he accuses her of not thinking the whole thing through because she does "these things impulsively sometimes." She claims she's not. He asks whether she's sure, and she repeats that she is. Okay, I agree that Felicity can be impulsive at times, but Ben, dude, you define the phrase, "going off half-cocked." After your spate of recent outbursts, I have to wonder if you've ever been fully cocked. So, Pot, quit paging the Kettle.
Felicity purposefully strides into Dean & Deluca and walks up to Javier, who is sitting at a table doing paperwork. Javier outlines the reasons why his brother is against Javier's and Samuel's having a baby which mainly have to do with the child's being teased for having two dads. Felicity blurts, "I wanna do it." She clarifies that she wants to look into the procedure. They both smile then embrace each other. Javier says, "Do you know what you're doing? You're giving us a family."
Back at her apartment, Felicity is on the phone, pacing and discussing the egg-donating scheme with her mother, who thinks Felicity is crazy. Molly walks by and Felicity asks where she's going. She says she's going to a movie, and adds that she thinks Felicity is doing a "wonderful thing." Felicity thanks her and goes back to her call.
Docuventary clip. Knoll is at his desk, wearing earphones, and thus doesn't hear Sean approach to catch him snooping in Jane's email account. When Sean yells at Knoll for breaking the law and being unprincipled, Knoll tries to rationalize his actions. Sean doesn't agree and he tries to make Knoll see just how morally bankrupt he's become. Knoll pretends to agree, then lunges at Sean to retrieve the tape so that he can find out the name of the seniors' centre where Jane will be volunteering that day. It's a sad day when Sean takes a moral position superior to Knoll's.
Cut to Knoll playing chess with an old coot at a seniors' centre. Jane comes in and asks what he's doing there. Knoll plays the innocent and says that he's having a game of chess. Jane bleats, "Knoll, I know we have a lot in common, but this is strange." Knoll laughs, "I know, you're following me." In your dreams, Knoll. The old coot says, "Check," which prompts Knoll to ask, "How'd you do that?" Jane decides that she doesn't need any further explanation for the series of bizarre coincidences and she sits down at the table with Knoll and the coot. She asks, "Are we winning?" Knoll answers, "We're losing, but I'm sensing a rally." If I were him, I'd be sensing a rally with bullhorns and an angry mob calling for him to be run out of town on a rail, when Jane finds out what a felonious dink he's been.