Previously on Felicity, Ben and Felicity reunite; Julie snivels; Knoll tells the gang he's ditching college; Knoll and Gnatalie get married.
At the dorm apartment, Julie, Meghan, and Elena ogle their towel-clad neighbour and another guy while they hump around a green vinyl couch. The guys keep repositioning it, and the girls keep vetoing the placement just so that they can keep eyeing the guys. Felicity arrives, and the girls coax her into agreeing that the couch is still not in the right place to prolong their perving. Julie asks if the guys could help hang their curtains, but the guys say that they have to go to class. Towel Boy mentions that he should get dressed, to which Elena replies, "Why bother? Half joking, heh." Towel Boy says that he's always available to help and leaves. The girls all coo goodbye and speculate about how the towel remained done up. Felicity asks what's happened to Sean and Tracy. Elena turns toward a kitchen cupboard to reveal that she's wearing super tight jeans, which make her not-at-all-substantial behind look like a mighty big caboose. Lose the '70s-era jeans, girlfriend, they aren't doing much for your thighs, either. Believe me, I lived through that fashion the first time, I know whereof I speak. Anyway, Elena quite poutily notes that she loves Tracy, "He's the best abstinent partner a girl could have." Sean runs in with his camera, and Elena warns him that he can't "keep barging in, videotaping." Sean protests, "What, are you out of your mind? I'm going to make you all famous, like Gervase [points to Julie], Colleen [points to Meghan], Rudy [points to Felicity]." Nice shout out to MBTV's Survivor recaps. While Julie is definitely Gervase, I think Felicity is more of a Colleen than Meghan is. To me, Meghan is a cross between Kelly and Jenna. There's a noise at the door -- doesn't anyone knock these days? Is there no security in that building? Sean races down the hall and starts taping Knoll, who is dressed in a shiny shirt and still working the Noel Gallagher look. They all exchange greetings, and Knoll shows them his hand, which has a wedding ring on it . He tells them that he and Gnatalie are married, and Felicity looks sick at the thought. Sean says, "The network is gonna love this!"
"Married? Oh, Jesus, Mary, and St. Joseph," is Javier's reaction to the news when Felicity informs him of Knoll and Gnatalie's unholy alliance. They're at Dean & Deluca. Felicity pumps Javier for dirt on Gnatalie that she can use to convince Knoll that he's made a big mistake. Hey Felicity, butt out. Let Knoll lie in his own bed now that he's made it. It's not like you're sharing that bed with him. Javier advises, "Tell Knoll to check her scalp for three leetle sixes." Felicity doesn't think that is particularly helpful, but she perks up when she hears that Gnatalie has been arrested. Hmmm, shades of when Ben found out that Greg had been busted for trafficking last season. Javier claims that Gnatalie craves adventure like it is a drug. So far, two allusions to addiction and drugs. He goes on to say that he feels guilty because he was responsible for Knoll and Gnatalie meeting. Cut to the credits.
Taco Bell horrible rip-off of the horrible song My Sharona. I have indigestion without even eating the chalupas. Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2. The fact that the Hollywood powers that be even imagine that anyone will want to see this movie scares the hell out of me. Yadda, yadda, Sprint PCS, quack, quack. A comparison is made between not inhaling and using another cellular service to listen but not speak. Even the commercials have addiction references! Ah, a Neutrogena commercial with Angie Harmon instead of Jennifer Love Hewitt. Love, we hardly knew ye. Granted we knew ye, but it was hard-lay. A younger, more attractive version of the women from The View do a round-table about cramps and pain relievers in a Midol commercial. Isn't that what all women discuss in restaurants?
At Epstein Bar, Richard, Felicity, Tracy, Elena, Meghan, Julie, and Ben are sitting around discussing Knoll and Gnatalie's marriage. Richard is particularly hot under the collar about Knoll's nuptials. He likens Knoll's affections for Gnatalie to a drug addiction, and he suggests that they stage an intervention for Knoll. Note, this is the third mention of addiction. Meghan says, "I think you guys are over-reacting, he got married, BFD." I have to agree with Meghan on this one. BFD, indeed. Richard disagrees, "No, not BFD. This quicksand bitch has sucked the life blood out of our buddy, we've got to suck him back." Aye, there's the rub, or the suck; however, I'm sure that Richard would be up for either, if it involved Knoll. Felicity wonders what Ben thinks, and he says, "I just think we should mind our own business. The guy wants to get married, let him get married. I don't know why you all care so much." No kidding, besides, it's Knoll we're talking about. Let him travel the world with Gnatalie, just as long as he's not shown doing it. Julie pipes up, "Can we talk for a while about Knoll's hair?" Elena interjects, "If that's not a cry for help, I don't know what is." Felicity claims not to care about his hair or his marriage. She's concerned about his quitting college in his senior year. Fair enough. I guess a friend could be genuinely worried about someone dropping out of school. Me, I don't care, because it's Knoll. Tracy mutely agrees that Knoll ditching school is out of character.
Docuventary clip: Knoll's antics remind Meghan of Jacob Perlmutter from junior high. He was a Hassidic Jew who started running with a wild crowd and he went crazy.
Back at Epstein Bar, Meghan mentions Jacob Perlmutter and decides that Knoll's situation is indeed serious and that they should do something.
Elena and a shirtless Tracy are wrestling around on her bed. They stop fooling around, and Elena asks him to tell her about God and why He wants them to stop. Tracy complains that they've already had the conversation many times in the past. Elena wants to know how Tracy knows there is a God. He says he knows because he's able to walk away and not give in to temptation. Tracy slams out of the room, and Elena flops back on the bed and says, "Well, I need a sign."
Docuventary clip: Elena is in a bodega, and Sean asks her if she's considering breaking up with Tracy. She says that he is too good for her, but she can't break up with him because his smile breaks her heart. Sean asks if she'd cheat on him, and Elena replies, "As if I'd answer that question on videotape." Um, why are you even having this discussion on videotape?
Docuventary clip: Julie is sitting outside at a table with a couple of pieces of pizza and a Pepsi, and Sean asks her what it is like to live with Elena. Julie complains that Elena keeps questioning her about her birth father. Julie looks very shifty as she tells Sean that she was tested to be an organ donor, and she wasn't a match. She also reiterates that she's happy she was able to spend some time getting to know him. The whole scene is rather suspicious. Maybe Julie was a match and she refused the operation, or maybe she didn't even get tested. I don't know, and I frankly don't care. However, it was a good thing that Julie's birth father didn't need a brain transplant because Julie had her head x-rayed and they found nothing.
At Dean & Deluca, Ben breaks the news to Felicity that his father called. It seems that he's in town and he wants to see Ben. Felicity thinks it could be a "good thing," and Ben remarks that with her "everything is always a possibility of something good," however, he doesn't think it applies to his father.
Julie and Elena are walking down a hall and babbling shrilly to each other. As they reach the elevator, their neighbour, Towel Boy, is walking out of it. They all say hey, and Elena lets the elevator door hit her a few times while Towel Boy makes small talk. He invites them to come out with him and his buddies. Elena begs off, saying that she has to study. TB starts to walk away then he turns back and stops the door from closing and asks Elena if she has a boyfriend. Elena says, "No." Julie turns and gapes at her, and TB says, "Great," then he walks away. Just before the elevator door closes, we see Elena grabbing her face with her hands and saying, "I can't believe I said that. Omigod." Elena, if you're looking for a sign from God, I doubt you'll find it under a towel. But you never know, they say God is in the details.
Docuventary clip: At the dorm apartment, the gang is being debriefed by Richard about the intervention. He has "downloaded the intervention materials" and "customized the process" for their purposes. As he distributes the handouts, Javier comments, "This is a wonderful font, what is it?" Richard doesn't know what the font is, and Meghan says, "It's weird to be at an intervention and be one the interveners." Julie asks Sean to put the camera down, and he replies, "What? This is the pre-game show." As the gang peruses the information, Ben picks up a hand-out, reads it, and proclaims, "The Anti-Gnatalie Intervention -- are you kidding me?" I'm with Ben, this seems a little farfetched. However, Scott Speedman's pronunciation of "anti" as "an-tie" is more disturbing to me. I guess he's been living in America too long.
Anyway, Ben's skepticism sends Richard into high gear and he bleats, "Listen, guys, once he realizes what this is, he's gonna be like a rat, scrambling for the exits." Before he can say anything else, there's a knock at the door. They all get up and start scrambling around, and we get the accompanying herky-jerky camera view. Felicity heads down the hall to get the door, and Sean follows her with the camera, ignoring her pleas to back off. She opens the door, and she and Knoll greet and hug each other. As Knoll follows Felicity back to the living room, he says to Sean, "You really don't stop with that video stuff, do you?" Sean blathers something about the Independent Film Channel, and when Knoll arrives in the living room, he is confronted with everyone standing around holding the handouts. Knoll looks about, and Javier regards him and says, "Those pants are pleather." Meghan replies, "I know, I'm kinda attracted to him right now." When Javier said "play-thur" for "pleather," it made me laugh, but then the laughter turned to tears when I figured out what Meghan had mumbled. Knoll nervously asks if it's an intervention, and Richard gives him a copy of the hand-put and tells him it is. Felicity stutters that they wanted a chance to talk to him, and then Richard interrupts with, "Have you ever seen Invasion of the Body Snatchers?" Everyone admonishes him with a "Richard!" said in unison. Richard continues, "What? That's a fantastic analogy." Tracy steps up and says that the gang is worried that Knoll is making a mistake. Knoll asks, "How, by marrying Gnatalie?" Felicity says that's only part of it and that she's worried that he's "letting everything else go in the process." Elena angrily demands, "Think about what you're doing. Letting the good times roll, how long can you let that last?" Javier says, "Not to mention that you're married to somebody with a police record, and I'm not talking about Zenyatta Mondatta!" Omigod, the Police had two good albums: the first two. After that, they should have been placed under house arrest. Richard says, "This is your life, buddy boy," as he ushers Knoll to a chair and commands him to sit down. Knoll snaps, "You sit down." Richard ineffectually says, "Okay, stand there." Knoll explains that it was his idea to get married, not Gnatalie's, and that he is aware that she was arrested three years ago for protesting with Greenpeace off the coast of Iceland. He talks about her being the most exciting and worldly person he's ever known. Richard asks, "Is she preggers? Is this Ruby redux?" Omigod. Those people really need to do an intervention for Richard. What a jerk. Knoll glares at Richard and surprisingly doesn't punch his lights out. Instead, he announces that he and Gnatalie are going to Germany for Oktoberfest, and he's not sure that he ever wants to see any of the gang again. With that, he crumples up the handout and stomps out.
Martha Stewart sails to a K-Mart white sale. Geddit? Her towels come in fifty-one different colours. Perhaps Towel Boy could model all of them for us. Hyundai claims to have cars that are effortless to own. What, do they drive themselves? Racecar driver Darrell Waltrip shills for Wendy's. Do you know why they call it NASCAR? Cuz them cars shore are nass. Covergirl commercial with girl group Cleopatra. A particularly phallic cactus inspires a model to style her into spikes with Salon Selectives hair spray. Talk about a dickhead. According to the WB, critics adore the Gilmore Girls.
Felicity pounds on Knoll's apartment door and begs him to answer it. He finally relents and opens it. She apologizes for the intervention and for letting him down and for "being presumptuous, immature, and insulting to [him] and Gnatalie." Knoll agrees with her assessment. Felicity's sincerity is somewhat diminished by her Pebbles Flintstone hairdo as she mentions that he is so different from the guy she used to date. She talks about a four-year plan that he had outlined for his life, contained in a notebook, which used to be very important to him. Knoll claims that he has changed, and Felicity says that she realizes that. She also tells him that after he left, the gang decided that they want to celebrate his marriage to Gnatalie and have a dinner to get to know her. Knoll agrees to the dinner.
A bearded and bespectacled Jack Tripper is sitting at a bistro table, reading a menu. Ben enters the restaurant, looks around, sees Jack, and just stands there until Jack notices him. Ben walks over to the table and Jack stands, removes his glasses, shakes hands with Ben, and they both sit down. Jack tells Ben that he looks good and expresses surprise that Ben's hair is short. Ben says that it's been that way for a while. Jack hands Ben a menu and he begins to read it.
At the dorm apartment, Tracy gets a can of Diet Coke out of the fridge and dances around while discussing a mathematical equation with Elena. They disagree about the answer. The doorbell rings, and when Elena goes to answer it, she tells Tracy to look up the answer. It's Towel Boy at the door, which visibly shakes Elena. TB asks if he can come in, and she says that he can't because she's studying. He doesn't really seem to notice her discomfort and asks her out for dinner. Tracy yells from the kitchen, something like, "T equals velocity squared, baby," to which she shouts back, "That's right!" Tracy bellows back, "I know." Elena whispers to TB that it was her study partner who was yelling in the background. She makes a date to have lunch with him the day.
Back at the restaurant, Ben is hunched over his plate and eating some fries with his hands. Jack asks him how his burger is, and Ben says that it is fine but a bit rare. Jack wants to send it back, but Ben addresses him as "Dad" and says it is fine. So, Jack Tripper moved from San Diego to Palo Alto, got married, and fathered Ben. Very interesting -- all those pratfalls were booze-related. I just thought he was lovably clumsy. Obviously, Ben has not learned that when you are a university student and someone takes you out for a free meal, you shouldn't order a burger. You should order something expensive and unlike what you exist on from day to day. Anyway, Jack asks if Ben's mother has told him that he started a twelve-step program. Jack admits that he is powerless over alcohol. Ben is surprised that Jack and his mother are even talking. Jack admits that he called Ben's mother last week because one of the steps, step nine, is making amends with people you've harmed. Jack tells Ben that's why he has come to see him. Ben incredulously asks, "That's why you're here, because you're supposed to be here?" Jack stammers that he is trying. Ben says that he's glad that Jack called.
Knoll is going through a filing box, and he takes out a notebook. Gnatalie comes into the room tying up a hideous crop top, and she asks Knoll how it looks. He lies and says it looks great. Gnatalie looks at the notebook and asks what it is. Knoll tells her it is his four-year plan, "a road map for [his] college years." Gnatalie takes the book and starts flipping through it. She asks what Wavefront is. He explains that it is a 3-D animation program. Gnatalie coos, "Oh, you used to be such a geek!" Used to be? Knoll doesn't think much of her calling him a geek, but he plays it off. She hands the book back and then gives him a shirt that she wants him to wear that night.
At the loft, Sean and Meghan are preparing the meal. Richard wants to "state unequivocally that although this dinner is in support of the nuptials, in [his] heart of hearts, Gnatalie's a harpy." Um, Richard, don't you have some student council business to attend to? Julie, Elena, and Felicity are folding napkins when Ben arrives. Felicity kisses him and he tells her that it went well with his dad and that he's going to see him again tomorrow night. Felicity is pleased, and Ben is tentatively happy too. Knoll and Gnatalie walk through the door, and Sean shouts, "Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. and Mrs. Knoll Crane!" while the rest of the gang cheers and applauds. Um, Sean, Mr. and Mrs.? Assume much? Cut to the gang sitting around, and Gnatalie declaring that Cuba was "amazing." Knoll brings up a Hemingway museum, and Gnatalie interrupts to describe it as a "little white-washed house where Hemmingway used to live for twenty-something years." It seems that although it is a museum, no one is allowed into it, not that that stopped Gnatalie. She sneaked in and got into Hemmingway's bed and described it as the "most visceral feeling." Richard pedantically says, "Visceral means feeling." Okay Richard, she should have said it was the most visceral 'sensation' to be more clear, but your definition wasn't the most erudite. Try looking up eviscerate in yer Funkin' Wagnalls because I'm sure that's what Gnatalie is imagining doing to you. Knoll and Gnatalie give him the stank-eye, and Elena changes the subject to Germany. Richard says, "What the hell's going on there, celebrating October?" Julie hits him and explains that Oktoberfest is a beer festival in Munich. Tracy asks what they're going to do after the Germany trip. Knoll mops his brow and asks Gnatalie what the plan is, and she states that she hates plans. When asked if they're going to live in New York, Knoll nods but Gnatalie says she doesn't know and asks what Knoll thinks of the United States. He mops his brow again and says that he likes it. Gnatalie says that she never wants to live in the same city for more than two years. Knoll grins, sweats, and takes a slug of his wine with both hands. Sean asks what they're going to do to earn a living. Gnatalie doesn't like to worry about it because she has a "theory that money always works itself out." Richard snipes, "Yeah, there's relativity and there's that one." Knoll is about to implode, and he stumbles when he gets up to go to the bathroom. Once in the bathroom, he looks at himself in the mirror and sees his sweaty reflection and splashes water on his face.
Out in the living room, Javier comes through the door and apologizes for his tardiness. Sean asks what he's pulling and it turns out it is one of those small, upright suitcases that is wheeled and has a pull-up handle. Javier says, "I feel like a stewardess. 'Hi, I'm Javier, fly me.'" He announces that he wants to present the suitcase to both Knoll and Gnatalie, and Richard graciously informs him that Knoll "is in the can." Just then, Gnatalie's cell phone rings, and she gets up to take the call away from the gang, kissing Javier on the way. Gnatalie starts speaking to her caller in French while Javier shows the gang that inside the suitcase is a first aid kit, including a "defibrillator, in case of heart attacks." Gnatalie asks for a pen, and Felicity directs her to one by a notebook on the counter. She sits down and opens the notebook and starts writing. Richard notices what she's doing, and he says, "Oh, no," then, "Hey, please don't use my notebook!" Everyone else shushes him until he blurts out that the intervention material is in the book. Gnatalie notices it and starts reading it. She glares at everyone and then asks for her coat. Sean gets it, and Gnatalie hands him back the handout. Knoll comes out of the bathroom and asks where Gnatalie is.
Maybe it's a Maybelline commercial. Robert DeNiro debases himself in a Meet the Parents movie trailer, and presumably in the entire movie, too. Heather Locklear dyes her hair. Who knew? Payless has cheap pleather boots. Who knew? The WB feels it is necessary to inform us that "Maxim," that bastion of critical analysis, has deemed the new Nikki show as "Funniest new comedy." Who knew? The WB News at 11 has a teaser guaranteed to boost ratings for their broadcast. How do they find sieges to report every single night of the week? Shepherds now need AT&T digital wireless service to herd sheep. Who knew? Cinnamon Toast Crunch is now in cereal bar form. Parade has boots on sale.
Back at the loft, Javier is talking on the phone to someone named Consuela about the whereabouts of Gnatalie. Felicity says, "Can you imagine going to a dinner party and finding out that everyone there had conspired against you?" Richard says, "Yes. Sadly." Why does that not surprise me? Knoll comes through the door to report that he can't find Gnatalie anywhere. Tracy asks what they can do, and Sean invites Knoll to stay for the night. Knoll says he's okay and that he wants to talk to Felicity alone. They sit out in the hallway, and Knoll reminisces about how angry he was with her at the beginning of last year and how he needed something to escape into. He whines about how he turned into a senior overnight, and with Gnatalie he can forget about everything because he hasn't been himself since sophomore year. With that, he gives Felicity a meaningful look, like it's her fault that he hasn't been the same since he met her. Whatever, Knoll. He whinges that he wants his life back on track, and he doesn't want to take a vacation every month or move every two years. He claims he wants to stay and hang around with his friends. The friends that dissed your wife? Yeah, those are great friends. He decides that he wants to end it with Gnatalie, and Felicity says he should if that's what he really wants to do. They tell each other that they've missed each other and then they just sit there, silently.
Elena is applying lip-gloss while Julie tortures her guitar. Julie says, "So, you're having lunch with Towel Guy so you can test God?" Elena says that she wants a sign from God. Julie declares that to be "a load." Elena wants Julie to go with her to lunch to be a "buffer" so that she doesn't lose control, because if TB doesn't turn out to be an idiot, she'll be in trouble. Julie doesn't want to go.
Ben is standing out on the street, and a cab pulls up and his father gets out of it. They shake hands and hug, and then his father hands him a CD that he bought. Ben has never heard of the artist, and his dad says that he heard "they're really good." Ben thanks him, and they go into Boulangerie Figaro and get coffees. Jack talks about forgetting how alive the city is. Ben encourages him to visit more often and Jack says he will. Ben tells him not to say he's going to do something if he doesn't intend to because Ben's been through it enough before. Jack gets all verklempt when he can't recall anything about Ben's childhood. Ben touches his father's hand and then his father covers Ben's hand with his other hand. They just sit like that.
Towel Boy, Elena, and Julie are sitting at an outdoor table, having pizza. Elena is impressed to discover that TB is pre-law. Julie looks bored while Elena is fascinated. TB asks if Julie wants another slice. She doesn't, but Elena asks for one. When TB leaves the table, Elena states that since TB is not an idiot, she needs a sign. Julie says that her leaving is a sign. Elena begs her to stay despite Julie's protestations that she hates being a third wheel. TB comes back with a slice, and they resume their conversation.
Knoll is at his apartment, on the phone looking for Gnatalie. While he's talking, Gnatalie comes through the door, and he hangs up. She glares at him, and he asks where she's been. She slams into the bathroom, and he tries to explain through the door that the intervention was "well intentioned." He says that he disagreed with the gang at first, but now he thinks it might not be the "right situation" for either of them. Gnatalie packs a bag while giving him major stank-eye. He stops her from leaving after she has finished packing and says, "We obviously shouldn't be married." Gnatalie says nothing while she knees him in the groin and punches in him in the eye. Knoll drops onto the bed and moans and writhes in pain as Gnatalie goes out the door. As much as I like to see Knoll getting a punch in the face and a knee in the slats, I don't think it is a way to resolve marital problems. Ridiculing him would be much more fun for the viewers.
Bedroom furniture is on sale at Pier 1, at all of their locations, even the Pier 1 on Pier 17. Kodak advocates that young girls should burst into someone's home and take a photo of a young man in his underwear with the Kodak Max disposable camera. Their slogan is "Grab one and hold on." Charming. Aw, there's a cute in a Purina commercial. Supermodels wear Revlon lipstick. V8 Splash can't be used to pick up women. What's this, a 1-800-COLLECT commercial without David Arquette? Nonetheless, it is still annoying. Grosse Pointe commercial.
Ben arrives at the dorm apartment with the CD his father gave him. He invites Felicity to join him and his father in "really great seats behind home plate" at the Yankees game that night. Felicity declares that she'd love to go.
Docuventary clip: Felicity explains that Knoll's "break-up attempt with Gnatalie didn't go so well." He's "freaking out" according to Felicity, and he wants to get a lawyer, which she mentioned to Elena.
Docuventary clip: Elena says that she told Knoll she knows someone in pre-law.
Towel Boy tells Knoll, and Julie, Elena, Felicity, and Sean, that the best thing would be for Knoll and Gnatalie to agree to an annulment. Knoll points to his blackened eye and shouts, "Does it look like this is a woman who is capable of having an agreement?" TB suggests a no-fault divorce to which Knoll flares up again and yells that it was Gnatalie's fault. Knoll raves about a plate he and Gnatalie purchased together when TB asks him about joint property they own. Felicity advises that Knoll should calm down but, of course, he can't really calm down. TB has to leave for class, and Elena walks him out. Sean offers Knoll a place to live, with "the first night free."
Docuventary clip: Elena explains to Sean that Julie was supposed to be her buffer while they hung out with Towel Boy in Elena's room.
Cut to Elena's room, where Julie is leaving and Elena is freaking out because of it. Elena thanks TB for talking to Knoll. They sit on the bed and begin to make out until Tracy's photo mysteriously falls onto the floor. Elena starts exclaiming, "Omigod," and she picks up the framed picture, which she shows to TB and tells him that it is a photo of her boyfriend. TB reminds her that she said she didn't have a boyfriend. She says that she lied and she apologizes. She runs out of the room.
Elena runs to a classroom where Tracy is sitting inside. She raps on the door to get his attention. He comes out into the hall, and she giddily tells him that she now believes in God. He is surprised but accepts it, and she tells him to go back to class, then runs off.
Knoll is at his apartment, packing, when Gnatalie comes in with a pizza. She offers him some, and he refuses it. He tells her that he's going to stay at the loft, and that he'll take care of the annulment details. She asks about his eye, and he mentions that Javier's wedding present came in handy. Gnatalie starts baby-talking and caressing Knoll until he breaks down and returns her affection. They kiss noisily, and she says, "You'll always be my first husband, Leon." Knoll moans, "Oh, God," and they drop onto the bed.
Elena is brushing her teeth in the bathroom when Towel Boy and Julie walk out of Julie's bedroom. TB and Julie kiss, and he says he'll call her later. When he's gone, Elena says, "Wow, what a buffer." Julie snipes, "I don't need your attitude right now, okay?" Elena stares at Julie's retreating back and then spits into the sink. A common reaction whenever Julie leaves a room. Do they make rat traps large enough to catch Julie?
At Epstein Bar, Ben is drinking a beer, and Felicity is sitting with him at the bar. They're waiting for Ben's dad to pick them up for the baseball game, which is about to start in twenty minutes. They eventually move to a booth, and they both gamely keep up the pretense that Ben's father hasn't ditched them for a bender. Various people come and go, and Ben and Felicity eat chips at the table. Ben notices that it is 9:12 PM, and he gets up to leave. Felicity leaves some money on the table and rushes out after Ben. She catches up with him and asks if he is okay. He launches into a rant about promising himself he would never wait for Jack again. Felicity says this time is different because Ben has her to help him get through it. They turn and walk down the street, arm in arm.