Previously on Felicity: Elena fell for a guy she couldn't see, and when she did get a look at him, she wasn't sure she liked what she saw; Felicity sobbed to Knoll that she thought she and Ben broke up; Avery planted a kiss on Ben in the Hamptons (that's funny, because I thought she kissed him on the lips); Ben told Felicity that nothing happened with Avery.
At the loft, Knoll and Sean are sitting across the table from each other while Knoll practices having a job interview. Sean is wearing several Bior-type strips on his chin, cheeks, nose, and forehead. In his role as interviewer, he asks Knoll, "Mr. Crane, give me a situation in which you failed, and how you handled that." Knoll, big dummy that he is, doesn't believe that he would be asked such a question in an interview. That's a softball question, you knob. Sean assures him that'll be a question, and when Knoll protests, Sean informs him that he went to "Harvard Business School...summer program." At this point, the strip on his chin is loose and about to drop off. Knoll asks him what the things on his face are. With his chin strip firmly affixed again (hey, Continuity, you're fired), Sean replies, "Pore suckers. I've got a big event coming up." I think "poor suckers" may apply to the people who think those things work miracles. There's a knock on the door. Knoll opens it to find Avery "Rasputin" Swanson, wearing a high-necked, buttoned-down shirt covered with various rectangles of green, teal, and turquoise. It is hideous. Not only won't Avery die, but neither will this 1970s-era monstrosity, which was last seen on my grade-three teacher, Miss Sonley, in our class photo. Sean pulls the strip off his chin, shouts with pain, and then runs out of the room. Avery, of course, wants to see Ben. When Knoll says that Ben isn't home, Avery stands there until Knoll invites her in. Because her being inside the apartment will somehow make Ben less absent. She wants to know whether Ben has received any of the messages she's left for him. Knoll claims to have given them to him and then implies Ben's negligence simply because, well, "you know Ben." Avery whines, "No, I don't." She mumbles incoherently about Ben, and Knoll helpfully points out that Ben "can be pretty irresponsible sometimes." So Knoll is still discussing Ben and his life even though he has been warned not to. Knoll deserves a good hiding. Avery whines that she's confused because she and Ben "had a really good time" in Southampton. Knoll gets all shifty-eyed and jump-to-conclusiony and asks whether "something happened" between them. Perhaps wanting Knoll to think the worst, she replies, "Yeah." How long will it take before Knoll imparts this little bit of information to Felicity?
Felicity wakes up to discover Ben sitting up in bed, studying. She thinks that's great and snuggles to him. Knoll knocks on the door, and then barges in before being invited. Without apologizing for storming in, he asks Felicity whether she erased the "Georgia files." She says she didn't erase them, and Knoll states that he can't find them. Felicity tells him that she'll be out "in a second." Knoll tells her to hurry, and Ben snipes that she said she'd be right out. Knoll gives him a feeble stank-eye, which Ben vehemently returns. When Knoll has gone, Ben murmurs, "God, that guy is driving me nuts." Felicity stupidly asks, "Knoll?" Ben irritably responds, "Yes, Knoll." No, I think he's referring to Alan Greenspan, brainiac. She kisses him and gets up.
Out in the living room, Felicity, who is wearing a robe, is seated to Knoll on the sofa. As she looks at the laptop, he says, "Sorry I'm a little anxious, it's just that the foundation called back." It seems that he has an interview and he's "terrified." Felicity congratulates him. Ben walks out of his bedroom. He snatches the newspaper, which is on the sofa beside Knoll, and slams it down on the kitchen counter. Knoll whines, "You could have just said, 'Hey, could I have the paper?'" Felicity finds the file, and Knoll whispers that Ben "is annoying the hell" out of him. Knoll gets up and complains about Ben's putting peanut butter on a bagel. Neither Ben nor I find that weird, though. Knoll whines that he toasted the bagel and was about to eat it. Would that be before or after you waltzed into Ben's room? After their little bagel contretemps, Felicity dumps the bagel into the garbage.
At the girls' apartment, Elena and DeForrest are trying to study despite the sound of distorted and pounding bass in the background. Elena gets a broom handle and bangs it on the floor in an effort to get her downstairs neighbours to turn down the music. She yells that it's Reading Week and that some people have to do some reading. That's funny, because at my school, Reading Week was held in the middle of the fall term and again in the middle of the winter term so that the students could theoretically catch up on all their work before the end of term. DeForrest gets up and stomps on the floor a few times, and the music suddenly stops. The fat suit that he's wearing looks really ridiculous and obvious. They settle back down to study, and Molly comes in chirping, "Is anybody home?" Elena informs her that they're trying to study for their MCATs (Medical College Admissions Test), and Molly promises to be as "quiet as a mouse." She carries a bag of groceries into the kitchen and immediately begins to clatter around, making a lot of noise. Elena asks DeForrest whether his place is any quieter and he mentions that he got a hotel room so that he could study in peace as well as get a good night's sleep before the test. Apparently, everyone does that before the MCATs. Elena berates herself for not thinking of that and DeForrest offers to share his room. She declines his offer until the music starts up again and the phone rings.