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Previously on Felicity: Meghan didn't think that Felicity should admit that she plagiarized her thesis, because then Felicity might not graduate. Ben got into a car accident with Lauren, who was driving drunk. Lauren took off in the middle of the night, leaving a note saying that she would call when she got settled. Ben turned out to be okay.
Felicity and Noel sit in a cab. Noel asks Felicity if she's okay. Felicity thinks for a second and then says that she is. Noel looks at her warmly. Felicity stares out the rain-streaked window. Felicity voice-overs, "This isn't the way this was supposed to end. But you know that. At least, I know you used to." It isn't clear if Felicity is making a tape to Sally or someone else, yet.
Fade into Felicity and Ben, earlier, rolling around on the bed and giggling. Ben gently pushes Felicity off of him and asks her to tell him what happened. Felicity says that it was surreal; that Carnes called Felicity into her office, and Felicity thought she was going to get "a whole talk," but instead, Carnes just said, "Happy graduation." Ben asks if Felicity passed. Felicity says that she failed the paper but passed the class, and she can't believe it. Before you get all heated up that the plagiarism storyline was unrealistic and resolved too soon, consider this: I am a professor, and I caught a student plagiarizing about a year ago. I had the option to fail him for the paper or fail him for the course, and I decided to do the former after talking it over with him. So it happens. And second, I was a little annoyed at first that the whole plagiarism thing was resolved so quickly, but then I thought about my complaints of late that the series is almost over, and they've been wasting time on stupid inconsequential storylines. I'd rather they spent more time resolving four-year storyline relationships in this episode than giving the plagiarism thing even more screen time. So, that's me. Maybe you disagree.
Anyway, Felicity and Ben talk about the fact that they are both graduating. I'm not sure exactly how Ben is graduating too, but I'm just going to let it go. Ben smiles and asks how graduation happened so fast. Felicity doesn't know, and thinks it's "weird, and amazing," and says that it's like her safety net is suddenly gone. Felicity feels like college kept them all together, and they won't have that anymore. Ben says that he's been thinking about something. Felicity asks what, and Ben demurs, and then says that he's just been thinking about graduation. Felicity asks what he was really going to say, and Ben looks into her eyes and says, "Have you ever thought about marrying me?" Felicity doesn't say anything. Ben says that he can't stop thinking about it, and he's been thinking about it since he was in the hospital. Felicity asks if he's serious, and Ben says that he is. Felicity says, "Like, married?" Ben says, "Married." This is very reminiscent of Sixteen Candles all of a sudden. Felicity still hasn't answered. Ben says he guesses he should really ask her, so he says very seriously, "Felicity, will you marry me?" Felicity gasps and says she doesn't know what to say. Ben notes that she's crying, and says, "That's more of a yes than a no, isn't it?" Felicity says, "It's more of a yes." They make out. Thank you, writers, for giving us Felicity and Ben fans one more happy bed scene before the series ends.