Tamara's summary of "Revolutions"
Opening scene (Dean and Deluca's)
Ben is reading for his history of western thought class while
pouring beans
into the grinder. Felicity tells Ben that he should ask Noel for
help since
he's the TA but bright light thinks he can do it himself. As
usual, Ben has
trouble pronouncing things. Enter Javier (yippee!!) "OK, my
ex-boyfriend
just walked in nobody look." So, of course, both Ben and
Felicity look.
Then Javier yells at them for looking. He tells them "He's
the cute one over
there okay. I had a CRUNCH on him . . . but he fell too in love
with me . .
. . then he became obsessive compulsive." Felicity looks
again and Javier
yells again and informs Ben and Felicity that his CRUNCH is
coming over to
the counter. Javier then asks Ben to pretend to be his boyfriend
to which
Ben protests. Javier starts petting Ben and saying aloud, "
. . . and then
for my birthday BenjaMEEN gave me a bubble bath . . . with a lot
of candles
. . . and AROMATHERAPY". Javier proceeds to bury his head
into Ben's chest
(man I wish I was Javier) and tells Ben to "Whisper into my
ear lobe", all
the while Felicity is trying not to start laughing. Ben whispers
into
Javier's ear lobe that he quits. Javier goes on, "You tease!
We can't do
that here. (Kisses Ben on cheek while petting him the whole
time.) . . .
Aren't I so lucky . . . going out with such a hunk." To
which Felicity
replies, "Sooooo lucky." Then Javier looks back and his
CRUNCH and realizes
it's not him so he stops fondling Ben. Ben pretends to be mad and
Felicity
laughs.
Roll credits.
Felicity and Meagan's Room
They're both studying and Felicity is being annoyingly loud with
her
highlighter. Meagan makes a bitchy comment about it . . . enter
Burky.
(all I know is that when I was in college no one was that
friendly with the
RA's because they were never around!!) Burky informs the girls
that "It's
Burky." Just for the viewers who forgot about him since he
hasn't been on
for a while. Meagan makes another bitchy comment and pretends to
be
studying. Apparently Burky put together some sort of portfolio of
restaurants in the area for "the best first date of your
life". Felicity
pretends that Burky isn't really stalking her and is conveniently
saved by
the bell when Julie arrives says, "Krispy Kremes?" (I
didn't know they had
Krispy Kremes in New York?) As Felicity is running out of her
room in fear,
Burky asks her to look at the book and of course Felicity says
she will.
Burky then tells Meagan, "Just for the record, you scare the
hell out of
me." and surprise, Meagan gives him a bitchy look.
Streets of New York
Felicity and Julie have Krispy Kreme doughnuts in hand and an
umbrella to
inform us that it's the middle of winter and raining in New York
(and just
last month Ben was playing basketball outside in the middle of
the night, go
figure!) Julie asks Felicity if she ever has dreams, to which
Felicity
starts telling us a dream involving Meagan's box (I guess that is
supposed
to reference the Twilight Zone episode or something?) Julie
pretty much
ignores Felicity and tells her that she hasn't been sleeping
because she's
been dreaming about Zack (the guy who raped her last season,
obviously).
Julie informs us that she feels like a war veteran having
flashbacks.
Felicity asks her what happens in the dreams and Julie shrugs her
shoulders
and says she just can't sleep. Felicity informs Julie for the
millionth
time that they have conselors at the health center. Julie says
she knows
because she went last year and technically she is supposed to
schedule a
third appointment. Felicity tells her she should schedule that
appointment.
Julie says she's not ready "but the doughnuts are really
good".
Health Center
Felicity on the phone " . . . swollen to the size of a
squash ball" (I
really don't want to know!!) She then makes an appointment for
the guy on
the phone for 5:15 because "we're sort of booked". A
girl in a red sweater
walks up to the counter with her arms folded and doesn't look
happy. Red
sweater girl's name is Leila Foster and she needs to get the
morning after
pill because the condom broke.
Greg's Office
Felicity tries to use her sexual prowess with Hair Guy (Greg) to
get Leila
an earlier appointment. Before Felicity gets a chance to beg,
Greg starts
throwing MCAT questions at her about wind, height, forces, grass,
glass and
water. Felicity explains the Leila situation and Greg informs
Felicity that
the health center no longer distributes the morning after pill
due to a
"policy change". Greg says it's a "hassle"
and Felicity thinks it's a
bigger deal. Greg goes on about sucking up to administrators to
get
support. Greg then guesses glass for his MCAT question and
Felicity says
she guesses water. I guess this is the writer's subtle way of
telling us
that Felicity and Greg are going to disagree in this episode.
Back the to Health Center front desk
Felicity then has to break the news to Leila that they don't
distribute
"that medication". Leila gets pretty peeved and
Felicity finally comes up
with the great excuse, "I'm sorry. I'm just a
volunteer."
Noel's Lecture
Noel is going on about some author and asks the class if they
agree with him
. . . "why or why not?" (All I'm saying is that I was a
TA and there is no
way in hell I'm going to get any answers from anyone by asking
three
questions all in the same breath but of course this is television
so Ben
volunteers) No one in the class will look Noel in the eye and
then Ben
raises his hand. Noel (surprised) calls and Ben. Ben says he
agrees and
backs it up with a little info from the reading he did while
filling the
coffee maker at Dean and Deluca's. Noel agrees with Ben for about
two
seconds and then starts quoting the chapter to inform Ben that he
was
totally wrong. (Come on Noel! That certainly isn't the way to get
people to
volunteer their thoughts. Ben can't even pronounce the author's
names, what
do you expect from him?) Noel then let's the class out. Noel asks
Ruby how
things are going . . . she says fine and walks out (hey, didn't
Noel sign a
transfer sheet for her last episode?) Noel then thanks Ben for
volunteering
and Ben thanks Noel for making him look stupid (OK Ben didn't
really say the
last part but he did say he felt like an idiot). Noel offers to
help Ben.
Ben says OK and leaves.
Outside of Health Center
Felicity and Greg are leaving the Health center and Felicity
tells Greg how
badly she felt about turming Leila away to which Greg again says,
"Yeah it's
a hassle." Felicity informs Greg that she's done all of this
research about
the morning after pill, telling him that all the health center in
New York
distribute it blah, blah, blah. Greg tells Felicity about some
article
being written in the paper involving the pill and the university
which
apparently didn't sit well with the trustees. The trustees pulled
the
pills. Greg says he argued with them and gives us a laundry list
of things
he doesn't like about the health center. Lastly he uses the cop
out of only
being able to fight so many battles. Felicity goes on about the
great
injustice and Greg tells her that when he's a doctor with clout
he'll change
the policy. Greg then informs Felicity that the answer to the
MCAT question
was water. (I guess this is another subtle hint that Felicity and
Greg with
disagree but in the end Felicity will be right!)
Dr. Pavone's Office (Yippee, she rocks!!)
Dr Pavone is trying to light her cigarette (big surprise) while
Felicity is
going on about her friend . . . date rape . . . fragile . . .
morning after
pill . . . and how much worse things would have been for her if
she didn't
get the pill. Dr. Pavone (in her usual caring manner tells us
what we're
all thinking) says, "So you've discovered an
injustice." Felicity keeps
going on about how Greg wouldn't listen to her and it was like he
was
defending the policy. Dr. Pavone tells Felicity she's
"presumptuous". (Man
this lady is a helluva a counselor!) Dr. Pavone, in her extra
sensitive
manner, informs Felicity that it's not Greg's battle to fight . .
. no one
gives a "rat's ass" . . . and that it's time to start
burning some bras!
(OK she didn't say the last part) By the end of the session we
see that
Felicity is going to fight this herself and Dr. Pavone finally
lights her
cigarette.
Felicity's Room
Felicity on the iMac looking up protest stuff with chick music
booming in
the background.
Leila's Room
Leila opens the door to find Felicity outside. (Be afraid Leila,
Felicity
has stalked before!) Felicity starts telling Leila about students
protesting
clothes being made in sweatshops and restructuring of the
minority affairs
office all with sit-ins, which of course worked. Finally she
tells Leila
that she's going to have her own sit-in and Leila tells Felicity
she'll be
there but she has to call the condom-breaker first.
Health Center
Felicity and a bunch of girls are sitting on the floor with
posters and
cel-phones calling people for the sit-in. Camera pans to Elena
(yippee, I
love her too!!) and Felicity thanks Elena for coming. Elena
informs us that
Felicity is missing her big French test for this (sounds pretty
convenient
to me) Burky shows up out of no where Felicity asks he's doing
there. He
says he's picking up some medication. Then Elena says, "You
low on Viagra?"
(did I mention that I love her?) Burky and Elena have a little
friendly
banter and then Burky asks Felicity "what's so unfair to
women" after
reading it on one of the posters. Felicity informs Burky about
the
university not distributing the morning after pill but Burky's
main focus is
that fact the Felicity's sit in is pretty pathetic in size.
Felicity tells
him it will be bigger and then Burky tells us he's going to get
his
"Claritin and round up a real sit-in".
Cafeteria
Noel is jabbering on and on about something I don't understand
and it's
pretty obvious that it's over Ben's head as well. Noel then
shamelessly
plugs Mountain Dew and keeps jabbering on about society . . . war
. . .
change . . . violence (foreshadowing on the fight Ben and Noel
will have!).
Then Ben asks "Who the hell drinks Mr. Pibb?"
(Unfortunately I do Ben or
did. UCLA forced that stuff on us too but it was really good for
Mr. Pibb
floats.)
Health Center
Loyd (creepy health center patient who is in love with Felicity)
is telling
Felicity that he can't believe they won't give him his morning
after pill.
Felicity informs him that it's just for women while she's trying
to talk to
Javier on her cell phone. She's asks Javier if Ben is scheduled
for today .
. . we get the feeling he's not (especially since he was just
with Noel ten
seconds ago) . . . then she tells Javier he didn't look fat.
Leila's on her
cell phone with the New York Times (I'm going to refrain from
comment on
this one) and they want to know how to spell Felicity's name.
Greg comes
out and asks to talk to Felicity.
Greg's Office
Greg informs Felicity that some doctor (Simmons) is coming by the
health
center at 4 and Greg was planning on asking his for a letter of
recommendation. He asks Felicity to stop the sit-in because she's
risking
more than just her future blah, blah, blah stop the sit in so I
can get my
letter of rec, OK? Again he didn't really say that but that's
what he
meant. Felicity looks unsure.
Burky in Elevator and on Streets passing out Pink Flyers
Burky is shamelessly flirting with everything in a skirt while
passing out
pink flyers and saying "unfair to women" (which is
always a good way to get
women!) Pretty funny scene just for note.
Noel's Apartment
Noel is trying to help Ben study and we get the idea that Ben is
actually
retaining some information. After answering one question
correctly Ben
informs Noel that he needs a beer. (Isn't this kid on probation
for
drinking too much?) Ben hands Noel a beer, cracks open his own
and starts
telling Noel how he never studied in high school (don't worry Ben
I think we
all knew that!) Ben does a lot of head scratching during the
whole
conversation and goes on to tell Noel that he spent most of his
high school
days partying, swimming, running, girls. Noel uses some big words
(which we
know Ben can't understand) to tell Ben that he was a computer
jockey in high
school by using references to the western thought authors Ben is
supposed to
be learning about.
Health Center
(Bra Burning music) The girls are putting signs up and people are
getting
comfy on the stairs of the health center when Dr. Simmons almost
trips on
them when he walks down them. Felicity watches Dr. Simmons start
to talk to
Greg and looks concerned. Elena hands the phone to Felicity (I
think that's
the most action Elena is going to get in this episode) and we
hear Julie
asking if she should bring Sean down to the sit-in. Felicity
tells Julie to
hold off a second because she's not sure if the sit-in is going
to go on as
she watches Greg and Dr. Simmons having a not-so-friendly
conversation.
Then a timely Brit starts handing out flyers about what to do
when you get
arrested. Felicity second guesses the whole sit-in thing to Elena
and then
Leila gets all fired up and says she's going to stay regardless.
Another
timely entrance for Burky and his crew of protesters which
triples the size
of the sit-in so Felicity tells Julie she may as well come down.
Commercial Break
Health Center (later in the evening)
Elena, Ruby and Julie are coloring posters. Julie informs Ruby
that Elena
didn't think Ruby would come because she's having a baby and they
thought
she might not support the whole cause. Ruby tells Julie and Elena
that they
must think she's crazy. They lie and says she's not but her life
is really
going to change. Felicity gets on the bullhorn (which really
isn't
necessary) to tell everyone that the university pretty much won't
comment on
the situation, while Sean is memorexing the moment (for the
upcoming
Docuventary episode) by standing two inches away from Felicity.
The
cheerleaders from episode #1 this season appear with pom poms and
all to do
a really, really bad cheer. Then the Brit starts singing some old
protest
some about trees and water and "we shall not be moved".
Noel's Apartment
Ben and Noel are duking it out on some video game where they have
to fight
each other. Turns out that Noel is kicking Ben's ass on the video
game
(which we have to expect because it has to do with computers) and
that the
boys are pretty wasted by now. After Ben loses he gets up to get
more beer
and tells Noel that there's only two more beers so they are going
to have to
go to a bar after this. (I know Ben can't be 21. OK, wait maybe
he failed a
couple of grades . . . nevermind). Then Ben tosses a beer at Noel
who is
still playing the video game, and the beer hits the every
coordinated Noel
on the side of the head. Ben starts laughing and Noel is running
around
rubbing the side of his head while Ben is apologizing between
bursts of
laughter. Ben then tells Noel to hit him back. Noel starts
screaming about
how he's not going to hit him. Ben tells Noel that he knows Noel
has always
wanted to kick his ass and BOOM . . . Noel hits Ben in the face.
Ben is a
bit shocked and then dives after Noel. The two proceed to start
wrestling
on the ground but not before taking out the television.
Greg's Office
Greg slams down the phone and starts whining to Felicity about
his argument
with Dr. Simmons. Greg tells Felicity that the university is
never going to
side with her (but then we all remember the answer to the MCAT
question and
still have hope that Felicity won't get kicked out for being a
troublemaker
slash alcoholic). Greg starts jabbering about aspirin and
headaches and
Felicity apologizes.
Health Center
More chick music. Everyone on the floor sleeping. Felicity is
still awake.
Julie wakes up suddenly obviously from a bad dream about Zack.
Felicity
tell Julie for the like millionth time that she should make an
appointment
with one of the counselors at the clinic! Julie agrees with
Felicity
(instead of talking about doughnuts). Then Felicity goes on to
say how
therapeutic it is for her to make her tapes to Sally because
letting things
out makes you feel better, especially the stuff you don't want to
talk
about. Julie tells Felicity to leave her the hell alone and
she'll talk
when she's good and ready. Ok, she didn't say that, she just said
she was
scared but that would have been pretty cool.
Noel's Apartment
Snow on the television which is still on the ground. Beer cans
and trash
strewn about the floor. Noel on the couch passed out. Noel wakes
up and
looks like he ran his face into a wall. Noel obviously has a
headache and
I'm thinking his face hurts by the way he's moving his jaw. Ben's
passed
out on the carpet and I'll I can think about is if he's going to
have the
imprint of the carpet on his face when he gets up. No such luck,
they never
show that side of his face. Noel asks Ben if he's dead to which
Ben replies
yes. Ben looks pretty wrecked (but I'm thinking he still looks
pretty hot
to me). Ben's states that this is an emergency and tells Noel
that he
needs lime juice, tomato juice, eggs and baking soda. Noel looks
like he's
about to toss his cookies. Cut to Ben making some hangover
concoction.
Does every TV show has to have an miracle cure for a hangover? I
hate that,
I mean no one in there right mind would drink that crap! Anyway,
Noel tells
Ben that they sort of got into a fight last night and asks Ben
who won. Ben
says, "I really don't think it was you" to which Noel
says, "That's exactly
what I was going to say." Does anyone in their right mind
actually believe
Noel win in a fight with Ben? All I can think back to is episode
1 this
season when Ben asked Noel if he was going to kick his ass with
his
computer.
Health Center
Outside of the health center Sean is in the street shooting
footage of the
sit-in which seems to be a full scale protest and almost gets
tagged by a
car. Cut to inside of the health center where everyone is in line
for the
bathroom. Meagan comes out of the bathroom all decked out (funky
70's song
in background) and blasts through the health center stealing a
hacky sack on
the way. Felicity, Elena, Julie and Ruby are all on the floor of
the health
center playing jacks and commenting about how this "doesn't
feel like a real
protest". Felicity starts talking about the sixties, flower
power and
burning bras to which Elena says, "but to burn a bra you've
got to wear a
bra." Camera pans to Felicity's dad coming down the stairs
of the health
center. (Doh!)
Commercial Break
Greg's Office
Greg, John (Head honcho doctor guy), Felicity and her dad are in
Greg's
office. Felicity's dad starts in about how he's working at the
hospital
again, teaching a class at the university and by the way he's
there to try
to stop Felicity's sit-in (way to be supportive Dad!!) Felicity's
dad
reminds her in front of everyone that she's at the health center
because
she's being punished and she shouldn't be getting into more
trouble. Way to
go Dad! Weren't you the one on drugs like two episodes ago? Head
honcho
man and Dad inform Felicity to stop the sit-in and the board will
put the
matter back under "review". Dad starts yelling at
Felicity about how she
could lose her job, get arrested blah, blah, blah and that she
should just
sell out. Felicity and Dad start going at it for a while.
Felicity starts
talking about her dad taking away her roller blades when she was
a kid and
that she's not a child anymore. You go Felicity! Greg finally
backs
Felicity up and Leila busts in the office screaming about TV
cameras.
Outside Health Center
A news reporter wants to talk to Felicity on camera about the
sit-in and
Felicity asks for a minute to collect herself. Felicity goes to
Elena and
Julie for support and then asks Leila to talk to the reporter
because she
can't handle it. Julie and Elena give a little pep talk and
Felicity looks
ready.
Noel's Apartment
Noel is quizzing Ben while they both sip on Ben's nasty hangover
cure. Ben
starts channel surfing and happens upon Felicity's interview.
Felicity is
talking about the morning after pill and she starts fumbling over
her words
after about 10 seconds. She's asks if she can start over and
Ben's tells
her from the couch that she can't start over. Felicity continues
to fumble
over her words and Julie comes to the rescue. She tells her story
about
being raped and getting the morning after pill at the health
center. Noel
and Ben are watching with their mouths hanging open. Julie pretty
much
saves Felicity's ass by pouring her heart out to and television
audience.
Felicity and Julie hug while all Ben and Noel can come up with is
"Oh my
God!"
Health Center
Camera pans through the health center where everyone is still
sitting-in.
Felicity thanks Greg for backing her up and Greg thanks Felicity
for
inspiring her or something. The Brit tells Greg that the Dean is
on the
phone and we find out that the head honchos caved and that there
going to
distribute the goods at the health center again. Felicity and
Greg get all
excited and Felicity plants a big smooch on Greg. Then Felicity
runs out to
tell the group that they won and everyone starts dancing all I
hear is chick
music so I don't know what they are dancing to. Burky comes out
of nowhere,
looks at Greg and says "She kissed you, didn't she? . . .
That's not fair.
I do all the cooking and you end up with the cake?" Burky
then tells Meagan
that Greg and Felicity kissed and asks Meagan to dance. Meagan
storms off
saying something about killing Felicity since she's hot for Greg
while
everyone is still dancing to music they can't hear.
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