"Previously on "Felicity"..." " I'm Eric Kidd." " Julie Emrick." "I'm head of AR Pop Rocks Records." "He just seemed like he was a little more interested in hitting on you than helping your career." "What are you talking about?" "Break it off with Felicity yet?" "Sean, could you lay off, please?" "Look me in the eyes and tell me..." " "If I knew Felicity loved me, I wouldn't freak out." " No." " I won't do that." " Then you got to end this." "Have a good Christmas." "You, too." "Dear Sally... so my dad is coming to New York for a couple weeks." "He was invited to the university hospital... to teach this procedure he helped develop... something about the heart growing extra blood vessels." "Good weather for flying." "Yeah." "I know I already said this, but..." "I had a really good time over break." " It's nice being home again." " Yeah." "Your mom really enjoyed having you there." "I'm glad you like the telescope." "I love it." "Thank you." " It's a pretty high-tech model." " Yeah, it seems really interesting." "I had a great class in astronomy as an undergrad." "Do you ever think about taking any astronomy classes?" "I love my schedule this semester." "It's the first time that every class sounds great." "Yeah, you said there's that oil painting study." "Yeah, which is supposed to be amazing." "That's good." "Good." "Aren't they gonna bring the coffee around here?" "It should be here soon." "This should be a good two weeks, don't you think?" "I think it's gonna be a great semester." "Folks, we're heading into some turbulence..." "That pilot had no idea how right he was." "My dad's been in town for 48 hours and he's already dropped by to see me three times." "This is going to be the longest two weeks of my life." "I'm heading over to the art building this afternoon, check on that oil study class." "I'll call you when I get back." "Good luck." "See you." " Hey." " Hey." "So I guess Javier redid the schedule." "Yeah, it seems that way." "Hi, can I have some more coffee?" "OK, just one..." "Was that your dad?" "Yeah." "He's gonna be here for a couple weeks." "Oh." "So we haven't worked together for..." "We haven't worked together since the last millennium." "Anything I should remember about working with you?" "Just that I get 80% of the tip jar." "Funny, I don't remember that." "Now it's a new thing." " What's going on?" " What do you mean?" " Did you get a raise or something?" " No, I didn't get a raise." "Why?" "Nothing." "No, I just feel like I'm starting over this semester." "You don't feel like that?" "Actually, yeah, I do." "Yeah, and swim season starts this week." "That's all I did over the break was just swim and swim." " What's the matter?" " We're out of register tape." " I'll get you some." " No." "I'll do it." "Thanks." "You know, I've been thinking about it..." " and I really think you were wrong." " Yeah, I know." "People want mustard and ketchup and mayonnaise." "They don't want Smoothaise." "Smoothaise was a pipe dream." "No, I'm not talking about Smoothaise." "You told me not to date Felicity." "You said it'd be this big disaster... and I don't know if that was such great advice." "Are you..." "Hey!" "Are you kidding me?" "That's the greatest advice I've ever given anyone." "I don't think you know what you're talking about." "I don't." "As usual." " No." " I'm not blaming you." "I'm just saying I listened to you and ever since then, things have been worse." "Which one of us had an affair with a married woman?" "OK?" "Something else I would have advised against had you bothered to ask me." "I tried to, but you were drooling over Julie." " Excuse me?" " Sean, come on." " What are you talking about?" " All right." "Fine." "Forget it." "Want some Crunchberries?" "No." "What does that mean?" "It means you're in love with Julie, all right?" "Who cares?" "But you don't do anything about it, you don't tell her how you feel... so I feel like an idiot for listening to your advice." "Dear Sally, in fifth grade... our school put on a performance of "The Wizard of Oz"... and I really wanted to be Dorothy so badly." "But when they posted the list of who got what parts... they gave Dorothy to Mia Bono... and I got picked to be one of the flying monkeys." " Professor Elliot." " Yes?" "Hi, I'm Felicity Porter." " I was just wondering..." " Why you didn't get in the class." "Yeah." "I did really well in Professor Sherman's class and I just thought that..." "Porter... you did the thing with the animals, right?" "No, I did the faces." "Oh, yes, right." "They were good." "But the truth is there were too many applicants and not enough spots." "But make sure you're on the waiting list." "You never know what can happen." "OK, thanks." "I heard he's a great teacher." "Dad, what are you doing here?" "Saying hello to my daughter." "Everything at the hospital went great." "I met the staff." "Bonding with your new professor already?" "I..." "I didn't get in." "There were too many people." "You know, they did invite me here." "I've probably got a little pull now." " You want me to call someone?" " No, definitely not." " Are you sure?" "Because I will." " You don't need to call anyone." "It's not that big of a deal." "I should head back over to the registrar, though... and find another class." "I'll call you later." "Although Professor Boyden doesn't mind answering a few questions at the end of lecture you should save most of them for in here, in section and I'll do my best to answer them." "So that's about it." "We'll begin with Descartes and Locke on Thursday." "And just a little warning." "If any of you does too well in this class... the professor might ask you to be a T. A. and it's a lot more nerve-racking than it looks." "I'll see you Thursday." "You were so good." "No, I wasn't." "I was nervous and awful." " I felt like a bad stand-up comic." " Stop it." "You were great." "Now, remember, just because we're going out..." "I don't want any special treatment here." " You sure?" " Definitely." " You really think I was OK?" " Completely." "There's just one thing..." "it's not that big... but you did talk a little fast." "Really?" "Yeah, maybe I did." "Thank you." "That's good constructive criticism." "And you probably could make more eye contact." "You were staring at the syllabus a lot." "It's hard to connect with a teacher when he's staring at a piece of paper." "And you can ask more questions!" "Make the whole process more interactive." "Ruby, it's the first class." "I need a topic to discuss before I can ask questions." "I was just trying to be helpful." "No, I'm sorry." "I was going for that challenging yet inspiring thing." "You'll get there." "Come on." "Let's go." "I didn't know that you were into telescopes." "I'm not." "My dad gave it to me." "For some reason, he insists I always wanted one." "My grandmother's exactly like that." "She'd give me the strangest presents like ceramic dolls and stuff when I was 15 years old." " Where do you think this goes?" " Here." "He'll only be here for a few weeks." "I can handle that." "That's the third time you've said that in the last five minutes." "This is a disaster." "Just knowing my dad's here makes me so..." "Oh, my God, that would just freak me out." "All of the sudden, I feel like a little kid again." "I don't want my dad here asking where I'm going or who I'm going with or what time I'm gonna be back." "I want to be able to do whatever I want." "Do some of that wild partying you did last year." "You know what I'm saying." "He's only been here for a few days and already" "I feel like he's looking over my shoulder." "These two parts do not go together." "Why am I doing this?" "You're the one who's pre med." "I work with microscopes, not telescopes." " Whatever." " What is that?" "Oh, it's just this frog thing." "I made one for my cousin over the break... and now one of her friends wants one, too." " You do know it only has three legs?" " Yeah." "Oh... a telescope." "So you're going back to stalking." "By the time I get back, my bed better be empty." "It's not just knowing that my dad's here." "Not getting that art class has thrown me off course." "I had my whole semester planned." "I hate it when you have a plan and it completely does not work." "They've asked me to stay." " Who did?" " The hospital." "They want me to stay until the end of June... be a professor of surgery." " What about your practice?" " I can take a leave of absence." "And Mom?" "She's OK with this?" " She'll be here next week." " So you already took the job." "No, she was planning on coming out anyway." "I just want to make sure it's OK with you before I give them an answer." "So, what do you say?" "Dad, this is crazy." "I can't make that decision." "I'm not asking you to." "I'm just asking what you think." "I think... if you really want the job, you should take it." "I do." "OK." "Leave a message, as long as it's interesting." "Hi, this is Ellen from Dean Miller's office... calling for Felicity Porter." "I just wanted to let you know..." "Hi." "This is Felicity Porter." "Turn it down." "Yeah, I know I didn't get that class." "My father?" "When did he call you?" "No, I understand." "Thank you for checking again." "I'll make sure and tell him." "OK, bye." "Hey, coach." "Is the schedule out yet?" "No, Ben, it's not coming out." "What do you mean, it's not coming out?" " University dropped swimming." " What?" "There's been rumblings about it for a while." "I never thought they'd cut the whole program." "Spent the whole morning on the phone trying to place some of you guys in other programs, but no luck." "Columbia, Syracuse..." "they're all full." "Sorry, Ben." "It would have been a great year for you." "Yeah." " Good luck to you." " Yeah." "Basically, this says that we'll cover the cost of three demo recordings." "God, I can't believe this is happening." "I thought I'd be 75 years old and still playing in this place." "You may be but they'll have to pay you a lot of money." "Look, I don't want to get your hopes too high... but I think we're actually gonna do this." "This is all I've wanted since I was a little kid." "This and a Big Wheel." " I had a Big Wheel." " You did?" "It was great." "Oh, man, I don't know how to thank you." "How about having dinner with me tonight?" "To celebrate." "There's no pressure." "The last time, you had to go so quickly to go study." "Yeah..." "Finals, which I don't have for a while." "So I'll come by your place and pick you up?" "OK." "Great." "So Locke differed from many of his predecessors... when it came to government." "In the lecture Professor Boyden mentioned Hobbes in particular." "Let me ask you guys what was the fundamental difference between Hobbes and Locke?" "This is pretty basic stuff, guys." "Anyone?" "A guess?" "Yes, Ruby?" " What?" " You wanted to answer the question?" "No." "No." "The difference between Hobbes and Locke." "I guess I didn't write that part down." "I don't remember Hobbes." "The answer is that Hobbes believed in a single sovereign or king that ruled over the people... whereas Locke's whole philosophy rested in his belief that sovereignty rests with the people." "All right, guys." "Open your books to chapter 13." "Have you tried this yet?" "Not yet." "Let's head over to Bleecker Bob's see what used CDs they've got." " OK." " You guys, this is so strange." "It looks like a giant eyeball." "You put the lens on backwards." "You guys, don't worry about the telescope." "I'm never gonna use the thing, anyway." "Hey." "Hey, Dad." " Hi, Dr. Porter." " Hey!" "I had some extra time and thought I'd stop by... and see if anyone wanted a free lunch." "Unless you guys had other plans." "No, I mean, no plans." "It's up to you guys." "I'm starving, but don't listen to me." "I love free lunch." "Then let's go." " If you don't want the telescope, you don't have to keep it." " No, Dad, I love it." "I didn't mean that." " So, how's hum-bio?" " Good, so far." "We just had the introductory lecture." "I heard Professor Jordan's an amazing" " teacher." "I haven't met her yet." " Yeah." "Dad, why don't you ask Julie about her demo?" "Felicity told us." "That's really exciting." "Thank you." "That's if it happens." "Are you a music major?" "No, I haven't declared my major yet." "I'm taking a lot of psych and sociology classes." "But you all have to declare your majors before the end of the semester, right?" "Yeah, but people always change their majors a few times before they graduate... so, it's not a big deal." "Thanks for coming to lunch." "Yeah." "We'll be able to do that more often now." "It'll be nice." "What?" "You called the dean about the art class." "You're upset about that?" "It didn't even work." "I know, but I specifically asked you not to do it." "Considering I wasn't thrilled with you taking art I think it was a pretty nice gesture." "Dad, it's not just that." "All of the sudden everything's feeling a little claustrophobic." "It's like I'm living at home again." "And I know..." "I know that I said I was OK with... you staying here for a while, but... to be totally honest," "I'm not really sure that I am." "I know what this is about." "The hotel is too close to the dorm." "I realize that." "But I'm moving to the Plaza..." " and we'll have some distance there." " It's not about where you're staying." "It's about you and Mom living here." " Felicity..." " I have my own life here." "Once Mom gets here she'll try to get me into Tuesday dinners again." "She'll want to go shopping all the time..." "Mom's not moving here." "What?" "We're separating." "You're what?" "I don't understand." "I'm sorry." "I shouldn't have told you." "I wasn't supposed to say anything until Mom got here next week." "But I was just home and..." "Everything was normal." "It's not black and white." "We've been talking for a while." "And when I got the offer to come here..." "You chose a job over Mom?" "Honey, this was your mother's decision." "I didn't call the hospital until after I was sure this was what she wanted." "This was Mom's decision?" "Why?" "I don't know." "She's coming out because we thought it would be better if we told you together." "Yeah, yeah." "It's nice having him here." "So, uh, Mom, how are you?" "Yeah, I'm fine." "I'm just stressed out about classes." "But... how are you?" "I mean, what's going on with you?" "Uh-huh." "That's nice." "Yeah, that's nice." "I can't explain why I didn't tell my mom that I knew." "I guess it was just... she was trying so hard to sound normal... like everything was fine." "It was actually kind of heartbreaking." "A week ago, I was home playing Scrabble with my parents." "Things made sense." "Now everything feels like it's come loose... like nothing was tied down tight enough." " Hey." " Hey." "I'm sorry to stop by unannounced but I wanted to see how you were doing." "I'm OK." "Sort of." "I know you're probably sick of coffee working here all day... but if you want to get together after work..." "Tonight I really need to study." "I just can't." " You sure?" " Yeah." "Oh, well." "I'll let you get back to work." " I'll see you later." " OK." "Hey." "Let's get out of here." " What?" " I had a lame day." "Let's close up early and get out of here." "You want to?" "We shouldn't do that." "Come on." " All right." "Let's go." " OK." "Trust me." "It's not writer's block." " Are you sure?" " I'm positive, OK?" "It's impossible to be creative all the time." "Sometimes you have to refuel start over again." "I bet the next songs you write will be your best ever." "We should probably go." "Yeah." "Probably." "Eric." "Eric." " I'm sorry." " You know what?" "My roommate will be home any second... and he's really overprotective." "And that's your only reason?" "No." "When I said I wanted to do this since I was a little kid..." "I didn't mean that I would do anything to get it." " I know that." " So, if you're only pretending to be interested in my music for other reasons... then I'm not interested." "Julie, that's not what's happening here." "If my kissing you makes you doubt my interest in your music, then I'll wait." "Until when?" "Until your first album goes platinum." "That may be a really long time." "That's OK." "We've got to leave." "The movie starts in 20 minutes." " I'm not going." " Why not?" "I have to study." "I don't want to be humiliated by my T.A. again." "You're joking, right?" "Just so you know, nobody in the class... had any idea what you were talking about." "Hobbes and Locke." "It was in the reading, which you obviously didn't do." "It's the second week of classes." "Nobody was answering." "There was this deafening, overwhelming silence." " So your solution was to pick on me?" " I was hoping you would help me out." "I was trying to." "Eye contact, remember?" "You weren't doing it." "I was in the middle of a lecture." "You have no idea what it's like to be up there." "It's very intimidating, especially when the class doesn't prepare." "For your information, I did do the reading." "I read about Hobbes and his stupid single sovereign... but when you put me on the spot, I got nervous." "I guess I'm not as smart as your brainiac ex-girlfriend." "I'm sorry." "I'm going back to my dorm." "So, what did you think of the movie?" " The movie?" " Yeah." "I thought it was amazing." "Yeah." "It was good." "$9.78." "I thought so, too." "I really liked it." "I liked the stuff with the dog." "That was the best." "Thanks a lot." " Don't they lock these doors?" " Yeah." "This one's broken." "Great." "Now we're gonna get in trouble and get fired?" "Javier won't even know we left early." "What?" "What?" "You just always say Javier." "It's Javier." "Whatever, all right?" "Javier won't fire us." "Do you want to go back?" "No." "I can't believe that fake ID worked It doesn't even look like you." "It always works." "Here." "Wait here." " What are you gonna do?" " You'll see." "There." "There you go." "To... to Javier." "Hey." "Where did you go tonight?" "Nowhere." "I just went out with Eric." "Oh, really?" "Where did he take you?" "If he's really a big-time record guy he should be showing you a good time, right?" "Concert, Knicks game, something?" "I guess I should be offended, because all I got was dinner." "Julie?" "Can we talk?" "Sure." "What's up?" "Uh, well, OK." "What is that?" "What do you have there?" "This is my contract." " Your contract?" " Mm-hmm." "Why didn't you tell me about this?" "Three songs?" "That's amazing." "And no nooky at all?" "No nooky." "Thank you for the vote of confidence." "I'm sorry." "I was clearly wrong about that guy." "Believe it or not he actually thinks that I'm talented." "Hey." "I know you're talented." "Oh." "What did you want to talk about?" "Nothing." "Forget it." "Are you sure?" "Yeah." "OK." "Don't look at me!" "What?" "We have slept in the same bed." "Yeah, but that was a long time ago." "It wasn't that long ago." "* It's easy to say *" "* That we'll all get along *" "* It's easy to say at the start of the day *" "We're dead if someone catches us." "Nobody's gonna catch us." "Good." "I think it might be time for my special trick." "Oh, good." " Ready?" " Yep." "Very nice." "You know, I saw you swim once." "It was junior year." "You won, of course." "Yeah." "Junior year was my best year... and it's weird, the idea of not swimming." "I've never gone through a winter without it." "We'll have to sneak in here every once in a while... and you can do your laps in one lane... and I'll dog-paddle in the other." " I'm a top-rated dog-paddler, you know." " Really?" "I didn't know they gave awards for that." "Trophies." "Huge, huge, trophies." "You can tell me to shut up if you want but... is everything all right with your dad?" "Today, things didn't seem too good." "Things have been better." "Yeah." "But you know what?" "Let's talk about other things." " I'm sorry." " That's OK." "* All of the evidence points to this *" "* All of the evidence points to this *" "* All of the evidence points to this *" "* All of the evidence points to this *" "* Don't stop *" "* What does it matter?" "*" "* It's right in the eyes of the law *" "* Don't stop *" "* Don't talk at all *" "* It's right in the eyes of the law *" "* Don't stop *" "* Don't talk at all *" "I didn't know you were such a good swimmer." "There's a lot about me you don't know." "Hello?" "Do you two understand that you're in serious trouble?" "Yes, sir." "Yes, we do." "Breaking and entering?" "Underage drinking?" "Not to mention you put both yourselves and the school at risk." "It was my fault It was completely mine." " No." "It wasn't." " Yeah, it was." "I didn't have to go with you." "I really am sorry about all this." "Don't be." "I still can't believe you actually did this with me." "Yeah." "Uh-huh." "Uh-huh." "No, I know but I figured, why not declare my major early?" " What the hell happened to you?" " Nothing." "Your daughter just walked in." "Is that my mom?" "Your dad." "Nice talking to you." "Hi." "Uh, no." "I was just out studying." "Can I give you a call later?" "All right." "You, too." "By the way, this telescope rocks." "You have to check out the psychos across the street." "They're either drug addicts or performance artists." "What?" "Have you ever had that feeling that when you finally see a different side to your parents... that somehow they just stopped being your parents?" "Like, all of a sudden, they just become..." "People." "Yeah, I had that." "Like, when I was five." "I got caught breaking into the pool tonight." "I think I'm in real trouble." "I got taken away by the campus police... and the guard said I might even get expelled." "That's cool." "Maybe now your life will get interesting." "Hey." "Hey." "What are you doing up?" "I just couldn't sleep." "You know, I wanted to talk to you... about what you said at the market." "Oh, man, it's fine." "Don't even worry about it." "No." "You were right." "Yeah." "Yeah." "You know what we just did?" "We just broke into the campus pool and got busted by security." " We?" " Me and Felicity." "I haven't had that much fun since last summer." "I really haven't, man." "It got me thinking about all this stuff... like how stupid I've been and how that whole thing with Maggie... was this lame reaction to following your advice." "First of all, thanks... and, secondly, before when I said you were right?" "I was talking about what you said about Julie." "Yeah, so, I really..." "I should probably say something pretty soon..." " don't you think?" " Yeah, I think you should." "Yeah?" "OK." "Where is Julie?" "She's sleeping." "She had a great night with that music jackass." "Sorry." "I'll be done in a minute, and we'll be ready to go." "OK." "So, how long you and Eric been going out?" "I haven't plugged the mike in." "He can't hear us." "We're not going out." "Really?" "OK." " What?" " No, it's nothing." "You can tell me." "He's just one of those guys." "What do you mean?" "You know." "He's had a rep for a long time." "He's a cute-singer magnet." "No offense, right?" "Oh, no, of course not." "Who knows?" "I haven't worked with him in a while." "Maybe he's changed." "OK, ready to go?" "Mm-hmm." "Sure." "OK, let's try it." "Julie?" "Headphones?" "Hi, Ruby." "I come in peace." "What is that?" "Hi." "It's... it's a... it's a friendly little peace offering." "No, what is it?" "Oh, I have no idea." "It's a stuffed animal that Elena made." "It's kind of cute." "But I am still mad at you." "I know." "I'm really sorry." "Maybe I did pick on you in class." "I got a little lost up there, you know?" "You have no reason to feel lost." "You're a great T.A." "Thank you." "And you're a brainiac." "Sort of." " No, I'm not." " Yeah, you are." "* I don't think I'll ever be *" "* What this world expects of me *" "* I barely have two feet on the ground *" "Mom's never gonna forgive me for telling you." "I talked to her last night." "You did?" "I didn't say anything." "I didn't lie." "I just..." "I'll let her tell me when she gets here." "I'm sorry." "For what?" "About what I said yesterday." "How did everything go at the library last night?" "Um..." "OK." "I still have a lot of studying to do." "We'll get through this." "You know that." "Yeah, I know." "I didn't want to tell my dad about the pool that I'm in trouble." "Because he's in trouble, too." "I guess we both are."