Felicity s01e03 Episode Script

Previously on "Felicity" - How come you never went to any parties in high school? - I went to a couple.
What is the deal with you guys - you and Ben? - Are you dating? - Oh, no.
We're just friends.
How could you think that you're in love with me? You don't even know me.
Hey.
So are you - are you avoiding me, or A little.
Is that because of what happened with Felicity or is it- is it because of me? I get feelings for people all the time.
I'm a sensitive guy.
Okay.
Yeah, I get crushes on everyone.
- You do? - Am I blushing? Dear Sally, I'm probably making too big a deal of this - I'm sure I am - but tonight is my first official college party.
Ever.
I think I have everything down.
Is there anything else you guys want to tell me that I haven't heard yet? This party's gonna need a good band.
I know some bands that are mint.
And they'll come down.
Yeah.
Like I think I've said, what, six times now? We're just gonna have to use CDs and tapes, okay? It's a university ordinance, and as resident advisor, it's my responsibility.
- I think we should have a band.
- Yeah, I think we're all very aware of that and somewhat concerned that you're not giving it up.
Now, I haven't heard back from the A.
V.
department.
Uh, does anyone have access to a good sound system? I can do it.
You can do what? The party.
The whole thing - I'll take care of it.
The whole party? I got a big family.
My cousins - I mean it - they'd kill for me.
We just want to throw a party.
I know.
I'll take care of it.
You'll meet Yuri, he'll get us what we need, okay? Like a band? Mitch - No, he didn"t.
- Yes.
That"s what Noel said.
Last year, at the same party, three people showed up naked.
Well, I'm gonna be wearing clothes to this party.
Me too.
Hey, I want to ask you something.
Um, I went by your room last night and you weren't there.
Oh, I was - I was at Lucky Strike.
Really? With who? I went over there with this girl Astrid.
It wasn't very special.
Well, I just wanted to make sure something was okay with you before I did it.
I want to invite Ben to the party.
Good.
You should.
- What? You're getting weird.
- No.
I'm not.
You - you should definitely invite him.
That doesn't bother you? In no way does it bother me.
We were like a 24-hour virus, me and Ben.
I don't mean to blow this out of proportion, but it's kind of a big deal, isn't it? You know, our first college party.
Oh, yeah.
It's huge.
You know how older people are always saying, "I'll never forget my first college party"? Okay.
I-I just wanted to make sure that you're not I'm not.
I'm fine with it.
I swear.
Felicity; Julie"s right, right? I mean, the first college party is when it all happens.
Okay.
So, I mean, this is just one version of how it could go - One scenario.
Ben shows up, and, um, we see each other from across the party, and he comes over.
And we talk about, um, you know, Mr.
Rogalski's class or something.
He likes how I look.
I like how he looks.
And we basically, um, you know, appreciate how each other looks.
And then we start dancing.
And we dance for hours, until we're just exhausted and- and sweaty and ready to pass out.
But the party's on my floor, so I say "You want to go to my room?" Or, um "You want to go to my room?" Whatever.
Um, and Meghan's not here, thank God.
And so we just sit on my bed and talk about everything.
Of course, I blew my first opportunity to ask him.
Damn it! Hey.
Yeah.
Hey.
Are you okay? There was a I don't know.
So you didn't get a class.
Well, I signed up for a language class, but they gave me, um - they gave me Drama.
- You're in Drama? No, I-I'm not in Drama.
That's a mistake, obviously.
Well, um did you get what you wanted? Inorganic Chemistry.
You got that, and you're happy? Yeah.
The teacher is someone who, uh Dr.
William Garibay? Uh, I don't know.
I never He wrote the entire series of chemistry books I used all through high school, so it's just kind of amazing, you know? I mean, college, being able to take a class being taught by the man who actually I just I really wanted the class.
Yeah.
Hey, so you didn't - you didn't go last night.
What? Lucky Strike.
There was a - there was a thing.
Yeah.
Yeah, you should've gone.
I don't know.
Uh, maybe next time.
Yeah.
Okay.
Next time.
Can you believe that? I was right there.
All I had to say was, "Yeah, next time - This Friday.
" God.
How incapable am I? That was lame.
L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T - You don't hear it? You think "Q" comes too early in the alphabet? No, I know it does.
"Q" should be at the end.
Q, X, Y, Z.
Okay, but why? Because it's not like "Q" comes after "O," which at least "Q" resembles.
And if you move "Q" to where it belongs, at the end, "P" would come right before "R, " which would be so sexy.
Hey.
Hey.
I don"t want to bug you.
Uh, you don"t have to return my calls or whatever, but, uh, Chavez is, uh, is - is playing Tramps on Friday, and they're supposed to be pretty good.
- Friday.
- Yeah.
You want to go? We're throwing a party on Friday at Kelvin, so I can't.
All right.
You're never going out with me again, are you? I gotta get to class.
All right.
Felicity; You know what"s amazing? I couldn"t feel better about sticking with pre-med.
And this is going to be my first class, the beginning of my life as a doctor.
Because I"m not at Stanford, now I get to study under someone who, in a way, I"ve idolized.
For years, through his books, I"ve learned so much from him.
I kind of feel like I"ve met him already.
Excuse me.
Dr.
Garibay? Hi.
I'm Felicity Porter.
I'm in this class.
I couldn't find the book anywhere.
I ordered a copy from the publisher, but if I don't have the book today, will I be able to follow what we're doing? No.
I call it required reading because it isn't optional.
But I couldn't find the book anywhere.
Pardon me.
Everyone who did not get a copy of the textbook, raise your hand.
I don't know what to tell you.
The actor"s responsibility is to communicate, to convey truth, to understand and express an internal life.
Subjective motivation.
The next class, I want you to bring in an object, something that has meaning to you.
This first exercise is designed to reveal hidden internal life not - not within characters but within things.
- Would this be considered a Meisner exercise? - No.
Hopefully we won't have any repetition in this class.
I"m gonna ask you to get up and - and, uh, describe the object, uh, physically- objectively.
Then I"m gonna ask you to tell us what it means to you.
Mr.
Kinney? Mr.
Kinney, could I talk to you for a second, please? - Sure.
- Okay.
Now, I applied for Russian - language - and they gave me Drama by accident, so I shouldn't even be here.
It might not be an accident.
Theater's a communications elective, just like language.
Okay.
No.
I can't take Drama.
So you're dropping this course.
All right.
As soon as there's an opening in Russian, Miss Petessi's class, I'm transferring over, and they say there's usually at least one drop, and I'm first on the waiting list, so I'll tell you what.
I hope you get all the classes you want.
Thank you.
But while, uh, you're my student, you're obligated to participate.
Okay.
Okay.
But that doesn't mean I have to get up there.
That means you have to get up there.
Next class, bring a hot object.
Hey.
Hey.
How's it going? Good.
Really good.
Um, uh, there's this thing I'm sort of, um - It's at Kelvin.
It's basically, you know, a dorm party.
It starts at 8:00 on Friday.
Um, you know, I'm just kind of spreading the word, so if you want to go, you know.
Um, Julie told me about it.
Julie did? Yeah.
Oh.
Well, cool.
All right.
You know what? I got to go, so I'll see you.
Oh, so my roommate, who uses a toothbrush sterilizer, said to me, "For the party on Friday, I'm gonna put plastic on my bed.
" I was like, "Congratulations.
" So here's the thing I invited Ben to the party on Friday, and he said you had already asked him.
And I- I wasn't even gonna say anything about it, except well, I just did.
- Ben and I are just friends.
- No.
I know.
I mean, you guys can be whatever you want to be.
I just It's not Ben, okay? It's it's you and me.
Look, I don't think that there's anything to talk about.
I just don't want us to resent each other.
Yeah.
Me neither.
But you don't have to worry about me and Ben.
You and Ben? I know.
Can you believe this? So - so you like Ben, too? Okay, does everybody like Ben? And I'm not asking that rhetorically.
It's complicated, though, because I think Ben really likes me.
Should I be writing this down? And this party on Friday- Felicity is so excited about hanging out with Ben.
But Ben wants to hang out with me, which I think will kill Felicity.
So don't do it.
I know.
Oh, but I really want to.
So you're really talking to you right now.
You know, I think I'm just gonna tell Felicity that Ben keeps asking me out.
No.
No, I wouldn't do that yet.
Because 'cause you're in this really confused state of mind, and if you do that now, it'll seem like you're asking Felicity's permission to start dating Ben, and that"s not what you want to do.
No.
You're right.
You're right.
God.
No offense, but this really did not help.
You're welcome.
Thank you.
And can you just not tell Felicity about this? Because if she knew I told you she likes Ben Oh, it's okay.
I already knew.
It's thin smooth material.
Um, it's folded.
Uh held together with print on it.
Don't - don't - don't - don't say "print.
" Okay.
With color on it.
Now, Alice, be subjective.
What does this mean to you? It's a program from a play I did in ninth grade.
.
uh, "Blood Wedding" - Lorca.
Uh, there are pictures of the cast and a history of the author.
Well, after it was over - the play - my brother gave me back his program.
And my brother, like, never talks about emotional stuff to me.
Okay.
Hold your center.
Um so I thought, "Why is he giving me back his program?" And then I opened it, and he had written something.
Here.
Tell us what your brother wrote in the book.
"Alice, you were wonderful.
Love, Josh.
" Which was the first time he ever you know, showed me he might be proud of me.
Okay.
All right.
Um who's next? Ben.
Let's give it a go.
Begin objectively.
Objectively? All right.
All right.
So it's a multilayered object.
The, uh, top and bottom layers are - are white and soft with dark edges, and and, uh, in between those layers - sandwiched um, are additional layers.
Why is this object so important to you? Because I just - I love sandwiches.
I love 'em.
You know what I mean? The end.
Hey, um, do you got any special requests for the party - you know, food or - or drink or music? How about a copy of "Inorganic Chemistry" by William Garibay? A- Am I supposed to understand that? I used up my entire Metrocard today going up to Columbia, down to Hunter, over to the Strand, back up to Shakespeare & Company.
I've been to every Barnes & Noble, every college bookstore.
It's out of stock.
Just keep repeating the phrase "it's only college.
" It helps sometimes.
So, uh, any special requests for the party? I like chocolate.
Okay.
What kind? Milk? Dark? Nuts? Pieces? Bark? Nestle's? Hershey's? It's not really party food, though, is it? Sure, it is.
Yeah, I'll take care of it.
Done.
Chocolate.
Okay.
Oh, uh, and if you want to special-order it, I know the guys in the bookstore.
Just go freak out about your book.
Negative thermal expansion may then be produced in two dimensions, although at the atomic level there is apparently no known example of this mechanism, which we will discuss next time.
Doctor? Excuse me.
Um, Felicity Porter again.
Just so you know, I did, um, go to the library and - and photocopied the pages I need.
$20 later, but, um, anyway, my book should be here by Monday, and I just wanted to make sure that we're okay.
You want to make sure we're okay? Yeah.
What do you think? I was hoping so.
Then we must be just fine.
Okay.
Good.
You and I are doing exceptionally well.
Great.
In fact, you and I are on such good terms, I have an idea.
Forget the assignment.
What? Yeah - the weekend assignment.
Don't do it.
Forget it.
Instead write an essay on how okay you and I are.
I'm not I don't know what you mean.
Then ask yourself if you belong in my class.
I got sound system, foods, beverages, janitorial - for how many people? Uh, maybe maybe 100.
I say 200.
You- you understand we don't have a budget for this party at all? I understand.
You should have disco light, yeah? He can get whatever we want.
Uh, yeah.
I- I really don't think we need a disco light.
Is party.
You need disco light.
Now, for delivery, you have beeper? What, like a pager? No.
You don't have beeper? Really? Guys, not everyone has a beeper, you know.
Tomorrow we will talk about it.
Yuri thank you.
You - I get you beeper.
Thanks.
I don't need one.
You need one.
Great.
Uh, you know what? There is - there is one more thing, and it's sort of important.
Um - You want girls? What? No.
Um do you have access to, uh to chocolate? Hey.
So how's, uh, how's Chemistry? Oh, it's sort of a crisis.
Really? Yeah.
My teacher hates me.
But, uh, I'm sure that it's gonna be fine.
Well, I'm sure, you know, that he or she doesn't, uh, doesn't hate you.
Yeah, he does, actually.
So, how's Acting? Acting.
Well, um, Acting's a bit of a disaster, actually.
I can't get out of the class, and so I'm - I'm about to go get an incomplete.
What's the, uh, assignment? I have to bring in an object that's important to me.
So what, anything? Yeah, anything.
I have to I have to bring it in, and I have to sit there, and I have to talk about it in front of everybody, which God.
Yeah.
It's bad.
I don't know what I'd bring in.
This necklace, maybe.
It was my grandmother's.
Yeah.
That wouldn't work for me.
I think the most important thing to me isn't an object.
I mean, it's just being here.
What? Are you still having that party? Tonight? Yeah.
Good.
I'll - I'll see you there.
Okay.
Sally, I would only say this to you, so after you listen to this tape, you have to erase it.
But I can actually picture what it might be like to be with a man for the first time sexually.
If you're laughing at me right now, I don't blame you.
But first although a, uh, huge success with his exploration of the sandwich Ben will grace us with just one more try.
I don't think I can do this.
Did you bring an object? I'm just not so comfortable doing this.
Okay.
This exercise is ungraded, you know? If you- if you don't participate, you get an incomplete.
It's your call.
Okay.
It's, uh A smooth, hard, round loop connecting three shiny, sharp metal - No.
Don't say "metal.
" Connecting three uh, shiny, sharp, hard, thin strips, which have teeth, sort of.
Okay.
Now talk about the object subjectively.
They're my keys to my apartment.
Why are these keys so important to you? I don't know.
Yeah, this is stupid, sir.
I shouldn't even do this.
You"re doing fine.
Talk about the object.
All right.
Well, for this to make sense, you kinda got to understand that my father and I never Well, it's his fault, it's my fault- He'd say it's my fault.
I don't know.
That's not fair.
But whatever.
We don't have a very good thing.
But as, uh, as bad as it gets for me and him, I think it - it gets even, uh, worse for my mom, who's so incredible.
She's so beautiful.
And she's you know, she's elegant.
But she gets so sad.
She gets so upset when me and my dad fight that her face just gets- She just cries a lot.
And I've seen these pictures of them, too - my parents - before they had me.
And they look so happy.
They look so happy, so I know it wasn't always like it is now.
Anyway, I guess it"s obvious that these keys mean that I'm not home anymore, you know, which is great for me.
You know, I'm subletting from this guy Sean, who's this really nice, frustrated entrepreneur guy.
It's me and three other guys.
You know, it's cool having a place you actually want to hang out.
It's a big place.
But more than all that, these keys mean that I'm not causing anything at home.
I'm here right now, so my dad and I don't have to deal with each other, you know? And so my mom isn't so sad.
I hope.
So it's just good.
It's better for everyone- I really believe that.
that I have these keys.
Did you buy that for the party tonight? Yeah.
You going with your little friend Julie? My little friend? Julie and her Tiger Beat boyfriend? Julie doesn't have a boyfriend.
Is Ben invisible to you? Oh, Ben isn't her boyfriend.
Yeah, he is.
Why do you think so? Well, I always see them together.
Oh.
No.
Julie says there's nothing going on with them.
Oh.
Clearly I've hit a nerve.
You"ve hit no nerve.
She"s just my friend, that"s all.
Whatever.
Just watch them next time they're together - The way he talks to her, how he gets close, the way she laughs at his jokes.
Trust me.
They're couch-dancing.
Nice, isn't it? Yes, uh, very It's very tasteful.
Now all we need are actual partygoers.
Okay.
Here it is - Minutes before my first college party.
Next tape, I'll tell you how it turned out.
So stay tuned.
Hey, so - God.
Wow.
Really? Oh, yeah.
Thank you.
You look really nice, too.
Oh.
You were kind of obligated to say that, but thank you.
Yeah, I feel - I feel handsome.
So I have a question.
What? Um, we're taking music requests.
Do you have anything good? I- I have some stuff over there, but I don't know if it's - What was the question? I- I was - I was wondering, um Thanks.
Uh, I just thought I'd - I'd, uh, get on line now and ask you to dance well in advance of the party actually starting.
I'd love that.
Good.
Okay, that- that went exactly how it was supposed to go.
You know what word disappears after high school? "Tardy.
" I bet you 20 bucks you never hear that word again.
"Tardy.
" Oh - "hall pass.
" "Hall monitor.
" You've got really pretty eyes.
Oh, my God.
I was just gonna say the same thing to you.
Are you serious? Or are you just acting? Hey, you care for a beverage? What is it? I don't know.
Hey, there"s a guy over there that"s getting pretty damn sick.
- What? - You'd better come check this out.
I'll be right back.
* I"ll turn * Hey.
What's going on? Maybe you should tell me what's going on.
What do you mean? What I mean is every time I'm with you, I keep getting this horrible feeling like- like I can't trust you.
And every time you talk about Ben, you just get really weird, and I know you keep saying there's nothing going on, but that's just not what it looks like at all.
I just- I really feel like you're lying to me.
And that's just - I don't like how that feels.
Well, I don't like the way it feels, either.
Ben wanted to go out with me tonight, okay? But I told him about this stupid party because I knew that you would be here and it's what you would want.
He calls me and he asks me out a lot.
And every time I say no.
But you know what? I am just sick of protecting you, and that's the truth.
* And now it"s happening to me - * You know what would've made this party even better? - * Ooh * - Like, a band.
Noel, can I talk to you for a minute? I can't.
I got to go to the emergency room.
This guy's - having some kind of freak-out allergic reaction.
- To what? I think Estonian chocolate.
* Some things I want to tell you * * Don"t worry, it"s okay * * Just want to say that I adore you * What's wrong with you? - * "Cause you * - Nothing.
Tough day? Tough day.
I hate these things.
Roomful of junior-high insecurities, everyone paranoid that people will be making judgments about them.
We never really met.
I'm Elena.
So where in California are you from? Felicity on tape; In my life.
I can actually Sally, I would only say this to you Could someone please turn that off? so after you listen to this tape, you have to erase it.
Someone turn that off, please! But I can actually picture what it might be like to be with a man for the first time sexually.
If you"re laughing at me right now, I don"t blame - Man; Hey.
Is this your room? Who are you? Whoa.
Hey, we're just making out.
Could you, um make out somewhere else, please? My jacket.
Hey.
That came out all wrong - What I said before.
Could you, um * Hi, there * * I haven"t been back for some time * * So how"s it here * * In the wintertime? * * I forget * * Won"t you sit with me awhile * * Till I remember * * What it was that made me smile, oh * * Oh, what it was that made me smile * * I see * * The house we used to live in * * I remember * * I saved a stray or two * * Walk with me down * * Then back so I can get ahead * Dr.
Garibay? I need to know what I did to make you hate me.
Excuse me? Was it what I said about ordering the books or- or did you look in my record and see something that you didn't like? I've been a professor for a long time - Twice as long as you've been alive, plus a few years.
You want to be a teacher's pet? Sign up for Mr.
Jergensen.
He's not tenured.
No, I-I don't - Sir, I don't need to be teacher's pet.
Then you'll do just fine.
The beauty is, you don't need to be okay with me to learn something in my class.
My advice is this - Don't worry about me.
Worry about you.
Hey.
I heard about that, uh Could we not talk about it? Yeah.
Sure.
Thanks for the chocolate.
So we'll, uh, take a rain check on that dance, which is okay.
Hey, it's Ben.
Sorry.
I thought you might still be up.
- Oh, you can come in.
- Yeah? I was only at the, uh, I was only at the party for a little while, but I don't know.
I think people had a pretty good time.
Well, that's nice.
Did you hear my tape? No.
Not really.
Yeah, you did.
So, how'd that, um that acting thing go? Oh, I should - I should thank you, sort of.
You sort of helped me out with that.
I did? Yeah.
It went okay.
It was pretty good.
That's great.
Yeah.
I'm getting the Hell out of that class, though.
So look, I, uh, I got a favor to ask.
When I was - when I was doing that thing, uh, for Drama, I, uh, I sort of left my keys in the classroom.
You lost your keys? Yeah.
And none of my roommates are home, so, um do you think I could stay in here? I mean, I'd stay on the floor.
You want to sleep in my room? Yeah.
I mean, if that's cool and if your roommate doesn't mind, yeah.
Oh.
Yeah.
I mean, you can sleep in Meghan's bed.
She, um, she's never here at night.
All right.
Thank you.
Okay.
I'm gonna go pass out.
Yeah.
Me too.
Okay.
Sally; Dear Felicity, okay, brace yourself.
A guy asked me out.
He"s a teacher at the elementary school.
His name"s Emmett, for God"s sakes.
But I said no for now.
I"m still not ready to move past John.
It"s sort of like what you were saying on your last tape, how, on the one hand, expectations can inspire you, but, then again, they can really let you down.
I"m just not ready to be let down quite yet.
But you know me.
I still have hope that one day, maybe even pretty soon, I"ll take a chance again in the horrible face of expectation.
And maybe.
.
it"ll be worth it.