Felicity s02e03 Episode Script
Ancient History
Previously on "Felicity" I can honestly say without any sense of uncertainty that I never want to see you again.
I can't be with you like this.
You want something with me.
You just aren't strong enough to have it.
It's one thing to say you're gonna let go.
It's another to actually do it So when I walked into the haircutting place I was taking a leap.
But I wasn't doing it for a guy.
I was doing it for me.
Wow.
Wow good or wow bad? Definitely wow bad.
I don't think it's so bad.
I just think it's a different look kind of like a new me.
Guys are gonna hate it.
Oh.
God.
What? You don't like it? You look hot.
You know he doesn't count.
Dear Sally I did something drastic.
I dropped premed.
Let me back up.
I need to explain this so you don't think I'm crazy.
It all started with my hair.
Your hair looks incredible.
Thank you.
People had these huge reactions to my haircut.
I mean.
My stupid haircut.
People I didn't even know.
Oh.
My God.
You cut off your hair! Yeah! Gutsy move.
It's like a whole new you.
People I mean strangers seem to think I had changed in some major way which I sort of had ending it with Ben and everything.
But it sort of got me thinking "What's the next step?" Come in.
I'm having the hugest crisis.
Your hair looks amazing.
Thanks, Ruby.
Did you just break up with someone? Um, well, yeah, but I love it.
A totally new you.
Thank you.
I think I'm gonna drop out.
I mean, the one class I really wanted was cancelled.
All right, well, what was the one class? - Norwegian Landscapes.
- What is that? Geography? No, it's an art history class.
See, my grandmother had this wallpaper when I was little and it had the most beautiful Norwegian scenery on it with windmills and I just fell in love with it.
I always thought windmills were Dutch.
- What? - Oh, I could be totally wrong.
I just I mean, they could be Norwegian.
Here.
Let's look at the catalog together.
Sometimes when you know exactly what you want like you do, you can pass up some good stuff.
So why don't we look for a different art class, like Drawing? There's some amazing drawing classes in here.
Let's see.
Like, how about Drawing 10? Oh, and Sherman teaches that.
I've heard she's a great professor.
I'd love to take that class.
God.
Schwab is teaching the oil painting study? Oh.
You have to take that.
I mean, he's supposedly a genius.
But I'm not really that interested in painting.
Oh, OK.
Um What do you want to study? I don't know.
I can't decide.
All right.
Um There is a class in here called Costumes of Czarist Russia.
Really? That sounds good.
OK.
I think I'm gonna see if that's open.
Thank you so much.
Thank you.
Can I keep that? Sure.
You really saved me.
And that's when I started to totally rearrange my schedule just hypothetically at first.
There were all these amazing art classes all these things I'd always wanted to take but I'd sort of forgotten about.
And I would have been happy to just take one of them but when I checked, my premed schedule didn't leave room for anything.
And that's when I realized that I'd backed myself into a corner and I had to get out.
What are you doing? Nothing.
I can see that.
Is Ben on your mind? Actually, no.
I've gotten pretty good at avoiding him.
Rearranged my schedule at Dean & Deluca and changed some routes to class.
That out of sight, out of mind thing kind of works.
Good.
So we can get back to work.
Have you checked out the course catalog recently? There's some really incredible art classes in there.
No, no, no.
You are not thinking about dropping premed, are you? I'm not dropping anything.
Yes.
Yeah, you are.
I can see it.
I'm your lab partner.
Elena, I'm not dropping premed.
I'm not.
Hi.
I'm here to drop premed.
You 're all set.
Have a good semester.
Thanks.
Tilt your end up.
I can't hold it.
OK.
OK.
OK.
OK.
OK.
I'll turn around.
- I got it.
- Hey! - Hey! - Hey! - What is this? Cash-and-carry my favorite way to shop.
It's, uh, my new bed.
The old one had a broken leg.
Oh, yeah, I remember.
This one looks bigger, too.
Yeah.
It's it's a queen -size.
The other one was too small for 2 people.
This one.
You know.
You got more room OK.
That's enough of that conversation.
So what's up? - I just found an apartment.
- You did? - Really? I did, down in the East Village near Tompkins Square.
- That's great.
That's really great.
Congratulations.
- That's too bad.
I'm gonna go meet Susan, my new roommate in a couple of days, go give her first and last month's rent.
She seems really great.
So I told her that I would move in at the end of the month.
And I don't know.
I guess you guys can start looking for your permanent roommate.
- Yeah.
- Yeah, I guess so.
Do you want to lift this thing? - I'll get the front door.
- OK.
Tamam.
Sean.
Sean.
- Yeah.
- Let's go.
All right.
Whoa.
- So guess who's in that class.
- I don't know.
Who? Bridgid the girl from the party.
The one who gave me her phone number and then it turned out to be the number for Ray's Original Pizza.
Oh, yeah.
Ouch.
Right.
But I'm thinking about asking her out again.
Is that crazy? No.
Not at all.
- And you shouldn't feel like a total idiot, either.
- I don't.
Seriously, sometimes it's best just to bounce right back from that kind of brutal rejection.
- Well, I no, I wouldn't say brutal exactly.
- Yeah.
Yeah, that's it.
- See, chicks love a guy with confidence.
- Richard.
- I'm telling you Go for it.
There's no way she'll turn you down.
Not twice.
No, youre golden, Noel.
OK.
Can you stop talking now? All right.
The more you try to convince me the more I'm convinced it's a terrible idea.
It's an excellent idea.
Felicity crushed you and Pizza Girl already blew you off once.
You're down and out, man.
No.
The best thing to do is to get right back on the horse.
Richard, not another word, all right? I'm doing this.
- As well you should.
- Please? And I'm saying that's good.
Are you sure this isn't all just a knee-jerk reaction to your breakup with Ben? Me dropping premed has nothing to do with Ben.
I can't believe you did it.
- I know.
I hope I didn't screw you up too much.
- Well, you did.
This could affect my G.
P.
A.
I mean we have a system.
We work well together.
Never mind.
You'll be back.
Elena.
Hey, so, I just bought a shower curtain, put it up myself.
The bathroom is now fully functional.
Oh, my God! I didn't even recognize you.
- Doesn't her hair look great? - If you say so.
Thanks.
It'll grow out, right? Noel.
I'm just asking.
OK, so you have a bad hair year, you know.
- Go buy a hat.
- Is this making you feel better? I feel great.
Thanks.
Will you stop? All right.
I'm gonna leave.
You know, I was really hoping there was a chance, we could work past this.
Well, we can't.
Obviously.
Obviously.
- See you later.
- I'll call you.
That was a very jerky thing to do.
I'm not the one who cut her hair.
Sally, of course I sympathize with Noel and I feel terrible about everything that happened.
But it was obvious that Noel and I could not be in the same room together.
And that was that.
- Hey.
- Hey.
Uh, Bridgid, no "T", right? Do I know you? Yeah, Noel.
Um we met last weekend.
You gave me your number, which, uh, turned out to be the number for Ray's Original.
But good timing on that, by the way.
I was really in the mood for a pizza right then.
I'm sorry about that.
Uh, I'm going to ask for your number again and this time, just so you know I'm kind of in the mood for Chinese food.
So there I was.
I mean.
Ready for this new class.
This big change, ready for the future.
But then something happened I hadn't planned on.
Turns out my past had decided to take an art class, too.
Um, I forgot to assign you partners for your homework project.
Let's see.
What if you just pair up with the person to your left? Hi.
I'm Felicity.
Hi.
Bridgid.
- It's nice to meet you.
- Yeah, you, too.
So basically, art is my life.
Really? And one more thing.
Critiques start Friday.
They can be quite difficult for newcomers so be prepared to shore up those fragile self-esteems.
- That's a little nerve-racking.
- Yeah.
Tell me about it.
Of all the classes in this school you had to come into one of mine.
I'm sorry.
I did not know you were in this class.
Otherwise, I wouldn't have taken it.
Hey, I'll call you later.
OK.
- Oh, and I'll call you.
- OK.
Look, if you don't bother me, I won't bother you.
Fine.
It's impossible to know which computer to get.
What do you think? Are you even listening to me? Thank God you 're here.
I'm sorry.
I'm probably just driving you crazy.
It's completely fine.
What's up? I'm buying a computer, and I have no idea what to get.
OK, there's PCs.
There's iMacs.
There's There's ThinkBooks.
There's iPADs.
I really don't know where to start.
Don't worry.
There are a million computer stores on Broadway.
Yeah, and they've confused me.
What about Noel? Isn't he Mr.
Genius Computer Guy? - Uh, yeah - Noel? Is that a friend of yours? Can I please call him? Actually, the thing is, I don't really know where I put his new number, so Look in the student directory.
Noel Crane.
Is he really Mr.
Computer Genius Guy? Definitely.
Oh, perfect.
Thank you so much.
Thanks a lot.
No problemo.
Hmm.
And, um What about musical instruments? I don't even own a radio.
That's good really good.
How about smoking? You don't, uh, you don't smoke, do you? Never.
Never? Come on.
You mean, not one time, not even a puff? - Would you take it easy? - What? Don't you think you 're being a little harsh? Um, I've got allergies.
I'm allergic to peanuts.
Oh, that's great, Andrew.
Um, you know, I I don't think this is gonna work.
Thanks for coming by, Andrew.
I'm really sorry.
OK.
I'll show myself out, then.
What's your problem? That guy's, like, the best of the 5 guys we've seen so far.
The hair, man.
That hair threw me.
- The hair? - Yes.
He had the the that, like the flippy things on each side.
You can't nix a guy 'cause of his hair, Sean.
Oh, yes, I can.
It's the first thing you learn in business Appearance counts.
- What?! - If he doesn't respect us he's not gonna respect the loft.
Am I right? Did he say one thing about this place? No.
Well, this is a nice place to live.
I just I can't see taking him over Julie.
Julie is not an option.
She already found a place.
OK.
We'Il We'll keep looking.
OK.
This isn't easy.
Drawing someone's portrait without drawing their face.
Drawing my hands was a good idea.
It's harder than I thought it would be.
I'm a little freaked out about presenting my drawing on Friday.
You know, I don't think she's gonna even grade us on these.
It's not that.
It's just I mean, I've been drawing forever but I've never really put any of my work up for display before, so I'm sure you'll do fine.
I hope so.
I've sort of committed to this.
So you know that guy Noel? Yeah.
He, uh he's pretty persistent, huh? What? He asked you out? Yeah.
I mean.
he seems like a really nice guy.
I wouldn't mind going out to dinner with him.
I just I don't want him pursing something that's not going anywhere.
Oh, you 're not interested.
Actually, I'm seeing someone.
Oh.
Does he go to school here? She.
And actually, no.
She transferred to Bennington last semester.
Can you do me a favor? Like, just don't say anything.
You know, let me tell Noel myself.
Oh, of course.
Thanks.
That must be tough.
I mean, having a long-distance relationship.
Yeah.
But, uh relationships are tough in general, so Tell me about it.
She was talking to Pizza Girl? She's not allowed to talk to Pizza Girl.
Felicity's not manipulative like that, OK? They were assigned to each other.
- It's not like she went out of her way or anything.
- It doesn't matter.
So what, she should have refused the assignment? Yes.
There are other people in the class, right? See, the cards are always stacked against you, man.
Breaks my heart.
Yeah, you're up the creek.
- I am? - Yeah.
It's the classic ex-girlfriend sabotage maneuver.
She buddies up to Pizza Girl then she starts spinning her web.
Pretty soon.
She'll be talking lies.
No.
I really don't think Felicity would do that.
I'm telling you, man, Felicity got to Pizza Girl.
I can only hope that the damage isn't permanent.
I'm sorry.
Are you Noel? Yeah.
Hi.
I'm Ruby.
I'm a freshman at Kelvin Hall.
I looked you up in the student directory.
I'm sorry.
I probably should have called but I was getting a cup of coffee across the street, um Anyways.
My R.
A.
are Felicity and Meghan.
Um.
They suggested I talk to you about getting a computer.
- Felicity sent you.
- Ah, she's a piece of work.
What? Is something wrong? No.
Uh, no.
It's nothing.
Look, I'm in a rush to get to a class, so Why don't I write my number down? And I'll just leave it with you.
You could call me later - That's fine.
- Or I'll call you later, OK.
- That'd be great.
- OK.
What are you doing?! - Look, just wait - I obviously came at a bad time.
No, you didn't.
It's So you 're jealous.
No, I'm not jealous.
But you said you felt a pang.
Yeah, a pang is different than jealous.
But it bothers you that Noel invited Bridgid to the River Cafe.
Yeah.
Only because that's where he and I went on our first date.
That is jealousy.
I don't think that's what that is.
Let me explain something to you.
You and Noel are ancient history.
It's time to get over it and put it all behind you before we all get old, gray, and die.
Are you in a bad mood or something? No.
I just gotta get home now that I have no lab partner and twice as much chem.
work to do.
You you 're not moving out tonight, are you? Uh-uh.
Like, a week and a half.
I'm just trying to get a head start.
- Uh, you want some help? - Yes, I do.
- All right.
I guess you could stand on that box.
Yeah.
- Don't rip it.
- OK.
What the hell did you put this thing up with? - Gum.
- Gum? I didn't have any tape, and it works really well.
Yeah, I noticed.
So did you play any music over the summer? - Yeah.
- Yeah? I wrote a lot of songs, too.
You did? That's great.
They had titles like "When Ben Dies.
" Yeah.
Guess I deserve to listen to them, huh? Lots of times.
Yeah.
Thank you.
There you go.
There you go.
So is everything all right with you? Yeah.
It's good, I guess.
You know, pretty good.
Yeah.
Breakups are hard.
Yeah.
But you, um you get over them eventually.
Yeah, I guess.
It's now officially a week since my breakup with Ben and every once in a while, I get this feeling that maybe getting over with someone you're in love with isn't impossible unless maybe you don't actually get over it.
Maybe you just learn to live with it.
Hi.
Hi.
Look, I called you the other day.
Did you Yeah.
Um, I talked to Felicity.
Did she tell you? Uh, no.
No.
Can we talk later? Yeah.
Yeah.
That'd be great.
OK.
Oh.
Thanks.
Hey, uh what did you say to Bridgid about me? What? Nothing.
- So my name was never even mentioned.
- Yes, your name was mentioned - but she brought it up, so - OK.
Well, what did she say? Nothing.
Look, you know, you should talk to her.
Fine.
I will.
And you sent one of your advisees to me for help, didn't you? What? Oh, Ruby.
No.
She was asking about computers OK, you know what? No.
Listen.
We are not friends.
OK, you have no right to talk with Bridgid about me - or to send your advisees to me for help.
- I did not plan that.
God.
You 're acting like I'm out to get you or something, Noel.
Well, that's what it seems like.
I mean we made a deal, OK that we would stay away from each other completely and now, suddenly, you 're everywhere.
OK, you know what? If us being in a class together is so horrible for you, maybe I'll drop it.
Yeah, that would solve it for me.
Hi.
I need to switch into another section of Drawing 10.
They're all full.
Well, can I take another drawing class? Um, what about Art 220, Drawing Movement? - Sure, you can take that.
- Great.
Just as soon as you take Drawing 10.
It's a prerequisite for all the other drawing classes.
No exceptions ever? Never.
Listen.
I was in here the other day and I dropped premed, which was a huge deal for me and you were really great and you said, "Have a good semester" which seemed like a small thing, but it wasn't.
It was a huge thing for me because I'd just rearranged my entire schedule, committed to this art thing and I just need to rearrange it one more time.
Please.
Is there any chance I could take another art class? Just as soon as you take Drawing 10.
Hi, Susan.
Oh, hi, Julie.
Sorry I'm late.
I got stuck calming down a client who was just audited.
Oh, that's OK.
No problem.
I got the cashier's check and I just found this little lamp I thought would look really cute in my room.
Listen, I, um I meant to call you earlier, but things got so busy.
Julie.
I hate to do this but it turns out I'm not gonna need a roommate after all.
My sister called yesterday.
And she just found out she's getting transferred here from Atlanta and needs a place to stay so she's moving in.
I'm so sorry.
I really didn't expect it.
Is this definite? Yeah.
I'm sorry.
It's OK.
Bye.
Bye.
I am really sorry.
Hey.
Hi.
Can I talk to you for a sec? Yeah, I guess.
Come in.
I just wanted to stop by and tell you that I didn't drop Drawing.
I went there, and I tried to switch into another class, but they were all full.
So, I'm sorry.
Great.
Look.
There's got to be a way we can work through this.
I don't see how.
Noel, in class, we don't even have to talk to each other, OK? And if me partnering with Bridgid is really a problem for you, I'll work with someone else.
I I don't care who your partner is.
Well, then just tell me what we can do to make this easier on us.
It's not about the class.
OK Every time I see you, it's just another reminder that you chose Ben over me.
- Noel - No.
I'm not looking for an apology, OK, or God, another one of those sympathetic looks that everyone keeps giving me.
I'm looking for the truth, an explanation.
It's just not that simple.
I mean What is it about him or about me? - I can't I - Yes, you can.
All right.
All I'm asking for is the truth.
How can I answer that, Noel? I mean, what could I possibly say that would make things between us OK? What if I told you that I made a huge mistake and that I never should have gone with Ben? Would that really make it any better? You 're just saying that because Ben broke your heart.
Noel, what do you want me to say? I don't know.
Nothing.
Man: So I know this seems weird but, being in a cooking school, I need to make sure you have a good setup in the kitchen.
Right.
How's it working for you? This is great.
Here you go.
Thank you.
Looks amazing.
- And you.
- No, no, no.
- Thanks, but cholesterol.
- Oh, I used egg whites.
By the way, this place is sweet.
- How's the omelet? - Oh.
It's delicious.
You really like it? Uh-huh.
I mean, because if I get this place, I'll probably be cooking for you all the time.
I mean.
If that's OK.
That sounds good.
Julie, hey.
- Hi.
- Hi.
- I'm Julie.
Preston.
Nice to meet you.
Yeah.
Preston might be moving in with us.
Oh.
That's great.
This looks incredible.
Yeah.
Preston's a chef.
Oh, God.
I can't even boil an egg.
Yeah, but you make a mean bowl of cereal.
She does.
What's up? Ah, nothing.
I just I had a crazy day.
Well, you 're gonna really love living here.
So this is gonna be great.
Yeah.
Hi.
Uh, Ruby, right? Right.
I'm Noel.
I remember.
Look, I, uh, I owe you an apology.
I was sort of a jerk the other day.
Sort of? But not as bad as my friend, right? That's nothing to be too proud of.
Yeah, you 're right.
So did you ever figure out what kind of computer you were gonna get? Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
I figured it out more or less.
Uh, you sure? Well.
I was gonna order an eMachine.
Oh, my God.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
- They just lifted the design from the iMac.
- From the iMac.
I know.
The salesman said that the eMachine has a 433 megahertz chip - compared to the iMac's 333.
- Yes, but, uh, the iMac has Has a 512k backside level-2 cache and a 64-bit backside bus.
Yes.
Uh, so what did you do? I bought the iMac.
What? Nothing.
No, it's, uh It's nothing.
It's It's just, uh you 're a Mac person.
Yeah.
I guess I am.
Come in.
I kept thinking maybe she'll realize how crazy this all is and come back to lab.
But you 're not coming back, are you? I told you I've made up my mind.
So you've officially abandoned me.
Elena, look, you are my best friend.
I would never abandon you.
Well, that's what it feels like.
Me dropping out of premed is not going to change our friendship.
I promise you.
I know, but it's made my life hell, having no lab partner.
I can't tell you how much work I've got.
Well, you need a lab partner.
I mean, it's just too much work for one person.
All you have to do is ask the T.
A.
He'll assign you one.
Can you just explain something? All the classes you took last year I mean, all the planning I thought you loved medicine.
You love medicine.
Let me see it.
Looks pretty good.
You think? Yeah.
I just hope this critique goes OK tomorrow.
I I don't wanna get all mushy or anything but, um I'm proud of you.
You made a tough decision and you're sticking to it.
But you still made my life hell and you owe me big.
Ah, thank you.
We're just about to begin.
OK Good.
Who would like to comment? All right.
I'll start us off.
What I am looking at is 2 hands which is the first failing of the piece.
This drawing should feel like a composition but it doesn't.
Does it? It feels like 2 distinct and separate forms.
Yes? Can I comment on the hands themselves? They seem a little flat.
I agree.
And the drawing doesn't exactly address the assignment.
Do you really feel a sense of the subject from this piece? Whereas, in Lee's work back here we are just looking at a backpack And yet I really feel a sense of the person.
Of the subject.
Look at the frayed edges.
Look at the patches.
This is a traveler and and we're taking part in her journey.
Whereas with this drawing right here, now we are just observers.
And there's not a lot of movement.
Yes.
We don't feel like we can exactly reach out and shake these hands.
I think the detailing is nice.
I disagree.
I think it's uneven.
This area looks like it was drawn without any thought to detail versus this section which is full of haphazard crosshatchings.
But we'll get to the detail in a minute.
What I want right now is to focus on the perspective which doesn't work at all.
I didn't think the detailing was so terrible.
Thanks.
You defended me.
I was just being honest.
So dropping premed was a pretty brilliant move, huh? I'm actually really bad at this, aren't I? Thank God I haven't told my parents yet.
They're gonna think I'm insane and they'll be right.
I just gotta regroup and think this all over.
You know, Burky said that, uh maybe I was having a psychotic break.
Maybe I'm having a psychotic break.
You 're not having a psychotic break.
But how can I be sure? I mean, when you 're having one you probably have absolutely no idea.
You 're not having one.
And I bet when you 're having one all your friends tell you that you 're not.
OK, fine.
You 're having a psychotic break.
Are you just saying that to make me feel better? Listen.
Sherman is known for being incredibly hard on new students.
I heard she likes small classes so she tries to scare the hell out of everyone and weed out as many kids as possible.
And your hair's not so bad.
- Liar.
You hate it.
- No.
I don't.
I felt bad ever since I said that.
I was just messing around with you.
What was I thinking? Well, you can always grow it back, you know.
It's That's not what I meant.
I know you said that you didn't want an apology but, God, Noel I am so sorry that I hurt you.
You were one of the closest people in the world to me, and The worst part is I completely understand why you never want to talk to me again.
Turns out Bridgid's gay, by the way.
I know.
You know, I'm not the biggest omelet fan.
Yeah, me, neither.
I'm sort of a cereal guy myself.
Yeah.
You know, I know you got that new place lined up, but maybe you should stay if you want.
Yeah.
That would be good.
Hey, you.
Hi.
How you doing? Fine.
Much better.
Thanks.
Good.
I've been thinking about it, and I really like doing this drawing thing so I'm gonna keep working at it.
And, uh, hopefully someday my hands will actually be shakeable or you know what I mean.
Yeah, sort of.
You know, I was just heading up to the roof to sketch a little but I could blow it off for a while if you wanted to come in.
- Oh, actually - Hey.
- Hi.
- Hi.
- Hi.
Hey.
Noel's gonna give me a walking tour of Bleecker Street.
Do you wanna come? Uh, no, thanks.
I have a lot of work to do.
Are you sure? Yeah.
Then I will see you in class next week.
Definitely.
OK.
- Shall we? - Yeah.
- I like your shoes.
- Thanks.
Dear Felicity, It was great to get your tape.
You have to send me pictures of your new haircut.
I think it was really brave what you did not just dropping premed.
But making that decision to do the thing you've always wanted to.
I'm a firm believer in the power of change But there is one thing I've learned And that's that the hardest part about moving forward is not looking back.
I can't be with you like this.
You want something with me.
You just aren't strong enough to have it.
It's one thing to say you're gonna let go.
It's another to actually do it So when I walked into the haircutting place I was taking a leap.
But I wasn't doing it for a guy.
I was doing it for me.
Wow.
Wow good or wow bad? Definitely wow bad.
I don't think it's so bad.
I just think it's a different look kind of like a new me.
Guys are gonna hate it.
Oh.
God.
What? You don't like it? You look hot.
You know he doesn't count.
Dear Sally I did something drastic.
I dropped premed.
Let me back up.
I need to explain this so you don't think I'm crazy.
It all started with my hair.
Your hair looks incredible.
Thank you.
People had these huge reactions to my haircut.
I mean.
My stupid haircut.
People I didn't even know.
Oh.
My God.
You cut off your hair! Yeah! Gutsy move.
It's like a whole new you.
People I mean strangers seem to think I had changed in some major way which I sort of had ending it with Ben and everything.
But it sort of got me thinking "What's the next step?" Come in.
I'm having the hugest crisis.
Your hair looks amazing.
Thanks, Ruby.
Did you just break up with someone? Um, well, yeah, but I love it.
A totally new you.
Thank you.
I think I'm gonna drop out.
I mean, the one class I really wanted was cancelled.
All right, well, what was the one class? - Norwegian Landscapes.
- What is that? Geography? No, it's an art history class.
See, my grandmother had this wallpaper when I was little and it had the most beautiful Norwegian scenery on it with windmills and I just fell in love with it.
I always thought windmills were Dutch.
- What? - Oh, I could be totally wrong.
I just I mean, they could be Norwegian.
Here.
Let's look at the catalog together.
Sometimes when you know exactly what you want like you do, you can pass up some good stuff.
So why don't we look for a different art class, like Drawing? There's some amazing drawing classes in here.
Let's see.
Like, how about Drawing 10? Oh, and Sherman teaches that.
I've heard she's a great professor.
I'd love to take that class.
God.
Schwab is teaching the oil painting study? Oh.
You have to take that.
I mean, he's supposedly a genius.
But I'm not really that interested in painting.
Oh, OK.
Um What do you want to study? I don't know.
I can't decide.
All right.
Um There is a class in here called Costumes of Czarist Russia.
Really? That sounds good.
OK.
I think I'm gonna see if that's open.
Thank you so much.
Thank you.
Can I keep that? Sure.
You really saved me.
And that's when I started to totally rearrange my schedule just hypothetically at first.
There were all these amazing art classes all these things I'd always wanted to take but I'd sort of forgotten about.
And I would have been happy to just take one of them but when I checked, my premed schedule didn't leave room for anything.
And that's when I realized that I'd backed myself into a corner and I had to get out.
What are you doing? Nothing.
I can see that.
Is Ben on your mind? Actually, no.
I've gotten pretty good at avoiding him.
Rearranged my schedule at Dean & Deluca and changed some routes to class.
That out of sight, out of mind thing kind of works.
Good.
So we can get back to work.
Have you checked out the course catalog recently? There's some really incredible art classes in there.
No, no, no.
You are not thinking about dropping premed, are you? I'm not dropping anything.
Yes.
Yeah, you are.
I can see it.
I'm your lab partner.
Elena, I'm not dropping premed.
I'm not.
Hi.
I'm here to drop premed.
You 're all set.
Have a good semester.
Thanks.
Tilt your end up.
I can't hold it.
OK.
OK.
OK.
OK.
OK.
I'll turn around.
- I got it.
- Hey! - Hey! - Hey! - What is this? Cash-and-carry my favorite way to shop.
It's, uh, my new bed.
The old one had a broken leg.
Oh, yeah, I remember.
This one looks bigger, too.
Yeah.
It's it's a queen -size.
The other one was too small for 2 people.
This one.
You know.
You got more room OK.
That's enough of that conversation.
So what's up? - I just found an apartment.
- You did? - Really? I did, down in the East Village near Tompkins Square.
- That's great.
That's really great.
Congratulations.
- That's too bad.
I'm gonna go meet Susan, my new roommate in a couple of days, go give her first and last month's rent.
She seems really great.
So I told her that I would move in at the end of the month.
And I don't know.
I guess you guys can start looking for your permanent roommate.
- Yeah.
- Yeah, I guess so.
Do you want to lift this thing? - I'll get the front door.
- OK.
Tamam.
Sean.
Sean.
- Yeah.
- Let's go.
All right.
Whoa.
- So guess who's in that class.
- I don't know.
Who? Bridgid the girl from the party.
The one who gave me her phone number and then it turned out to be the number for Ray's Original Pizza.
Oh, yeah.
Ouch.
Right.
But I'm thinking about asking her out again.
Is that crazy? No.
Not at all.
- And you shouldn't feel like a total idiot, either.
- I don't.
Seriously, sometimes it's best just to bounce right back from that kind of brutal rejection.
- Well, I no, I wouldn't say brutal exactly.
- Yeah.
Yeah, that's it.
- See, chicks love a guy with confidence.
- Richard.
- I'm telling you Go for it.
There's no way she'll turn you down.
Not twice.
No, youre golden, Noel.
OK.
Can you stop talking now? All right.
The more you try to convince me the more I'm convinced it's a terrible idea.
It's an excellent idea.
Felicity crushed you and Pizza Girl already blew you off once.
You're down and out, man.
No.
The best thing to do is to get right back on the horse.
Richard, not another word, all right? I'm doing this.
- As well you should.
- Please? And I'm saying that's good.
Are you sure this isn't all just a knee-jerk reaction to your breakup with Ben? Me dropping premed has nothing to do with Ben.
I can't believe you did it.
- I know.
I hope I didn't screw you up too much.
- Well, you did.
This could affect my G.
P.
A.
I mean we have a system.
We work well together.
Never mind.
You'll be back.
Elena.
Hey, so, I just bought a shower curtain, put it up myself.
The bathroom is now fully functional.
Oh, my God! I didn't even recognize you.
- Doesn't her hair look great? - If you say so.
Thanks.
It'll grow out, right? Noel.
I'm just asking.
OK, so you have a bad hair year, you know.
- Go buy a hat.
- Is this making you feel better? I feel great.
Thanks.
Will you stop? All right.
I'm gonna leave.
You know, I was really hoping there was a chance, we could work past this.
Well, we can't.
Obviously.
Obviously.
- See you later.
- I'll call you.
That was a very jerky thing to do.
I'm not the one who cut her hair.
Sally, of course I sympathize with Noel and I feel terrible about everything that happened.
But it was obvious that Noel and I could not be in the same room together.
And that was that.
- Hey.
- Hey.
Uh, Bridgid, no "T", right? Do I know you? Yeah, Noel.
Um we met last weekend.
You gave me your number, which, uh, turned out to be the number for Ray's Original.
But good timing on that, by the way.
I was really in the mood for a pizza right then.
I'm sorry about that.
Uh, I'm going to ask for your number again and this time, just so you know I'm kind of in the mood for Chinese food.
So there I was.
I mean.
Ready for this new class.
This big change, ready for the future.
But then something happened I hadn't planned on.
Turns out my past had decided to take an art class, too.
Um, I forgot to assign you partners for your homework project.
Let's see.
What if you just pair up with the person to your left? Hi.
I'm Felicity.
Hi.
Bridgid.
- It's nice to meet you.
- Yeah, you, too.
So basically, art is my life.
Really? And one more thing.
Critiques start Friday.
They can be quite difficult for newcomers so be prepared to shore up those fragile self-esteems.
- That's a little nerve-racking.
- Yeah.
Tell me about it.
Of all the classes in this school you had to come into one of mine.
I'm sorry.
I did not know you were in this class.
Otherwise, I wouldn't have taken it.
Hey, I'll call you later.
OK.
- Oh, and I'll call you.
- OK.
Look, if you don't bother me, I won't bother you.
Fine.
It's impossible to know which computer to get.
What do you think? Are you even listening to me? Thank God you 're here.
I'm sorry.
I'm probably just driving you crazy.
It's completely fine.
What's up? I'm buying a computer, and I have no idea what to get.
OK, there's PCs.
There's iMacs.
There's There's ThinkBooks.
There's iPADs.
I really don't know where to start.
Don't worry.
There are a million computer stores on Broadway.
Yeah, and they've confused me.
What about Noel? Isn't he Mr.
Genius Computer Guy? - Uh, yeah - Noel? Is that a friend of yours? Can I please call him? Actually, the thing is, I don't really know where I put his new number, so Look in the student directory.
Noel Crane.
Is he really Mr.
Computer Genius Guy? Definitely.
Oh, perfect.
Thank you so much.
Thanks a lot.
No problemo.
Hmm.
And, um What about musical instruments? I don't even own a radio.
That's good really good.
How about smoking? You don't, uh, you don't smoke, do you? Never.
Never? Come on.
You mean, not one time, not even a puff? - Would you take it easy? - What? Don't you think you 're being a little harsh? Um, I've got allergies.
I'm allergic to peanuts.
Oh, that's great, Andrew.
Um, you know, I I don't think this is gonna work.
Thanks for coming by, Andrew.
I'm really sorry.
OK.
I'll show myself out, then.
What's your problem? That guy's, like, the best of the 5 guys we've seen so far.
The hair, man.
That hair threw me.
- The hair? - Yes.
He had the the that, like the flippy things on each side.
You can't nix a guy 'cause of his hair, Sean.
Oh, yes, I can.
It's the first thing you learn in business Appearance counts.
- What?! - If he doesn't respect us he's not gonna respect the loft.
Am I right? Did he say one thing about this place? No.
Well, this is a nice place to live.
I just I can't see taking him over Julie.
Julie is not an option.
She already found a place.
OK.
We'Il We'll keep looking.
OK.
This isn't easy.
Drawing someone's portrait without drawing their face.
Drawing my hands was a good idea.
It's harder than I thought it would be.
I'm a little freaked out about presenting my drawing on Friday.
You know, I don't think she's gonna even grade us on these.
It's not that.
It's just I mean, I've been drawing forever but I've never really put any of my work up for display before, so I'm sure you'll do fine.
I hope so.
I've sort of committed to this.
So you know that guy Noel? Yeah.
He, uh he's pretty persistent, huh? What? He asked you out? Yeah.
I mean.
he seems like a really nice guy.
I wouldn't mind going out to dinner with him.
I just I don't want him pursing something that's not going anywhere.
Oh, you 're not interested.
Actually, I'm seeing someone.
Oh.
Does he go to school here? She.
And actually, no.
She transferred to Bennington last semester.
Can you do me a favor? Like, just don't say anything.
You know, let me tell Noel myself.
Oh, of course.
Thanks.
That must be tough.
I mean, having a long-distance relationship.
Yeah.
But, uh relationships are tough in general, so Tell me about it.
She was talking to Pizza Girl? She's not allowed to talk to Pizza Girl.
Felicity's not manipulative like that, OK? They were assigned to each other.
- It's not like she went out of her way or anything.
- It doesn't matter.
So what, she should have refused the assignment? Yes.
There are other people in the class, right? See, the cards are always stacked against you, man.
Breaks my heart.
Yeah, you're up the creek.
- I am? - Yeah.
It's the classic ex-girlfriend sabotage maneuver.
She buddies up to Pizza Girl then she starts spinning her web.
Pretty soon.
She'll be talking lies.
No.
I really don't think Felicity would do that.
I'm telling you, man, Felicity got to Pizza Girl.
I can only hope that the damage isn't permanent.
I'm sorry.
Are you Noel? Yeah.
Hi.
I'm Ruby.
I'm a freshman at Kelvin Hall.
I looked you up in the student directory.
I'm sorry.
I probably should have called but I was getting a cup of coffee across the street, um Anyways.
My R.
A.
are Felicity and Meghan.
Um.
They suggested I talk to you about getting a computer.
- Felicity sent you.
- Ah, she's a piece of work.
What? Is something wrong? No.
Uh, no.
It's nothing.
Look, I'm in a rush to get to a class, so Why don't I write my number down? And I'll just leave it with you.
You could call me later - That's fine.
- Or I'll call you later, OK.
- That'd be great.
- OK.
What are you doing?! - Look, just wait - I obviously came at a bad time.
No, you didn't.
It's So you 're jealous.
No, I'm not jealous.
But you said you felt a pang.
Yeah, a pang is different than jealous.
But it bothers you that Noel invited Bridgid to the River Cafe.
Yeah.
Only because that's where he and I went on our first date.
That is jealousy.
I don't think that's what that is.
Let me explain something to you.
You and Noel are ancient history.
It's time to get over it and put it all behind you before we all get old, gray, and die.
Are you in a bad mood or something? No.
I just gotta get home now that I have no lab partner and twice as much chem.
work to do.
You you 're not moving out tonight, are you? Uh-uh.
Like, a week and a half.
I'm just trying to get a head start.
- Uh, you want some help? - Yes, I do.
- All right.
I guess you could stand on that box.
Yeah.
- Don't rip it.
- OK.
What the hell did you put this thing up with? - Gum.
- Gum? I didn't have any tape, and it works really well.
Yeah, I noticed.
So did you play any music over the summer? - Yeah.
- Yeah? I wrote a lot of songs, too.
You did? That's great.
They had titles like "When Ben Dies.
" Yeah.
Guess I deserve to listen to them, huh? Lots of times.
Yeah.
Thank you.
There you go.
There you go.
So is everything all right with you? Yeah.
It's good, I guess.
You know, pretty good.
Yeah.
Breakups are hard.
Yeah.
But you, um you get over them eventually.
Yeah, I guess.
It's now officially a week since my breakup with Ben and every once in a while, I get this feeling that maybe getting over with someone you're in love with isn't impossible unless maybe you don't actually get over it.
Maybe you just learn to live with it.
Hi.
Hi.
Look, I called you the other day.
Did you Yeah.
Um, I talked to Felicity.
Did she tell you? Uh, no.
No.
Can we talk later? Yeah.
Yeah.
That'd be great.
OK.
Oh.
Thanks.
Hey, uh what did you say to Bridgid about me? What? Nothing.
- So my name was never even mentioned.
- Yes, your name was mentioned - but she brought it up, so - OK.
Well, what did she say? Nothing.
Look, you know, you should talk to her.
Fine.
I will.
And you sent one of your advisees to me for help, didn't you? What? Oh, Ruby.
No.
She was asking about computers OK, you know what? No.
Listen.
We are not friends.
OK, you have no right to talk with Bridgid about me - or to send your advisees to me for help.
- I did not plan that.
God.
You 're acting like I'm out to get you or something, Noel.
Well, that's what it seems like.
I mean we made a deal, OK that we would stay away from each other completely and now, suddenly, you 're everywhere.
OK, you know what? If us being in a class together is so horrible for you, maybe I'll drop it.
Yeah, that would solve it for me.
Hi.
I need to switch into another section of Drawing 10.
They're all full.
Well, can I take another drawing class? Um, what about Art 220, Drawing Movement? - Sure, you can take that.
- Great.
Just as soon as you take Drawing 10.
It's a prerequisite for all the other drawing classes.
No exceptions ever? Never.
Listen.
I was in here the other day and I dropped premed, which was a huge deal for me and you were really great and you said, "Have a good semester" which seemed like a small thing, but it wasn't.
It was a huge thing for me because I'd just rearranged my entire schedule, committed to this art thing and I just need to rearrange it one more time.
Please.
Is there any chance I could take another art class? Just as soon as you take Drawing 10.
Hi, Susan.
Oh, hi, Julie.
Sorry I'm late.
I got stuck calming down a client who was just audited.
Oh, that's OK.
No problem.
I got the cashier's check and I just found this little lamp I thought would look really cute in my room.
Listen, I, um I meant to call you earlier, but things got so busy.
Julie.
I hate to do this but it turns out I'm not gonna need a roommate after all.
My sister called yesterday.
And she just found out she's getting transferred here from Atlanta and needs a place to stay so she's moving in.
I'm so sorry.
I really didn't expect it.
Is this definite? Yeah.
I'm sorry.
It's OK.
Bye.
Bye.
I am really sorry.
Hey.
Hi.
Can I talk to you for a sec? Yeah, I guess.
Come in.
I just wanted to stop by and tell you that I didn't drop Drawing.
I went there, and I tried to switch into another class, but they were all full.
So, I'm sorry.
Great.
Look.
There's got to be a way we can work through this.
I don't see how.
Noel, in class, we don't even have to talk to each other, OK? And if me partnering with Bridgid is really a problem for you, I'll work with someone else.
I I don't care who your partner is.
Well, then just tell me what we can do to make this easier on us.
It's not about the class.
OK Every time I see you, it's just another reminder that you chose Ben over me.
- Noel - No.
I'm not looking for an apology, OK, or God, another one of those sympathetic looks that everyone keeps giving me.
I'm looking for the truth, an explanation.
It's just not that simple.
I mean What is it about him or about me? - I can't I - Yes, you can.
All right.
All I'm asking for is the truth.
How can I answer that, Noel? I mean, what could I possibly say that would make things between us OK? What if I told you that I made a huge mistake and that I never should have gone with Ben? Would that really make it any better? You 're just saying that because Ben broke your heart.
Noel, what do you want me to say? I don't know.
Nothing.
Man: So I know this seems weird but, being in a cooking school, I need to make sure you have a good setup in the kitchen.
Right.
How's it working for you? This is great.
Here you go.
Thank you.
Looks amazing.
- And you.
- No, no, no.
- Thanks, but cholesterol.
- Oh, I used egg whites.
By the way, this place is sweet.
- How's the omelet? - Oh.
It's delicious.
You really like it? Uh-huh.
I mean, because if I get this place, I'll probably be cooking for you all the time.
I mean.
If that's OK.
That sounds good.
Julie, hey.
- Hi.
- Hi.
- I'm Julie.
Preston.
Nice to meet you.
Yeah.
Preston might be moving in with us.
Oh.
That's great.
This looks incredible.
Yeah.
Preston's a chef.
Oh, God.
I can't even boil an egg.
Yeah, but you make a mean bowl of cereal.
She does.
What's up? Ah, nothing.
I just I had a crazy day.
Well, you 're gonna really love living here.
So this is gonna be great.
Yeah.
Hi.
Uh, Ruby, right? Right.
I'm Noel.
I remember.
Look, I, uh, I owe you an apology.
I was sort of a jerk the other day.
Sort of? But not as bad as my friend, right? That's nothing to be too proud of.
Yeah, you 're right.
So did you ever figure out what kind of computer you were gonna get? Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
I figured it out more or less.
Uh, you sure? Well.
I was gonna order an eMachine.
Oh, my God.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
- They just lifted the design from the iMac.
- From the iMac.
I know.
The salesman said that the eMachine has a 433 megahertz chip - compared to the iMac's 333.
- Yes, but, uh, the iMac has Has a 512k backside level-2 cache and a 64-bit backside bus.
Yes.
Uh, so what did you do? I bought the iMac.
What? Nothing.
No, it's, uh It's nothing.
It's It's just, uh you 're a Mac person.
Yeah.
I guess I am.
Come in.
I kept thinking maybe she'll realize how crazy this all is and come back to lab.
But you 're not coming back, are you? I told you I've made up my mind.
So you've officially abandoned me.
Elena, look, you are my best friend.
I would never abandon you.
Well, that's what it feels like.
Me dropping out of premed is not going to change our friendship.
I promise you.
I know, but it's made my life hell, having no lab partner.
I can't tell you how much work I've got.
Well, you need a lab partner.
I mean, it's just too much work for one person.
All you have to do is ask the T.
A.
He'll assign you one.
Can you just explain something? All the classes you took last year I mean, all the planning I thought you loved medicine.
You love medicine.
Let me see it.
Looks pretty good.
You think? Yeah.
I just hope this critique goes OK tomorrow.
I I don't wanna get all mushy or anything but, um I'm proud of you.
You made a tough decision and you're sticking to it.
But you still made my life hell and you owe me big.
Ah, thank you.
We're just about to begin.
OK Good.
Who would like to comment? All right.
I'll start us off.
What I am looking at is 2 hands which is the first failing of the piece.
This drawing should feel like a composition but it doesn't.
Does it? It feels like 2 distinct and separate forms.
Yes? Can I comment on the hands themselves? They seem a little flat.
I agree.
And the drawing doesn't exactly address the assignment.
Do you really feel a sense of the subject from this piece? Whereas, in Lee's work back here we are just looking at a backpack And yet I really feel a sense of the person.
Of the subject.
Look at the frayed edges.
Look at the patches.
This is a traveler and and we're taking part in her journey.
Whereas with this drawing right here, now we are just observers.
And there's not a lot of movement.
Yes.
We don't feel like we can exactly reach out and shake these hands.
I think the detailing is nice.
I disagree.
I think it's uneven.
This area looks like it was drawn without any thought to detail versus this section which is full of haphazard crosshatchings.
But we'll get to the detail in a minute.
What I want right now is to focus on the perspective which doesn't work at all.
I didn't think the detailing was so terrible.
Thanks.
You defended me.
I was just being honest.
So dropping premed was a pretty brilliant move, huh? I'm actually really bad at this, aren't I? Thank God I haven't told my parents yet.
They're gonna think I'm insane and they'll be right.
I just gotta regroup and think this all over.
You know, Burky said that, uh maybe I was having a psychotic break.
Maybe I'm having a psychotic break.
You 're not having a psychotic break.
But how can I be sure? I mean, when you 're having one you probably have absolutely no idea.
You 're not having one.
And I bet when you 're having one all your friends tell you that you 're not.
OK, fine.
You 're having a psychotic break.
Are you just saying that to make me feel better? Listen.
Sherman is known for being incredibly hard on new students.
I heard she likes small classes so she tries to scare the hell out of everyone and weed out as many kids as possible.
And your hair's not so bad.
- Liar.
You hate it.
- No.
I don't.
I felt bad ever since I said that.
I was just messing around with you.
What was I thinking? Well, you can always grow it back, you know.
It's That's not what I meant.
I know you said that you didn't want an apology but, God, Noel I am so sorry that I hurt you.
You were one of the closest people in the world to me, and The worst part is I completely understand why you never want to talk to me again.
Turns out Bridgid's gay, by the way.
I know.
You know, I'm not the biggest omelet fan.
Yeah, me, neither.
I'm sort of a cereal guy myself.
Yeah.
You know, I know you got that new place lined up, but maybe you should stay if you want.
Yeah.
That would be good.
Hey, you.
Hi.
How you doing? Fine.
Much better.
Thanks.
Good.
I've been thinking about it, and I really like doing this drawing thing so I'm gonna keep working at it.
And, uh, hopefully someday my hands will actually be shakeable or you know what I mean.
Yeah, sort of.
You know, I was just heading up to the roof to sketch a little but I could blow it off for a while if you wanted to come in.
- Oh, actually - Hey.
- Hi.
- Hi.
- Hi.
Hey.
Noel's gonna give me a walking tour of Bleecker Street.
Do you wanna come? Uh, no, thanks.
I have a lot of work to do.
Are you sure? Yeah.
Then I will see you in class next week.
Definitely.
OK.
- Shall we? - Yeah.
- I like your shoes.
- Thanks.
Dear Felicity, It was great to get your tape.
You have to send me pictures of your new haircut.
I think it was really brave what you did not just dropping premed.
But making that decision to do the thing you've always wanted to.
I'm a firm believer in the power of change But there is one thing I've learned And that's that the hardest part about moving forward is not looking back.