Felicity (1998–2002): Season 1, Episode 2 - The Last Stand - full transcript

♪ OOH DE LA ♪

♪ OOH DE OH OH ♪

♪ OOH LE LO HA ♪

♪ OH DE LO HA ♪

♪ LO LA LO HO ♪

♪ HEY HA ♪

♪ HEY-EY ♪

♪ OH HEY HI DA DA ♪

[SIREN WAILING IN DISTANCE]

[TAPE RECORDER CLICKS]

DEAR SALLY...



OKAY, LISTEN, YOU'RE
NOT GONNA BELIEVE THIS.

[JOSH ROUSE'S "LAUGHTER" PLAYS]

FIRST OF ALL, NEW
YORK'S THE BEST.

THANK GOD I DECIDED
TO STAY HERE.

AT FIRST, IT WAS SORT OF SCARY,
EVEN WALKING DOWN THE SIDEWALK.

IT WAS LIKE BEING ONE
SNOWFLAKE IN A CRAZY BLIZZARD.

♪ THINKING SO MUCH ♪
BUT THEN IT OCCURRED TO ME...

♪ MY CROWDED HEAD BECAME SORE ♪
EVERYONE'S ONE SNOWFLAKE.

I KNOW MY PARENTS ARE
PROBABLY FREAKING OUT

NOW THAT THEY'RE BACK IN CALIFORNIA.
♪ FELL BACK INTO THE PLACE ♪

SO JUST TO REASSURE
THEM ♪ I WAS BEFORE ♪

THAT NEW YORK ISN'T SWALLOWING
THEIR DAUGHTER WHOLE,

I'VE CALLED THEM A FEW TIMES,

♪ REASONS LONG ENOUGH TO NOT LET IT SHOW ♪
LEAVING, LIKE, 10-MINUTE MESSAGES ON THEIR MACHINE.



[SIGHS] SO...

♪ I FOLLOW THROUGH THIS ONCE ♪
HERE'S THE THING YOU WON'T BELIEVE...

I WAS FEELING TOTALLY OKAY ABOUT THE
WHOLE BEN THING. ♪ BECAUSE I SAID SO ♪

IT WAS JUST A STUPID CRUSH.

♪ AND I THINK I'VE GOT IT ALL FIGURED OUT ♪
IT DIDN'T WORK OUT AND THAT'S ALL, OVER, NEXT.

I THOUGHT THINGS MIGHT BE
WEIRD BETWEEN ME AND JULIE,

YOU KNOW, BECAUSE
OF WHAT HAPPENED,

BUT I TALKED TO HER ABOUT IT.

AND IT TURNS OUT, SHE'S
TOTALLY OVER BEN, TOO,

♪ I'LL WAIT THE DAY ♪
SO WE WERE BOTH OVER BEN.

HEY.

HEY.

I'LL CALL YOU LATER.

YEAH.

SO YOU'RE STAYING?

YEAH. I, UH, DECIDED TO
SWEAT IT OUT FOR A LITTLE BIT.

[LAUGHS]

WHAT?

NOTHING. NOTHING. I JUST
CAN'T FIGURE YOU OUT.

[SINEAD LOHAN'S
"NO MERMAID" PLAYS]

IT SORT OF THREW
ME WHEN HE SAID THAT.

AND AT THE TIME, YOU KNOW, I
DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO MAKE OF IT.

OKAY, FINALLY, THE THING
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BELIEVE...

♪ WE WENT DOWN TO THE EDGE OF THE WATER ♪ I
WAS AT WORK STUDY, FILING HOUSING DOCUMENTS,

♪ YOU WERE AFRAID TO GO IN ♪
AND MRS. JESSUP CAME UP TO ME.

IT SEEMS SOMEONE CALLED
THE ADMISSIONS OFFICE...

♪ YOU SAID THERE MIGHT BE
SHARKS OUT THERE ♪ A YOUNG MAN.

♪ IN THE OCEAN ♪ HE WANTED
TO KNOW IF IT WAS POSSIBLE

♪ AND I SAID I'M ONLY GOING FOR A SWIM ♪ TO ACCESS
STUDENTS' COLLEGE APPLICATION ESSAYS... MINE.

♪ I WAS SWIMMING AROUND ♪
MRS. JESSUP TOLD HIM NO,

♪ IN A CIRCLE ♪ AND HE HUNG
UP WITHOUT LEAVING HIS NAME.

♪ I WASN'T ALWAYS IN VIEW ♪ THEN MRS. JESSUP
CONGRATULATED ME ON HAVING AN ADMIRER.

♪ YOU SAID WE MIGHT GET
INTO RED FLAG DANGER ♪

♪ AND I AM ALONE
WHEN I'M NOT WITH YOU ♪

[KNOCK ON DOOR]

HOLD ON!

I'M JUST FINISHING... A
REALLY... BAD SENTENCE.

[BEEPS]

[SIGHS]

OH. HEY.

I DID THE FLOOR CALENDAR.

GREAT. THIS IS,
UH, IT'S PERFECT.

YOU DIDN'T CALL THE ADMISSIONS
OFFICE TODAY, DID YOU?

FOR WHAT?

TO ASK FOR MY ESSAY.

I... I DON'T UNDERSTAND.

UH, NOTHING.

WHY... WHY WOULD I CALL
THE ADMISSIONS OFFICE?

NO, YOU WOULDN'T.

JUST [LAUGHS] FORGET ABOUT IT.

NO, WAIT, HOLD ON. YOU... YOU GOTTA
TELL ME. YOU'RE OBLIGATED TO EXPLAIN.

CAN I...

COME IN? YEAH.

UM...

I FIND IT REALLY
EASY TO TALK TO YOU.

YEAH, I-I FEEL THE SAME WAY.

BUT THE OTHER DAY,

WHEN I ASKED YOU, YOU
KNOW, THAT QUESTION,

AND YOU SAID, "YES,"

IT JUST... IT MAKES IT HARDER...

TO TALK TO YOU.

YEAH, LOOK, I HAVE TO
CLEAR SOMETHING UP.

WHEN I SAID THAT I
HAD FEELINGS FOR YOU...

YEAH, THAT WAS THE QUESTION.

I KNOW.

I GET FEELINGS FOR
PEOPLE ALL THE TIME.

I'M A SENSITIVE GUY.

OKAY.

YEAH, I GET CRUSHES ON EVERYONE.

YOU DO? YEAH.

OH, OKAY.

YOU KNOW, DON'T, UH, DON'T
BLOW THIS OUT OF PROPORTION,

BECAUSE IT WAS... IT WAS MOSTLY
JUST THIS WEIRD... YOU KNOW, I'M THE R.A.,

WHICH I'VE NEVER BEEN BEFORE,

AND... AND YOU'RE
THE NEW FRESHMAN.

AND IT WAS MORE LIKE AN
ALMOST POWER TRIP KIND OF THING.

I MEAN, OF COURSE I HAVE
FEELINGS FOR YOU. I LIKE YOU.

BUT IT'S ALL JUST NATURAL
AND... AND UNROMANTIC AS HELL.

AM I BLUSHING?

SORT OF.

[SIGHS]

WELL, SO... SO
HERE'S THE THING...

WELL, YOU KNOW HOW I READ
BEN'S COLLEGE APPLICATION ESSAY.

OKAY. THIS IS ABOUT
BEN. ALL RIGHT.

OH, THIS IS TOO
WEIRD, WAY TOO WEIRD.

NO. NO, WAIT A
MINUTE. IT'S OKAY.

[SIGHS]

I... I JUST THINK [SIGHS]

THAT MAYBE BEN IS UNCOMFORTABLE,

YOU KNOW, THAT I READ HIS
APPLICATION ESSAY BEHIND HIS BACK,

AND HE DIDN'T GET TO READ MINE.

I THINK HE MIGHT HAVE
CALLED THE ADMISSIONS OFFICE

TO TRY TO GET IT.

YOUR ESSAY, WHICH YOU
DON'T WANT HIM TO SEE?

NO WAY.

I MEAN, MOSTLY
BECAUSE IT'S ABOUT HIM.

YEAH. YOUR... YOUR COLLEGE
APPLICATION ESSAY'S ABOUT BEN?

SO I CAN'T, YOU KNOW,
SHOW HIM MY ESSAY, RIGHT?

I MEAN, THAT WOULD
BE HUMILIATING.

YEAH, I THINK YOUR
INSTINCTS ARE RIGHT.

I DON'T THINK YOU CAN
LET BEN SEE THAT ESSAY.

OKAY.

I THINK I'M GOING TO.

WAIT. YOU WERE JUST
ASKING MY ADVICE.

NO, I-I WAS USING YOU
AS A BOUNCING BOARD.

BOUNCING BOARD?

THIS WAS HELPFUL, THOUGH.

I'M NOT GOING TO HAND IT TO HIM.

THAT MIGHT EMBARRASS
HIM. I'M GOING TO MAIL IT.

NO, WAIT.

OKAY. I THINK YOU'RE
MAKING A MISTAKE HERE.

AND REMEMBER, THIS IS
COMING FROM SOMEONE

WHO DOESN'T EVEN SLIGHTLY
HAVE A CRUSH ON YOU.

I'M STILL SENDING BEN MY ESSAY.

ALL RIGHT. LOOK,
SO, DON'T COME BACK

UNLESS YOU'RE
GONNA LISTEN TO ME.

THANK YOU, NOEL. I MEAN IT.

HERE'S MY NEW THEORY...

NO MATTER WHAT, YOU CAN NEVER
BE ASHAMED OF THE TRUTH, NEVER.

ANYWAY, I HOPE THAT YOU'RE HAPPY

AND THAT YOU'RE
FINDING A LIFE IN SANTA FE.

I MISS YOU, SALLY.

TALK BACK SOON, OKAY?

LOVE, FELICITY.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?

WHAT IS THIS?

COME IN. CLOSE THE DOOR.

[DOOR CREAKS]

WE'RE HERE BECAUSE
WE'RE TRYING TO UNDERSTAND

WHY YOU'RE SO ADAMANT
ABOUT NEW YORK.

YOU SAID YOU WENT BACK HOME.

YOU LIED TO ME?

WE DIDN'T LIE.

I ASKED YOU IF THE
FLIGHT WAS BUMPY,

AND YOU SAID...

ALL YOUR MOTHER
SAID WAS WE WERE FINE.

WHAT DID YOU TELL THEM?

I SUGGESTED THEY
TALK TO THEIR DAUGHTER.

WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND
WHERE THIS BIG SWITCH CAME FROM.

NANCY EVEN ASKED ME
IF YOU WERE ON DRUGS.

YOU HONESTLY
THINK I-I'M ON DRUGS?

WE HONESTLY DON'T
KNOW WHAT TO THINK.

BUT YOU COULD IMAGINE THAT...
THAT I'M HERE BECAUSE OF DRUGS?

DID WE DO SOMETHING WRONG?

ARE YOU ANGRY WITH US?

BECAUSE WE CAN'T GET
ANSWERS ANYWHERE.

NOT FROM YOU, NOT FROM
THE ADMISSIONS OFFICE,

NOT FROM YOUR COUNSELOR.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

I MEAN WE WANT TO KNOW WHERE
THIS NEED TO BE IN MANHATTAN

ALL OF A SUDDEN COMES FROM.

YOU SAID AD-ADMISSIONS OFFICE.

I TRIED TO GET A COPY OF
YOUR APPLICATION ESSAY.

OH, GOD.

BUT THEY REFUSED
TO GIVE IT TO ME.

NO. OH, NO.

OH! I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS.

DAMN IT!

SHE WAS NEVER LIKE THIS BEFORE.

[ROCK MUSIC PLAYS]

HOLD ON.

[SIGHS]

LARRY, WHAT'S UP?

I'M SORT OF HAVING SOME
PROBLEMS WITH, UH, LEWIS.

OKAY. WHAT IS IT?

HE KEEPS TALKING IN HIS
SLEEP AND, UH, PRETTY LOUD.

YEAH. THAT... THAT IS ANNOYING.

THAT'S NOT EVEN IT.

[CLEARS THROAT]

SEE, UH, IT'S THE
SUBJECT MATTER.

OH. UH, WELL, WHAT'S
HE TALKING ABOUT?

BUYING KNIVES AND, UH,
KILLING HIS ROOMMATE,

WHICH IS A PROBLEM.

OKAY. I'LL, UH,
I'LL TALK TO LEWIS.

WOULD YOU TALK TO HIM?

I'LL HANDLE IT.

YEAH, I'VE GOT IT COVERED.

THANKS.

YEAH.

[MUSIC CONTINUES]

Felicity: HI.

THIS IS KIND OF A
STRANGE REQUEST,

BUT I'M CURIOUS IF
YOU COULD TELL ME

IF A LETTER I SENT TO A
FRIEND OF MINE HAS ARRIVED.

HIS NAME IS BEN COVINGTON.

AND IT'S, UM, KIND OF A CREAM
ENVELOPE, LETTER-SIZED.

UM, THERE'S NO
RETURN ADDRESS ON IT.

PLEASE.

I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO DO THAT.

DO WHAT?

GIVE INFORMATION VIS-à-VIS
OTHER STUDENTS, OKAY?

THIS IS IMPORTANT.

I SENT HIM AN INVITATION,

AND I JUST NEED TO
KNOW THAT HE GOT IT.

UM, BUT I JUST DON'T
KNOW WHICH BOX IS HIS.

IT'S COVINGTON, BEN.

IT'S A CREAM-COLORED ENVELOPE.

PLEASE.

[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]

[BELL RINGING IN DISTANCE]

WHAT?

IS THERE ANY WAY YOU COULD
GIVE ME BACK THAT ENVELOPE?

GIVE IT TO YOU?

UH, OKAY. UM... NO.

SIR... I NEED YOU TO
GIVE ME THAT ENVELOPE.

GIVING YOU THAT ENVELOPE WOULD
CONSTITUTE A FEDERAL OFFENSE.

I WON'T TELL ANYONE.

WHICH MIGHT BE FINE FOR YOU,
HOWEVER, I HAVE A CONSCIENCE.

WHAT IS THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN?

Ben: HEY.

HOW YOU DOING?

[KEY ENTERING LOCK]

OH. HEY.

YOU ALL RIGHT?

YEAH? YOU SEEM A LITTLE BIT...

NO, I'M... I'M GOOD.

I'M, UH, JUST STILL TRYING
TO, UH, GET ALL MY CLASSES.

YEAH. I HAVEN'T REALLY SIGNED
UP FOR ANY OF MINE EITHER.

REALLY?

YOU KNOW, YOU GOT TO, UH, GET
THOSE ELECTIVES PRETTY SOON.

OH.

OH. Man: OH, SORRY, BRO.

YOU ALL RIGHT? I'M ALL RIGHT,
I'M ALL RIGHT, I'M ALL RIGHT.

[ENVELOPE CRINKLES]

IT'S ALL RIGHT. I GOT IT.

[LAUGHS NERVOUSLY]

OH. OKAY.

WELL, I'LL LET YOU...

YOU KNOW, I WAS THINKING,

UM, I THINK IT'S REALLY
GOOD THAT YOU'RE STAYING.

[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]

♪ WHOOOOO ♪
[Sighing] OHH.

SO YOU HAVE NO INTENTION
OF BUYING ANY KNIVES?

NO.

OR KILLING YOUR ROOMMATE?

♪ YES ♪

NO.

I GOTTA BE HONEST
WITH YOU HERE, LEWIS.

I WISH YOU WERE A
LITTLE MORE CONVINCING.

UM, I WANT TO FINISH
THIS CONVERSATION LATER.

[FELICITY SIGHS]

[DOOR CLOSES]

[KEYS JINGLING]

[KNOCK ON DOOR]

COME IN.

HEY.

HEY. SO, GUESS WHAT?

IT WASN'T BEN WHO WAS
ASKING ABOUT MY ESSAY.

IT WAS MY DAD.

[DOOR CLOSES]

OKAY. BUT YOU DIDN'T
SEND IT TO BEN YET, DID YOU?

OH, THAT'S GREAT.

AND NOW, YEARS FROM NOW,

BEN WILL LOOK BACK ON COLLEGE
AND REMEMBER FELICITY PORTER

AS THAT OBSESSIVE
GIRL WITH FRIZZY HAIR

WHO NOT ONLY FOLLOWED
HIM ACROSS COUNTRY,

BUT THEN JUST BEGAN RANDOMLY
SENDING HIM INFORMATION ABOUT HERSELF

AS IF HE'D EVER ASKED FOR ANY.

WELL, IF YOU CAN LIVE WITH
THAT, THEN YOU'RE OKAY.

AND ON TOP OF EVERYTHING,

MY PARENTS ARE MEETING
WITH ME AND MY COUNSELOR.

IT'S GONNA BE THIS
HORRIBLE MEDIATION ATTEMPT.

WELL, THAT'S WHY I'M HERE. I
ACTUALLY HAVE A THEORY ABOUT THIS.

I THINK YOU SHOULD INVITE YOUR
PARENTS TO COME SEE THE DORM,

INTRODUCE THEM TO YOUR R.A., WHO
WILL MAKE THEM FEEL REALLY SECURE.

YOU KNOW, LET THEM
GET TO KNOW THE PLACE.

OTHERWISE, WHERE YOU LIVE
IS ALWAYS GONNA BE A MYSTERY,

AND THEY'LL NEVER BE
OKAY WITH ANY OF THIS.

DO YOU REALLY THINK
THAT'S THE BEST THING TO DO?

YEAH, I DO. I MEAN, I-I'M
JUST YOUR R.A., BUT...

I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU
NOT SAYING, "I TOLD YOU SO"

ABOUT SENDING BEN THE ESSAY.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

ALTHOUGH, THAT...
THAT IS ALL I'M THINKING.

I KNOW. OKAY.

AND, MARK, WHEN YOU TALK TO HER,

I WANT YOU TO MAKE IT
SOUND AS GOOD AS IT CAN.

OKAY? OH. CAN YOU
HANG ON A SECOND?

HELLO?

FELICITY.

UM, UH, LET ME GET
RID OF THIS CALL.

FELICITY.

SWEETIE, I KNOW
WE SAID THIS BEFORE.

WE DIDN'T MEAN TO
SURPRISE YOU LIKE THAT.

No, I know. It's okay.

BUT I-I WAS THINKING,

MAYBE TOMORROW, BEFORE
WE GO MEET WITH PAPALEO,

MAYBE YOU GUYS WOULD
WANT TO COME BY THE DORM,

you know, um, and
see where I'm living now.

WE'D LOVE THAT.

JUST TELL US WHEN.

2:00? 5th AVENUE
AND 10th STREET?

OKAY.

UM, WELL, I'LL SEE YOU
GUYS TOMORROW THEN.

BYE.

[RECEIVER HANGS UP]

WELL, THEY'RE COMING.

I CAN'T WAIT.

WHAT?

TO MEET THE PEOPLE
THAT MADE YOU.

[LAUGHS]

OH. MEGHAN.

E-EXCUSE ME. MEGHAN?

FEEL FREE TO SAY NO
TO THIS, OBVIOUSLY,

BUT, UM, MY PARENTS
ARE COMING BY TOMORROW,

AND THEY'RE A LITTLE
PREPOSSESSED TO HATE THIS PLACE.

SO, ANYWAY, I WAS CURIOUS

IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND... AND
DON'T TAKE THIS PERSONALLY...

UM, JUST FOR TOMORROW,

MAYBE PUTTING AWAY
A FEW OF YOUR SKULLS?

NO.

NO? REALLY?

[DOOR OPENS, CLOSES]

SHE'S GOT A POINT.

[TELEPHONE RINGING, ROCK MUSIC
PLAYS] THIS IS... NICE. DON'T YOU THINK?

IT'S NOT... IT'S NOT
USUALLY THIS LOUD.

THAT BEER SMELL
DOESN'T BOTHER YOU?

I DON'T THINK THAT'S
BEER. IT'S BEER.

I THINK THAT'S ACTUALLY THE
SHAMPOO THEY USE ON THE RUGS.

THIS IS ME.

♪ ONE MORE MINUTE ♪

♪ AND IT WAS TIME... TO LEAVE ♪

SO, THIS IS IT.

[DOOR CLOSES]

WHO...

UM...

MEGHAN. OH, SHE'S A TOTAL FREAK.

SHE'S SERIOUSLY WEIRD,
BUT WE GET ALONG GREAT.

UM... MOM AND DAD,
THIS IS MEGHAN.

YOU THINK I'M WEIRD?

YOU'RE THE ONE WHO
WEARS HUSH PUPPIES.

[DOOR OPENS, CLOSES]

SHE SEEMS, UH...

IT'S JUST THAT DIFFICULT PERIOD, YOU KNOW,
WHERE YOU'RE GETTING TO KNOW EVERYONE.

IT JUST TAKES A WHILE.

[SIGHS]

YOU GOT A NICE VIEW. YOU
SHOULD CLEAN THE WINDOW.

YEAH. I WILL.

SO, WHAT DO YOU THINK
NOW THAT YOU'VE SEEN IT?

IT'S A LOT BIGGER
THAN I EXPECTED.

I KNOW. CAN YOU BELIEVE
HOW MUCH I LUCKED OUT?

I MEAN, MOST PEOPLE HAVE
THESE CLOSET-SIZE ROOMS.

[KNOCK ON DOOR]

COME IN!

HEY, UH, WHEN DO THE
OVERBEARING PARENTS GET HERE?

YOU... YOU CAN'T POSSIBLY
KNOW HOW... HOW I FEEL

HAVING SAID THAT.

THIS IS NOEL.

HE'S THE, UM... RESIDENT
ADVISOR ON THE FLOOR.

AND... AND THESE ARE MY, UH...

YOU WORK HERE?

MY PARENTS.

I-I-I'M A SOPHOMORE STUDENT
AS WELL AS FELICITY'S, UH...

I'M SO HORRIFYINGLY APOLOGETIC
FOR THAT... THAT TRANSGRESSION.

IT'S OKAY.

NO. NO. IT'S REALLY NOT.

YOU SHOULD KNOW THOSE WERE
MY WORDS AND NOT FELICITY'S.

THAT WAS... YOU KNOW, THAT
WAS MY INTERPRETATION OF...

NOEL, DROP IT.

THIS IS A PRETTY BAD
IMPRESSION, I ADMIT.

Larry: NOEL!

NOEL?

UH, WHAT? I-I'M IN HERE.

LOOK. LOOK AT THIS.

YOU TOLD ME THAT LEWIS
DOESN'T WANT TO KILL ME.

THAT'S... THAT'S WHAT
HE TOLD ME, LARRY.

WELL, HE'S TAKEN THE FIRST STEP.

[SIGHS]

WELL, I'LL... I'M GONNA...
I'LL TALK TO HIM.

YEAH, I THINK
YOU'D BETTER. OKAY.

[INDISTINCT YELLING IN DISTANCE]

[LAUGHING NERVOUSLY]

[BELL RINGING]

WHAT'S THAT?

I DON'T KNOW.

IT'S... IT'S JUST A FIRE ALARM.
THEY HAPPEN ALL THE TIME.

YOU'LL SEE.

IT ALMOST NEVER MEANS
THAT THERE'S AN ACTUAL BLAZE.

[RINGING CONTINUES]

ALTHOUGH, WE SHOULD EVACUATE,
UH, IN... IN AN ORDERLY FASHION.

[ROCK MUSIC PLAYS]

LOOK, I'M REALLY SORRY
ABOUT MY EARLIER COMMENT.

LET IT GO.

[ROCK MUSIC CONTINUES]

Papaleo: THE POLITICS BETWEEN
PARENTS AND THEIR KIDS...

IT'S COMPLICATED.

YOU KNOW, THE SAME
THING WITH ME AND MY FOLKS.

SO I'M NOT GOING TO PRESUME THAT
WE CAN, UM, SOLVE ANYTHING HERE.

I'M JUST TRYING TO GIVE YOU ALL

A SAFE PLACE TO
HEAR EACH OTHER OUT.

YOU SAID YESTERDAY YOU
WERE LOOKING FOR ANSWERS,

SO WHY DON'T YOU START OFF
BY ASKING SOME QUESTIONS?

WELL, IT'S VERY SIMPLE.

WE NEVER INSISTED.

WE NEVER LAID DOWN AN ULTIMATUM.

BUT SINCE I CAN REMEMBER,
YOU WANTED TO GO TO STANFORD.

YOU WERE GONNA BE A DOCTOR.

THEN SUDDENLY, OUT OF NOWHERE,
YOU HAVE TO BE IN NEW YORK.

YOU'RE NOT EVEN SURE

IF YOU'RE GONNA BE
PRE-MED ANYMORE.

AND I GUESS MY QUESTION IS...

THAT IF YOU WERE
SITTING WHERE WE ARE...

WOULD YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT
YOUR DAUGHTER WAS UP TO?

[SIGHS]

THERE WAS A GUY FROM
HIGH SCHOOL WHO...

I SORT OF HAD FEELINGS FOR.

AND... HE WAS GOING TO
A COLLEGE IN NEW YORK.

YOU CAME HERE FOR A BOY?

WELL, INITIALLY.

YOU'RE GONNA SCRAP STANFORD
UNIVERSITY BECAUSE OF A CRUSH?

Papaleo: I DON'T
THINK THIS YOUNG MAN

IS THE REASON FELICITY
HAS CHOSEN TO STAY.

LOOK. YEAH, I-I CAME
HERE BECAUSE OF BEN,

BUT I'M STAYING BECAUSE OF ME.

WERE WE BEING TOO CONTROLLING?

NO.

WELL, THEN, WHAT WAS IT?

YOU KNOW HOW WE GO OUT
TO DINNER ON TUESDAYS?

IT'S OUR THING...
JUST THE TWO OF US.

WE'VE DONE IT FOREVER,
AND I LOVE THAT.

BUT I WAS EATING DINNER THE
OTHER NIGHT IN THE CAFETERIA.

I WAS... I WAS EATING
A HAMBURGER.

AND... AND IT OCCURRED TO
ME THAT IT WAS A TUESDAY.

AND SUDDENLY...

THIS IS JUST GONNA
SOUND STUPID, UM...

[SIGHS]

NO, SAY IT.

WELL, SUDDENLY...

IT WAS THE BEST
HAMBURGER, YOU KNOW?

NOT... NOT BECAUSE
I WASN'T WITH YOU,

BUT BECAUSE I WAS HERE,
ON MY OWN, YOU KNOW?

YOU'RE FEELING THE
RUSH OF INDEPENDENCE.

THAT'S... THAT'S WONDERFUL.

BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO MOVE
ALL THE WAY TO NEW YORK

TO HAVE A BURGER
ON YOUR OWN TERMS.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS.

I JUST THINK, FOR SOME REASON,
BEING HERE IS IMPORTANT.

YOU KNOW, I AGREE.

I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT.

IN FACT, I THINK
IT'S SO IMPORTANT,

I DON'T SEE WHY YOU'RE SO INTERESTED
IN COMING HOME FOR THANKSGIVING.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

I THINK THAT IF YOUR DECISION
IS TO STAY IN NEW YORK,

YOU SHOULD STAY IN
NEW YORK. BARBARA?

I DIDN'T KNOW TUESDAYS
WERE SUCH A PROBLEM FOR YOU.

I DIDN'T SAY THEY
WERE A PROBLEM.

I WOULDN'T HAVE
WASTED ALL THAT TIME

IF I'D HAD KNOWN HOW
EMBARRASSED IT MADE YOU.

I'VE NEVER BEEN EMBARRASSED.

AND I NEVER MEANT
TO BE OVERBEARING.

I THINK ALL FELICITY IS
SAYING IS THAT SHE'S FINALLY...

I UNDERSTAND WHAT SHE'S SAYING.

I'M... I'M GONNA GO
BACK TO THE HOTEL.

YOU CAN STAY IF YOU LIKE.

BARBARA. BARBARA. WILL
YOU SIT DOWN, PLEASE?

[DOOR OPENS]

[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]

SHE'S JUST...

[SIREN WAILING IN DISTANCE]

EXCUSE ME.

[DOOR OPENS]

[DOOR CLOSES]

[KEYS JINGLING]

[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]

SO, YOU GOT THE GUITAR.

YEAH.

YEAH. WHAT IS IT, A MARTIN?

UM, NO.

UH, IT'S GOT THE
SAME WOOD, THOUGH.

YEAH.

I COULDN'T REALLY
AFFORD THE REAL THING.

[SIGHS]

SO, HOW'S IT BEEN GOING?

I HAVEN'T, UH, HAVEN'T
REALLY SEEN YOU AROUND.

YEAH, I'VE JUST BEEN TRYING TO
FIGURE OUT MY SCHEDULE LIKE EVERYONE.

YEAH, WHEN YOU'RE
NOT PLAYING GUITAR.

[LAUGHS]

[SIGHS]

SO ARE YOU... ARE
YOU AVOIDING ME OR...?

A LITTLE.

YEAH?

YEAH.

WHAT IS THAT?

IS THAT... IS THAT BECAUSE OF
WHAT HAPPENED WITH FELICITY,

OR IS IT BECAUSE OF ME?

IT'S NOT YOU.

IT'S... NOT FELICITY
EITHER. I GOTTA GO.

YOU GOTTA GO? YEAH, I'LL
SEE YOU AROUND, OKAY?

YEAH, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN I
NEVER GET TO HEAR YOU PLAY, THOUGH.

OH, I'M SURE YOU'LL BE
UNLUCKY ENOUGH TO HEAR THAT.

[LAUGHS SOFTLY]

[AZURE RAY'S "DISPLACED" PLAYS]

♪ IT'S JUST A SIMPLE LINE ♪

♪ I CAN STILL HEAR IT ♪

♪ ALL OF THE TIME ♪

♪ IF I CAN JUST
HOLD ON TONIGHT ♪

♪ I KNOW THAT NOTHING ♪

♪ NOTHING SURVIVES ♪

♪ NOTHING SURVIVES ♪

♪ I THINK I'M TURNED AROUND ♪

♪ I'M LOOKING UP ♪
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

♪ NOT LOOKING DOWN ♪ I JUST
HAD THAT MEETING WITH MY PARENTS.

♪ ...STANDING STILL ♪

♪ WATCHING YOU RUN ♪

♪ WATCHING YOU FALL ♪

♪ FALL INTO ME ♪

I'VE NEVER SEEN
MY MOM LIKE THAT.

♪ AND I MAKE IT ♪

HOW'D YOU LEAVE IT?

MY DAD SAID WE'RE SUPPOSED TO
HAVE DINNER TONIGHT, TRY AGAIN.

♪ THEN I MAKE IT ♪

SHE WAS JUST SO ANGRY AT ME.

♪ I AM DISPLACED ♪

♪ I AM DISPLACED ♪ WHEN I
TOLD THEM WHY I CAME HERE...

GOD, YOU SHOULD
HAVE SEEN HER FACE.

♪ AND SHE'S MY FRIEND ♪ IT WAS
LIKE I STABBED HER IN THE HEART.

♪ OF ALL FRIENDS ♪

♪ SHE'S STILL HERE ♪

♪ EVERYONE'S GONE ♪
THEY JUST FEEL REJECTED.

♪ SHE DOESN'T HAVE TO SAY A
THING... ♪ WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

YOUR PARENTS JUST NEVER EXPECTED
YOU TO BREAK OFF ON YOUR OWN.

AND... THEY'RE FREAKING OUT

BECAUSE THEY FEEL LIKE YOU'RE
REJECTING ALL OF THEIR PLANS.

YEAH.

I SORT OF HAVE THE
REVERSE PROBLEM.

MY PARENTS HAVE ALWAYS EXPECTED
ME TO BREAK OFF ON MY OWN...

SO THEY WORK OVERTIME
TO KEEP ME HAPPY.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN,

YOUR PARENTS ALWAYS
KNEW YOU'D LEAVE?

♪ I AM DISPLACED ♪

IT'S COMPLICATED.

♪ I AM DISPLACED ♪

IT'S NOT THAT COMPLICATED.
THEY'RE MY ADOPTIVE PARENTS.

I MEAN, I LOVE THEM,

SO YOU DON'T HAVE
TO FEEL SORRY FOR ME.

NO, I DON'T.

♪ IT'S JUST A SIMPLE LINE ♪
THEY'RE GREAT.

THEY'RE MY MOM AND MY DAD.

♪ I CAN STILL HEAR IT ♪

♪ ALL OF THE TIME ♪

OH, I ALWAYS MAKE SUCH
A BIG DEAL OUT OF THIS.

IT'S REALLY NOTHING.

[SIGHS DEEPLY]

WHAT?

♪ I KNOW THAT NOTHING,
NOTHING SURVIVES ♪

♪ NOTHING SURVIVES ♪

WELL, WHAT THEY DON'T KNOW,
WHAT I HAVEN'T TOLD ANYONE...

♪ I THINK I'M TURNED AROUND ♪

IS THAT I FOUND OUT MY
BIRTH MOM'S NAME LAST YEAR,

AND SHE LIVES IN NEW YORK.

♪ AND WHEN I'M STANDING STILL ♪

IS... I MEAN, THAT'S NOT
WHY YOU CAME HERE?

♪ WATCHING YOU FALL ♪

♪ FALL INTO ME ♪

THEY WOULD BE REALLY
HURT IF THEY FOUND OUT.

I WON'T SAY ANYTHING.

I KNOW.

GOD. I FEEL ALL GROWN UP.

ME TOO.

[MUSIC CONCLUDES]

FELICITY?

YEAH?

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE IN
THERE? I MEAN, BESIDES YOU?

Woman: YEAH!

[TOILET FLUSHES]

I JUST WANTED TO APOLOGIZE
AGAIN FOR WHAT I DID.

YOU WERE JUST BEING HONEST.

MAYBE, BUT I SWEAR TO GOD,

IT WAS ONE OF THE DUMBEST
THINGS I'VE EVER DONE.

SO, DID THEY SAY
ANYTHING ABOUT ME?

IT'S ALL YOURS.

THANKS.

SO, THEY HATED ME,
RIGHT? YOUR PARENTS.

THEY DIDN'T HATE YOU.

BUT THEY DIDN'T SAY THAT.

I THINK IN THEIR MINDS,

YOU WERE JUST ONE
MORE PIECE OF STRAW

IN THIS WHOLE
MISERABLE HAYSTACK.

[SIGHS]

DO I LOOK OKAY?

UH-HUH.

DR. PORTER...

UH, NOEL.

I REMEMBER.

I JUST, UH... WANTED
TO SAY ONCE AGAIN

THAT I'M... I'M
REALLY REGRETFUL.

YOU'RE THE RESIDENT ADVISOR.

YES, SIR.

IS SHE OKAY HERE?

I THINK, UM...

I THINK THAT SHE'S,
UH, YOU KNOW, LIKE...

LIKE A CHICK.

A CHICK?

YEAH... OH... A...
A BABY CHICKEN.

I WAS... I WAS GONNA
USE A METAPHOR.

NO, DON'T USE METAPHORS.

JUST TELL ME...
IS SHE ALL RIGHT?

YEAH. YES. I THINK SHE IS.

I KNOW THIS PROBABLY
DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING,

BUT... I'M... I'M
LOOKING OUT FOR HER.

AND IF IT... IF IT
EVER GETS DIFFICULT,

I'LL DO WHATEVER I CAN,
UH, TO MAKE IT BETTER.

THAT KNIFE THING WORK OUT OKAY?

OH, YEAH.

UM, YEAH, THAT'S UNDER
CONTROL. IT'LL BE FINE.

[FOOTSTEPS APPROACH]

GOOD.

THANKS.

SURE.

HI. HI.

WHERE'S MOM?

UH, SHE WASN'T FEELING WELL.

OH.

YOU READY?

YEAH.

[ICE CLINKING]

[LIPS SMACKING]

I DON'T WANT TO KEEP
HAVING THE SAME DISCUSSION

EVERY TIME I SEE YOU.

I KNOW.

I'M REALLY TRYING TO UNDERSTAND.

[SIGHS]

I DON'T WANT YOU HERE. I
WANT YOU AT STANFORD.

BUT WHAT THE HELL AM I
DOING FIGHTING YOU ON THIS?

IT'S YOUR LIFE... NOT MINE.

HARD AS IT IS FOR SOMEONE
LIKE ME TO SWALLOW.

OKAY, I'M GONNA MAKE
ONE LAST ATTEMPT HERE.

ARE YOU SURE YOU WANT
TO STAY IN NEW YORK?

I THINK SO.

OKAY.

WELL, THEN, I THINK WE SHOULD TALK
ABOUT HOW YOU'RE GONNA DO THAT.

I MEAN... PRACTICALLY.

IF YOU'D ATTENDED STANFORD, I
WAS PREPARED TO PAY YOUR TUITION...

WHICH I'M STILL PREPARED TO DO.

WHAT?

BUT I-I WANT TO BE FAIR.

IF YOU'D STAYED AT HOME,

ROOM AND BOARD WOULDN'T
HAVE BEEN AN ADDITIONAL EXPENSE,

SO... I THINK YOU SHOULD
BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT.

YOU THINK THAT'S FAIR?

DAD, YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT.

I MEAN, THIS IS MY DECISION.

I KNOW.

I DIDN'T GET TO
WHERE I AM IN LIFE

NOT TO SEND MY ONE
DAUGHTER THROUGH COLLEGE.

DAD...

IT'S IMPORTANT TO ME.

THANK YOU.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

[SOFT GUITAR MUSIC PLAYS]

I REMEMBER THUNDERSTORMS
WHEN I WAS LITTLE.

I'D BE LYING IN MY
BED, JUST... TERRIFIED.

NO, I CAN STILL
MAKE IT IN TODAY.

THEY'RE PICKING US
UP HERE PRETTY SOON.

MY MOM WOULD COME IN.

SHE'D CRAWL INTO MY
BED, STROKE MY HAIR,

AND TELL ME THAT IT
WAS GOING TO BE OKAY.

SHE HELPED ME FALL
ASLEEP WHEN I WAS SCARED.

IT'S SILLY, BUT...

I GUESS I EXPECTED
SHE'D ALWAYS DO THAT.

[GUITAR MUSIC CONTINUES]

I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND IT...

WHY SHE'S SO HURT THAT I'M HERE.

SHE WAS THE ONE WHO
ALWAYS UNDERSTOOD ME.

BUT I GUESS THIS
IS HOW IT HAPPENS...

GROWING UP.

THIS MUST... JUST BE
WHAT IT FEELS LIKE.

[DOORKNOB RATTLES]

[GUITAR MUSIC CONTINUES]

[MUSIC CONCLUDES]

[FOOTSTEPS APPROACH]

EXCUSE ME, DO YOU
KNOW FELICITY PORTER?

YEAH.

YOU'VE NEVER HAD A STUDENT
WHO FELT... YOU KNOW, GUILTY...

JUST ABOUT GROWING UP, HAVE YOU?

I THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING HOME.

COME HERE.

[SIGHS]

I MET YOUR FATHER
WHEN I WAS VERY YOUNG,

WHICH IS WHY I
HAD THAT REACTION.

WHEN YOU SAID YOU'D
FOLLOWED A BOY TO COLLEGE,

IT SOUNDED SO FAMILIAR.

I MEAN...

I HAD YOU WHEN I
WAS 20 YEARS OLD,

WHICH I WOULDN'T
TRADE FOR ANYTHING.

BUT...[SIGHS]

ALL THOSE VISIONS
I HAD FOR MY LIFE,

ALL THE DREAMS

YOU THINK MIGHT POSSIBLY
ONE DAY MATERIALIZE,

THEY ALL STARTED
DISAPPEARING ONE BY ONE.

OF COURSE, NONE OF
WHICH IS YOUR FAULT.

YOU KNOW I DIDN'T MEAN
THOSE THINGS I SAID.

I LIVED FOR THOSE
TUESDAY DINNERS WITH YOU.

I LIKED THEM, TOO.

BUT I THINK THEY WERE A
LITTLE TOO IMPORTANT FOR ME.

HERE'S THE THING...

I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S
GOING TO BE LIKE NOW...

WITHOUT YOU AT HOME...

NOT JUST FOR ME ALONE.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

I'M A LITTLE TERRIFIED.

BUT MORE THAN ANYTHING...

I'M PROUD OF MY
BRAVE DAUGHTER...

WHO I CAN'T WAIT TO
SEE ON THANKSGIVING.

HEY.

HI. HOW'S IT GOING?

IT'S GOOD. IT'S GOOD.

I, UH... I GOT THAT...

I GOT YOUR ESSAY
THAT YOU SENT ME.

OH, UH-HUH.

AND YOU WROTE ABOUT ME.

YEAH, YEAH, I DID.

[Whispering] I'm
gonna let you kids...

No, stay.

THIS IS BEN.

THIS IS MY MOM.

HI.

VERY NICE TO MEET YOU.

YEAH, IT'S NICE TO MEET YOU.

SO... I'LL SEE YA.

YEAH.

I'LL... I'LL SEE YA.

OKAY.

[HEATHER NOVA'S
"VALLEY OF SOUND" PLAYS]

HE'S CUTE.

YEAH.

♪ MOVE ME ♪

♪ DON'T TRY ♪

♪ LET THE MUSIC ♪

♪ REACH ME TONIGHT ♪

♪ PUSH ME OVER ♪

♪ INTO SOMETHING NEW ♪

♪ I'VE BEEN RIDING
ALL DAY ON A BUS ♪

♪ JUST TO LISTEN TO YOU ♪

♪ I LOVE, I LOVE, I
LOVE, I LOVE THE LOOK ♪

♪ IN YOUR TRESPASSED EYES ♪

♪ YEAH ♪

♪ I LOVE, I LOVE, I
LOVE, I LOVE THE WAY ♪

♪ YOU CAN MAKE ME CRY ♪

♪ OH, YEAH, YEAH ♪

♪ WITHOUT A SOUND ♪

♪ OOH OH OOH OH ♪

♪ WITHOUT A SOUND ♪

♪ YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH,
YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH ♪

♪ OHHHH ♪

♪ OOOH OOOH ♪

♪ WITHOUT A SOUND ♪

♪ YEAH ♪

[INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYS]

[MUSIC ENDS]