01x10 - Finally

Episode transcripts for the TV show "Felicity". Aired: September 29, 1998 –; May 22, 2002.*
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Follows Felicity to NYC after high school as she navigates life and discovers who she really is.
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01x10 - Finally

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As far as I'm concerned,
previously on "felicity"...

Your beautiful,
symphony-composing girlfriend

Can move to new york
tomorrow. It doesn't bother me.

And I'm not jealous, okay?

Because even if I was, what
difference does it make now?

Because you and
hannah are like...

[Door opens]

Dear sally,

Okay, so we kissed.

There was kissing...
Between me and noel.

[Laughs]

But neither of us
knew what it meant.

["God rest ye merry
gentlemen" playing]

Okay.

So... What does
this mean, exactly?

I'm not sure.

It was after thanksgiving.
Hannah had left.

It was that kind of
moment in a relationship

Where you need to define
what things are, you know?

Well, that's what noel said...

That he wanted to understand
the parameters, the boundaries.

And just when we were
about to figure things out...

[Telephone ringing]

You should get that.

No. That's okay.

No. Go ahead and answer it.

No. What if it's
hannah? I don't want to...

I don't want to talk to
hannah. I want to talk to you.

[Click] hi. It's noel.

I'm sitting right next to my phone
right now, screening this call.

I got to change that message.

[Machine beeps] noel, it's mom.

Pick up, please.

Hello? Mom?

What's wrong?

What?

No... M-mom, calm down. Mom...

Uncle... Uncle kenny?

Uncle kenny what, mom?

Was...

Chicken truck.

Mom, that sentence
doesn't make any sense.

Uh, uncle kenny was
chicken truck? Should I leave?

No, no, no, no, no, no.

Oh, god. He was on the turnpike?

I thought the doctor
said he shouldn't be driving.

My uncle was in an accident.

Is he okay?

He drove into a
chicken truck, so no.

It's sad. He's got,
uh, got necrophilia.

He sleeps with dead people?

What?

No. No.

I mean, uh...

Narcolepsy.

Yeah, I'm here, mom.
What do the doctors say?

Right.

He's in a coma.

[Music continues] this horrible thing
happened to noel's grandmother's brother,

And noel's dad, um,
he works at this mill,

And he'd already taken
all of his sick leave.

Anyway, he couldn't go.

So noel's mother
asked him to go.

I'm so sorry about
the timing of all of this.

Are you kidding? Come
on. Don't worry about me.

Just go take care
of your family.

Yeah, but I want
to figure this out.

[Elevator dings] I know, but go.

We'll have plenty of time
when you get back. Okay.

Um... Oh, while I'm gone,

Don't transfer to
a different college.

I won't.

Okay. Or forget about
your r.a., Who is me.

[Laughs] I won't.

See, the correct answer is "I couldn't,"
but, yeah, we'll accept that one.

Charlie... Hmm?

I want that floor calendar
before I go, all right?

What's the rush on
the floor calendar?

[Doors sliding]

[Music continues]

I didn't want to kiss you in public
until we figure out what we are.

All right.

Oh, one more thing...

Don't hook up with
ben while I'm gone.

I... Okay.

♪ 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 ♪

[Sighs]

Noel was only going to
be gone for a few days.

But suddenly, a week
and a half had passed.

How can you not be freaking out?

Why should I be freaked out?

I have to explain this to
you? You guys made out.

He took off before you could
even figure out what it all means.

Okay.

First of all, we
didn't really make out.

And secondly, why can't
it just be, you know...

Like... Whatever it is?

Because it's never
whatever it is.

You know, there
are basic questions...

Are you guys dating?

I don't know.

Okay, let's just say you are.
Can you see other people?

And what kind of
expectations do you guys have?

I... I don't know!
I'm... I'm not sure.

Do you really want
to be the rebound girl?

Hey! I am not the rebound girl.

[Knock on door]

Come in!

[Breathing heavily] hey.

Hey!

What... What happened?

Oh, i-i, uh, I took the stairs.

Was the elevator broken?

No. I was just... Impatient.

Hi.

[Breathing heavily]

I left something in my room,

And I will... Be back later.

That wasn't real subtle.

You're welcome.

[Chuckles]

[Sighs]

[Door closes]

Hi.

Hey.

So, uh, what happened
with your uncle?

Well, you know, he's
gonna need a new hip,

But, uh, he's gonna
make a full recovery.

That's, like, that's great news.

[Horns honking in distance]

That's... Why I
ran up the stairs.

What?

I'm so pissed at my uncle.

The... The whole
time I was in florida,

I spent so much time
comforting everyone, you know,

Helping make unnecessary
funeral arrangements,

That I spent like seven
minutes studying for finals.

Wow. So you got a
lot of work to do.

No. No. My educational
future hangs in the balance.

Well, I mean, we're
all stressed out.

Yeah, but it's worse for
me, I mean, being an r.a.

With... With dorm meetings
and... And academic reports

And advisees knocking on
my door literally every hour,

It's prevented me from being
anything resembling an actual student.

So while I have this massive,

Unrealistic amount
of work to do...

The only thing I want
to do is hang out with you

And... Kind of figure
out what's going on.

But we probably wouldn't
get much work done if we did.

No.

We would get no
work done. Zero work.

I think you're right.

So let's make a pact.

For the next three days...

We'll just... Avoid each other.

Entirely. Okay.

And then, when finals are over,
you and I can hang out on friday,

We can figure out what's what, then
we can both go home for christmas

Confident about our
grades and our relationship...

Whatever the hell it is.

That sounds like
an incredible plan.

Okay.

[Door rattling]

Ben, you want to
help me with this?

No, not really.

Come on, man. Get over here.

[Laughing] whoa.

[Exhales deeply] what is this?

I've been wanting
to do this... Thanks...

Aah! For so many years.

Finals is the most intense
period for college students.

For the next few days,

They keep the library
open 24 hours a day.

What is the one thing

Desperate college
students need to survive?

I'm gonna say fruit.

It's genius, isn't it?

I go around with a cooler

Filled with apples,
bananas, oranges, right?

How's your studying going?

Crappy. Thanks for asking.

You want some fruit?

No. I'm gonna go find
somebody to study with.

All right. Well, don't fail
any of your classes, all right?

I'm relying on you
for your rent check.

That's just what I need...

More, uh, more pressure
from the fruit guy.

Hey!

You owe me a dollar.

[Muffled] all right. Bye.

[Door closes]

Two dollars.

[Indistinct conversations]

Man: you have to do it over
and over again to get it right.

[Click, stopwatch ticking]

[Man laughs]

[Stopwatch clicks]

[Indistinct conversations]

[Stopwatch clicks]

[Stopwatch ticking]

Elena. [Man laughs]

Hold on. [Stopwatch clicks]

[Stopwatch clicks]

Elena.

Do you want me
to fail my finals?

I've got a whole memorization
system going here.

You interrupt me, the
system doesn't work.

[Stopwatch clicks] look
at that guy over there.

[Stopwatch clicks]

So?

So look at everyone else...

How stressed out everyone is.

Yeah. It's finals.

Right. So look at that guy.

What is the deal with that guy?

Well, why don't you go
over there and ask him

So I can get back to my system?

[Man laughs]

[Stopwatch clicks]

You're not going over there.

Um...

[Music playing]

Was I singing?

No. Uh, no.

[Laughs] uh...

This is gonna
sound really weird.

Um, I was just
sitting over there,

Uh, watching you,
and I was curious, um,

Only because everyone
is so all-consumed,

Studying for finals,

How you can be so... Content.

I'm on a strict regimen
of antidepressants,

Which is actually something I
wanted to talk to you about.

Me?

Yeah. I've been
watching you, too.

I've... I've seen you around.

You're always wearing sweaters.

I was gonna
recommend dr. Carlyle.

He literally saved my
life. He's saving it right now.

Why were you gonna tell me?

Because you seem
a little intense.

Well, everyone's
[chuckles] a little intense.

I mean, it's finals. We're
freaking out, all of us.

But I mean in general. I
think you could lighten up.

Lighten up?

Uh...

Well, I mean, I
want to. I'm trying.

But... Being at college
is really hard at first.

Dr. Carlyle can make it easy.

Here.

The lighter the pill,
the lighter the mood.

Yeah.

No, thanks. I think I'd
rather just remain...

Drug free?

Intense.

[Chair rattling]

[Mumbling]

[Knock on door]

Come in.

Excuse me, noel.

I need to get out of
my linguistics final.

Get out of it?

I have to write a
prolog program...

Lexicon and principles
of combination

That parses embedded
noun-phrase coordinations.

Pauline, I never... I never
took linguistics, so...

Using a string of nouns,
coordinations, and quantifiers,

And I'm not exactly sure
what quantifiers are.

All right.

[Sighing] oh, damn it. What?

I-i picked up the wrong bag.

What about faking a b*mb thr*at?

Do you smell that?

What?

Fourth of july.

Oh, that's richard.
He's having a barbecue.

Where?

In his room.

[Chair rattles]

[Sighs]

[Indistinct voices,
jazz playing]

[Grill sizzling]

What the hell is this?

Oh, hey, man. You want a burger?

What?

Would you prefer a turkey frank?

Did it ever cross your mind, richard,
that it might be against building code

To have a cookout
in... In your dorm room?

Relax, man. It's cool.

It's safe. Window's open.

It's safe... No, it's not safe.

People die of indoor
barbecues every day.

Do you... Do you not think
that I have studying to do, too?

It... It didn't cross
my mind. I-i got hungry.

Guess what?!

This isn't a typical human
reaction to hunger,

All right, h-having
a barbecue inside.

I'm... I'm reporting you
to student council.

W... Oh, come on, man.

"Oh, come on, man" nothing.

Look, I just had to buy
a coffin for my uncle,

Who almost d*ed, but didn't.

I picked up the wrong
bag at the airport,

I'm in a very emotionally taxing

Beginning of a relationship,

And I'm in the midst of finals,

Which thr*aten my very
existence as a student,

So you "oh, come on, man."

I'm reporting your
barbecue. Now, put it out!

♪ Intoxicating... ♪
Man: cool. Barbecue.

[Click, stopwatch ticking]

[Sighs]

[Indistinct voices]

[Stopwatch clicks]

[Man coughs]

[Stopwatch clicks]

[Stopwatch ticking]

So... How does your
system work, exactly?

Oh, first you mock the system,
now you want the system.

I never mocked the system.

So hey, great news.

I, uh, I took the
wrong bag. What?

At the airport, uh, I
took the wrong bag.

Someone took mine,
and I took theirs.

And here's the difference...

My bag had all my
notebooks with all my notes

From all my classes since
the beginning of the year,

And their bag had what appears
to be select wardrobe items

From a tr*nsv*stite
repertory company.

Oh, my god. [Sighs]

You lost all your notebooks?

And I have... I have three days
to write, among other things,

An essay exploring the
themes of "great expectations."

Can I have an m & m?

One.

Only because
you're so messed up.

[Sighs]

[Stopwatch clicks, ticks]

You know what? I love "great
expectations." Maybe I can help you.

[Stopwatch clicks] okay.
What... Uh, what about your work?

[Stopwatch clicks] I don't know.

I-i think i... Have
time to do both.

Do you think we
can work together?

I mean, no... Personal,
emotional stuff?

Kissing?

None until after finals.

[Silverware rattling]

You're saving my life.

[Stopwatch clicks]

[Indistinct voices]

Felicity: "I felt that I could bear
no more and that I must run away."

So it's... It's like
dickens is saying

That these kids are
full of guilt, right?

They're, like,
totally terrified,

Living without any
support or nurturing.

I mean, the parents are
either incompetent or absent.

[Chuckles]

What are you doing?

Do you use powder or something?

Um...[Chuckles]

Are you learning anything?

Honestly, the way you smell,

I'm forgetting things that
I learned in high school.

Okay, maybe studying
in a private cubicle

Isn't the best thing for us.

Have you given any
thought to about...

About what you and I are?

Okay, we can't just
start talking about that,

'Cause, you know...

Right.

[Thud] whoa. Hey.

Shh. Shh. Keep it down.

[Thud]

Oh, come on. What's
going on? What's going on?

Get up.

Get a room.

Does, uh, does
anybody have the time?

Almost 9:00.

Thanks.

Felicity: "I felt like one who
was toiling home barefoot

And whose wanderings
had lasted many years."

So the idea is that everyone
has great expectations.

You know... Crazy dreams,
visions of what our lives could be

That make us do
ridiculous things.

But, um, dickens is
saying that we can mature

And grow out of them.

Noel.

Hey, we're here to
study, okay? Not to flirt.

So cut it out.

I'm serious. You've got
to learn this dickens.

'Cause I have my own work to do.

I don't care.

[Laughs]

You haven't been listening
to me at all, have you?

Can you remember one
theme from this book?

Yeah.

That, uh...

That sacrifice and passion,

Even if it's unappreciated
or taken for granted, um,

In the end is
meaningful... And good.

Let's go up to the stacks.

And make out until
finals are over?

Just for, like, an hour.

So... What are we here,

Just good friends... Making
out or something else?

[Thud]

[Breathing heavily]

What?

Isn't he on our floor?

Hey, richard.

Hey.

You're the r.a.

You're not supposed
to be kissing a student.

We weren't exactly kissing.

I'm gonna report you.

Richard, wait.

I'm gonna report your ass!

Wait. Wait a second. Hold on.

Hey, will you... Will
you come back here?

Richard!

Noel?

[Footsteps]

Sean: fresh fruit? Woman: no.

You guys want some
fruit? I got fresh fruit.

Man: no. No?

Nature's candy...
Right here. No?

Someone could use
a banana. Am I right?

No?

Fresh fruit? You want...

Hey. You know ben, right?

[Stopwatch ticking] I
don't need any fruit.

Do you know what
happens to a body

When it's denied vitamin c?

Do you know what happens
to a man whose ass I kick?

Hey, one apple, one dollar.

One answer... No.

Well, if you're gonna
eat that candy all night,

You're gonna get a real
sugar low in about an hour.

H-have you seen noel
anywhere? I have all his stuff.

Hi.

You want some fruit?

Excuse me?

Are you aware of the connection

[Stopwatch clicks] between
vitamin c and infertility?

Uh, I don't want
to get pregnant.

I just want to pass my finals.

Oh, I just... I can't believe
how much work I have to do.

All right. If you don't
want to have kids.

No, i-i haven't seen noel.

So what, you guys
boning it or not?

As if I would tell you if
there was any boning involved.

My god.

Hey.

Okay, I know what I'm about
to do here is really stupid,

But I need your help. I'm lost.

We have a-a final on
poems I don't understand.

What, the keats?

Yeah.

Please don't say, "the keats,"

Like it's the easiest
stuff in the world.

Okay, have you read, uh, "the
eve of st. Agnes"? It's a good one.

Yeah. Could that
poem be any longer?

I mean, I'm not the smartest guy
in the world, but I'm not a moron.

Okay, it's... It's about
the feast of st. Agnes...

You know... The young virgin
who performs some weird ritual

The night before the saints' day

And she's granted a vision
of her future husband?

Really?

I'm trying to do my system here.

Look, felicity, you owe me this.

After what happened with that
essay, my grade's really in trouble.

If I don't get at least a "b" on
this final, I get a "d" in the class.

I need your help.

Please.

Okay. I-i'll do it.

Yeah?

Yeah.

Okay.

'Cause I just, um, I saw
you studying with noel.

He won't mind?

Oh, no. Of course not.

I mean, not at all. [Chuckles]

I will, uh,

I'll meet you in the
lounge in... 20 Minutes?

Okay. Thank you.
Thanks very much.

Oh. [Sighs]

You have time to
help someone else,

And noel won't mind
you working with ben...

I don't believe either of those.

No. Me neither.

One.

Richard! Richard, wait.

I've been looking all over
for you. You disappeared.

Yeah, it doesn't feel good,
does it... Being reported?

You didn't... You didn't
do it yet, did you?

Not yet.

Not yet. Good. Okay.

Well, don't.

Well, did you report
me and my barbecue?

[Indistinct voices]

You did, didn't you?

Look, it's my job.

Is it your job to feel
up your advisees?

No. That part's not my job.

But me kissing a student
isn't half as dangerous

As you lighting a-a mini-barbecue
next to your dresser.

Don't take the clinton
defense with me.

If you break a rule,
you break a rule.

And now I'm gonna
go buy a hamburger,

Because I'm not allowed
to make them myself.

Please... Don't report me.

I'm still trying to
decide. Decide what?

Whether or not I think
you're fit to be an r.a.

[Horns honking]

[Indistinct voices]

[Stopwatch ticking]

[Indistinct voices]

[Stopwatch clicks]

[Stopwatch ticking]

Hey, have you seen felicity?

Why don't you two put
lojacks on each other?

Yeah, okay. Um, we'll do
that. Have you seen her?

She's working with ben.

Oh.

Um...

Look, you don't have to pretend
that this doesn't rip you to shreds.

[Chuckles]

Hey... It... Doesn't
rip me to shreds.

You know, I'm... I'm much more of
a man than you give me credit for.

Whatever.

Look, she was looking for you,

But then you disappeared.

Ben was desperate,
and she said if I saw you

To tell you that she would leave a
message for you on your answering machine.

Yeah.

[Chair squeaks]

[Sighs]

"Was it a vision or
a waking dream?

"Fled is that music...

Do I wake or sleep?"

So, like with "ode on a grecian
urn," it's about contradiction...

That, you know, um,

[Man hiccups] fantasy and
dreams can distract you

From your painful reality.

And you get all this
just from reading it?

You don't even have
to figure it out?

Poetry is the greatest.

Well, pizza's the greatest.

[Laughs] [hiccups]

When you read poetry...

[Hiccups]

Sorry.

It's um...[Clears throat]

It's a nervous reaction.

Whenever I get
stressed out... [Hiccups]

Right. Right. Okay.

Try holding your breath
for as long as you can,

And then when you can't hold that
anymore, take another deep breath

And hold that for
as long as you can.

Okay.

Okay.

[Exhales deeply]

[Clears throat]

So, when are you going
home for christmas?

[Man gulps] uh,
saturday morning.

Oh, yeah. So am i.

Do you want to, uh, share
a ride to the airport?

[Man gulps]

Sure. Yeah.

[Man gulps] okay.

Is noel going with you?

What, to palo alto?

Yeah.

No. Why?

[Chuckles]

No. I was just... I
was just curious.

[Man hiccups loudly]

Sorry.

I'm sorry. [Chuckles]

No luck.

Have you tried drinking water
from the opposite side of the glass?

Oh, uh, yeah. That...
That never works for me.

[Hiccups]

How about, uh, um,
breathing into a paper bag?

No.

[Hiccups] aah.

Okay, you know what
always works for me?

Holding a penny between my toes
and thinking of three bald men.

Um, I mean, they don't...
They don't have to be bald.

That's... Oh. [Inhales sharply]

Great. Then I'll just... Think
of me and... Two other guys.

[Laughs]

Yeah. Technically,
that would work.

[Chuckles]


Uh, do you want to go to
the reserve reading room?

It's probably quieter there.

Yeah.

[Hiccups]

[Telephone beeps]

You have one new message.

[Machine clicks]

Felicity: noel, where
the hell are you?

Fruit? Listen, um, ben
needs some help with poetry,

And you know how I screwed
him up with the essay thing.

Fruit? So I'm gonna
work with him for an hour.

No. I should be in
the library lounge.

Come find me or leave a
message on my machine.

Fruit? I'll see you later.

[Receiver clicks]

[Telephone beeps]

[Indistinct voices]

Want some fruit?

[Footsteps]

[Sighs]

Fruit. I got fresh fruit.

Bananas, apples.
Keeps you regular.

[Woman whispering]

Fruit? No?

Hey, you want a banana?
You look like you could use...

Fruit?

No?

You sure?

Hey.

You're selling fruit?

[Sighs] yeah.

Well, I'm trying to.

Mm.

What are you doing?

Economics final.

I'm supposed to give examples

Of supply-and-demand analysis.

You want to do it for me?

No, thanks. I got my own
mountain to climb here.

A fruit mountain.

You know, supply-and-demand
analysis, that's my, uh, specialty.

Yeah, I went to harvard.

Not the business
school or undergrad.

It was like a summer program.

But I learned all that
stuff... Theory, policy issues,

Income distribution,
economic growth,

Problems in international
trade... All that stuff.

So why are you selling fruit?

Uh, it's tasty.
It's good for you.

That's a stupid thing to sell.

No, it's not.

How much are you
charging for this?

A dollar.

A dollar?

[Laughs]

Like anybody would
actually fall for that.

Excuse me.

Would you like to buy
an orange for a dollar?

Sure.

[Paper rustling]

Thanks.

[Hiccups]

[Indistinct voices]

[Hiccups]

Hey, has felicity been in here?

I don't think so. Everyone I've
seen has been pretty well dressed.

Damn it.

What's your problem?

Wow. Well, um, I don't
know where to begin.

Hey, if you're actually gonna
answer that question, could you not?

See, she sort of
left me hanging.

I mean, felicity was supposed
to help me study, and...

Never mind.

You need smart powder.

Huh?

Smart powder.

How do you think I maintain
any kind of social life

And get sustainable grades?

Um... I guess I figured

You just maintained
the social life.

It's a blend of
herbs and minerals,

Extracts and roots.

It's all organic.

Two teaspoons of this in water

Gives you a photographic memory.

No, it doesn't.

Okay.

Where do you get it?

A little shop on warren street.

Or I could sell you
some for 10 bucks.

Come on. Come on. [Whispering]

Come on. Come on. Okay,
you don't want a banana.

How about a red apple?

Yeah? Come on. Come on.

That'll be two bucks.

Yes!

Bye. Oh, yes.

Come home to papa.

I feel so guilty.

I just sold that guy
an apple for two bucks.

[Chuckles] I can't believe you.

I mean, it's perfect, right?

Beautiful girl selling
fruit. Goes back to the bible.

Okay, I did my part.

Now teach me about basic
microeconomic principles.

Whoa, whoa, whoa. I still see an
apple and a banana in here. Come on.

And get four bucks if you can.

Whatever.

[Swing music plays]

♪ Workin' elves never stoppin' ♪

♪ Never stoppin' ♪
[fizzing]

♪ The man is hoppin' ♪
♪ the man is hoppin' ♪

♪ Nice red zoot suit ♪
♪ in his nice red zoot suit ♪

♪ Christmas boots ♪
♪ and his christmas boots ♪

♪ Checkin' all things ♪
♪ double-checkin' all things ♪

♪ Hey, cats, don't you
know santa swings? ♪

Oh! ♪ Santa swings,
he's flyin' high ♪

Aah! Ooh! ♪ You'd better not
pout and you'd better not cry ♪

Aah! ♪ Santa swings,
he'll be cuttin' a rug... ♪

[Stopwatch ticking]

[Ben laughs]

[Swing music plays]

♪ Workin' elves never
stoppin' ♪ ♪ never stoppin' ♪

♪ The man is hoppin' ♪
♪ the man is hoppin' ♪

♪ Nice red zoot suit ♪
♪ in his nice red zoot suit ♪

♪ Christmas boots ♪
♪ and his christmas boots ♪

Hey! ♪ Double-checkin'
all things ♪

Hey, you still haven't
seen felicity, have you?

What the hell are you on?

On? What am I on?
I'm not... [Laughs]

♪ He's flyin' high... ♪ My god, you
look so small just sitting there!

A-and you're sweating.
Of course I'm sweating.

I mean, you'd be sweating, too, if
you were me. Of course you would be.

'Cause then you'd be me and
you'd be sweating. Is it cold in here?

No. Right.

Look, I'm... I'm a little scared.
You're a future doctor, right?

Does my heartbeat
seem fast to you?

[Swing music continues]

That can't be your heart.

[Coins rattle, machine beeps]

Hey, hey, I got a
question for you.

♪ Candy cane makers ♪
you look sick.

[Machine beeps] mm-hmm. Were
there beets in that powder?

[Hiccups] I don't know. Guy
said there were roots in there.

Roots. 'Cause... 'Cause i-i get
a kind of reaction to beets.

What happens? This happens.

I-i get a little hyper. I
get a little hyper. It's...

Okay, well, you're
gonna get real hyper,

'Cause that powder's
concentrated, like 200%.

♪ You better not pout ♪
stop talking so slowly!

♪ And you better not cry ♪

Wow.

[Paper rustling]

[Exhales deeply]

[Clears throat]

[Swing music continues]

♪ Santa swings,
he's flyin' high ♪

♪ You'd better not pout
and you'd better not cry ♪

♪ And all the toys sing, "hey" ♪

♪ Hey ♪

♪ A-ho ho ho ♪

♪ Nothin' but a hoof hop ♪ ♪
ain't nothin' but a hoof hop ♪

♪ Merry christmas to all
and the joy that it brings ♪

[Laughing] ♪ hey, world,
don't you know santa swings? ♪

♪ Santa swings,
he's flyin' high ♪

♪ You'd better not pout
and you'd better not cry ♪

[Grunts]

[Silverware rattling]

Thanks. You're welcome.

Hey.

You know, I'm... I'm
not very hungry.

I'm fine.

Well, you need some
food in your system.

I'm not really the biggest
fan of... Of warm milk.

Just drink it.

You know, I didn't, uh, i-i didn't
mean to freak out like that.

It was just that
damn smart powder.

I understand.

I was on the track
team in high school,

And some of those guys
would drink power shakes,

You know, for energy, and, uh,

Some of them would have
weird reactions like this, so...

Yeah? Yeah.

But some food and some
warm milk should do the trick.

This is very nice of you.

Don't worry about it.

[Breathes deeply]

You should know
that she likes you.

You think?

Yeah.

No.

Yes.

Come on. I mean, we
all know you're the one.

You're the... The prize, the...
The unrequited nightmare.

It's just the way it is.

Well, I'm telling you... Felicity
was talking all about you.

Uh, when you say, you
know, "all about you,"

What... What does that mean?

Uh, she said that you
were her best friend

And that you were

One of the most
levelheaded guys she knows.

Well, that's sexy.

Look, she likes
you. She told me.

Well, uh, was that, like...

Like, just before i-i burst in
the room like a psychopath?

About three seconds.

Yeah. [Chuckles]

I'm sure she thinks I'm a freak.

Well, I'm sure she doesn't.

Noel was such a freak.

You should've seen
him. It was insane.

[Sighs]

Anyway, finals were
starting the next day,

And I just knew for three
days I would be in hell.

Thank god for elena.

She offered me the
secrets of her system.

["Silent night" playing]

My first college finals
experience went by in a blur.

The amazing thing was that in
this one concentrated place

For this one concentrated
time, everyone...

People I knew,
people I didn't know...

Everyone... Was working so hard.

[Music continues, no dialogue]

The weirdest part is that
in those crazy three days,

I didn't see noel once.

Hi.

Uh, this is probably
against all the rules,

And just say no if you need to,

But, um, is there any way
I can go to the bathroom?

Technically, no,
but, uh... You're cute.

Ew. Forget it. I
don't want to go.

I'm kidding.

Just, uh, give me your
essay while you're gone.

Oh.

Thanks.

[Indistinct voices]

Hi. I'm kind of in the
middle of something.

My uncle d*ed.

Oh.

Yeah, he, uh, he took
a turn for the worse

And then, you know,
a turn for the worst.

I'm sorry.

It's okay.

But I wanted to see you
because I'm leaving today.

Today?

Yeah, and also to apologize

For that insane
outburst earlier.

I... I heard about
the smart powder.

Yeah.

Don't ever eat anything
meghan gives you... Forever.

[Laughs]

It might k*ll you.

So, god, what time do you leave?

My flight's in two hours.

Look, I wanted to...
I wanted to see you

Because I was so panicked, uh,

About figuring out what we are,

About defining it like it
was some kind of temporary,

Fleeting... Lucky thing.

You know, I was...

I was so afraid that
if we didn't figure out

What was going on
between you and me

Before we left for christmas

That it might be gone
when we got back.

But that's stupid...

Because you and I
are more than just a...

A passing opportunity.

You know, we don't
need to rush what we are,

Even if that means
suffering through a month

Knowing that you're
in the same city as ben.

Look, whatever we
are, I love what we are.

And we can figure
it out in january.

How did that, uh, "great
expectations" thing go?

I feel really good
about that paper.

That powder might've
made me a little crazy,

But, uh... I think it worked.

[Chuckles]

So I'll see you next year?

Yeah.

Like I said, it
was... It was a blur.

And before I knew
it... Finals were over.

[Buttons clicking]

[Telephone rings]

Hello.

Hi. It's felicity.

Hey.

Hey, what's up?

So I'm gonna leave for the
airport in about an hour,

And I just, um...

Well, do you still
want to share a cab?

Yeah.

Um... I'm not going back.

Why?

I don't know.

I just decided to hang out,

Um... Stay in new york instead,

See what this place
looks like, you know.

With snow?

Yeah.

Yeah.

["The first noel" plays]

Okay.

Uh, well... I'll...

I'll just see you
when I get back, then.

Yeah. Okay. You have fun.

Bye.

Bye.

[Receiver clicks]

[Music continues]

Sally: dear felicity,

For some reason, in
the past few months,

I've become a real believer

In not defining
every single thing.

Seems like every time

You think you've figured
out what something is,

It just becomes something else.

My first christmas at
college was incredibly strange.

I remember leaving brown
really excited to get home.

I got back to california,

And I was with my parents
in the house I grew up in.

I just remember lying
in bed feeling... Homesick.

I hope everything works
out with you and noel.

I have hope.

And I wish you both,
3,000 miles apart,

A merry christmas.

[Music ends]

[Instrumental music plays]

[Music ends]
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