14 November, 2001

Ben learns that his father is being hospitalized with liver failure. He reluctantly goes to the hospital and meets Lauren, a friend of Mr. Covington's from A.A. She tells Ben that his father does not have long to live. Ben postpones a ski trip that he and Felicity had planned for her birthday after his father's condition worsens. Felicity suspects that Professor Cavallo is coming on to her. He denies this, but she grows uneasy over his relationship with a student. Noel refuses to post job listings for the students, and interviews for several of the positions himself. He must deal with two loud and obnoxious freshman girls, who have come to dislike living on an all-guys floor. They end up being assigned to Felicity and Elena's apartment, where they work Elena's last nerve. The girls feign an interest in Richard in the hopes of getting closer to Noel. Richard loudly complains about Noel's alleged success with women as Elena leaves Noel an angry phone message. The speaker phone picks up Richard saying that Noel slept with Felicity, so he and Elena have to hurry to the loft to erase the message before Ben can hear it. Meghan and Sean decide to start a shirt company.

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