Episode 77 of "Felicity"
s04e15 The Paper Chase

Felicity worries that Ben is drifting away after she observes his reaction to a sonogram of his son. She has trouble concentrating as she works on a term paper for art history. The thirty-page paper is due the following day, but she has not even picked a topic. Meghan suggests that she just copy a dissertation from the library, and assures her that she could never get caught. Ben agrees to attend Lamaze classes with Lauren in the hopes of convincing her to stay in New York. Felicity becomes very depressed and decides to copy a paper. She fears that she is busted after the professor asks to speak with her. However, Professor Carnes instead tells Felicity that she loves the paper and has submitted it for publication. Meghan advises Felicity to destroy the dissertation and tell the professor that she doesn't want to be published. A library worker catches Felicity trying to throw out the book, but Meghan later cuts a deal with him and steals it. Professor Carnes informs Felicity that some members of the university journal's review board have questions about whether Felicity wrote the paper. Felicity confesses the truth to Ben. Lauren tells Ben that she is still going to move to Arizona, where she will reunite with her ex-boyfriend. Ben consults an attorney, who tells him he has no case. Noel panics when Mr. Webb asks to meet with him, as he fears that he wants to discuss Zoe. He instead warns Noel that Sean is in danger of losing his job because his excessive enthusiasm is driving away clients. Noel gingerly tries to convince Sean to employ a little finesse at times. Sean accuses Noel of betraying him and storms off in a huff, declaring that he will quit. Meghan opines that he is a fool to give up a job that he loves. Sean gets a second chance from Webb and apologizes to Noel. Javier recognizes Rita's new boyfriend, Michael, as someone who once dated a male friend of his. Rita refuses to believe this and lashes out at Javier. Javier confronts Michael and warns him not to hurt Rita by using her as his beard. Michael steadfastly insists that he is straight, but later tells Rita the truth.