Felicity (1998) - 4x17 - The Graduate

Felicity is able to graduate because Professor Carnes fails her on the paper, but lets her pass the class. Ben asks Felicity to marry him, and she accepts. Ben receives a call in the middle of the night and learns that Lauren has gone into labor in Philadelphia. He catches a train and is present at the birth of his son, Andrew. Felicity's parents come to town for graduation. Her father rags on her for deciding to live with Ben in New York, and accuses her of always following Ben. Felicity angrily announces her engagement. Ben returns and admits that it was very difficult to leave his son. Lauren is still planning to move to Arizona, and he wants to follow. Felicity is still uncertain about joining him. Richard inadvertently blabs about Ben's child and the Arizona move to Felicity's father. Dr. Porter confronts Ben and expresses disapproval about the engagement (among other things). Felicity refuses to move to Arizona because she thinks that she should be more independent. Mr. Webb has to lay off Noel and Sean. They initially plan on getting new jobs and going their separate ways, but Noel rents office space so that they can keep their partnership alive. Felicity, Ben, Meghan, Elena and Richard graduate. At a party that night, Felicity tells Noel that she isn't coming back to New York. Felicity spends the night with Ben before he leaves for Arizona. A few days later, she says goodbye to her friends and leaves to spend the summer in Palo Alto. Noel rides with her to the airport and sees her off. Six months later, Felicity writes Ben a letter updating him on their friends' status. Sean and Noel's business is doing well, and Meghan plans on becoming a psychiatrist. Felicity has enrolled at Stanford in the hopes of becoming a doctor. She asks Ben to write or call. Felicity is shocked when he suddenly approaches her on campus one day. He tells her that he convinced Lauren to move to California with Andrew so that he could transfer to Stanford and be with Felicity.