a teen series must be only nice. and Felicity has that virtue. a girl, few boys, common situations, large territories of love, small crisis, not new dialog'subjects, problems, friendship, expectations, hopes. so, nothing original. but that is its purpose. to present a story without high ambitions, to be escape for teenagers and mirror for expectations. only a show, it has humor and few charming moments. and nothing else. a kind of oasis , unrealistic but seductive, few not bad actors and the universe of Felicity. a series who reminds many others. and that could be another virtue. because it is nice. and for the crumbs from a fascinating age in not worst light.

Felicity Porter (Keri Russell) never had the courage to talk to high school crush Ben Covington (Scott Speedman). On a whim, shy Felicity follows Ben to college. Once there, Noel Crane (Scott Foley) quickly falls head over heels for her and a love triangle ensues.Felicity has the distinction of being the first JJ Abrams' first hit. This started off great as a young hip emo college soap. In great TV lore, Keri Russell cut her hair before the 2nd season, and destroyed the series. Keri never stopped being great and the love triangle maintained its heat. The coming-of-age story is nicely told. It did last for four seasons, but that Samson allegory still held some truth.

This is one of those rare series that you don't ever want to come to an end. A beautiful love story centering around identity solidification of youth.College students find friendship in forming an in-group to help buffer the stresses of college and of transformation into adulthood. Their problems in relating, as they discover their selves through others, are well portrayed.Felicity is the central figure. Very smart but sometimes (like any young adult) stupid, Felicity loves two young men. Is this a recipe for trouble? You bet, and this is very well exploited in this series.The excellent casting, acting, and production helps make this series a real winner. Two fantasy segments are presented with great creativity. One is based on a episode like those you might see on "The Twilight Zone", and depicts the struggles the students cope with. Another segment toward the end allows Felicity to go back in time and take a different direction at a major crossroads earlier in her life, and this entails unforeseen changes in the lives of those around her.All in love this is a superb series, but you need to watch the first half of the episodes to really come to appreciate Felicity.

For anyone who has been watching Season 4 of Felicity on DVD, Keri Russell and Scott Foley do the "comentary" portion of the Special Features section during "The Graduation" episode.While they are talking, they discuss how great it is that Noel and Felicity never slept together and how that shows what great friends they are. . . WHAT????!!! Of course they slept together! That is was caused the rest of the 4th season to spiral out of control. The two of them sleeping together causes Ben to break up with Felicity, then Ben to get that woman Lauren pregnant, and of course then torments Noel for the rest of the season because he knows that he will never actually have Felicity. Did anyone else notice that mistake?How could the main stars forget??