Felicity (Season 4) DVD

Rated: Not Rated
Genre: TV Series
Length: 970 minutes
Director: Various
Year: (2001)

Britt Gillette's Felicity (Season 4) DVD Review

Nominated for 2 Emmys and 2 Golden Globes, including Best TV Series - Drama, Felicity gathered a large cult following in its short four season stint. Premiering on the WB network in September 1998, the show (along with Dawson's Creek) helped ignite a firestorm of highly successful original series on behalf of the upstart network, with such hit shows as Angel (1999), Gilmore Girls (2000), and Smallville (2001). The brainchild of writer J.J. Abrams (creator of the two hit series Alias and Lost), Felicity follows the life of a recent high school graduate, not through seasons 1, 2, 3, and 4, but through Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, and Senior years. Similar in genre to its contemporary, Dawson's Creek, Felicity's cast is of approximately the same age, but the setting is college instead of high school…

Felicity begins when the star of the series, Felicity Porter (Keri Russell), graduates from high school. Having harbored a four-year crush on classmate Ben Covington (Scott Speedman), despite the fact they've never talked, Felicity musters the courage in the aftermath of their commencement ceremony to ask him to sign her yearbook. When Ben writes some surprising comments, Felicity decides to follow him to fictional University of New York (UNY) instead of pursuing her goal of pre-med at Stanford. Against her parent's wishes, she enrolls in the school and moves cross country where she becomes roommates with Meghan Rotundi (Amanda Foreman), a girl whose lifestyle clashes with her own, and where she meets resident advisor Noel Crane (Scott Foley) who immediately develops a crush on her. When Ben learns of the true reason for Felicity's enrollment, he's both flattered and a little uncertain about Felicity's mental stability. In the ensuing four years, Felicity goes through the basic trials and travails of a maturing college student, experiencing the ups and downs of life, love, and adulthood…

The Felicity (Season 4) DVD features a number of exciting episodes including the season premiere "The Declaration" in which the summer before Felicity's senior year is coming to an end. Felicity's father is putting a lot of pressure of Felicity to decide what she's going to do with her life and even goes so far as to accuse her of wasting her college years. Meanwhile, Ben has decided he wants to become a doctor, thus forcing him to spend at least one more year in school to satisfy the pre-med requirements. His contrasting attitude from that of Felicity drives a wedge between them, and Felicity begins spending more and more time with Noel… Other notable episodes from Season 4 include "Oops… Noel Did It Again" in which Ben must deal with the impending death of his father while Noel reveals the truth about his and Felicity's relationship, and "Raising Arizona" in which Ben decides to transfer to the University of Arizona in order to be near Lauren and his unborn child…

Below is a list of episodes included on the Felicity (Season 4) DVD:

Episode 63 (The Declaration) Air Date: 10-10-2001
Episode 64 (My Best Friend's Wedding) Air Date: 10-17-2001
Episode 65 (Your Money or Your Wife) Air Date: 10-24-2001
Episode 66 (Miss Conception) Air Date: 10-31-2001
Episode 67 (Boooz) Air Date: 11-07-2001
Episode 68 (Oops… Noel Did It Again) Air Date: 11-14-2001
Episode 69 (The Storm) Air Date: 11-21-2001
Episode 70 (The Last Thanksgiving) Air Date: 11-28-2001
Episode 71 (Moving On) Air Date: 12-05-2001
Episode 72 (Fire) Air Date: 12-12-2001
Episode 73 (A Perfect Match) Air Date: 12-19-2001
Episode 74 (Future Shock) Air Date: 03-20-2002
Episode 75 (Kiss and Tell) Air Date: 03-27-2002
Episode 76 (Raising Arizona) Air Date: 04-03-2002
Episode 77 (The Paper Chase) Air Date: 04-10-2002
Episode 78 (Ben Don't Leave) Air Date: 04-17-2002
Episode 79 (The Graduate) Air Date: 04-24-2002
Episode 80 (Time Will Tell) Air Date: 05-01-2002
Episode 81 (The Power of the Ex) Air Date: 05-08-2002
Episode 82 (Spin the Bottle) Air Date: 05-15-2002
Episode 83 (Felicity Interrupted) Air Date: 05-22-2002
Episode 84 (Back to the Future) Air Date: 05-22-2002

Britt Gillette

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Posted on 23 June 2005