Felicity: Optimist vs. Cynic

We did it again!  Season 3 is coming to a close. All that's left is our recap podcast! Melissa and Fish tackle the following questions at the end of a full season 3 of Felicity: Ben vs. Noel? Felicity’s greatest achievement? Felicity's biggest fail? Most shocking moment or reveal ? Funniest thing that happened? Favorite minor character? Don't miss our superlatives - the “5” Best and "5" Worst of t...

Noel is prepping for graduation and can’t seem to decide whether to cut Felicity out of his life or stay friends. Felicity is mourning the loss of her friend Noel while denying the loss of her friend Noel. Ben gets accepted to an intensive summer EMT program. After trying to decline it the whole episode, he eventually decides to accept it, spending the summer apart from Felicity, who will be in Ne...

The episode with the biggest valve. Noel and Felicity have a confrontation about his feelings for her. Felicity wants to be friends, but Noel doesn’t know how to do that. Richard has caught Noel toilet papering the library on the security camera, and he/the administration dole out a punishment: Noel has to restock toilet paper in all bathrooms on campus. Ben and Felicity make up, although Felicity...

Noel gets the Seattle job, and he offers Felicity a job for the summer. Richard is on the hunt to prevent senior pranks and inadvertently gives Noel the bright idea to toilet paper the library with Felicity. All is fun and games until Richard sees Noel on the security footage. Avery tells Noel that something happened with Ben in Southampton, fueling Noel’s frustration. Avery overdoses on pills to...

It's the Rorschach test of Felicity episodes! Felicity and Ben are on the rocks, and Felicity is angry-painting up a storm. Noel spends the entire episode trying to cheer her up between fits of Felicity dropping everything to meet Ben. Felicity suggests that she and Ben take a break (not realizing that sounded like a break up), and Ben goes to Southampton with Avery to think. Felicity follows him...

Meghan’s old more-than-a-friend Kris is coming to town for a visit before her wedding. Since Kris is a filmmaker, Sean is solely focused on showing her the Docuventary despite a storm knocking out the power. Kris, however, is looking to rekindle her love for Meghan, making Sean feel threatened.   Noel is being courted by a Seattle internet company. He is dating Avery, but Avery can’t seem to stop...

We open on the chaos of the holiday party after the gunshot. We find out that Elena was shot in the arm, and we see Ben attending to Avery, who was shot in the abdomen. Ben follows Avery into the ambulance and holds her hand as she dies and is shocked back to life by the EMT. The show picks up again three months later. Elena is taking a self-defense class and trying to get Felicity to join her.  W...

It's the holiday episode, and the ladies are planning a holiday party in their apartment! Felicity’s mom – who is trying to find herself post-divorce – comes to town for a visit and becomes worried about Ben’s bad boy nature and lack of direction and James’ presence in Felicity’s orbit.  She tries to push Felicity to be with Noel, who is feeling particularly lonely and pining for Felicity at this...

Felicity gets a letter from the registrar that she didn’t drop an Intro to Western Thought class she thought she did drop. She now has to get an A on the final to pass the class.  Meanwhile, the Loser Pet Store pitch with Noel has to be made to Ice Box for the first 21 episodes. And all of this has to be done in three days! Felicity is overloaded, but Noel is pleased to come to the rescue to help...

Noel is working on a graphic design animation project that needs a little artistic love, so Felicity volunteers to lend her drawing skills.  Then Felicity comes up with a better idea: Loser Pet Store! Elena agonizes over whether to testify against McGrath. Tracy, who has been keeping a distance, reassures Elena that she earned her academic achievements and encourages her not to be afraid. Molly’s...

Javier and Samuel want to have a child, and they want Felicity to donate an egg so it can be implanted in a surrogate.  She’s Felicity, so even though it is out of the blue, she says yes. After chatting with Ben, she reconsiders. Javier pursues conversations with another possible donor, but when it is revealed that she is expecting to donate to a heterosexual couple, Javier asks Felicity to preten...

Ben is on the mend from being beaten up by Randy’s brothers. His father, who is his emergency contact, comes into town to check on Ben…and drop in on Felicity to ask for her help with Ben.  But Mr. Covington asking for help of Felicity turns into a creepy sexual advance. Felicity finally encourages Ben to go to Al-Anon for support. Noel realizes that he doesn’t have much in common with Jane. He us...

Noel suspects that Richard is gay.  As the circle of people who have heard the theory expands to include Javier, Meghan, and Molly, Richard reluctantly reveals what his secret really is: He’s a virgin, and he’s never been kissed. The doctor advises Sean to have surgery for what he has diagnosed as a malignant mass in his testicle. Panicked Sean lies to Meghan and his friends and says he is fine. W...

Felicity’s 20th birthday is coming up, and Ben is pulling out all the stops. He plans a surprise party and works with Noel to try to order her favorite ribs for her birthday dinner. Meanwhile, Felicity is trying to figure out if she had sex with Randy at the party, and the guilt is weighing on her. It turns out there is a naked photo of Felicity’s wild night circulating by email to everyone in sch...

Noel is trying to get a computer repair job, which involves studying and passing The Challenge – a final test of skill administered by the cocky IT guy manager. Tracy helps Noel practice by breaking laptops for Noel to fix, which is great until he threatens the life of the computer that Elena was using for her big political science paper. Will Noel or his possible future boss save the day? Meghan...

This one is brought to you by Bubbles and Squeak! Ben gets a call from his mom asking to file a missing persons report for his dad, who has been gone for four days. Ben becomes highly agitated, taking out his aggression on everyone including Sean’s nose, and doesn’t share the news with Felicity.  He does, however, tell Julie, who becomes obsessed with helping Ben find his dad even though he doesn’...

The ladies are ogling the hot next door neighbors, including Finn who seems to have taken a liking to Elena.  Elena and Tracy’s frustration with not having sex is increasing, and Elena starts to give into temptation with Finn. Julie becomes a buffer on dates with Elena and Finn until Elena gets what she considers a sign from God. Noel announces to the group that he and Natalie are married, which s...

Love them or hate them, the new opening credits have been revealed. Felicity sees an apartment for rent and impulsively decides she wants to live with Ben, even though she was supposed to live with Elena and Julie in the dorm.  Unfortunately, the apartment ends up being a hell hole, as Ben says.  Felicity thinks it is romantic and wants to make it work. After bugs, a rat, activity in the water, a...

We did it again!  Season 2 is almost done and dusted.  Except, of course, for our recap podcast! Melissa and Fish tackle the following questions at the end of a full season 2 of Felicity: Ben vs. Noel? Felicity’s greatest achievement? Felicity's biggest fail? Most shocking moment or reveal ? Funniest thing that happened? Favorite minor character? Don't miss our superlatives - the “5” Best and "5"...

Will Felicity take the internship or won’t she?  After an initial declination, Felicity revisits her choice, throwing herself and Ben into the chaos of insecurity and poor communication.  It comes to a head at the rehearsal dinner for Javier's wedding when Felicity’s best man speech becomes competitive foreplay with Ben.  In the end, Felicity takes the internship, and the two say a loving good-bye...

At last, we get to see what it looks like for Felicity and Ben to be in a relationship.  So. Much. Kissing! They're making plans to spend the summer in California together until Felicity’s art history professor offers her an internship in NY, as long as she does well on her final.  They kiss so much she misses her final, but Ben makes a grand gesture and convinces her professor to let Felicity mak...

Greg dumps Felicity right after the altercation with Ben, because he realizes that they both clearly love each other. Felicity, Elena, and Julie need a girls’ night out after all their respective guy troubles, and Felicity enlists Meghan to take them out on the town.  First stop, the “T-Bone Club” – where go-go dancing stations, Bonzai demons, and Meghan worship exists. Meghan tries to tell Greg s...

For this very special one-day-early bonus podcast, we welcome Amanda Foreman to the conversation! That’s right, THE Meghan Rotundi joined Fish and Melissa to talk all about S2 E21 (The Aretha Theory) as well as questions from throughout the series.  You definitely don’t want to miss this fun discussion with Mandy! We will cover S2 E21 ourselves next week! Please consider this a companion interview...

Felicity and Greg arrive at a cabin in Rhinebeck for a relaxing, no pressure weekend away. Except Ben has followed them. Ben tries to talk to Felicity, but she – infuriated – makes him leave without letting him get a word in.  With the news of Ben's intrusion - and Felicity obviously preoccupied but in denial - Greg makes the call to end the weekend excursion and go back to school. The pipes burst...

Felicity is running for President. Yay! All the candidates are fighting dirty. Boo! Ben and Noel are helping Felicity with her campaign.  Ben discovers that Greg’s campaign manager is vandalizing Felicity’s and the other candidates' campaign materials, but Felicity doesn’t believe that Greg would do anything to hurt her. Ben leaks the information about Greg’s drug arrest to Richard – who then leak...