Does Felicity get better?

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SR_RSMITH@reddit

I started watching it for the cozy atmosphere and the warm 90s aesthetics, but… it doesn’t get better

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Medical-Kangaroo7489@reddit

Same. Same. and i thought I the piliot would help me with writing.I started listening to it with my eyes closed.The show [sucks.It](http://sucks.It) seemed boring when i was young.

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Yeah… it’s just not well written. Too repetitive, too few characters, she’s always making the same mistakes… even the boys she’s in love with are too similar. I always felt like it’s too noticeable that it’s written by a dude (and an inexperienced one at that), which it is

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buppiejc@reddit

Dawson’s Creek was way better, but the end of Felicity will make you angry.

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Peanut083@reddit

I was so hyped for Dawson’s Creek. Then I watched the first half of the first episode and found it so boring that I turned it off and went to bed.

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buppiejc@reddit

I think a lot of people found Dawson insufferable, so that’s understandable.😄 Katie Holme’s character was cute and worth tuning in imo.

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hamburgler26@reddit

I remember it being an excuse to get together and watch a show, it sucked but we had fun watching it.

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CheapBreakfast1104@reddit

Those Dawson River kids?

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fer_sure@reddit

Yeah. She cut her **hair!**

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PrincessSarahHippo@reddit

The haircut happened in season two iirc. It was the final season that made everyone 🤯🥴🫤.

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RKsu99@reddit

I made it up to the haircut then stopped watching. I think a lot of people did the same at the time. But I might pick it up again when I’m looking for that sort of entertainment.

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buppiejc@reddit

Don’t spoil it for OP!

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rubywizard24@reddit (OP)

oh, this is not a spoiler. I remember the drama unfolding in real time!

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fer_sure@reddit

I'd put it in spoiler tags, but if OP continues with *Felicity* and feels some kind of way when The Haircut happens, that this is a safe place to discuss it with people who were there.

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MotherofaPickle@reddit

🤷🏻‍♀️ The commercials were boring. I’ll never watch it. I also still poke fun at my husband for watching Dawson’s Creek (also boring).

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Surlyllama23@reddit

The first few episodes are painfully slow. To me, it starts picking up around episodes 9-10. I know everybody hates on season 4, but I actually enjoyed it and the WTF-ness. But it really is a late 90s-00s show. It's very character-driven and introspective. I would at least try to watch the first season.

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Trinikas@reddit

It's a relationship drama/essentially aiming at being an elevated soap opera. Those kinds of stories run slow because it's all about characters and relationships.

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whistleridge@reddit

It helps to be 20 and full of Deep Questions About Life. If you’re an adult, it’s a pretty trite and transparent running love triangle between the smart guy and the pretty guy, that was always going to end with her picking the pretty one.

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dabeeman@reddit

it always does

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iminthemoodforlug@reddit

You will never guess what happens in the last season…

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PrincessSarahHippo@reddit

I had to stop watching. I was just constantly going wtf? Did I just take drugs or something? Am I hallucinating right now?

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SleepTightPizza@reddit

Surprise, it was all a dream!

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ranaldo20@reddit

I just looked it up. Holy shit, that's wild. Lol

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EricRShelton@reddit

I’ve never seen *Felicity*, but that is the most JJ Abrams mystery teasing comment I can imagine in this context. LOL. Well done!

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CatAnxiety@reddit

I wish I could say they were being hyperbolic but the last season of Felicity is one of the most unpredictable turns in television history.

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Jr5309@reddit

Felicity gets better. Much better. I’ve done rewatches of both DC & Felicity, and older me still loves Felicity. I do not care for DC as much anymore.

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liftkitten@reddit

Same. I can’t do the teenagers speaking like they’re writing the great American novel now that I’m not a teen anymore, so DC is out despite my abiding love of Pacey

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rubywizard24@reddit (OP)

DC is my number one show of all time so not confident it’ll ever be dethroned!

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RegularAd9418@reddit

Noel > Ben

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liftkitten@reddit

Noel was clearly the better choice

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moissan2nite@reddit

Blasphemy!

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liftkitten@reddit

If you don’t like it now you will not like it later. It has basically the same vibe throughout. I loved it then and love it now, but it’s not exactly action packed.

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SleepTightPizza@reddit

My gf loved this show but I didn't really watch TV much back then, so never tried it.

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Lensgoggler@reddit

I highly recommend Dawson's Creek over Felicity.

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mammajess@reddit

I never saw the appeal at the time it came out.

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TheREALBaldRider@reddit

It gets better when we find out she is a Russian spy.

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Reasonable-Wave8093@reddit

🤣🤙🏼Alias is my favorite

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fer_sure@reddit

I think they were referring to [The Americans](https://share.google/uKVkw79z6ZCCLyfba), but Alias is awesome too.

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Reasonable-Wave8093@reddit

wow, Alias kicks ass and is the clear winner, i guess it’s Garner v Russel !!

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HereWeFuckingGooo@reddit

Alias was good for 2 seasons and then jumped the shark into stupid territory.

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Reasonable-Wave8093@reddit

Alias is great for the first two seasons, and still really really good in 3,4, and 5. Resources were divided to LOST (writers, production) & the mission impossible franchise (JJ directed #3, and every Mission Imposible after takes many story points from Alias. Salt is also based on Alias

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HereWeFuckingGooo@reddit

[Salt is not based on Alias.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_(2010_film)#Production)

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Reasonable-Wave8093@reddit

Lol they can’t say its based on so i guess inspired by Alias! but it is a re-imagining of Irina’s story and also the famous “project christmas” episode. Miss Congeniality is based on an old bionic woman episode!

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ShutYourDumbUglyFace@reddit

Also, The Diplomat.

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TheREALBaldRider@reddit

That is correct

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Reasonable-Wave8093@reddit

she can’t beat Jack & Sydney Bristow!

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boner79@reddit

Because there’s no connection from Felicity to Alias.

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Reasonable-Wave8093@reddit

Jennifer Garner was in Felicity…as a grad student, then she was a grad student and spy in JJs next show, Alias. Duh

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OnceARunner1@reddit

Because Keri Russell (Felicity) is a Russian spy in The American, not Alias.

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StringLord@reddit

Alias is a show about a spy!

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Reasonable-Wave8093@reddit

she was a college student too!

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StringLord@reddit

lol yes, but I was mainly quoting Buster Bluth

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solemn_penguin@reddit

It gets better when we find out she's been imagining Tyler Durden all along

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DarinCN@reddit

Every time I think I got a good one, someone always has it first

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UnluckyCardiologist9@reddit

It gets even better when she becomes a diplomat.

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HooochieCooochieMan@reddit

Watch Dawson's Creek instead.

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rubywizard24@reddit (OP)

lol DC is my all-time favorite show and I do watch it, constantly. I could quote most episodes word for word.

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HooochieCooochieMan@reddit

...well... I'm kind of impressed by that. Have you watched Young Americans? Find out what happens to Pacey's buddy Will Krudski after his time in Capeside?

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rubywizard24@reddit (OP)

I think so?? TBH I am not really sure, haha. Clearly it made an impression!

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HooochieCooochieMan@reddit

You gotta watch it. It was a spin off. One of the characters on it came on DC as Pacey's friend and then the summer that followed that season Young Americans came on the WB. I believe Young Americans was the first time I heard the Nick Drake song Pink Moon. It was only on for one season but it was great to watch during the slow season of summer tv between DC seasons.

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Eastern-Joke-7537@reddit

Or the show with Clare Danes. What was the name of that show?

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iminthemoodforlug@reddit

My So Called Life

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Eastern-Joke-7537@reddit

That’s the one. I watched several episodes back then, and thought it was pretty good. Maybe it holds up.

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SadApartment3023@reddit

Felicity is my nemesis. NYU was my dream school forever. Felicity's dumb show premiered the year before I was to apply...and then applications went up by like 300% I wanted to go to New York before it was cool! /s

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PhoneJazz@reddit

Spoiler alert: Snip Snip 💇‍♀️

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HereWeFuckingGooo@reddit

Remember when "going all Felicity" meant chopping all your hair off?

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Mission_Fart9750@reddit

Who knew she was a modern day Samson?

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msheehan418@reddit

Effectively ending that show.

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atampersandf@reddit

I watched this in college with friends and liked it way better than Dawson's. I tried watching it with my partner recently and it doesn't hold up. I don't even think it holds up with the nostalgia factor but it does hit different 28 years later. Omg, hasn't it been that long? I:d rather watch 28 Years Later and have that hit different with the rage virus dropping when Felicity was released 🤔

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MrsSpookyMulder47@reddit

I watched it probably 10 years ago and did enjoy it, but it’s not great and the ending gets really weird.

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genesimmonstongue415@reddit

Yes. Like this post if Team Noel.

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imcataclastic@reddit

The whispering….

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Appropriate-Neck-585@reddit

Life's too short. There are too many good shows you'd enjoy. Pull the plug.

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AdelleDeWitt@reddit

All I know is that was really fucking pissed off when I got to college and my ra wasn't a hot guy.

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Smurfblossom@reddit

There were hunks in every episode..... I mean I can still picture that Simon Rex scene today..... boredom simply wasn't possible.

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Ewe_Search@reddit

S1 was kinda slow. I prefer S2.

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epidemicsaints@reddit

One of those shows where everyone's face makes me mad. But I fondly remember a black and white Halloween episode where they're trapped in a room.

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PrincessSarahHippo@reddit

In a box. The roommate had a mystery box.

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moissan2nite@reddit

I loved it when it first aired. Haven’t revisited it since my early 20s. A fellow Xennial friend rewatched it a couple years ago. Her review could be summarized with: “Jesus Christ! Just fuck already!”

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nounthennumbers@reddit

I think it’s a victim of its time.

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CatAnxiety@reddit

I remember thinking this the entire time I watched it when it aired. In fact, now I will put it on at the end of the night sometimes because it is so boring I find it calming.

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BohemiaDrinker@reddit

My ex at the time really liked it, so I watched most of it, and let me tell you: it starts off as only boring show, but then it somehow evolves into a boring show that makes you wanna murder the main character. Funny thing is that I barely remendar anything about it, except for the fact that I hated Felicity with a passion.

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Deep-Interest9947@reddit

I was in college when felicity aired and therefore never watched it (very busy). But I watched it within the last few years and the only reason I finished was because I wasn’t working and was very bored. It’s pretty boring.

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LeopardDue1112@reddit

The pacing was part of the appeal for me - I was going to college at the same time and I related to Felicity's introspection and tendency to overthink everything. If you don't like the first few episodes, it's not going to get better. The writing hit a slump in sophomore year and didn't really recover until the last season.

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LegalBridge4107@reddit

Never watched it, so I don’t know. But, I heard she got a hair cut and that seemed to be a big deal …

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Metzger4Sheriff@reddit

I *love* Felicity, but I think part of the appeal is the slow pace. Things do pick up in later seasons, but it also gets a little bit soapy, so not sure you would necessarily say it's an improvement.

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Reasonable-Wave8093@reddit

hop over to Alias!

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jjmawaken@reddit

No idea but I loved when she was a guest on Boy Meets World as a love interest for Eric.

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