Felicity is a feminine given name derived from the Latin meaning “enjoys good fortune.” It also is the nickname of the webcomic Felicity Flint, Agent from H.A.R.M..
Felicity was an American television series that revolved around the fictional college experiences of the title character, Felicity Porter (played by Keri Russell), as she attended the University of New York in New York City across the country from her home of Palo Alto, California. The series ran for four seasons from 1998 to 2002, with each season roughly corresponding to the traditional freshman, sophomore, junior, and senior years students attend at universities. The series was created by J.J. Abrams and Matt Reeves with the assistance of many writers, and was directed and produced by many people, including Brian Grazer and Ron Howard. It originally ran on the WB Network.
Some episodes of the show began with stark camera shots of Felicity sitting in a dorm room or apartment holding a tape recorder, recalling events in order to make a cassette tape to send to an old friend named Sally Reardon (voiced by Janeane Garofalo). This occasionally provided a method for Felicity to narrate an entire episode. At the end of episodes like this, Felicity would often be shown listening to a tape Sally sent in reply. This was a staple of early episodes, but became less frequent as the series went on.
The show had 84 episodes play on-air, plus one unaired pilot.
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The story of the series began at Felicity's high school graduation where she asked Ben Covington (played by Scott Speedman), a classmate whom she had a crush on, to sign her yearbook. Moved by a comment he wrote, she decided to completely change her education plans, deciding to follow Ben to New York rather than attend Stanford University to prepare for the study of medicine.