STYLETHREAD -- LET'S TALK SHOP!

shopchicago33 wrote:

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Any specific instances you're referring to?  I remember being so pissed that they made Ben cheat on her again after everything the two of them went thru to be together.  But I still love him.  As for Javier and Sean - I can't remember disliking them in the end?

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Ben cheating was a big one. And I didn't like her reaction to it, considering she cheated on him basically 2 times (even though she didn't sleep with the frat guy).  I really loved the way his character grew over the series. I didn't like him the first season, but he really evolved, and it seemed like such an assy thing for his character to do.

I didn't dislike Javier, but I thought he became sort of a cariacture at the end. I mean, he divorced Samuel because he didn't care that Javier's cat was sick? Seriously?

And I hated the Sean/Julie scenario in the flashback. It seemed out of character for him.

And they killed off Elena! Plus, Richard never came out of the closet, which was too bad (am I the only one who was sure he was gay?). And I didn't like that Felicity gave up her art.

Rant over. But I really Keri Russell now. She was so perfect for that role.

Tashina wrote:

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i watched felicity for a long time and loved that show.  if you don't mind me asking, who did she end up with?  and elana was the african american chick right? 

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She ended up w/Ben

Elena was the african american girl - yes.  Speaking of her, HalleyBird, when Felicity goes back in time in those last episodes, she actually saves Elena - I don't know if you noticed or not, but Elean is at Noel's wedding at the end.  If you watch the commentary on the DVD, it tells you they didn't have enough time to include it in the show, but Elena ends up living in the end.

lovelygirl wrote:

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How did Elena die??? I lost track of the series partway through but never knew that her character passed away. That's so sad-- she was great :(

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A car accident. But like shopchicago said, she actually ended up surviving after Felicity's little time travel thing.

 

leah_leanna wrote:

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The whole time travel thing just seemed so off...it didn't really fit the show I don't think.  Rather like that whole episode 'in the box'....it always irritated me when they took a departure from 'reality based' stories.

 

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It bugged me too, but there was a reason for it.  The episode where Felicity graduates and reunites w/Ben in the end was supposed to be the series finale, because the producers and writers thought they were only getting xx amount of episodes, but then the network called for more episodes, so the writers felt like they had already written and ending and had to do something.  Once I knew that, I understood more - sucks that it happened that way.

kenzie wrote:

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shopchicago33 wrote:

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It bugged me too, but there was a reason for it.  The episode where Felicity graduates and reunites w/Ben in the end was supposed to be the series finale, because the producers and writers thought they were only getting xx amount of episodes, but then the network called for more episodes, so the writers felt like they had already written and ending and had to do something.  Once I knew that, I understood more - sucks that it happened that way.

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I didn't know that, but it explains so much. The series really would have been fine with the whole, 'It was my turn to follow you' line. That, imo, was the best moment of the whole series and would have been a fabulous finale. I, too, was bugged by the time travel scenario.

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Yep - I watched the extras on the 4th season DVD and they explained all of it.  It makes me feel better about the whole time travel thing and the way it ended and why they had to go and make Ben cheat, but I still wish it could have ended w/the "it was my turn to follow you" thing - that was the best Ben moment!