Felicity
The Fugue
TV Flash files “The Fugue” as hour 16 of 84 in the TV Flash guide — Felicity (1998–2002) on The WB, season 1, episode 16, aired 1999-03-02, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E16: listed hour 16 of 84 in the Felicity guide, hour 16 of 22 in season 1. It aired 1999-03-02 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Love and Marriage” (S01E15). Next is “Assassins” (S01E17).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Noel is confused about his feelings for his ex when they reconnect after a kiss. Also: an art student who admires Felicity's work invites her to the studio; and Julie clashes with Ben's new friends from the swim team.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Fugue sit in the Felicity guide?
S01E16 is listed hour 16 of 84 — hour 16 of 22 in season 1, season 1 episode 16.
When did Felicity S01E16 air?
The Fugue aired 1999-03-02 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Why is the haircut famous?
Russell's season-two cut sparked intense fan and media backlash — still cited whenever a network learns fans treat hair like a spoiler.
In the series
Why this series still plays
She followed a boy to college and a nation followed her haircut. WB teen prestige as emotional mystery-box: Keri Russell, New York dorms, J.J. Abrams learning that feeling can be plot. Late-nineties yearning with actual craft — slow, sincere, still cited whenever a network learns fans treat a haircut like a spoiler.
Visual first: a haircut that became national news, New York dorms in soft focus, Keri Russell following a boy to college while a nation followed the silhouette. J.J. Abrams and Matt Reeves created the WB drama (1998–2002) as college-set teen prestige. *Yearning as a look, voiceover as the fitting, feeling as plot.* **This was not a soft launch of a mystery box; this was a hard launch in dorm light** — and season two taught networks that fans treat hair like a spoiler.
Filed against
- Keri Russell as Felicity Porter
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- Scott Speedman as Ben Covington
Scott Speedman's Ben Covington was the boy Felicity followed to college — WB teen prestige as emotional mystery-box, Keri Russell, New York dorms, J.J. Abrams learning that feeling can be plot, a nation following a haircut. TV Flash files…
- Scott Foley as Noel Crane
Scott Foley's Noel Crane made Felicity a dorm-room choice with consequences — she followed a boy to college and a nation followed her haircut, WB teen prestige as emotional mystery-box, Keri Russell, J.J. Abrams learning that feeling can…
- Amy Jo Johnson as Julie Emrick
Amy Jo Johnson’s Kimberly Hart made Mighty Morphin Power Rangers a pink after-school religion — 1990s catalog morphing as a jingle, then Felicity stretching the teen voltage into WB dorm yearning. TV Flash files her as the Ranger who…
- Tangi Miller as Elena Tyler
Tangi Miller grounded Felicity as Elena Tyler — WB teen prestige as emotional mystery-box, New York dorms, a college hour that treated feeling as plot. Keri Russell followed a boy; a nation followed a haircut. TV Flash files her as 1990s…
- Greg Grunberg as Sean Blumberg
Greg Grunberg's Sean Blumberg crashed Felicity's New York dorm years as friend-shaped weather — Keri Russell, WB teen prestige, J.J. Abrams learning that feeling can be plot. Late-nineties yearning with actual craft. TV Flash files him as…