Felicity
Docuventary II
TV Flash files “Docuventary II” as hour 39 of 84 in the TV Flash guide — Felicity (1998–2002) on The WB, season 2, episode 17, aired 2000-04-12, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E17: listed hour 39 of 84 in the Felicity guide, hour 17 of 23 in season 2. It aired 2000-04-12 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Revolutions” (S02E16). Next is “Party Lines” (S02E18).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Sean resumes his documentary film project.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Docuventary II sit in the Felicity guide?
S02E17 is listed hour 39 of 84 — hour 17 of 23 in season 2, season 2 episode 17.
When did Felicity S02E17 air?
Docuventary II aired 2000-04-12 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 Foley as Noel Crane
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- Amy Jo Johnson as Julie Emrick
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- Tangi Miller as Elena Tyler
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- 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…