I don't really know what to write here, but I'll start by saying that "Felicity" means something to me. I've been a fan of J.J., Matt, and Damon Lindelof, both knowingly and unknowingly, for as long as they have been creating content. Anyways, I wanted to write a review on these episodes because of what it means to me at my particular station in life. If you have watched both episodes 13 & 14, you'll know how it all ends for Felicity. SPOILERS Felicity learns that Todd has a fiancé who loves him, followed by Todd and his fiancé returning to their home town. The thing that I find interesting is that I believe Todd's experience is an example of bipolar depression. In the episode, Todd's fiancé, Rebecca, explains Todd's reasoning for his sudden decision to run off to New York in an effort to "kiss" Felicity. She says Todd was deeply depressed for a extended period which seemed to have been ended by Todd's sudden reuniting with Felicity while she was at home on winter break. It's entirely possible that I am reading too much into the story, but since it explains his erratic behavior and sudden irrational thinking, I have to wonder if J.J. wrote the episode knowingly examining a character's specific mental illnesses. If so, I have to commend him for tackling the concept in both a realistic and interestingly subtle way. The story is both sweet and tragic. Todd does end up kissing Felicity. He also nearly dies and loses his fiancé in the process. However, the more important takeaway was how his presence helped Felicity in profoundly realizing an important lesson about herself and her passion for art. Todd clearly was acting extremely impulsively by going to New York and stalking Felicity, but was he wrong in doing so? Even Rebecca admits that since she trusted that Todd loved her, all she could do was let him go. She ends up being right and reuniting with Todd, who is now confined to a wheelchair. I can't get over the tragic nature of Todd and Felicity's resolution though. It's clear that there was nowhere near the amount of necessary evidence needed to come up with any concrete sense of their compatibility. But, one can't help but wonder if there was "something" between the two characters that was significantly unresolved. END SPOILERS Anyways, great episodes, J.J. I sometimes am frustrated by your's and Damon's writing/directing, but I don't deny there isn't something profound that can usually be discerned by the consumer.
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