Friends is a comfort show loved the world over that has a perfect balance of comedy and slapstick humor, interspersed with heartwarming moments and heartbreak along the way. friends' The main characters always bounce back and often turn pain into humor, a quality embodied above all by Chandler.
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Part of the reason Friends remains so memorable is the sitcom's immaculate writing, which was consistently strong for a decade.
Each Friends the character is uniquely funny. Joey is silly, Phoebe is eccentric, Rachel's humor is simple, Monica is high-strung, Ross is pedantic and often turns his awkward moments into unintentional comedy. Last but not least, Chandler thrives on sarcasm. The characters' distinct traits combined to create a fun 10-season run, and more Friends episode that hits absolute home runs.
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“The One With the Ball Video”
Season 2, Episode 14
Friends Season 2, Episode 14 shows Ross' good side, undoing the damage caused earlier when he made a list comparing his then-girlfriend Julie to Rachel. When Rachel discovers the list, she gives Ross a piece of her mind and vehemently declares that they are unlikely to be a couple.
Ross does his best to persuade Rachel, but ends up rescuing an old video tape from their younger days. Rachel rushes to embrace him after discovering he'd dressed up to take her to her high school prom, only to be heartbroken when her date, Chip, finally showed up. Although it's an emotionally charged episode, the comedy definitely doesn't take a backseat, with each character getting their moment to make the audience laugh.
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“The one with a dozen lasagnas”
Season 1, Episode 12
After Monica is left with a dozen lasagnas she made for her vegetarian aunt, she gives one away to friends and recurring characters. Meanwhile, Rachel's Italian boyfriend, Paolo, comes out to Phoebe, leading to their breakup, and Ross is all excited about fatherhood.
Friends Season 1, Episode 12 squeezes maximum laughs out of mundane stakes, from Chandler and Joey choosing a foosball table over a diner to Monica beating the guys at their game at their house.
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“The One with the Jellyfish”
Season 4, Episode 1
Friends Season 4 opens strong with a fun episode focused on Rachel's 18-page letter, Phoebe talking to her birth mother, and the mystery surrounding Monica's jellyfish sting. Friends Season 4, Episode 1 also plays with the idea of Monica and Chandler as a couple, earning only laughs at first.
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Later, Joey, Chandler and Monica wrestle with embarrassment after Monica finally admits she got stung and peed on the beach. It's top Friends absurdity, all rolled into one episode, topped off by Chandler's admission that he peed on Monica to help with the sting. At the end of the episode, Ross and Rachel once again go back and forth over the meaning of taking a break and end their relationship for good.
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“The One With Chandler in a Box”
Season 4, Episode 8
A Chandler-centric episode with an incredible payoff, Season 4, Episode 8 puts him in direct conflict with his roommate and best friend, Joey. After learning that Chandler kissed his girlfriend Kathy, Joey cuts ties with him and even declares his intention to move out of the apartment.
Meanwhile, Monica invites Richard's son, Timothy, to Thanksgiving dinner, a decision that her friends protest. Chandler finally climbs into a box to gain Joey's forgiveness, leading to slapstick humor and an emotionally satisfying climax.
Season 3, Episode 9
Another Thanksgiving classic, Season 3 Episode 9 is filled with pure slapstick comedy, capturing just how chaotic the ensemble can really be. Monica and Ross tell their friends that their mother banned them from playing soccer after Monica accidentally broke Ross' nose while trying to win the Geller Cup during a fiercely competitive childhood game.
“The One with the Football” has a high rewatch value. The gang heads to a local park, where the Geller siblings refuse to let go of their rivalry even after midnight. Meanwhile, Chandler and Joey compete for the love of a Dutch woman named Margha, and the ridiculous Geller Cup appears on screen. It turns out the cup is nothing more than a puppet nailed to a 2×4.
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“The one where everyone finds out”
Season 5, Episode 14
Friends Season 5, episode 14 reinforces the show's emotional core, revealing Monica and Chandler's romance, albeit in an entirely humorous way. It also says goodbye to the ugly naked guy, when Ross befriends him to get his apartment.
It is through this apartment that Phoebe, and later Ross, discovers that Monica and Chandler are a couple, setting off a series of frantic reactions. In the end, Ross secures the apartment and Phoebe gets Chandler to admit that he loves Monica.
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“The one with the routine”
Season 6, Episode 10
What begins with the gang simply decorating Monica's Christmas tree crescendos into top visual comedy as Ross and Monica break into their dance routine during the taping of Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve. While Season 6, Episode 10 is known for this physical comedy, Chandler, Phoebe and Rachel use Monica's time away to look for her hidden Christmas presents.
As Monica and Ross struggle to get onto the platform, Joey does his best to keep his roommate and crush Janine as his dance partner, filling the episode with hilarious visual gags. Ross and Monica's awkward dance number remains the show's most unforgettable comedic moment.
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“That Ross Got High”
Season 6, Episode 9
Another Thanksgiving hit, “The One Where Ross Got High” has some of Friends' best writing and thoroughly driven by crisp dialogue. It uses the secondary characters, namely Jack and Judy Geller, to exploit the chaotic dynamic of the six friends. Chaos simmers when Ross tells Monica that their parents' distaste for Chandler is because Ross once caught his college smoking on him.
Monica has prepared a Thanksgiving dinner, but Ross and Joey would much rather be somewhere else. Phoebe descends into full-on eccentricity, Rachel adds beef to her dessert, and Monica hides from her parents that she and Chandler are living together. All these pieces collide, with Judy delivering her sharpest dialogue to criticize each of them in the end.
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“The One with the Reputation”
Season 8, Episode 9
Season 8, episode 9 is set against a Thanksgiving backdrop, with Brad Pitt making a memorable guest appearance. Despite his star power, he never overshadows the six friends; instead, he gives each of them room to shine in their own right.
Pitt plays Will Colbert, Monica and Rachel's high school friend, whom Rachel once gave a hard time. Will is now healthier and transformed and harbors resentment towards Rachel. He even lets the friends in on a secret: that he founded the “I Hate Rachel Green Club” with Ross in high school. Meanwhile, Joey promises to eat a whole turkey. The episode has enough chaos, giving Monica room to slip into the mother hen of the ragtag team.
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“The one with the embryos”
Season 4, Episode 12
Friends Season 4, episode 12 is cleverly structured, with the apartment quiz embodying its essence. Chandler and Joey meet the women across the hall, where Ross is playing the quizmaster. Convinced that she will win, Monica ups the ante by betting the apartment on a quiz about who knows who better.
Phoebe's embryo implantation procedure at the clinic, with Frank Jr. and Alice by her side, is an engaging B-plot. Monica and Rachel lose the apartment and end up in Chandler and Joey's lair for a short time before finally taking it back.
Friends
- Release date
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1994 – 2004
- Network
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NBC
- Showrunner
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Marta Kauffman
