A program was by Bright/Kauffman/Crane Productions within association with Warner Bros. Television for NBC in the US, first broadcast on that network and followed by other broadcast networks in numerous countries throughout the world. In the The states, its number 1 episode was aired in September 22, 1994, the endure in May 6, 2004.

Overview
Friends is one of a virtually all successful sitcoms worldwide. by the prevent of a series the half a dozen independent cast members were for each one paid America$1,000,000 per episode. Advertisements during the series finale, which attracted an audience of over 52 million viewers, cost $2,000,000 for the 30-2nd spot in the United States and CAD$190,00Within Canada. A endure episode was freed in DVD 5 days when its broadcast.

the indicate focused on the lasts of a class action of sextet friends: spoiled Dad's girl Rachel Green; compulsively fresh chef Monica Geller; wise-cracking, perennially unfortunate-inside-love, underconfident professional drone Chandler Bing; oversexed, clueless actor Joey Tribbiani; divorced paleontologist nerd Ross Geller; & scatterbrained flower child, masseuse, and wishful folk singer/songwriter Phoebe Buffay. When a pilot begins, Rachel leaves her fiancé Barry at a altar & moves inside by having her childhood right friend, Monica. A pair experiences through a hall from either Chandler & Joey. It hang out by using Monica's brother, Ross – world health organization recently divorced his sapphic married woman – & Phoebe, a "free spirit" of the bunch & Monica's old roomie. A settings for the indicate include Monica's apartment, Chandler and Joey's apartment and the coffee shop downstairs, "Central Perk".

When cutting herself murder from either her father's money, Rachel had her foremost job as a waitress in the coffee shop & late becomes the individual shopper at Bloomingdale's, then a buyer for Ralph Lauren. Monicthe struggled for the number one many seasons for profits, & late became head chef at a easily-respected eating house. Chandler at length switched to the career around advertising per previous pack seasons. When in-&-off profits as a detergent opera actor Joey's career at length stabilized using the regular the share in a a measure of laundry detergent opera from either which he was ab initio fired sooner in the series' redo. Paleontologist Ross eventually becomes the college prof. Phoebe ekes out the residing as a singer-songwriter and a masseuse.

a constant story line throughout a series was a in-again/off-again romance between Ross & Rachel, & late in the series, the underdeveloped relationship between Chandler & Monica.

A indicate's theme song, "I'll Be There For You" by The Rembrandts, became a major hit after a Tennessee disc jockey looped it into a full length track and played it on the radio. A band's record label mandatory a babies to write extra poop & re-record the track as a good-length song, which peaked on the Hoarding chart at #17.

Cast members

Main characters
Rachel Karen Green – Jennifer Aniston Monica E. Geller-Bing – Courteney Cox Arquette Phoebe Buffay-Hanigan – Lisa Kudrow Joseph Francis Tribbiani – Matt LeBlanc Chandler Muriel Bing – Matthew Perry Prof. Ross Geller – David Schwimmer

Recurring characters
Look at likewise: List of significant others of Friends Relations
Jack Geller – Elliott Gould Judy Geller – Christina Pickles Frank Buffay Sr. (Phoebe's father) – Bob Balaban Lily Buffay (Phoebe's adopted mother) – ''Does'nt Credited'' Phoebe Abbott (Phoebe's biological mother)– Teri Garr Frank Buffay Jr. (Phoebe's half-brother) – Giovanni Ribisi Ursula Buffay (Phoebe's twin sister) – Lisa Kudrow Dr. Leonard Green (Rachel's father) – Ron Leibman Sandra Green (Rachel's mother) – Marlo Thomas Jill Green (Rachel's sister) – Reese Witherspoon Amy Green (Rachel's sister) – Christina Applegate Charles Bing (the.k.the. Helena Handbasket) (Chandler's cross-dressing father) – Kathleen Turner Nora Tyler Bing (Chandler's mother) – Morgan Fairchild Joseph Tribbiani Sr. (Joey's father) – Robert Costanzo Gloria Tribbiani (Joey's mother) – Brenda Vaccaro Dina Tribbiani (Joey's sister) – Marla Sokoloff

Other
Gunther (works at Central Perk) – James Michael Tyler Janice (dated Chandler on numbers of occasions) – Maggie Wheeler Estelle Leonard (Joey's agent) – June Gable Carol Willick (Ross's ex-ex) – Jane Sibbett (played by Anita Barone in episode #2) Susan Bunch (Carol Willick's sapphic partner) – Jessica Hecht Ugly Naked Guy (lives through a street) Not Credited

Mr. Heckles (complaining man who lives below Monica's apartment) – Larry Hankin The Chick and The Duck (Chandler and Joey's pets, world health organization within Year 10, you buy retired died. Still, the newly chick & duck came along to accept Joey.) Mike Hanigan (marries Phoebe in Year 10) – Paul Rudd Mr. Treeger (superintendent in the apartment building where Monica, Chandler, Joey and Rachel live) – Michael G. Hagerty

Guest stars
A indicate hwhen got numerous easily-known celebrities as guest stars, including Bruce Willis, Tom Selleck, Brad Pitt, Ian Thorpe (as an extra), Elle MacPherson, and Charlie Sheen.

Watch: List of guest stars on Friends

Pre-broadcast audience research
When a finale was broadcast, The Smoking Gun made available the May 27, 1994 "Program Test Report" summarizing a audience reaction to a version of what became the pilot episode. Overall responses to the pilot were "not very favorable"; virtually all viewers felt a indicate was "not very entertaining, clever, or original". A report recommended: Broadening a indicate to include a select few older characters Adding other humor Changing a pilot thus that a audience may get thomas more exposed emotionally sustaining a indicate's characters Toning down a intimate situations, at least at the beginning of the series Getting Chandler talk all about his dreams in the revenant basis Incorporating Phoebe supplementary into a stories Produce a cafe less "funky"

Running gags
Friends got numerous heading gags throughout a span of the indicate. A select few of the best known include:

A A single By having [episode name] : About each episode title starts using these tierce words. Within information to the fact that virtually all sitcoms don't display a title of their episodes, and so fans must discuss a independent plot points sustaining both more whilst on to specific episodes. Fat Monica: Monica, today thin & attractive, was obese as a child. She & a more characters would typically refer to her "fat past" & many flashbacks throughout a series allowed america to understand upright how else she seemed so. She is too known to develop flesh out clown feet every bit mentioned by Rachel! Gay Chandler: Chandler was typically painted by owning a possibility of existence gay, despite his determination to prove himself as a straight he actually was. Various characters on the indicate experienced assumed that he wwhen gay whilst it number one met him, & describe him as with the certain gay "quality." Additionally, Chandler's father was the transvestite, which may use at times been a induced of a few of Chandler's feminine behavioural traits. '''Ross' palaeontology': Ross experienced the habit of speaking within (un)scientific technobabble, & typically swank unasked & typically unfortunate cognition of various cases, virtually all notably paleontology. 1 particularly adept lesson of this was a statement, "Australopithecus was never fully erect." (A joke on this text is that any grade-school student knows that Australopithecus did'' use fully-erect posture.) This get on of these level a great 'double entendre', but was as well the somewhat high-highbrowed gag, which numbers of viewers weren't necessarily entity to recognize when humourous outside of it painting Ross as a "nerd." Disregardless, his dweeb talks would typically send a rest of the gang into mock narcolepsy. Horrible Naked Guy: An weighty, au naturel hermit world health organization engaged within odd habits in the "privacy" of his flat through a street from either Monica's. One of a gang would typically notice something running around in his flat & exclaim "eww, eww, Ugly Naked Guy is..." & would describe the commonly unknown work to a others, world health organization would so crowd as much as the window to a chorus of "ewwwww". When you took a flashback within a single episode that was placed a year prior to the pilot, Phoebe comments to Ross, "Aww, cute naked guy is really starting to put on weight." Horrible Naked Guy decides to sublet his flat within Year Five, & Ross rents it to survive through a street from either his sister. Joey & Chandler as a couple: One of the more frequent recurring jokes of the early episodes paralleled the interactions of Joey and Chandler to the interactions of a married couple. A gag was ordinarily wont to enhance a said "Gay Chandler" joke, when Chandler would typically consider a "wife" role, however was typically funny in its have. This gag potentially appears in the number one episode of the spinoff, Joey. Gunther likes Rachel: After Gunther appeared within an episode it normally required his anything-all the same-secret crush in Rachel, world health organization however remains oblivious to his feelings throughout virtually all of the indicate's rerun. '''Phoebe's former way of life: These are typically mentioned that Phoebe another time lived on the street, & her unknown previous friends typically came higher. Various random information from either her childhood come revealed throughout a indicate, like that she "stabbed a cop", got the pandar spit within her mouth, has sleep in Prague, and possibly mugged Ross once it were Xiv. Ross' tendency to marry: Ross marries a aggregate of threefold throughout the course of the indicate, 100% of which prevent around divorcement. Numbers of gags from either a sixth year in line a line that Ross is used to marry any girl he hooks higher by using & is equally when in all probability to decompose fallowing marriage. Phoebe's music: Phoebe was often a musician at Central Perk and was known for her rather unusual, original songs. Occasionally include: "Jingle Bitch Screwed Me Over", "Sometimes Men Love Women, Sometimes Men Love Men...", "The Barnyard Song" where she graphically describes stock existence off into meat products to the class action of simple schoolers, & her best known, "Smelly Cat." Oh. Our. God!''': Janice's catch phrase; utilized when her introductory line around her down the road guest appearances. I get on the break!: the highlight of the third year was Rachel & Ross, two or three at the instance, getting the major fight & after deciding to last in a break in their relationship. As much as this point, a depressed Ross roll in the hay an additional woman; his resultant guilt & Rachel's following rancour resonated for numbers of seasons to came. Dr. Regina Phalange: Phoebe's vary ego, which she regularly makes information to (similar to Art Vandelay on Seinfeld). In the survive episode she blocks Rachel's plane by having her to ask whether a plane got something wrongly by using its left phalange. Mr. Heckles: The slighty off-kilter human world health organization lived in the image below Monica & Rachel's flat & high-pressure complained all about a noise. Died when you took a 2nd year. '''Chandler's speech''': Chandler has a unknown way of speaking, where he emphasizes the wrongly word inside his sentences. Of these exaggerated lesson, in which Ross was mocking Chandler's accent: "The hills are alive with the sound (pause) OF music". His particular brand of satire is likewise typically according to a sentence "Could this [object] (pause) BE any more [description]." 'How else Professional people'' Doin'?''': This is Joey's pick-higher line. It was 1st seen in "The One with Rachel's Crush," & Joey continues applying it for the rest of the series, for instance in Phoebe, Rachel, Monica, & possibly humorously in Chandler. '''Phoebe's dead mother''': Phoebe typically information her mother's suicide to various situations on the indicate, ordinarily as an excuse. E.g., after Ross questions her in how come she's never tried taffy, "I think my mother was too busy planning her suicide to provide saltwater treats." '''Monica's obsessive-compulsive behavior''': Monica has day and night exhibited various traits of an obsessive-compulsive personality disorder, including obsession with cleanliness, refusal to relinquish control on top anything, excessive categorization & organization, acute fight, & a want for humans to such as her. Her fight can be found whenever swimming lawn tennis sustaining Chandler's boss, in which Chandler suggests that it should let him win, to which she replies "I'm sorry, I don't understand what you just said." Another time, Rachel, world health organization is moving away from a flat, offers Monica a risk to few her belongings for her, presenting the offer as a goodby present, which Monica fain accepts. Additionally, a indicate has multitudinous information to Monica the washing machine her flat, or even any more location she's inside. '''Chandler's erotica addiction''': Chandler has typically exhibited signs of the pornography addiction, watching porn by having Monica's cognition. '''Joey's obsession using lesbians''': At many points throughout a series Joey (& Ross & Chandler to a select few extent) has expressed an obsession by using lesbians, potentially "keeping seeing the good side" of Carol's gayness.

Trivia
The character of Ursula (Phoebe's twin sister) foremost appeared in the sitcom Mad About You as a not-therefore-apostophy test-witted waitress. Lisa Kudrow played Ursula on two Mad All about Smart shoppers & Friends. Phoebe was non originally supposed to have a twin, however a indicate's creators added a fact to teach you how come Kudrow was appearing in ii different shows, at one point on the equivalent nighttime. Ursula would last in to produce many appearances in Friends, played at the same time by Kudrow. Producers utilized split-screen photography & doubles to produce a illusion them two appeared within a scene at the equivalent instance. Late, Helen Hunt appeared on an episode of Friends & her character erroneously thought Phoebe was Ursula.

James Michael Tyler's character came into a series by accident. He may be seen as an additional throughout the number 1 year, & after given a line in the 2nd, the directors were adequately impressed that it created him a good-whale section: Gunther. In addition, it's been reported that Tyler had a job because he was a exclusively more world health organization knew training work a espresso machine, getting been working at an actual coffee bar at a period. Additionally to swimming Gunther, Tyler remained an actual coffee shop employee for the number one 4 seasons of the indicate.

Central Perk, the coffeehouse on the indicate, is according to Chomondley's (pronounced Chumley's), the coffee shop/lounge inside Usen Castle at Brandeis University, the alma mater of the indicate's creators.

Katie, world health organization played Marcel, Ross' favourite monkey, would become possibly other illustrious than a Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim's Rally Monkey.

Although a indicate was filmed within California, it took place in the West Village in Manhattan, New York City. A exterior shot of the Friends' apartment house is actually placed at Grove & Bedford streets in the Village.

a picture frame within the peep hole in Monica & Rachel's flat originally was the framed mirror, however the crewman inadvertently broke it. A producers liked a look & decided does'nt to replenish a mirror.

55 population were paid to are to a studio & view the foremost 4 episodes of "The Six of Us"; this indicate's title was changed to "Friends"

Not the lot episodes were filmed before of a studio audience. Virtually all episodes were filmed by owning the laugh track, like a episode of Ursula & Phoebe together.

Farther triviality may be witnessed [http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt0108778/trivia in the series' IMDb entry].

Season synopsis

Season 1

I am introduced to Phoebe, Monica, Chandler, Joey & Ross, shortly fallowing Ross's married woman Carol has be the lesbian & divorced him. At this point, Monica, Phoebe & Ross a lot survive alone, when Chandler & Joey survive together. Monica's old school friend Rachel enters Central Perk wearing the wedding dress, with good do out of her wedding to Barry Farber & looking for someplace to last. She moves around by owning Monicthe, gets the job as the waitress at Central Perk, & struggles to function for a residing, getting antecedently lived a rich life.

Ross finds his ex-ex Carol is pregnant by having his toddler. In the next-to-last episode of the year, she gives birth to the son, known as Ben, world health organization is afterwards raised by Carol & her lover, Susan.

around the pilot, Ross reveals he experienced the crush in Rachel in high school, & you watch (unbeknownst to Rachel) that he however has feelings for her. Throughout a year, he fails to produce his feelings known to her, & one of these days Chandler & Joey persuade him to go on. In the endure episode, in Rachel's birthday, Ross leaves for the palaeontological hike to China - when he is never again, Chandler inadvertently reveals to Rachel that Ross is dotty by owning her. Rachel in time decides she would rather to begin a romanticist relationship sustaining Ross, & attend meet him at a airdrome after he is restored from either China, unaware that he is incurring off the plane using a second woman.

Season 2

Ross is unaware that Rachel nowadays has feelings for him, & has began the relationship using the fossilist known as Julie whom he knew at graduate school & has met over agawithin piece in China. Rachel is very unhappy just about this & makes tries to sabotage the relationship, eg: while Ross wants to consummate his relationship by having Julie, Rachel tells him women buy nothing sexier than a human world health organization doesn't obviously do it.

Rachel down the road goes in the date by owning an additional human, in which she gets super drunk & leaves the message in Ross's guide machine saying she is above him. Next morning, Ross comes to Monica & Rachel's flat & plays back a message sustaining their phone. Rachel is forced to admit that she likes Ross, stimulating Ross for super confused all over his have feelings. He late comes to Rachel at Central Perk & angrily tells her she shouldn't keep around told him, & he is at present all over her, however when allowing, he returns & it kiss passionately. Ross is unable to see between Rachel & Julie - in the run of making the listing of pros & cons for each women, he decides he really loves Rachel, & breaks higher sustaining Julie. Regrettably, Rachel discovers a names of pros & cons he processed, becomes angry by using Ross & rejects him.

Nonetheless, late in the year, the class action watches a videos of Monica & Rachel inducing quick for their high school promenade. In the streaming videos, it looks prefer Rachel's date international relations and security network't attend show, then Ross's parents persuade him to choose her instead. However even as Ross is astir to, Rachel's date arrives & it leave together. Rachel is touched by this, & decides to begin dating Ross when a lot.

Joey gets the high profile acting job when Dr Drake Ramoray on the a good soap Days Of Our Lives, and earns plenty money to go in his have flat. Left in his have, Chandler gets the freshly roomie known as Eddie, world health organization turns dead set become harebrained. Whenever Joey states around an locate that he writes his have lines in Times Of My Endures, a indicate's writers come offended & exterminate his character. Sustaining there are no income for his shower disbursement, Joey withdraw into Chandler's flat. Chandler experienced been struggling for Eddie to move out since due to his mental problems, Eddie day and night forgot that Chandler got asked him to leave. Chandler & Joey solve a condition by moving out Eddie's items, changing a locks, & simulation it don't underst& Eddie after he comes to a door - Eddie assumes he has the incorrectly flat and leaves.

Phoebe finds she has the stepbrother known as Frank, from either her father's side.

For the period of time, Monicthe goes out sustaining Richard Burke, a friend of her parents' world health organization is significantly older than her. It get super close, however decompose in the endure episode whenever Richard tells her he doesn't obviously stand kids by by using her, having already experienced the two with his ex-ex.

Season 3

Rachel quits her job at Central Perk & strains for a single in the fashion business. She meets the human known as Mark world health organization gets her the job within Bloomingdale's, but Ross becomes convinced Mark has ulterior motives, and becomes increasingly jealous. Tensiin between Ross & Rachel culminates on their day of remembrance, while Rachel is as well occupy at function to attend dinner by having Ross. Instead, Ross will bring a few food to her function, however gets in the way & she orders him to leave. Back at home, them keep close at hand an argument which ceases within Rachel suggesting it take a break.

Later, Ross goes for the ingest by having Chandler & Joey. Each he & Rachel independently decide to resolve their differences, however after Ross calls Rachel, Mark is there to prevent in case Rachel is ok. Getting heard him above a phone, Ross assumes a worst & hangs higher. Feeling depressed, he stops higher fuck the woman known as Chloe. He endeavors to resume his relationship sustaining Rachel while forgoing telling her, however she finds out, & fallowing the prolonged argument, it decompose.

Still, towards the prevent of the year, Rachel becomes upset whilst Ross starts dating a woman known as Bonnie. In the final episode, the class actiin goes on the beach hike, then Phoebe might meet higher sustaining a woman (as well known as Phoebe) world health organization has principles all about her personal. When at a beach, Bonnie unexpectedly turns higher. Rachel is unhappy & persuades Bonnie to shave her head and so Ross is less attracted to her. Ross & Rachel argue just about this & begin to sense prefer it however love every more. A episode stops using Ross standing between Rachel & Bonnie's sleeping room, picking 1, & running within.

Season 4

A year begins using Ross typing a single room & searching for two Rachel & Bonnie. Ross decides for back together by owning Rachel, & breaks higher by using Bonnie. Rachel writes Ross the letter of her feelings all about the two contracting back together. It turns dead set become the asking that Ross require fully responsibility for all about that fail survive period, which he finds he just can't run, & it quickly decompose over again.

When however at a beach, Phoebe learns a older Phoebe is actually her really mother. Phoebe tells Ursula, world health organization makes it healthy such as she knew right along. Ursula produces their mother's "suicide note" (which she really wrote herself) which says "Dear Phoebe and Ursula, I love you both very much. P.S. Your birth mother lives in Montauk."

Phoebecome agrees to be the foster mother for her half-brother Frank & his sterile married woman Alice. Frank & Alice's embryos, conceived by withinside vitro fertilization, come implanted in Phoebe's womb & she becomes pregnant using triplets.

Chandler & Joey and Monica & Rachel compete in a quiz about each other, put together by Ross, to decide which of them knows more about the other two. Them teams produce the bet – whenever Monica & Rachel win, Chandler & Joey might give higher their favorite chick & duck, however in case Chandler & Joey win, it acquire Monica & Rachel's flat. In the prevent, Chandler & Joey win, & swap flat using Monica & Rachel. It survive prefer this for two or three episodes, so Monica & Rachel try to trade New York Knicks tickets to the boys in exchange for their flat. Chandler doesn't believe it's a fair trade, & it draw cards, using a winner having a flat & the tickets. Chandler & Joey win over again, however while it acquire back when a Knicks game, it call for a girls stand moved all the guys' items back into their original flat, & retreat into theirs. A boys agree to let dwelling arrangements link to to convention whilst, within exchange, Monica & Rachel kiss every more for a single microscopic ahead of the children.

Ross meets the British woman known as Emily & starts dating her. Whilst these are instance for Emily to last back to Engl&, she and Ross don't obviously leave both more & it decide for married. In a survive episode, the class action travels to London for the wedding - except Phoebe, world health organization is as well pregnant, & Rachel, who doesn't obviously understand Ross become married. At a wedding rehearsal dinner, Monica becomes depressed because she's non married, & the sottish human thinks she's Ross' mother. Chandler comforts her & it prevent higher sleeping together.

Rachel understands she however loves Ross & decides to attend London & tell him. While she gets there, she understands him by using Emily & decides it wouldn't exist as correct to mess items higher for him. A wedding goes ahead, however comes to an abrupt prevent whenever Ross is supposed to say "I take thee, Emily" & instead says "I take thee, Rachel".

Season 5

Ross & Emily's wedding continues fallowing Ross' solecism & it is married, however at a reception, Emily argues angrily by having Ross & disappears. Fallowing everyone has returned to Future York, Rachel tells Ross she however loves him then starts poke fun a absurdity of the situation, since he is at present married. It two decide to forget it. Emily one of these days calls Ross from either Engl& and tells him that she might single give the marriage a risk whenever he promises he might never look at Rachel over again. Ross agrees, however Emily continues to produce undue demands to keep him out of Rachel, like moving to an additional flat. Finally, he decides a marriage won't act in case Emily doesn't trust him & it divorce.

Ross has already sold his old flat at this point & might't develop it back since a subletter is Emily's full cousin, & so he swallow Chandler and Joey for the time period until he gets the newly flat for himself. He late loses his job at the museum once he gets angry at his boss for eating his Thanksgiving remnant sandwich.

In the Centesimal episode (third of the year), Phoebe gives birth to triplets - the son known as Frank Jr. Jr., & ii girls known as Leslie & Chandler (it experienced originally thought it would become ii boys & the girl, & Phoebe was attend title a single son when Chandler). Phoebe attempts to keep of these when becoming connected to the children, however finds out that Frank & Alice come unwilling to give higher the infant.

Fallowing sleeping together inside London, Chandler & Monica sense attracted to both more & prove my point an intimate relationship on the q.t.. Joey finds retired just about it, however keeps it the secret for the babies. Rachel so finds retired, however when she tells Monica & Monica denies it, Rachel pretends to exist as oblivious. Phoebe is the next to locate retired. Nonetheless, like than keeping it the secret or even pretence to become oblivious, she plays mind games by owning Chandler by pretending she is attracted to him. After Chandler & Monica understand she knows all about the children, Chandler pretends he is attracted to Phoebe, however at length confesses he is crazy using Monica. Ross finds retired shortly afterward, & Chandler & Monica's relationship becomes public.

Rachel gets the newly job at Ralph Lauren.

Towards the prevent of a year, Joey gets the lead inside a pic, however travels to Las Vegas to find production has close due to deficiency of money. In the go episode, Chandler, Monica & Phoebe visit Las Vegas to underst& him (he has stayed there waiting for production to restart, however has been prevarication to the children, telling the two he is filming for the picture show), by having Ross and Rachel ensuing the babies late. It locate Joey working as a Roman guard in the Caesar's Palace hotel lobby. in the plane there, Ross draws on Rachel's face using the magic marker pen - Rachel potty't develop it off & doesn't obviously leave her hotel room, therefore Ross stays by using her. It two develop super drunk & Rachel draws in his face reciprocally.

Chandler & Monica decide for married inside a Las Vegas chapel, however upright prior to it clean, it encounter Ross & Rachel, however drunk, world health organization own good wed at the equivalent chapel.

Season 6

When locating retired that it is at present married, Ross & Rachel agree for an annulment, but Ross doesn't obviously keep around been divorced 3 days & lies to Rachel, telling her he has experienced a marriage annulled whilst he actually hasn't. Rachel yet learns a truth & forces Ross to last ahead by owning a annulment, however it is unable for of these when Rachel has added humiliating misinformation all about Ross on the form, & it is forced to file for divorcement.

Ross gets the freshly job teaching palaeontology at New York University (NYU).

Chandler & Monica decide it's ahead of time for the babies for married, & decide to move inside together instead. Chandler come in Monica's flat, Rachel moves within using Phoebe, & Joey is left in his have. Late in the year, the fire wrecks Phoebe & Rachel's flat. These are assumed that Phoebe's candles began a fire, & then when Rachel moves inside sustaining Chandler and Monica, Phoebe go into a less inoffensive conditions of Joey's flat. Still, after the firemen locate a fire was actually began by Rachel allowing a hair straightener switched in in the bathroom, Phoebe & Rachel trade. Rachel finds dwelling by using Joey quite pleasurable, when Phoebe is annoyed by Monica's constant attention & obsession sustaining cleanliness.

Towards a prevent of the year, Chandler plans to propose to Monica. In the final episode, he fails to propose at the eating house whilst Richard, Monica's ex-boyfriend, appears. Late, Richard meets Monica at her work & tells her he however loves her. She considers running back to Richard whilst Chandler pretends he international relations and security network't interested around marriage (and so she'll exist as surprised once he proposes) however Joey explains a situation to her. She decides to surprise him by owning the proposal & he says yes.

Season 7

Phoebe & Rachel's flat returns fallowing a fire. Phoebe recede inside in her have, patch Rachel continues accept Joey.

Joey resumes his role in Times Of My Dwells.

In the final episode, these are instance for Chandler & Monica's wedding, however a nighttime prior to, Chandler gets cold feet & disappears. Patch he is no more, Phoebe finds the caring gestation end line text inside Monica's bathroom, & assumes Monica is pregnant. Phoebe & Ross buy Chandler at his professional & persuade him to came back, however Chandler overhears Phoebe & Rachel talking just about Monica's "pregnancy" & disappears once more. He quickly is restored in his have, nevertheless, deciding that the young child wouldn't become therefore bad. Chandler & Monica espouse, however whilst Chandler tells Monica he knows all about a young child, she says she international relations and security network't pregnant, & it wasn't her gestation trial that Phoebe obtained. When a episode stops, these are hinted that these are actually Rachel world health organization is pregnant.

Season 8

These are confirmed that Rachel is pregnant, & in a 2nd episode, the class action finds retired that Ross is the father (i personally see it secretly slept together prior to Chandler & Monica's wedding).

When Rachel & Joey prove my point dwelling together, Joey starts to get feelings for her. Feeling that Ross is missing retired inside his fatherly duties, Joey reluctantly suggests that Rachel move in sustaining Ross, & she does sol. Joey late reveals his feelings to Rachel, world health organization courteously rejects him.

In the survive episode, Rachel goes into labor, & patch she's in the hospital Ross's mother approaches him by using the ring to give to Rachel. Ross demures, saying it's far as well complicated, however keeps a ring inside his coat pocket. When Rachel gives birth to their girl, Emma, Joey goes around to view how else Rachel is doing & inadvertently tump over Ross's coat. A engagement ring lessens out, & Joey bends down to pick it higher. Rachel, seeing Joey in 1 knee by using an engagement ring, thinks that he's proposing to her, & says that she'll marry him.

Season 9

Ross, Rachel & Emma prove my point residing together until it have a argument all about their todays relationship. Feeling it might non exist as correct that she is accept Ross, & it have the infant together, however it is not withwithin a relationship, Rachel decides to retreat in using Joey, ingesting Emma by owning her.

Chandler's job starts requiring him to spend a better section of the week inside Tulsa. He puts higher by using this awhile, however while he finds himself working around Tulsthe across Christmas, & a female associate comes inside to him, he quits his job, & down the road gets of these in advertising.

Chandler & Monicthe try to conceive a diaper wearing of their have, however fail to run soh. It attend the fertility clinic & locate it is two sterile, thus decide to adopt the child.

Phoebe starts dating the human known as Mike Hanigan. It get close & decide to move within together, however whenever Phoebe asks all about the first of their relationship, Microphone tells her that since he has already been across a failing marriage, he doesn't obviously conjoin once more. Phoebe does obviously get hitched with, thus it decompose.

Towards a prevent of the year, Rachel begins to prepare feelings for Joey.

In the final episode, the class action attend Barbados, in which Ross is returning a palaeontological talk. Phoebe requires her fellow David (whom she foremost met in the 1st year & got back together by using in the last episode) & Joey will require his girlfriend Charlie (a second prof of fossilology whom Ross had welcomed to the city). Monica learns David is planning to top Microphone by proposing to Phoebe, & calls Microphone to tell him for back together by having Phoebe. Microphone originally doesn't obviously intervene, however late comes to Barbados & tells Phoebe he loves her & wants to marry her. Phoebe rejects Microphone's proposal, however however resumes her relationship by owning him, allowing David down gently.

Joey & Charlie decompose while it decide it use at times as well little around park, & Joey afterward learns Rachel fancies him. He originally decides does'nt to work on that. Meanwhile, Charlie feels she however likes Ross, & it kiss. Joey understands the two doing soh, changes his mind just about Rachel, & attend her room & kisses her.

Season 10

Joey & Rachel's intimate relationship simply lives for the number one 3 episodes of the year, at which point it locate that since their relationship has been platonic for sayonara, it is as well pinching incurring physical using every more, & decide to become only friends once more.

When the year goes within, Microphone proposes to Phoebe once more, & it conjoin in a in the future episode.

Chandler & Monicthe use to adopt the toddler of a pregnant woman known as True heath & too decide to move away from their flat into a home in the suburban area. In the final episode, True heath gives birth to twins, the son & the girl, world health organization come known as Jack (fallowing Monica's daddy) & True heath (when True heath).

Rachel goes for an locate for Gucci, but her Ralph Lauren boss is at a equivalent eating place in which a locate will require place, & fires her. When moving out her items, she diarrhethe into Mark (from either a third year) world health organization gets her a fresh job – in Paris. the more friends hang on to a running-away person for Rachel & she says goodbye to every of the children successively, except Ross. He is upset all about this until Rachel tells him it was as well arduous to say goodbye to him. It so sleep together.

In the final episode, Ross understands he however loves Rachel, & when she leaves for the drome to attend Paris, he goes when her to tell her. Whilst he catches higher by owning her & lets her understand, she originally rejects him. Ross gets back to his flat & finds a message from either Rachel in his respondent machine, telling him she does however love him & is trying to become off the plane. When a message finishes, she arrives at Ross' flat, & it kiss.

A final episode terminates using Chandler & Monica moving away from their flat, & everya single running for one previous coffee at Central Perk.

Ratings
A 66-microscopic series finale was named by Entertainment Tonight as the large US TV moment of a year 2004, & was the 2nd greatest rated indicate inside 2004 beaten lone by the Super Bowl, however it did non surpass a ratings received by year finales for M*A*S*H (106m), Cheers (80.4m) or even Seinfeld (76.3m), nor was it the virtually all watched episode of Friends—that laurels remains using a year ii episode A A single Fallowing a Superbowl, which aired in January 28 1996 and drew 52.9m viewers. In a period of the 2001–2002 year, Friends was a greatest rated indicate within United states of america based on data from a Nielsen Ratings.

Ratings by united states for the finale: United States: 55.25m (56m peak) [Nielsen] Canada: Phoebe.159m [BBM Canada] United Kingdom: Octad.6m (Ogdoad.9m peak) [BARB] Australia: Ii.54m (http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/04/25/1080544476965.hypertext mark-up language)[OZTAM]

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