![]() ![]() TVĪt the end of the third season of “Friends,” Ross was faced with choosing between getting back together with his long-time love Rachel and pushing forward new girlfriend Bonnie (Christine Taylor). And finally, it’s the start of the parade of big-names in cameo roles when “ER’s” George Clooney and Noah Wyle guest star as doctors who go on a double date with Monica (Courteney Cox) and Rachel (Jennifer Aniston), who are pretending to be each other due to an insurance scam and growing increasingly petty with each other. Additionally, Ross learning to be a father through his monkey Marcel makes that weird plot worthwhile. What makes this episode block notable in a good way is three-fold: First, the writers and producers creatively leaned into Kudrow also playing a waitress on “Mad About You” by making that character Phoebe’s twin sister on whom Joey (Matt LeBlanc) develops a crush but with whom Phoebe doesn’t get along. Let’s pretend the subplot with Chandler (Matthew Perry) dating his employee - who he was supposed fire - didn’t happen because it’s just problematic on a few levels. That was a bold move for a character like her, and it’s unfortunate it only sees the light of day on the original season box set of DVDs Warner Bros. ![]() Read on for those, but know that an honorable mention goes to “The One Where Chandler Crosses the Line” (Season 4, Episode 7) for its cut-for-time C-story about Rachel (Jennifer Aniston) eating by herself in a restaurant. To celebrate “Friends” and the people who brought it to life, Variety has selected (and ranked) the best 30 episodes from the series. Its time in syndication and then on streaming allowed for repeat viewing for some, while others found it anew for the first time, marking it a modern classic piece of comfort television. For 236 episodes, the characters of “Friends” were there for its audience just as much as they were for each other.įor those who watched the original NBC run and saw themselves reflected in the characters, those who reminisced over their own 20s vicariously through them or those who hoped to someday grow up to be like them the show itself has become the seventh friend for it audience.
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