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Summary: Fulfills the function of being a 'series finale,' I guess
Review: I'm not writing here to pathetically demean those who have the audicity to actually watch and, for heaven's sake, like "Friends." But the final episode was pretty excruciating, which was probably a good sign that they chose to end the series now rather than later. Think about TV shows that started off great but whose legacies floundered because they overstayed their welcome: "Ally McBeal," "The Drew Carey Show," "E.R.," "The West Wing," etc. "Friends" has not been very good for a few years now--but not horrible--and they ended the show in the perfect manner to befit their huge fanbase: by FINALLY getting Ross and Rachel together. But how they arrived at this conclusion during the show was just nauseating. The whole "I'm gonna tell her I love her, no, I'm not gonna tell her I love her" trip to the airport stuff was just a dizzying spectacle delaying the inevitable (who can't predict that Rachel will get off the plane and return to Ross, proclaiming her love?), and provided little satisfaction. Also, the show's focus on Monica and Chandler's unexpected surprise--twins--shows that they are going to be wonderful parents (I say with the utmost sarcasm). I was probably more saddened that the foosball table was destroyed than by anything else in the episode! So now we can get over this all-out media assault, the $2 million advertising slots for the episode, etc., and resume being inundated by the reruns of "Friends" that appear on like 20 cable stations simultaneously.
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Summary: U DONT KNOW WAT UR TALKIN ABOUT
Review: FRIENDS IS THE BEST SHOW EVER. U PEOPLE MUST HAVE UR HEADS UP UR BUTTS. ITS UNBELIEVEABLE THAT PEOPLE DONT LIKE THIS SHOW. U MUST BE DEAD INSIDE. I AM DEFINITELY GETTIN THIS DVD WHEN IT COMES OUT PLUS IM GETTIN 8, 9, AND 10 CUZ I ALREADY HAVE 1 - 7. SO KEEP UR COMMENTS TO URSELF WHEN U TALK BAD ABOUT A SHOW THAT 80 MILLION PEOPLE WATCH. I BET U EVEN WATCHED THE LAST EPISODE TOO.
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Summary: Great End to a Great Show
Review: I can't even begin to describe Friends. I've been watching that show since I was, like, seven years old. I have successfully seen every episode (except maybe one or two of which I have no knowledge of not having seen).Though imperfect (i.e. Monica and Chandler immediately leaving the hospital, no one else going to the hospital with them, leaving the twins in the apartment and then going across the hall), this episode did definite justice to the entire series, tying most loose ends. Ross and Rachael did get together, but that's no surprise. Monica and Chandler adopted children and it turned out they were twins, but I'm as unsure as you as to how they couldn't have realized that beforehand. Even prior to this episode, we saw the outcome of Janice and in this episode, we saw Gunther - at last - confess his undying love for Rachael. We even got to learn the history of the disappearance of the chick and the duck! The only loose ends I would have liked to have seen get tied up are those of Richard, Chandler, and Phoebe. We never really did find out if Richard found happiness in life sans-Monica. Phoebe never saw her mother during these last episodes. And Chandler seems to have ammends left to be made with his sexually-open mother and his homosexual father. I would also have liked to have seen Monica and Chandler move into their own house and Rachael and Ross get engaged and Joey have gotten on with his moving to LA. Oh yes, and I wished Phoebe and Mike would have had more screentime together as a married couple, and maybe Phoebe get pregant, but that's all just wishful thinking. To wrap things up (I must be boring you), this was not the best Friends episode ever; it was not the funniest, it was not the most dramatic, and it wasn't very romantic - but the times we spend with our friends rarely are, and so it seems that all justice was served towards the tremendous series. I feel like a part of my life has been dead since Chandler jokingly asked "Where?" they would get a cup of coffee. Excuse me, I think my keyboard is getting screwed up from all of my tears dripping onto the keys.
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Summary: Don't be disrespectful
Review: If you are going to write a review of something don't spend your time ridiculing the show. These reviews are for the DVD. This was a great show, and the finale was a great episode. It was probably one of the best finales I have ever seen. It gave closure to the show in the best way that it could. One more thing, for the people that said this cast was greedy, you could not be more wrong. Yes, they made a ton per episode, but this cast took a chance from the very beginning and did something that no other cast of a TV series has done up to this point. They negotiated their contracts together and did not want to be paid different salaries, they stuck together, knowing that it could backfire. Give them some credit.
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Summary: It was better than I hoped it could be
Review: I enjoyed the ending so much and I am buying this DVD. As for the people that gave it 1 star rating that is there opinion. I just don't understand why they even bothered to write it if didn't mean anything to them. As for the Shield I watch that and yes it is a great show but it is totally different than Friends. I guess alot of people disagree because it had great rating. I am so glad they are releasing it so soon after it airs. I will miss the laughs from that show so much. It was one of the best comedy sitcoms of our decade.
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Summary: Friends Finale a Happily Ever After
Review: Last night the last episode of FRIENDS appeared on TV for the first time. Pulling in over 50 million viewers, this episode was the perfect ending for the show. It includes two births, numerous hilarious incidents, Rachel's confession of love for Ross, and the sad part at the very end where everyone leaves their keys and their memories in the apartment. Along with many others, I was very satisfied with the happy ending of this long-time comedy. I wish it could continue on, but I recommend this DVD to any fan of FRIENDS.
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Summary: so long friends..
Review: GOOD BYE FRIENDS.. This is the finale to one of the BEST shows on t.v. .. I'm sure the final episode will be funny, hopefully happy and touching. I can't wait to see it.
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Summary: What a long strange trip it's been
Review: After watching the final episode, I was suprised that I was left satisfied. My only complaint was it happened two to three years too late. I was upset how the series went from a show that had good writing and great characters to very formulaic, idiotic show. The Rachel and Ross thing got old really quick. And Joey, could he get any dumber? I totally understand why they stretched out the series, money. Everybody made bank off of the show, including the actors, NBC, and Warners, but I feel we as viewers suffered for it.
But this review is about the final show. It totally redeemed itself. Don't get me wrong, it wasn't the greatest show ever to air on TV. But for FRIENDS, it was a good way to say good bye.
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Summary: Friends wraps up well
Review: What a great ending for an amazing show! I not dissapointed whatsoever. I loved that there was closure to the storyline with Gunther and an explanation for where the chick and the duck went! As a major fanatic, it was fulfilling to see where the Ross and Rachel story ended as well as knowing Monica and Chandler got their family. I loved the last scene because I felt like they would always be friends forever, like I could tune in next week and still see them in the coffee house. Even though the new stuff is over, this will always be my favorite show thanks to DVD!
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Summary: I never grasped the appeal of this series
Review: Friends is a show that has made network television increasingly difficult to watch, because its derivative (albeit highly successful) concept has been duplicated so many times ("Buddies", "It's Like, You Know", and "Two Guys, A Girl & A Pizza Place" automatically spring to mind) that it has become a monotonous bore. The show features witless banter between the characters and plots that are so predictable that anyone over the age of 10 should figure out what's going to happen 5 minutes into an episode (finale included). It follows such a dull, tired, calculated formula - six friends (tawdry Rachel, whiny Monica, airhead Phoebe, and the fully emasculated Joey, Chandler and Ross) living together in a posh NYC apartment, all mostly working menial jobs. And we are to believe that they can afford this place on their modest salaries. Welcome to the world of Friends, featuring a cast that looks like they walked out of a modeling agency - you can't ever expect it to enter the realm of plausibility, now can you? Which is ironic, considering that the show's fans liken the characters to people that they know and talk about how they can really identify with events that occurred in the series. Yeah - I'll buy that for a dollar! Besides following a derivative formula, the characters have a trait that betrays their modest backgrounds - they all act like spoiled divas. Seeing them in action, especially Phoebe with her dopey songs such as "Smelly Cat" and Ross (who always seems to be complaining about something) is enough to grate your last nerve. To think that this show has been placed in the pantheon of great sitcoms such as All In The Family, Seinfeld, the Simpsons and Curb Your Enthusiasm is disappointing - the show isn't nearly as sophisticated, groundbreaking or clever as any of the aforementioned shows. One episode of Season 10 is (no joke) completely devoted to Chandler and Monica forever moaning and groaning about how much they want to have children - how very stimulating that is. I did happen to catch the finale of series, and the outcome (which I will not spoil, for anyone that's still interested) was exactly as I expected - the kind of feel-good happy ending that has always been associated with this series. Call me a cynical pessimist if you will, but the format that this series followed (long bouts of crying and complaining expecting the worst out of a situation, only to be pleasantly surprised with the best possible thing happening EVERY TIME!) was just too hackneyed and artificial - for the life of me, I don't understand why people consider this show to be so true to life. In summary: An unimpressive finale to a lackluster series, Friends - The Series Finale doesn't warrant all of the positive attention and conversation that it has generated. Content with running the same jokes into the ground and following all of the expected themes, this more or less indicated that the writers/producers/actors were lucky to get so much mileage out of a show that was so devoid of wit or imagination.
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