Ten years, 236 episodes, 63 Primetime Emmy nods, a string of coveted comedy awards, a sizable cultural impact, ratings that actually increased over the show's ten-season run, a series finale that drew over fifty-million viewers, and an ever-rabid fanbase that continues to expand thanks to syndication and the next generation of home video releases. There are some issues bust most of these issues are inherent to the time of the production and to the source material. Friends' on Location in London (SD, 2 min) – The finale of season four takes place in London, and this featurette briefly looks at the logistics of that decision. Friends has remained one of the most popular and endearing series of network television throughout many years of syndication and it will undoubtedly continue, considering the fact that there is going to eventually be many generations of fans who love Friends. However, these were early high def cameras, meaning some entirely separate issues show up just for season ten, like oversaturation and black crush.

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It's a cool effect to enjoy as far as lenticular effects go but it does cause the set to look a bit off when displaying Friends: The Complete Series prominently in your collection. However, other features are missing, including some of the audio commentaries and all of the extended episodes found on the DVD sets. It spawned classic lines and left an indelible mark on popular culture, and that excellent run is all here in 1080p. Even the 21st disc, which touts several new and exclusive special features, can be exhausted in two-and-a-half hours. The show opens with Rachel running out on her wedding to a wealthy but unexciting guy and re-entering the lives of Monica, her high school best friend, and Ross, who has long harbored a crush on her.We learn that Rachel waiting in the hospital while five other women give birth before her was inspired by Marta Kauffman's actual experience in the hospital waiting to give birth. The supersized episodes broadcast during season 7 are not presented on this set in High Definition and are instead included in Standard Definition within the bonus features. This is not the definitive box set many have been imagining since its announcement, nor is it everything it could be. The main inclusion, the " True Friends Documentaries" are presented with 1080p High Definition transfers. Ross is Monica's older brother, a geeky palaeontologist who has been in love with Rachel since high school, and during their on-again-off-again relationship racks up a few failed marriages.

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Ross' fist-pounding replacement for the middle finger became a great way to tell someone off without breaking social convention, and other show-specific things like The Ugly Naked Guy, Regina Phelange, Dr. We learn about the origins of the show and the title sequence, with what the studio had in mind versus the executive producers. Second, the majority of the show was composed in a manner that would keep most of the activity in what viewers would see on the 1.All 236 episodes from all ten seasons of the US sitcom which centres around the lives and loves of six friends living in New York: Ross (David Schwimmer), Rachel (Jennifer Aniston), Chandler (Matthew Perry), Monica (Courteney Cox), Joey (Matt LeBlanc) and Phoebe (Lisa Kudrow). His father came out as a gay drag queen at a family Thanksgiving, and his mother was perpetually sleeping around. The discs are color coded per season, though the colors themselves don't match the old DVD color schemes, as the disc menus do.