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Well yea, but like I said in this thread or another thead I wish they ended AT central park sitting around talking like they did in the pilot where Chandlers talkin about how hes dreaming and all of a sudden theres a telephone "there" and theres his mom on the phone or something like that.
Seinfeld was that way in that where they are sitting in the jail in the end, Jerry and George were saying stuff to eachother that was exactly like what they said in their pilot. So it wouldnt have been all too original in that sense but it still wouldve been good I thought. But either way.

Wow. This is why I feel embarrassed about admitting I like Friends. Threads like these. Full of your typical airheaded bimbos who think points like "I DON'T LIKE (CHARACTER'S) HAIR IN THIS SEASON" or "THIS CHARACTER INTERFERED IN A RELATIONSHIP" are valid criticisms of an entire season comprising of over 20 episodes. The fact of the matter is that the early days were well written and brilliantly performed by a cast that had excellent chemistry together. I live for the days when the show wasn't mainly watched by vain little fan girls who get emotionally attached to fictional relationships. A chimpanzee could write better scripts than some of the stuff that was being drolled out after season 6, but who cares? At least the characters have nice hair.

For the sake of argument, my rankings are as follow: 2, 4, 3, 1, 5, 6, 8, 9, 7, 10

^The change didn't happen after season 6 imo. It happened gradually, and during Season 4. Phoebe thinking her mother's spirit is in a cat is more of a season 10 storyline than a season 1 storyline. Same goes for Monica cutting off Chandler's toe, Phoebe having her brother's babies, people getting turkeys stuck on their heads, Phoebe and Ross seing Monica and Chandler through a window. If I had to choose whether to put those episodes in season 1 or 10, I'd definately say 10, because they went more crazy then.

And Rachel was pretty mature in season 3, but in TOW The Dance Partner, Rachel cries loads, and episodes like TOW Ross Got High definately spells 'Immature' for Rachel. Chandler became less sarcastic before Season 6 too. Get your average Season 6 episode, compare Chandler's sarcasm to Season 1. There is a major difference. And Ross came whiney before Season 6 too. He actually first becomes after his wedding fiasco, and I'm guessing the writers found it so funny they decided to keep Ross whiney after his divorce.

Yes, I agree with you, there is a change with the seasons, but it does NOT happen after season 6. It is a fairly gradual change, but if I had to pick a good spot, I would say it was during Season 4, somewhere around TOW Phoebe's Uterus, TOW Embryos, TOW Rachel's Crush, or TOW Joey's Dirty Day. The episode where Chandler gets over Kathy, and TOW The Free Porn make this very clear. This is also incidently where Friends enters into 'dangerous waters' (basically, main characters get pregnant, and main characters get married during the show, etc.).

And I'm sure you've heard people refer to TOW The Embryos as the farewell to classic Friends?

All this close analysis crap of Friends is bull. If you like a series fine. Dont say Chandler's sarcasm lacked after a certain time is bad - It means he is growing up. You cant expect the characters to be the same throughout the span of 10 years. And Rachel crying in 'TOW The Ballroom Dancing' was one single storyline. Characters have to grow up or it isnt realistic. They started off as 20 year olds and ended up as 30+ year olds. The only thing I agree on is Phoebe became more 'normal as the series progressed which was wrong but again - she grew up and still kept her values 'TOW The Fertility Test'.

And I didnt laugh 'at' Chandler once, I laughed with him. Another thing: Season 8 was Rachel-centric but thats because - wait for it - she was pregnant with Ross' child. Will they get back together? But then again she always inadvertently steals Monica's thunder, doesnt she?

^super_friend 21, I'm actually on your side. I feel Friends got better as it went on, and I think the beginning of Season 9 was the prime of Friends, all I was saying in my post was that I think Friends changed during season 4, not at the end of season 6, and I don't understand how people critisize TOW The Sharks, but then go on to say how funny they found it when Phoebe wore 3D glasses to her mother's funeral, or how funny it was when Monica met the woman who was using her credit card and took tap-dancing lessons with her!

And Chandler (and Phoebe) may be less funny in the later seasons, but Monica, Rachel, Joey and Ross are all funnier, and Chandler and Phoebe are still VERY funny.

About the touching storylines, yes I do miss them in the later seasons, but I watch Friends mainly for the comedy, and I simply find them funnier later on. We do still have some nice storylines though, especially with Monica and Chandler preparing for getting a baby, and Chandler worrying that he can't be a father, and it is truly wonderful to see how much he's grown from Season 1, but yeah, Friends does lose the storylines like that towards the end.

And I must say, TOW Two Parties is an absolutely hilarious episode. In an interview, Kauffman said that they struggled to put a 'moral' to the episode, because they had so many funny ideas to use, and by the looks of things, they didn't bother putting them in in the later seasons, and just went all out comedy instead (which incidentally, I prefer).

A lot of people use 'I hate Emily' as an excuse to hate season 4, but apart from that, I don't really see any of that going on.

Also, what about when people say Ross/Rachel is the reason they like TOW Ross Finds Out, TOW The Prom Video, TOW Ross's Wedding, etc. so great.

And certain couples did make seasons funnier. Most notably, Monica and Chandler are the ones who really what made season 5 what it is.

And my favorite season is 9, even though I preferred Ross/Rachel and Phoebe/David to Joey/Rachel and Phoebe/Mike.

And the earlier seasons did have more touching storylines in my opinion. The later seasons had some beautiful storylines too (especially seasons 9 and 10), but I like them because I simply find them so much funnier. I don't mind shark porn episodes as long as they make me laugh, which the earlier seasons didn't do too well at times.

Yeah..I mean if youre a Rachel and Ross shipper than okay but you dont have to go to that extent...I thought she was nice and could be funny/interesting, personally. I dont think I hated any of the characters to that extent personally and it had 10 seasons.