RSS 2.0Friends Season 10 – Episodes 1-8 (2003)
For almost a decade Friends has been one of the most popular American sitcoms ever. Every year the question is raised whether or not the actors have to sign up for a new season. This has been pretty questionable for the past couple of years. A few years ago the actors agreed on doing a new season, but only if they could get $1m each per episode. They decided the only way to have their demands granted was by making a stand together. I was never really that much into Friends but became a real addict after purchasing some seasons on DVD for a ridiculously small amount of money. I never really watched the show on TV. I knew the characters, I knew the main storylines, but was of the opinion it was just one of those dumb sitcoms that waste American and European screentime. Well count me in, because I am loving it now and despite the really cheesy American touch, the show is absolutely amazing. It is a good thing this is the last season though. The first couple of episodes of the final 10th season have been aired in the US but here in the Netherlands we are going to have to wait until fall before we can see it. However… the DVD is already available. And what a great beginning… to end a show.
Season 9 ended on Barbados with Joey and Rachel kissing. This new season starts off where we left the previous one. In the meantime, Ross is dating Charlie (who just left Joey for Ross), Phoebe gets proposed to by the love of her life, Mike, and Chandler and Monica are still waiting to be approved for adopting a child. Now, the strong – as well as the weak – point of Friends is its soap opera touch. This has been really important to provide exciting cliffhangers at the end of each season. Or, read: to provide a lot of money for commercial incomes during the breaks. The first episode of the 10th season (The One After Joey and Rachel Kiss) is even longer than the standard 22 minutes. This might be for the benefit of commercial incomes, but as a DVD purchaser you don’t care.
The actor who really provides a lot of the comic relief is, in fact, David Schwimmer as Ross Geller. He has always been my least favorite, but the second and third episode (The One Where Ross Is Fine and The One With Ross’s Tan) are totally his. He proves to be strong on both the verbal and the slapstick level. One of the flaws plot-wise is the fact that most of the storylines that have built up in the previous season are abandoned quite soon, so things are back to normal again. On second judgment it is amazing how this doesn’t get in the way of having some really fun, hilarious situations. It doesn’t seem as though the show’s producers wanted to take it easy and just do that damn last season. The fun is still there, which is truly admirable. And it’s good to see some mediocre actors have turned into quite succesful, convincing performers. I still remember the first scenes with Jennifer Aniston (Rachel) that were quite horrible to watch. Now look at her!
These first eight episodes are already better than the rather slow and not so funny beginning of Season 9. There are some really fun guest-appearances, including Christina Applegate (reprising her role as Rachel’s snobby sister), Giovani Ribisi and Greg Kinnear. I am definitely going to miss this show, but it is also good this is where it all ends.
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Directed by: Kevin S. Bright, Ben Weiss, Gary Halvorson, Roger Christiansen
Starring: Jennifer Aniston, Courtney Cox-Arquette, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry David Schwimmer
Episodes with rating:
1. The One After Joey and Rachel Kiss 
2. The One Where Ross Is Fine
3. The One With Ross’s Tan
4. The One With the Cake
5. The One Where Rachel’s Sister Babysits 
6. The One With the Grant
7. The One With the Home Study
8. The One With the Late Thanksgiving
Arjan Welles (213 posts)Arjan Welles - law graduate. I work at a bank, I work as a film critic for Dutch and English media. My favorite directors are David Lynch, David Fincher, Alfred Hitchcock, Steven Spielberg, Quentin Tarantino. I love arthouse over blockbusters.
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I love friends every episodes out there ever made.
Comment by chip — Wed April 21, 2004 @ 1:40friends is my life! and i cant believe they have stopped shooting that show!!!
Comment by puji — Thu July 15, 2004 @ 3:03It’s the BEST ever!
Comment by Neo — Sun July 25, 2004 @ 10:53I love friends and I just got season 8 and 9 from UK
Comment by Nimmi — Thu July 29, 2004 @ 3:34It’s pretty good. I hate to see the last season it’s too sad that it’s over
i cant get enough of friends. every episode cracks me up and i wish they were still filmings friends today. i have every season and have seen every episode about 20 times.
Comment by matt — Tue May 3, 2005 @ 18:15I would like to know when does the 10th season come out for sale in Atlanta, Georgia. I have all the seasons, the only one I need and really want is the tenth season. Could you let me know when and where I can get it!!
Comment by Alison Carias — Thu May 5, 2005 @ 23:41WHEN IS SEASON 10 COMING OUT !! I can’t wait any longer, I love FRIENDS . I have watched them every since I was a young boy . PHOEBE is so funny ……….they all have there own characters !
Rachel-Shopaholic, and High Maintenance
Phoebe-Ditzy and Wierd
Ross-The nerd
Monica-CLEAN
Chandler-Sarcastic
Joey- HE IS THE MALE PHOEBE
Friends is always here to stay , and they will never dissapear !
Sincerely Yours,
Comment by chris — Sat June 11, 2005 @ 20:57Christopher M. B.
I’ll be there for you…………………The song says it all , THEY ARE HERE TO STAY !
Comment by chris — Sat June 11, 2005 @ 20:58I love friends I have every season besides 10 cause its not out yet.. I through one of the dvd’s in every night and watch it till i fall asleep it puts me in such a good mood.. i swear im there biggest fan! when does season 10 come out?!
Comment by Emily — Thu June 16, 2005 @ 7:07Season 10 has been out in Holland for a while now, I know because I’ve got it. I think it’s also out in the UK.
Comment by damian — Thu June 16, 2005 @ 10:13I read in Us weekly that the Friends cast member were in the talks about making a 2 hour special in the winter of 2005…. im sooo excited!!!!
Comment by sherrie — Mon June 20, 2005 @ 1:05HEY!
Comment by Caroline — Tue June 21, 2005 @ 2:41I LOVE FRIENDS and i always watch it before i go to bed. I want season 10 so bad so if you know when it is coming out tell me and also i read in a magazine that the the cast’s post friends career is not very good and Matt LeBlank’s Joey show is not very good but Mathew(Chandler) and mabye Courtney(Monica) are going to apperar on it and help him out
when does friend season 10 come out can’t wait.i want to know if they set a date yet it should be soon please let us know.
Comment by monique — Wed June 22, 2005 @ 16:32I love Friends, I have Seasons 1-9 and I am anxiously awaiting the 10th season to come out. Also, have a party pak, coasters, CD with all the parties, recipes, and the top 5 episodes of seasons 1-4. Are you going to come out with the top 5 episodes for 5-10??
Comment by Victoria Larson — Wed June 22, 2005 @ 21:33friends better keep going or im gonna die! my friend got me into friends like 1 year ago and right when i started collecting the seasons they stopped shooting! i was really disapointed! i was so disapointed that i cried myself to sleep! a lot of people want to find out how monica and chandler make out with the babies! they should really shoot at least 1 or 2 more seasons! in the theme song it said that they’d be there for eachother, why can’t they be there for us?
Comment by Lauren — Sun June 26, 2005 @ 22:48i love friends soooooooo much!!!!! when i get grounded my mom grounds me off of friends! and my mom says only 1 disk or the time of 1 disk a day! i play the games in special features and i know every single answer! i’ve never lost!
Comment by Lauren — Sun June 26, 2005 @ 22:57I love Friends so much. I have every season on dvd, but season 10. So I was wondering when it would be coming out so that I may complete my series. This show is so important and so funny. I am proud of my collection and can’t wait to have it complete. The fact that Ross and Rachel get back together is amazing. Thank you Friends for making this comedy so spectacular!
Comment by Alyssa — Thu June 30, 2005 @ 2:34I am currently deployed to Kyrgyzstan. I have brought all 9 seasons with me and hopefully the 10th season will be out when I return to the States in September. We have AFN cable TV here, but I have to say, “Thank God” for my 9 seasons I brought with me. Friends is my morale booster here, it makes me feel like I am at home. Can someone tell me when the 10th season comes out. Thank You.
Comment by Edward S. — Wed July 6, 2005 @ 23:24i watch this show all the time it is my favorite show EVER!!!!!!!…i cant wait until i get the tenth season. i am dying to find out what happens with joey and rachael. OMG!!!!! I LOVE THIS SHOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!…
Comment by maggie — Fri July 8, 2005 @ 3:25i am in love w/ this show i also cant wait 2 c wat happans w/ joey and rachael!!!!OMG i am addicted i bring all 9 soon 2 be 10 seasons w/ me on all my trips around the country!! this is the best show EEEEEEVVVVVEEEEEERRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Comment by anna — Fri July 8, 2005 @ 3:30I LOVE this show! I have all 9 seasons. Does anyone know when season 10 comes out??? I’m dying to know. My fave guy friend is Chandler and my fave girl is Rachel. If anyone knows my Q, then tell me @ jaybird_1991@msn.com
Comment by Jaybird — Sat July 9, 2005 @ 5:49I got this info. today from amazon.com, I’m so sad that they have not yet made a release date for it!
Availability: NOT YET RELEASED: The studio is currently not producing this title on DVD, but to be notified when it is available, enter your e-mail address at right. You’ll also be voting for this release; we’ll let the studio know how many customers are waiting for this title.
Comment by chrissy — Sun July 10, 2005 @ 0:02I love friends when is it coming out with the tenth tell me!
Comment by Bethany — Wed July 13, 2005 @ 7:22Omg i love friends soo much i have all 9 seasons and when i finished the 9th season i was soo mad because i relized that there was a 10th season everyone was like no there isn’t but there is and i really want it lol i will watch friends forever and i will make sure my kids love it too lol
Comment by Ashley — Wed July 13, 2005 @ 23:17OMG I am really friends #1 fan I’m sure no one loves it as much as I do and watvhes it as much as i do too. I”m literally dying for season ten and y is it out in the Uk before the usa omg i’m gonna die if it doesn’t come out like this mouth I love that show soooooooooooooooooooo Much Its really hard to choose which character is my favorite and funniest because they are all funny in there own way like Pheobe- dumb funny
Rachel-push over funny
Monica clean funny
Ross- retarted funny
Chanler joke funny
Joey- dumb funny too.
OMG I would die to meet all of them it would so rock if I did Its allI watch all day long I have all the dvds 1-9 and please someone find out when 10 is coming out please I’m dying hereI’ve been trying to find out but I can’t
I LOVE F>R>I>E>N>D>S SSSSSSSSSSSOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
#1 FAN Christine
Comment by Christine — Thu July 14, 2005 @ 16:09P.S. my BIRTHDAY IS TOMORROW YEAH YEAH!!
Comment by Christine — Thu July 14, 2005 @ 16:10i need to know when season 10 of friends is coming out in the us. i have all 9 seasons and i need season 10.
Comment by laura — Thu July 14, 2005 @ 20:37Please bring out Season 10 of friends. Then it will complete my collection of my favorite tv show!
Comment by Roberta — Tue July 19, 2005 @ 21:02Hey I just got an e-mail from a friend saying that Friends Season 10 will be released on November 15, 2005. Also, they are making a video game that tests your FRIENDS knowledge. It will be hosted by Janice and Gunther.
Comment by Megan — Wed July 20, 2005 @ 14:51I have just finished watching the Final episode of Friends and the thought that came to my mind was
Comment by Alyssa — Fri July 22, 2005 @ 7:40“I really bet they could have made at least one or maybe even two more seasons… I would always keep on watching, Monica and Chandler would have the babys, Joey would be the same but have Duck Jr. and Chick Jr. Pheobe would have Mike and they were saying they wanted to have a baby! My favorite would be that Rachel and Ross got back togeather!!!”
I am going to have the complete collection also! Well once November 15th comes!!!! I am ready!
Does anyone know why they stoped shooting the shows?
Comment by Alyssa — Fri July 22, 2005 @ 7:45OH and also this Alyssa is different from the other Alyssa up on the top somewhere! well these three… but there might be some more but i will go by… The Fish
Comment by Alyssa — Fri July 22, 2005 @ 7:54i love friends i have all of them notttttttttttttt the 10th season when is it coming out please telllllllllllllll me before i die
Comment by amina — Tue July 26, 2005 @ 7:55I love friends can anyone please tell me when season 10 comes out?
Comment by Anne — Wed July 27, 2005 @ 0:58friends is the best show … they should make a few more episodes of like the “reuniting” of friends… 10th season needs to come out already
Comment by shaun — Thu July 28, 2005 @ 8:50when does it come out again? nov. 15?
Comment by shaun — Thu July 28, 2005 @ 9:04ive always luved friends. especially Joey. The one i like the least (but i still luv) is Monica b/c she’s 2 tidy and clean and shes so annoying AND she always HAS to win. But its the best show and ill miss it.
Comment by DJ — Fri July 29, 2005 @ 4:30Well while FRIENDS was on tv here, I never watched it. Through all the ten years of FRIENDS hype, I never got caught up in it, never embraced it, being the cynic that I am. But then I heard that the last ever episode of it would be airing, and I just HAD to tune it. It ended up being the funniest half an hour of TV I ever watched. Because of this, I’ve started buying the DVD box sets and it’s the best money I’ve ever spent. So if you never watched FRIENDS and are considering watching a coupla episodes, I would stronly recommend it. I love this so much I don’t even have a favourite character, they’re all my favourites.
Comment by Amanda — Fri July 29, 2005 @ 8:15Friends is the best show ever, I agree. Ross Gellar is the best charcater. He’s always so sincere and ready to do whatever it takes to make something happen. If Rachel had ended up with Joey she would have been selling herself short. Joey is great–just not as great as Ross. I too await the 10th Season. I never saw the Season Finale~
Comment by Bethany — Wed August 3, 2005 @ 17:49hey im only12 and im obsesed with friends i hav all 9 seasons.i wach them all day long!can wait for season 10!
Comment by meg — Mon August 8, 2005 @ 19:40Anyone know where or if I can watch any friends episodes online? x i love friends proper sad it finished
Comment by Katrina — Wed August 10, 2005 @ 16:13NOVEMBER 15th!!!!!!!! Atleast that’s what Amazon.com says!! NOVEMBER 15th!!!!!! _RELEASE DATE
Comment by GUNTHER — Thu August 11, 2005 @ 6:57Am I the only person on the planet that doesn’t like Friends?
Comment by suzero — Thu August 11, 2005 @ 18:46Guess so…
Comment by weefselkweekje — Fri August 12, 2005 @ 8:08I don’t know why everyone keeps talking about the 10th season but it has been available in europe for a full year now…
Comment by arjan — Sun August 14, 2005 @ 11:11FRIENDS IS THE BEST SHOW EVER CANT BELIVE IT’S OVER … THAT SHOW SHOULD HAVE NEVER ENDED!!!
Comment by Rachelle — Wed August 17, 2005 @ 21:19theres simply one word to describe Friends…..Fantastic!!!
Comment by Liam Atkinson — Wed August 31, 2005 @ 14:29” how you doin” hehehe OMG Freinds is the bomb!!!! phoebe Joey Monica… i love them all!! cant believe i have to wait another 2 months to complete my collection of friends. i can watch it all day and all night ans still never get tired of it. Even epesods i have seen probably 20x still make me laugh.
Comment by Sarah — Fri September 2, 2005 @ 3:45When i saw they were stopping, i couldnt bring myself to watch the finale. I knew i would cry. i have been there for every episode and cry when i think how they stopped, becuae it is and always will be the best show ever made
Comment by Kenzie — Wed September 7, 2005 @ 17:41When is the 10th season coming out! I can’t wait any longer. I need to complete my collection of friends. It’s the best show ever made I can’t belive their stopping it!
Comment by Eddie — Mon September 12, 2005 @ 0:36Friends is my favourite and the best ever made serial i think; It’s absolutely brilliant i like every other cast
Comment by Dea — Thu October 27, 2005 @ 17:36Yeah really i just cant watch the finale episode i know i will cry, i m just not going to watch it…..ok so i sneaked a couple of frames….and i could not control myself, the music at the end and the way they show the empty house….OMG..i m not going to watch it….never.
Comment by Hitesh — Wed December 28, 2005 @ 11:45FRIENDS..the best series ever made.i dont mind watching the repeated versions again and again cause i never seem to get enough
Comment by pravesh — Sat February 4, 2006 @ 4:20Emma is the cutest
Comment by Hannah — Thu February 23, 2006 @ 17:21does anybody know where i can find info about little cali and noelle because they are just the cutest
Comment by Hannah — Thu February 23, 2006 @ 17:23can anyone tell the diffrence between little cali and noelle
Comment by Hannah — Thu February 23, 2006 @ 17:25well, i start watching it quite late and then i missed seasons
Comment by finch — Mon March 6, 2006 @ 15:10after 4-5 . now i borrowed dvd’s and watching it , i m not sure about all the ending and every stuff i read about it now and then but i cannot stand the looks of wrinkled rachel and monica pretending to be teens . i think some thing are meant to live in certain age .
it still ache in my heart that we can not have episodes after season 10 but i still prefer them to end rather se the dentures of joey or chandler.
i think chandler looked cuttest when he was lean .
phoebe with her long hairs
and joey without fatty tummy.
well, tht’s the way i want to see them .
FRIENDS IS THE BEST TELEVISION SHOW IN THE WORLD! NONE of my friends like it. THEY ARE COMPLETLEY CRAZY! I sing the theme song all the time. I heard that Wal Mart is selling SEASONS 1-10 ON DVD for ONLY $30!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I AM SO EXCITED!
This Sunday, TBS is showing seasons 1-10 ON TV!!!!
YAY!
Comment by fRiEnDs Is ThE bEsT — Sat April 22, 2006 @ 23:27~hey guys!
its me again!
I am SO oppsessed with the show, that I made a website about it.
http://www.freewebs.com/fiendsthebesttvshow
Comment by fRiEnDs Is ThE bEsT — Sat April 22, 2006 @ 23:29interesting
Comment by swetha — Mon June 12, 2006 @ 13:01Hai there,
I just love the show and would like them to come back for us once again.
Comment by Shimona J — Wed June 21, 2006 @ 14:20i personally love friends, i think it’s really funny and has moments of sheer class. I almost cried when watching the last episode. My order of character preference is: Rachel, Joey, Chandler, Phoebe, Monica and lastly Ross. Does anyone know a good place to get real vhs or dvd’s of the episodes to complete my collection? (excluding ebay)
Comment by friends fan — Thu July 13, 2006 @ 21:17When are they coming back……………………….
Comment by tehseen — Thu August 10, 2006 @ 5:07well all id like to say abt freinds is that this is the best show ever made. i was a fool to not have watched the show when it was being aired on tv but now ive got dvds. can someone tell me where i can find real dvds of all seasons of freinds in india.
Comment by megha — Tue August 22, 2006 @ 12:22i love friends! it is my life, i cant believe they have stopped shooting it! i cried watching the last episode, they are all just such great charactors, i’m on my way on making sure i collect every video made of friends! i watch it whenever i get the chance, n i always look in the t.v times a week in advance to make sure i dont miss any showing of the great show!
Comment by vicki — Thu October 5, 2006 @ 16:27F.R.I.E.N.D.S defines ‘COMEDY’!!!!!! F.R.I.E.N.D.S is the best show ever showed on T.V… itz really hard 2 believ dat itz over now… they shld definitely think of continuing it!! all the characters are amazing…each n evry 1 of them hav done a gr8 role n evrything is just PUURRRRRRFECT!!!
Comment by rutika — Fri October 6, 2006 @ 14:35I LOVE FRIENDS!!! Iīve seen the episodes since I was a little. My favrite caretor is Rachel, īcause she knows all about fashion and she is so sweet. Itīs my favrite show, and of corse I got all the episodes. U ROCK
Love
Comment by Falulah — Fri October 6, 2006 @ 17:36A girl from Copenhagen (Denmark
hey yal, hows it going? I think that the best Friends eposide is the one where Ross gets the Tan. that is the funniest thing i have ever seen and heard of too..!!
Comment by Jessie — Wed October 25, 2006 @ 18:52OMG! i love friends so much its like the only show that is actually funny most of those kinds of shows that have the laughing people in the background….seriously NOT funny but friends is so good. iv seen every episode 3 times on tv (they keep replaying it lol) i cant believe its finished. I love Chandler!!!!!!!!!!!!
Comment by Tegan — Fri November 3, 2006 @ 9:16my fav episode wud b wen they go to las vegas and rachel and Ross get drunk that was so funny. ok anyway! best show eva
xx Tegan xx
I love friends so much that show was the best thing on tv. I watched it my family watched, almost everyone I knew watched it and we were so sad to see it go. If it ever came back on that would br like a dream come true!
Comment by Malia — Fri November 10, 2006 @ 1:30This was and still is the best show in the world.
Malia
Friends is the show that hits me on the funny bone real hard. It’s still hard to believe it’s done for. i mean they were doing so well! the show picked real good charaters that it’s hard to chose which one is my favorite. Look, rachel has such a good attitude, monica is so funny when she is pissed! phoebe is hilarious especially when she makes no sense, joey’s stupidity is especially funny, chandler is like me all too well, and ross is so frickin hilarious at the times he’ shocked or scared. it is THE BEST SHOW EVR
psim watching the one with rachel giving birth to emma. (My favorite one, PART 2)
Comment by yassaman — Sun November 19, 2006 @ 19:22Friends has always been my favourite show! When it stopped playing I was soo sad to see it end! I have all of the seasons on dvd and watch it all the time even though i’ve seen them all like 100 times!
I’ve always loved it and I always will! I used to think that maybe they would decide to do anyother season but i guess that was just a fantasy!
Renee
Comment by Renee — Mon January 29, 2007 @ 3:07i luv friens
Comment by nbe — Wed January 31, 2007 @ 19:25I have just finished watch Friends…I never saw it but the past year I begining to do… I love the scripts…they are fantastic!! Congratulations to the scriptwriters!
Comment by Ceci — Fri April 6, 2007 @ 5:40My favorite is David Schwimmer..he is an excellent actor.
i am f.r.i.e.n.d.s number 1 fan in the whole world!
Comment by jen — Mon April 23, 2007 @ 21:28You guys are pathetic. If you all love friends so freakin much, watch the damn show instead of writing on some fan site. I think what is actually going on is that you are all complete losers. You have virtually no life outside of the show! So you all sit online typing in your praise and trying to validate your meaningless existence by finding other people that do the same thing. Ha. Perhaps you should not spend your life obsessing about a TV show. (although it is damn funny) Well I am out.
~Someone with a life
Comment by Jackass — Wed May 2, 2007 @ 6:21I love friends , I’ve only seen the first season.
Where are you from, guys?
I’m Chinese. I like you people here.
Sandy Zhang , Email:lot8@163.com
Comment by Sandy — Thu May 31, 2007 @ 7:02hey does anyone know where i can watch the episodes online?? if you do please let me know! btw i just started watching it and wish it came out later bcus i was too young to watch it back then!
Comment by Audrey — Sun June 10, 2007 @ 19:26heita hola!!!
Comment by refilwe — Mon July 23, 2007 @ 10:53i am in south africa and i love friends so much i watch it evey friday. well the thing is that in south africa we are still watching the 2003 episode and i love it and i will keep on loving and watching friend. let keep friends alive. peace. love you friend
i luv friends so much and i didn’t want it to end. i think joey and rachel are really cute 2geta and ross is so cute. can u please bring more episodes out off it on to television and dvd with all da same people, ross, monica, rachel, joey, clangler, phoebe, mike, emma and charlie. i luv thm there great
Comment by emma — Fri December 28, 2007 @ 17:49I am a very big fan of friends, I just started watching friends one week before. My friend got DVD of friends of all of the sessions. Can you believe it? I have seen all seasons in only one week….and now I am planning to watch it again….
This is world’s No. 1 Tv Show, no doubt about that.
Comment by Indian Fan — Sat January 19, 2008 @ 4:36hello, i just wanna let you know that i am a huge fan of friends i wish you never stopped the show you guys are so cool i hope you make a movie or something so we don’t get bored. out of all the other shows yours is the best. love you guys bye.
Comment by nouha — Sat August 23, 2008 @ 9:58