Why You Should Watch Friends

            Over the summer while else was going on vacation and getting beautiful and tan, I was inside watching reruns of Friends on Netflix (and working 25+ hours a week). When I started watching Friends I quickly realized that the show was defiantly before my time (4 years before I was even born before in fact) and I had a bit of a culture shock. I laughed at their weird clothes and that fact that they didn’t even have cell phones and everyone had to share Chandler’s computer because he was the only one out of all six of the “friends” that had one in the beginning. They thought George Stephanopolis was sexy and that tight jeans were “so 80s”. This all really confused me for a while.

           Then I started to really get into the show. With having six main characters it is impossible to not like anyone on the show. I still can’t exactly pick my favorite character of Friends (I’m stuck between Rachel and Phoebe). Rachel seems to bring the most drama to the show, while Phoebe brings the most comedic humor, Chandler brings the most jokes, Joey is funny for his lack of knowledge, Ross runs into so many conflicts that it ends up being funny, and Monica brings humor through her cleanliness and overall attitude. With the mix of these six characters and drama and life and everything that comes with it nothing can go wrong.

            Although Friends started in 1994 and ran until 2004 there are still so many life lessons and humorous moments that can easily be connect to present day. Friends taught me that you should really surround yourself with people who help and inspire you. Although Monica doesn’t really agree with Rachel’s goal to have a job in fashion she still continues to support her best friend until Rachel finally gets a higher job at Ralph Lauren (and beyond that in the end). When Ross got divorced his friends were there for him even when the all had ongoing conflicts of their own. My favorite friendship on the show was between Chandler and Joey. For a majority of Friends Joey had a really tough time trying to get an acting jobs and fell into a lot of money issues during that time. The entire time Chandler supported Joey and paid for his acting lessons and headshots even when all of the other friends didn’t believe in him.

Friends is the best show ever.

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