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WARNER HOME VIDEO Friends: Complete Series 1 - New Edition [1995]
This handsome box set includes all the episodes from Series One--from our favourite coffee-drinking sextet's initial meeting in the pilot right up to the series cliff-hanger The One Where Rachel Finds Out--that Ross is in love with her, that is. Other highlights include: The One With the Butt, in which Joey gets a big break as Al Pacino's stunt bottom; The One With the Monkey in which Ross acquires Marcel, his pet monkey; and the two-parter (imaginatively called The One with the Two Parts) in which Joey starts dating Ursula, Phoebe's twin sister and Monica and Rachel double-date cute doctors played by George Clooney and Noah Wyle from <I>ER</I>. --Leslie Felperin
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WARNER HOME VIDEO Friends: Complete Series 2 - New Edition [1995]
Arguably the best series, this season's episodes really developed the characters as the show's popularity took off. Love is in the air as Rachel and Ross, both finally realising they're attracted to each other, nearly get it together, don't, and then finally do. Joey gets that role as Dr Drake Ramoray in <I>Days of Our Lives</I> and moves out of the flat he shares with Chandler, precipitating a bust-up between the two best buddies. Monica dates Richard, the hunky, older eye-doctor played by Tom Selleck, and Phoebe makes a video of that seminal song for a generation, SmellyCat. --Leslie Felperin
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WARNER HOME VIDEO Friends: Complete Series 4 - New Edition [1995]
Top-class antics from the beautiful sextet of chums punctuate this excellent series, which climaxes with the wedding in London. The DVD version contains extra footage from the London locations and in-depth interviews with the makers of the series. Other core shenanigans of the series include Rachel's abortive attempts to seduce Josh, Phoebe's surrogate pregnancy, the Chandler-Joey-Kathy love triangle and Monica and Rachel's attempts to get their apartment back after they lose a bet with Joey and Chandler. Some of the not-quite-as-momentous-but-no- less-amusing events covered here include Joey trying to break his personal record for stuffing Oreo cookies in his mouth, the girls spending the afternoon in wedding dresses and Ross unveiling his indescribable sound on the synthesiser. <I>--Leslie Felperin</I>
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WARNER HOME VIDEO Friends: Complete Series 7 - New Edition [1995]
Release Date: 2004-10-25, Rating Suitable for 12 years and over,
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WARNER HOME VIDEO Friends: Complete Series 6 - New Edition [1995]
Always there for you, the hit sitcom <I>Friends</I> has matured and blossomed over the years. The beginning of the sixth series finds the sextet back from Las Vegas where Ross and Rachel managed to get married in a state of pronounced intoxication, thus upstaging the intended nuptials of Chandler and Monica. The first half of the season follows Ross' failure to arrange the annulment, while Monica and Chandler move in together and Rachel sets up house with Phoebe. Joey gets a shapely new roommate in the shape of Elle Macpherson. Halfway through the series, we are given a wonderful fantasy peak at a parallel universe where Rachel married Barry after all, Ross' wife Carol never realised she was gay, Monica is still fat, Chandler is a writer, Joey is starring as Dr Drake Remoray on <I>Days of Our Lives</I> and Phoebe is a stockbroker. The closing arc of the series features a guest appearance from Bruce Willis in two episodes as the father of Ross' new girlfriend Elizabeth--who ends up romancing Rachel. --<I>Leslie Felperin</I>
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WARNER HOME VIDEO Friends: Complete Series 3 - New Edition [1995]
Seemingly low-key but as wittily crafted as the first two series, this season develops minor characters--Gunther, Central Perk's proprietor, who is in love with Rachel; Phoebe's half-brother Frank (played by rising-star Giovanni Ribisi); the chick and duck--who will play key parts later on while the foundations for crucial story lines developed in Series 4 are laid down. The most momentous story arc covers Rachel and Ross splitting up when she suggests they take a break and he sleeps with the girl from the copy shop. Phoebe gets to know her little brother Frank who falls in love with the much-older Alice, for whom Phoebe will bear triplets in a later series. Monica pines after Richard and then starts dating the millionaire Pete, although towards the end Chandler is trying to persuade her he's good boyfriend material--clearly an omen of things to come. <I>--Leslie Felperin</I>
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WARNER HOME VIDEO Friends: Complete Series 10 - New Edition
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WARNER HOME VIDEO Friends: Complete Series 1 - 10 (30 Disc Box Set)
Release Date: 2005-10-31, Rating Suitable for 12 years and over,
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WARNER HOME VIDEO Friends, Series 7 - Episodes 17-20 [1995]
<I>Season 7:</I> Lots happened behind the scenes between seasons and early on in the seventh year of the hit comedy, leaving audiences speculating this might be the last. Perry became seriously ill again, and returned looking more emaciated than ever. Cox regained weight, but despite finishing <I>Scream 3</I> happily, things were already rocky with David Arquette. Much was made in the press about Aniston marrying Brad Pitt, of course, but the real news (allaying fans' fears) was NBC's expensive renewal of the cast for two years at $750,000 per episode each (more than six times their previous increase). On-screen, at least there was Chandler and Monica's engagement lasting the whole year, despite predictable ups and downs (eg: T.O.W. the Truth About London revealing that Monica fancied Joey). By the time we finally get to T.O.W. Chandler's Dad (Kathleen Turner), it seems inevitable that the two-part finale will be an insane mess--but with a happy-ish ending. Sure enough, T.O.W. Chandler and Monica's Wedding features Gary Oldman joining in the chaos as Chandler repeatedly goes missing. Other star turns in the year were <I>Seinfeld</I>'s Jason Alexander as a suicidal Office Manager, Susan Sarandon as soap queen bitch Jessica Lockhart, Denise Richards as one of Ross and Monica's endless number of cousins and Winona Ryder as a surprise old friend, prompting T.O.W. Rachel's Big Kiss. But perhaps the most telling instalment of this weirdly atmospheric year was T.O.W. They All Turn Thirty. It suggested that maybe the Friends are all getting too old to carry on living their frivolous lives the same way after all. --<I>Paul Tonks</I>
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WARNER HOME VIDEO Friends - Series 5 - Episodes 9-16 [1995]
<I>Season 5:</I> Divorce number two is immediately on the cards as the year opens with T.O. After Ross Says Rachel. As of this point, Ross' character undergoes some extreme personality changes (which apparently lost Schwimmer many female fans). His incessant whining drives all the Friends to distraction, especially in T.O.W. Ross Moves In with Chandler and Joey. Later things get uncomfortable both at work and at home when he goes through a period of rage (T.O.W. Ross' Sandwich). While all this downplays his failed relationship with Rachel, the real idea is to allow focus on the secret pairing of Chandler and Monica after a night of passion in London. This made for a return to the show's appealingly silly atmosphere as poor Joey is made piggy-in-the-middle of everyone's secrets. Building to T.O.W. Everybody Finds Out, the silliness pauses for some genuinely touching interplay between Perry and Cox. The previous year's semi-serious thread about Phoebe's birth gets forgotten fast: to distract the viewer she's introduced to Gary (Michael Rapaport) in T.O.W. The Cop. This leads to some hilarious parodying with Phoebe interrogated about apartment hunting, and the guys excited and then scared in T.O. W. The Ride Along. She's more than over him by the time of the two-part finale T.O.W. In Vegas though, especially since she missed out on London. Just in case fans thought Chandler and Monica had permanently stolen the spotlight, a cliffhanger shocks expectation again with Ross and Rachel bursting out of a chapel... --<I>Paul Tonks</I>
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WARNER HOME VIDEO Friends: Complete Series 5 - New Edition [1995]
With Friends like these, you'll never need to go out again. Picking up from the momentous events of Series 4, this season starts out with Monica and Chandler in some awkward positions as they try to keep their blossoming romance a secret from the others. By the series' end they'll be planning to get married in Las Vegas, where Joey is working as a gladiator at Caesar's Palace casino, his big movie break having fallen through. The embers of Rachel and Ross's relationship continue to send up sparks, especially when Emily causes strife early on by insisting Ross never has contact with Rachel ever again. Phoebe finally meets her father and starts dating a cop named Gary. It all climaxes with everyone in Las Vegas, where Monica and Chandler's impromptu decision to wed is upstaged by a surprising event. <I>--Leslie Felperin</I>
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WARNER HOME VIDEO Friends - Series 2 - Episodes 1-8 [1995]
<I>Season 2:</I> Unfortunately, Rachel's brave intention to announce her feelings is scuppered in the season opener T.O.W. Ross' New Girlfriend. It doesn't matter how great her hair looks (a real-life accident when a friend cut it with a razor), or how many sneaky tricks she tries to separate them. Ultimately it takes a peculiar doppelganger to lure the new girl away in T.O.W. Russ (Schwimmer credited as Snaro). The Friends couldn't be happier to have the angst and tension relieved, and T.O.W. Ross and Rachel ... You Know is unsurprisingly an all-time fan favourite. This was straightforward compared to the other side of Ross' love life in T.O.W. the Lesbian Wedding though. Initiating another will-they/won't-they subplot was the introduction of Richard (Tom Selleck) as a new flame for Monica. Highlights for the other characters all centred on the Emmy-winning two-part T.O. W. After the Super Bowl with a stunning cameo list including Brooke Shields, Chris Isaak, Dan Castellaneta (Homer from <I>The Simpsons</I>), Jean-Claude Van Damme and Julia Roberts (whom Perry subsequently dated a short while). Another great highlight was Chandler and Joey's ineptitude in T.O.W the Baby on the Bus, which also featured Chrissie Hynde giving Phoebe's Smelly Cat its best ever rendition on guitar. To leave viewers hanging, the year ended with Rachel in understandable uncertainty over T.O.W. Barry and Mindy's Wedding (her ex-fiancé and ex-best friend). --<I>Paul Tonks</I>
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WARNER HOME VIDEO Friends - Series 8 - Episodes 9-12 [2001]
Just in case anyone was starting to think Series 8 of <I>Friends</I> was about nothing but Rachel, The One with the Rumour reveals the We Hate Rachel club that's been around some time: Ross started it in High School with a certain Mr Jennifer Aniston (an uncredited Brad Pitt). In a welcome change of focus, The One with Monica's Boots has Monica and Chandler arguing over finances while Phoebe and Ross argue over the attentions of Sting's wife Trudie Styler (cameoing as herself). Next in The One with Ross' Step Forward his girlfriend from Monica and Chandler's wedding turns out to want more from him than he'd planned. And getting back to Rachel, her hormones find her bouncing all over looking for a partner. The One Where Joey Dates Rachel is her surprise resolution. This is another exceptional turn behind the camera for Schwimmer, who relegates his on-screen time to teaching a respectable class, finally. Other highlights of this volume include Joey swearing he can eat a whole turkey, another screw-up boss at Chandler's office and everyone's addiction to the <I>Ms Pacman</I> arcade game. --<I>Paul Tonks</I>
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WARNER HOME VIDEO Friends - Series 1 - Episodes 17-24 [1995]
<I>Season 1:</I> When the first series of <I>Friends</I> debuted in September 1994 it was immediately obvious there would be no need for the show to find its feet. The One Where Monica Gets a Roommate was a confident introduction to the six lead characters, opening in the middle of an everyday conversation with the soon-to-be uncharacteristic line: There's nothing to tell. In fact, the soap-opera style plot got complicated pretty quickly, with spoiled brat Rachel (Jennifer Aniston) moving on from her failed wedding to feelings toward nerdy/heart-throb Ross (David Schwimmer). However, no love life was more complicated than Joey's (Matt LeBlanc), with an endless stream of girlfriends that annoyed the hell out of wisecracking roommate Chandler (Matthew Perry), who only seemed to be able to connect with Janice (Maggie Wheeler), the shrillest voice in the City. Bouncing all manner of neuroses around them were Ross' obsessive sister Monica (Courteney Cox) and endearingly ditzy Phoebe (Lisa Kudrow). Premise established, series 1 matured the characters by providing a monkey and a son for Ross. We met also meet Ross and Monica's parents Jack (Elliott Gould) and Judy (Christina Pickles), Chandler's mother (Morgan Fairchild) and Phoebe's twin sister Ursula (Kudrow naturally). Fans loved cameos from George Clooney, Jay Leno and show creators Kevin Bright, Marta Kauffman and David Crane. But really the focus was on building to TOW Rachel Finds Out that Ross is in love with her. --<I>Paul Tonks</I>
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WARNER HOME VIDEO Friends: Complete Series 9
Nine years is a long time for any group of <I>Friends</I> to stick so closely together, but somehow the gang are still as daftly charming as ever. After the birth of Emma, Rachel comes to terms with being a mother surprisingly well. It's how everyone else deals with it that makes things interesting. Joey's accidental proposal creates weird friction between him and Ross, who breaks his finger throwing the show's first ever punch. Monica becomes desperately broody and attempts all manner of convoluted ways of persuading Chandler to father a child (unfortunately he inadvertently bankrupts them in a move to Tulsa!). Phoebe, on the other hand, occupies herself in the dating game, holding on to Mike (Paul Rudd) in the longest guest-star relationship anyone's ever had. Other surprise guests this year include Freddie Prinze Jr as an overly sensitive nanny (in the 200th episode), Christina Applegate as another of Rachel's sisters and Jeff Goldblum playing himself on the set of another movie on which Joey is trying to get a break. <p> As always the sparks occasionally fly between Rachel and Ross, while the others manage to strain their own relationships to the max. The real reason for watching now is the one-off kooky scenarios in which they--or rather Joey--get into. His endless dating finally sees him stuck for remembering if he's already slept with a girl; he botches an attempt at eyebrow waxing; and he manages to make Chandler think Monica's after a breast enhancement! A 10th series and potential movie spin-off were announced well before the year was over, meaning six very rich actors will be supplying the fun for some time yet to come. --<I>Paul Tonks</I>
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WARNER HOME VIDEO Friends - Series 10 - Vol. 2 - Episodes 5-8 [1995]
Release Date: 2004-02-16, Rating Suitable for 12 years and over,
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WARNER HOME VIDEO Friends - Series 8 - Episodes 5-8 [2001]
In the second volume of <I>Friends</I> Series 8, the next stage of Rachel's pregnancy is coping with everyone else's reactions and expectations. Immediately in The One with Rachel's Date we learn that Ross can't distinguish between father and friend. While their relationship grows ever more complicated, Phoebe just can't sit still as she moves from an infatuation with a sous-chef to her twin sister's fiancé (guest star Sean Penn). The One with the Halloween Party is when they meet, making for typically daft fun with the gang in costume: Monica is Catwoman, Phoebe is Supergirl, Chandler is The Velveteen Rabbit, Ross is Spudnik and Joey is Chandler! Penn's cameo continues into The One with the Stain: while Rachel prays for an old lady to kick the bucket so she can get her apartment, Monica is concerned about the Maid she arranged. But that's nothing compared to her concerns over The One with the Stripper that she inadvertently arranges for Chandler! Highlights of this volume include meeting Rachel's explosive father, seeing her hand out cheques instead of candy at Halloween and learning why Chandler should be called Muriel instead of Toby. --<I>Paul Tonks</I>
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WARNER HOME VIDEO Friends - Series 9 - Vol. 3 - Eps 9-12 [2003]
Nine years is a long time for any group of <I>Friends</I> to stick so closely together, but somehow the gang are still as daftly charming as ever. After the birth of Emma, Rachel comes to terms with being a mother surprisingly well. It's how everyone else deals with it that makes things interesting. Joey's accidental proposal creates weird friction between him and Ross, who breaks his finger throwing the show's first ever punch. Monica becomes desperately broody and attempts all manner of convoluted ways of persuading Chandler (unfortunately he inadvertently bankrupts them in a move to Tulsa). Phoebe, on the other hand, occupies herself in the dating game, holding on to Mike (Paul Rudd) in the longest guest star relationship anyone's ever had. Other surprise guests this year include Freddie Prinze Jr as an overly sensitive nanny (in the 200th episode), Christina Applegate as another of Rachel's sisters and Jeff Goldblum playing himself on the set of another movie on which Joey is trying to get a break. <p> As always the sparks occasionally fly between Rachel and Ross, while the others manage to strain their own relationships to the max. The real reason for watching now is the one-off kooky scenarios in which they--or rather Joey--get into. His endless dating finally sees him stuck for remembering if he's already slept with a girl; he botches an attempt at eyebrow waxing; and he manages to make Chandler think that Monica wants a breast enhancement. A 10th series and potential movie spin-off were announced well before the year was over, meaning six very rich actors will be supplying the fun for some time yet to come. --<I>Paul Tonks</I>
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WARNER HOME VIDEO Friends - Series 8 - Episodes 1-4 [2001]
The eighth season of <I>Friends</I> picks up just moments after Monica and Chandler said I do. The only thing to have changed (once again) is Mathew Perry's weight, otherwise all is very much business as usual: Phoebe makes Rachel's secret pregnancy more complicated; Ross manages to look totally uncool in front of someone he fancies; Joey will do anything for an acting gig; and Chandler blames his two left feet on a new pair of shoes. All of which was so much fluff to set up the year's primary concern: Rachel's baby. Everyone starts speculating on the identity of the father during The One With the Red Sweater, which is an incriminating clue from a one-night stand. Meanwhile, David Schwimmer gives one of his best performances from behind the camera, directing himself and Chandler attempting to take fresh wedding photos--at someone else's ceremony! We're not kept in suspense long though. The One Where Rachel Tells... teases with the possibility of resurrecting the long-time on/off Ross and Rachel relationship. Naturally that goes pear-shaped thanks to The One with the Videotape, in which they vainly attempt to determine who came on to whom. Highlights of this volume include the before and after jealousies of Monica and Chandler's honeymoon, Joey's surprise gallantry toward Rachel and the gas leak lie. --<I>Paul Tonks</I>
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WARNER HOME VIDEO Friends, Series 7 - Episodes 9-12 [1995]
<I>Season 7:</I> lots happened behind the scenes between seasons and early on in the seventh year of the hit comedy, leaving audiences speculating this might be the last. Perry became seriously ill again, and returned looking more emaciated than ever. Cox regained weight, but despite finishing <I>Scream 3</I> happily, things were already rocky with David Arquette. Much was made in the press about Aniston marrying Brad Pitt, of course, but the real news (allaying fans' fears) was NBC's expensive renewal of the cast for two years at $750,000 per episode each (more than six times their previous increase). Onscreen, at least there was Chandler and Monica's engagement lasting the whole year, despite predictable ups and downs (eg: T.O.W. the Truth About London revealing that Monica fancied Joey). By the time we finally get to T.O.W. Chandler's Dad (Kathleen Turner!), it seems inevitable that the two-part finale will be an insane mess--but with a happy-ish ending. Sure enough, T.O.W. Chandler and Monica's Wedding features Gary Oldman joining in the chaos as Chandler repeatedly goes missing. Other star turns in the year were <I>Seinfeld</I>'s Jason Alexander as a suicidal Office Manager, Susan Sarandon as soap queen bitch Jessica Lockhart, Denise Richards as one of Ross and Monica's endless number of cousins and Winona Ryder as a surprise old friend, prompting T.O.W. Rachel's Big Kiss. But perhaps the most telling instalment of this weirdly atmospheric year was T.O.W. They All Turn Thirty. It suggested that maybe the Friends are all getting too old to carry on living their frivolous lives the same way after all. --<I>Paul Tonks</I>
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WARNER HOME VIDEO Friends - Series 5 - Episodes 1-8 [1995]
<I>Season 5:</I> Divorce number two is immediately on the cards as the year opens with T.O. After Ross Says Rachel. As of this point, Ross' character undergoes some extreme personality changes (which apparently lost Schwimmer many female fans). His incessant whining drives all the Friends to distraction, especially in T.O.W. Ross Moves In with Chandler and Joey. Later things get uncomfortable both at work and at home when he goes through a period of rage (T.O.W. Ross' Sandwich). While all this downplays his failed relationship with Rachel, the real idea is to allow focus on the secret pairing of Chandler and Monica after a night of passion in London. This made for a return to the show's appealingly silly atmosphere as poor Joey is made piggy-in-the-middle of everyone's secrets. Building to T.O.W. Everybody Finds Out, the silliness pauses for some genuinely touching interplay between Perry and Cox. The previous year's semi-serious thread about Phoebe's birth gets forgotten fast: to distract the viewer she's introduced to Gary (Michael Rapaport) in T.O.W. The Cop. This leads to some hilarious parodying with Phoebe interrogated about apartment hunting, and the guys excited and then scared in T.O. W. The Ride Along. She's more than over him by the time of the two-part finale T.O.W. In Vegas though, especially since she missed out on London. Just in case fans thought Chandler and Monica had permanently stolen the spotlight, a cliffhanger shocks expectation again with Ross and Rachel bursting out of a chapel... --<I>Paul Tonks</I>
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WARNER HOME VIDEO Friends - Series 7 - Episodes 1-4 Plus Director's Cut [1995]
Lots happened behind the scenes between seasons and early on in the seventh year of the hit comedy, leaving audiences speculating that this might be the last. Perry became seriously ill again, and returned looking more emaciated than eve r. Cox regained weight, but despite finishing <I>Scream 3</I> happily, things were already rocky with David Arquette. Much was made in the press about Aniston marrying Brad Pitt, of course, but the real news (allaying fans' fears) was NBC's expensive renewal of the cast for two years at $750,000 per episode each (more than six times their previous increase). On-screen, at least there was Chandler and Monica's engagement lasting the whole year, despite predictable ups and downs (eg: T.O.W. The Truth About London revealing that Monica fancied Joey). By the time we finally get to T.O.W. Chandler's Dad (Kathleen Turner), it seems inevitable that the two-part finale will be an insane mess--but with a happy-ish ending. Sure enough, T.O.W. Chandler and Monica's Wedding features Gary Oldman joining in the chaos as Chandler repeatedly goes missing. Other star-turns in the year were <I>Seinfeld</I>'s Jason Alexander as a suicidal Office Manager, Susan Sarandon as soap queen bitch Jessica Lockhart, Denise Richards as one of Ross and Monica's endless number of cousins and Winona Ryder as a surprise old friend, prompting T.O.W. Rachel's Big Kiss. But perhaps the most telling instalment of this weirdly atmospheric year was T.O.W. They All Turn Thirty. It suggested that maybe the Friends are all getting too old to carry on living their frivolous lives the same way after all. <I>Paul Tonks</I>
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WARNER HOME VIDEO Friends: Complete Series 9 - New Edition
Nine years is a long time for any group of <i>Friends</i> to stick so closely together, but somehow the gang are still as daftly charming as ever. After the birth of Emma, Rachel comes to terms with being a mother surprisingly well. It's how everyone else deals with it that makes things interesting. Joey's accidental proposal creates weird friction between him and Ross, who breaks his finger throwing the show's first ever punch. Monica becomes desperately broody and attempts all manner of convoluted ways of persuading Chandler to father a child (unfortunately he inadvertently bankrupts them in a move to Tulsa!). Phoebe, on the other hand, occupies herself in the dating game, holding on to Mike (Paul Rudd) in the longest guest-star relationship anyone's ever had. Other surprise guests this year include Freddie Prinze Jr as an overly sensitive nanny (in the 200th episode), Christina Applegate as another of Rachel's sisters and Jeff Goldblum playing himself on the set of another movie on which Joey is trying to get a break.<p> As always the sparks occasionally fly between Rachel and Ross, while the others manage to strain their own relationships to the max. The real reason for watching now is the one-off kooky scenarios in which they--or rather Joey--get into. His endless dating finally sees him stuck for remembering if he's already slept with a girl; he botches an attempt at eyebrow waxing; and he manages to make Chandler think Monica's after a breast enhancement. --<i>Paul Tonks</i>
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WARNER HOME VIDEO Friends - Series 2 - Episodes 17-24 [1995]
<I>Season 2:</I> Unfortunately, Rachel's brave intention to announce her feelings is scuppered in the season opener T.O.W. Ross' New Girlfriend. It doesn't matter how great her hair looks (a real-life accident when a friend cut it with a razor), or how many sneaky tricks she tries to separate them. Ultimately it takes a peculiar doppelganger to lure the new girl away in T.O.W. Russ (Schwimmer credited as Snaro). The Friends couldn't be happier to have the angst and tension relieved, and T.O.W. Ross and Rachel ... You Know is unsurprisingly an all-time fan favourite. This was straightforward compared to the other side of Ross' love life in T.O.W. the Lesbian Wedding though. Initiating another will-they/won't-they subplot was the introduction of Richard (Tom Selleck) as a new flame for Monica. Highlights for the other characters all centred on the Emmy-winning two-part T.O. W. After the Super Bowl with a stunning cameo list including Brooke Shields, Chris Isaak, Dan Castellaneta (Homer from <I>The Simpsons</I>), Jean-Claude Van Damme and Julia Roberts (whom Perry subsequently dated a short while). Another great highlight was Chandler and Joey's ineptitude in T.O.W the Baby on the Bus, which also featured Chrissie Hynde giving Phoebe's Smelly Cat its best ever rendition on guitar. To leave viewers hanging, the year ended with Rachel in understandable uncertainty over T.O.W. Barry and Mindy's Wedding (her ex-fiancé and ex-best friend). --<I>Paul Tonks</I>
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WARNER HOME VIDEO Friends: Complete Series 8 - New Edition
The eighth season of <I>Friends</I> picks up just moments after Monica and Chandler said, I do. But the focus of this season is firmly on Rachel's pregnancy, as the story progresses from fatherhood revelations in The One with the Red Sweater and The One Where Rachel Tells... toward complicated new feelings for Rachel, Ross, and Joey, culminating in the maternity ward two-parter The One Where Rachel Has a Baby. But it's not all Rachel's pregnancy story. Standalone highlights include The One with the Rumor in which the We Hate Rachel club started in high school by Ross and a certain Mr. Jennifer Aniston (an uncredited Brad Pitt) is revealed; while The One with Monica's Boots has Monica and Chandler arguing over finances when Phoebe and Ross are arguing over the attentions of Sting's wife, Trudie Styler (cameoing as herself). Relationship complications fall upon Phoebe as The One with the Tea Leaves hooks her up with a stellar cameo from Alec Baldwin. The One with Joey's Interview has Matt LeBlanc in top form preparing to be interviewed by <I>Soap Opera Digest</I>. But time starts to tick faster for everyone in The One Where Rachel Is Late, as Joey's WWI movie finally arrives, but is overshadowed by the wait for Rachel's overdue arrival. Naturally it's all build-up to the cliffhanger finale and a final emotional surprise. <I>--Paul Tonks</I>
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WARNER HOME VIDEO Friends, Series 7 - Episodes 21-23 [1995]
<I>Season 7:</I> Lots happened behind the scenes between seasons and early on in the seventh year of the hit comedy, leaving audiences speculating this might be the last. Perry became seriously ill again, and returned looking more emaciated than ever. Cox regained weight, but despite finishing <I>Scream 3</I> happily, things were already rocky with David Arquette. Much was made in the press about Aniston marrying Brad Pitt, of course, but the real news (allaying fans' fears) was NBC's expensive renewal of the cast for two years at $750,000 per episode each (more than six times their previous increase). On-screen, at least there was Chandler and Monica's engagement lasting the whole year, despite predictable ups and downs (eg: T.O.W. the Truth About London revealing that Monica fancied Joey). By the time we finally get to T.O.W. Chandler's Dad (Kathleen Turner), it seems inevitable that the two-part finale will be an insane mess--but with a happy-ish ending. Sure enough, T.O.W. Chandler and Monica's Wedding features Gary Oldman joining in the chaos as Chandler repeatedly goes missing. Other star turns in the year were <I>Seinfeld</I>'s Jason Alexander as a suicidal Office Manager, Susan Sarandon as soap queen bitch Jessica Lockhart, Denise Richards as one of Ross and Monica's endless number of cousins and Winona Ryder as a surprise old friend, prompting T.O.W. Rachel's Big Kiss. But perhaps the most telling instalment of this weirdly atmospheric year was T.O.W. They All Turn Thirty. It suggested that maybe the Friends are all getting too old to carry on living their frivolous lives the same way after all. --<I>Paul Tonks</I>
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WARNER HOME VIDEO Friends - Series 1 - Episodes 9-16 [1995]
<I>Season 1:</I> When the first series of <I>Friends</I> debuted in September 1994, it was immediately obvious there would be no need for the show to find its feet. The One Where Monica Gets a Roommate was a confident introduction to the six lead characters, opening in the middle of an everyday conversation with the soon-to-be uncharacteristic line: There's nothing to tell. In fact, the soap opera-style plot got complicated pretty quickly, with spoiled brat Rachel (Jennifer Aniston) moving on from her failed wedding to feelings toward nerdy/heartthrob Ross (David Schwimmer). However, no love life was more complicated than Joey's (Matt LeBlanc), with an endless stream of girlfriends that annoyed the hell out of wisecracking roommate Chandler (Matthew Perry), who only seemed to be able to connect with Janice (Maggie Wheeler), the shrillest voice in the city. Bouncing all manner of neuroses around them were Ross' obsessive sister Monica (Courteney Cox) and endearingly ditzy Phoebe (Lisa Kudrow). Premise established, Series 1 matured the characters by providing a monkey and a son for Ross. We met also meet Ross and Monica's parents Jack (Elliott Gould) and Judy (Christina Pickles), Chandler's mother (Morgan Fairchild) and Phoebe's twin sister Ursula (Kudrow, naturally). Fans loved cameos from George Clooney, Jay Leno and show creators Kevin Bright, Marta Kauffman and David Crane. But really the focus was on building to T.O.W. Rachel Finds Out that Ross is in love with her. --<I>Paul Tonks</I>
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WARNER HOME VIDEO Friends - Series 9 - Vol. 4 - Eps 13-16 [2003]
Release Date: 2003-10-27, Rating Suitable for 12 years and over,
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WARNER HOME VIDEO Friends - Series 8 - Episodes 17-20 [1995]
In a welcome change of pace, the relationship complications in this volume of <I>Friends</I> Series 8 fall upon Phoebe as The One with the Tea Leaves hooks her up with a stellar cameo from Alec Baldwin. He reappears for the elder Gellers' 35th wedding anniversary party in The One in Massapequa, where it turns out some white lies have been bandied about to cover Rachel's pregnancy. Then, in what seems like a complete stand-alone episode, The One with Joey's Interview has Matt LeBlanc on top form preparing to be interviewed by <I>Soap Opera Digest</I>. Naturally he goofs things up big time. His next disaster awaits him when hosting a new quiz show, but this is all secondary in The One with the Baby Shower to Rachel realising how scatty her maternal instincts are while her own mother gets underfoot. This episode features an impressively emotional performance from Aniston as she comes to terms with coming into term. --<I>Paul Tonks</I>
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WARNER HOME VIDEO Friends - Series 4 - Episodes 9-16 [1995]
<I>Season 4:</I> The New Year begins by telling the fans in no uncertain terms that it's over for Ross and Rachel. There are a few episodes of pure silliness--such as T.O.W. Chandler in a Box after he kisses Joey's girlfriend--then two distinct story arcs take over. Usually when an actress falls pregnant, a show will hide them behind objects or in bigger clothes. For Kudrow it was decided to celebrate the fact on-screen by having her carry a child for her brother Frank (Giovanni Ribsi) and his wife. Being Phoebe, it naturally gets weird when T.O.W. The Embryos reveals she'll be having triplets. The hilarity resulted in an Emmy for her hard work. Subplot number two came with the arrival of British babe Emily (Helen Baxendale), who rapidly steals Ross's heart. The same episode (T.O.W. Joey's Dirty Day) also features an amazing cameo from Charlton Heston giving Joey acting tips. But this couldn't have prepared fans for the stars and shocks of the gang's trip to London in the two-part finale T.O.W Ross' Wedding. Somehow squeezed into the budget were: Richard Branson, Tom Conti, Sarah Ferguson, Hugh Laurie, Jennifer Saunders and June Whitfield. At the climax of what should have been the perfect wedding, the year ends by telling the fans in no uncertain terms that it'll never be over for Ross and Rachel. --<I>Paul Tonks </I>
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WARNER HOME VIDEO Friends - Series 8 - Episodes 21-23 [2002]
The first episode on this volume of <I>Friends</I> Series 8 is classic silliness. The One With the Cooking Class has Monica joining a class after getting a bad review of her restaurant. Meantime Chandler foolishly allows Phoebe to give him advice on job interview technique. Time starts to tick faster for everyone in The One Where Rachel is Late. Joey's WWI movie finally arrives, but is overshadowed by the wait for Rachel's overdue arrival. Naturally it's all build-up to the cliffhanger fans wait for every year. The two-part The One Where Rachel Has a Baby gave the millions of fans exactly what they wanted. While Janice manages to complicate the gang's general feelings, Monica and Chandler wrestle with their own concern with becoming parents. Joey makes up his mind over how to deal with his feelings for Rachel, but wouldn't you know it, it seems there might be dormant sparks between her and Ross after all. Surely their break should be over by now! --<I>Paul Tonks</I>
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