Friends (DVD) Review

Posted by Nick Niesen on October 27th, 2010

Along with Seinfeld and Frasier, Friends dominated the must-see TV of the 1990's. Winner of innumerable television awards, the show features the lives of six friends in their late-twenties/early-thirties living in New York City - Monica Geller (Courteney Cox), Phoebe Buffay (Lisa Kudrow), Rachel Green (Jennifer Aniston), Ross Geller (David Schwimmer), Joey Tribbiani (Matt LeBlanc), and Chandler Bing (Matthew Perry). The six friends spend the majority of their time in a coffee house named "Central Perk" or in either Monica's apartment or Joey and Chandler's apartment.

The Friends DVD offers a number of hilarious episodes including season premiere in which Rachel leaves her fiancée Barry at the altar and moves in with Monica. Without her daddy's credit cards to live off of, Rachel is forced to get a job at the Central Perk coffee house. As the season progresses, we learn that Ross has harbored a life-long crush on Rachel, but he is continually unable to tell her because of a number of obstacles that get in his way. Season 1 also features the antics of Ross's pet monkey Marcel who would later be fazed out of the show because of the strain an animal placed on the show's production schedule?

Below is a list of episodes included on the Friends (Season 1) DVD:

Episode 1 (The One Where Monica Gets a Roommate) Air Date: 09-22-1994
Episode 2 (The One with the Sonogram at the End) Air Date: 09-29-1994
Episode 3 (The One with the Thumb) Air Date: 10-06-1994
Episode 4 (The One with George Stephanopoulos) Air Date: 10-13-1994
Episode 5 (The One with the East German Laundry Detergent) Air Date: 10-20-1994
Episode 6 (The One with the Butt) Air Date: 10-27-1994
Episode 7 (The One with the Blackout) Air Date: 11-03-1994
Episode 8 (The One Where Nana Dies Twice) Air Date: 11-10-1994
Episode 9 (The One Where Underdog Gets Away) Air Date: 11-17-1994
Episode 10 (The One with the Monkey) Air Date: 12-15-1994
Episode 11 (The One with Mrs. Bing) Air Date: 01-05-1995
Episode 12 (The One with the Dozen Lasagnas) Air Date: 01-12-1995
Episode 13 (The One with the Boobies) Air Date: 01-19-1995
Episode 14 (The One with the Candy Hearts) Air Date: 02-09-1995
Episode 15 (The One with the Stoned Guy) Air Date: 02-16-1995
Episode 16 (The One with Two Parts: Part 1) Air Date: 02-23-1995
Episode 17 (The One with Two Parts: Part 2) Air Date: 02-23-1995
Episode 18 (The One with all the Poker) Air Date: 03-02-1995
Episode 19 (The One Where the Monkey Gets Away) Air Date: 03-09-1995
Episode 20 (The One with the Evil Orthodontist) Air Date: 04-06-1995
Episode 21 (The One with the Fake Monica) Air Date: 04-27-1995
Episode 22 (The One with the Ick Factor) Air Date: 05-04-1995
Episode 23 (The One with the Birth) Air Date: 05-11-1995
Episode 24 (The One Where Rachel Finds Out) Air Date: 05-18-1995