Gen Z vs Friends
Come join me as a I re-watch one of my favorite nostalgic shows to find out if it was really as bad as all the generations after me seem to believe it is. There will be a discussion (with myself), mostly as I try to rationalize why I still think its a good watch, but we'll try and keep it scientific (well pseudo-scientific... ok in no way scientific but there will be numbers), give it a score and come to a decision once and for all.
Episodes
14 episodes
Parents and Psychiatrists and Things Oh My!
If Tv is to be believed, random nudity was going to happen with this many attractive twenty-somethings in one space, though I believe lived experience would beg to differ. Plus our ongoing discussion about how its impossible to define you...
Foosball and Lasagna
We finally see the most important character of the series introduced, the Foosball table. Plus something about a baby, a bad friend and a catering screw-up. But really did we need anything after table soccer? I thought not.
Lady Byng
That is not a typo, this episode will start with a discussion of the wife of very late Canadian Governor General Lord Byng for reasons which may be apparent only to me before rounding of with the first fictional lady of smut fiction, Nora Bing....
David and Marcel
Its New Years Eve and the Gang publish compelling evidence about which thing is harder to live without, your mom's turkey or meaningless sex with an annoying person you hardly know. Plus we get to see the fledgling moments of the m...
A Tribute to James Burrows
A very brief tribute to a man few of us knew, but whose work attested to the fact that he knew us. Late, great television director, James Burrows.
Orphan Thanksgiving
My Favorite thing, our first holiday episode people. We got burned turkey, we have unspecified venereal diseases, we see classic sitcom misdirection hijinks, we observe in realtime the emotional weight of being part of a blended family wh...
Sweet and Low
Chandler is in Crisis! Nana's dead! Ross is in a hole! Is this the worst ever week for our heros or a random 7 days in late fall that will be quickly forgotten? You'll never guess which unless you listen.
NBC Saving Money on the Power Bill
In this weeks episode our friends are confronted with the most evil foe of all, the network gimmick. Would they overcome the odds and make something funny in this world of crass consumerism or would they crash and burn into the pits of ob...
The Shwang, the Butt and the Very Pretty Lady
Episode 6, a quarter of the way through season one and we get into some of the best jokes of the first season, and also some serious discussion about gender roles in film and relationships, Chandler trying to be a good guy, and what it was like...
Mixing In a Little Colour, It Doesn't Go Well
This ones a little rough, all the creepy incest jokes can't distract from the casual racism in this one. Plus we have to ask ourselves the question, how bad did Rachel smell by the end of the Episode four timeline and is that why everyone...
The Girls Get Pervy and the Boys Just Wine
Are the ladies creeps or just opportunistic? Is Ross's so pathetic its almost a superpower? Tune in to find out.
Its Filler Time!
The first time we see this comedy just be a comedy. Is it funny or just painful. Plus why were banks in 90's TV so incompetent in favour of the consumer?