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DVD Friends - The Complete Sixth Season
Between Friends' fifth and sixth seasons, Courteney Cox and David Arquette were married, leading to "The One After Vegas" adding "Arquette" after everyone's title credits. Unfortunately, on-screen it's divorce time again despite "The One When Ross Hugs Rachel," since he secretly tries avoiding an annulment of their accidental marriage. Far more out in the open is Chandler (Matthew Perry) and Monica's (Cox) relationship. Moving in together creates lots of fun as the others move back and forth into each other's apartments. It also leads to Joey (Matt LeBlanc) finally showing a tender side toward temporary roommate Janine (Elle Macpherson). By now his chat-up catchphrase "How you doin'?" had caught on, but he needed to fall for someone. He kept the fun alive all year, pretending to have a Porsche, starting work on the show Mac and C.H.E.E.S.E., and falling for Chandler's (Matthew Perry) card game Cups in the excellent "The One with the Last Night" (one of many directed by David Schwimmer).
More fun came from Ross (Schwimmer) trying to teach everyone the mental discipline Unagi, popping ridiculous moves with Monica for their childhood dance routine and having a fluorescently dazzling smile in "The One with Ross's Teeth" (also featuring a near-silent cameo from Ralph Lauren). Far more talkative was Reese Witherspoon as Rachel's (Jennifer Aniston) sister--another temptation for Ross. What they briefly had wasn't as complicated as later in "The One Where Ross Meets Elizabeth's Dad," who turns out to be an Emmy-winning Bruce Willis (thanks to having become friends with Perry during The Whole Nine Yards). The fans' need for love interest and continuity had established the seasons' format now. Another two-part finale offers jeopardy--then resolution--from Tom Selleck's Richard in "The One with the Proposal" between Chandler and Monica. --Paul Tonks
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They're simply awesome!!
Friends is already a classic of the media entertainment. When you watch this show on TV, you kind of skip some details that can make you reflect on topics about life, like honesty, loyalty and others; but, when you actually have these discs at home, you have the opportunity to watch and notice those other valuable things besides the laughter that it brings. After I watched like four seasons, I came up with my own saying about this show "Friends has made laugh 100 times, and cry 2".
The Best Season of Friends
If you can only buy one, this one would be a great one to choose. This season is fresh and extremely entertaining! It's my personal favorite season.
Strong start, weak finish....
The sixth season of "Friends" has a strong start and the first half of the season continues the creative climax that the writers were on since season four. The dialogue was taut, fast, and witty and the stories were compelling, funny, and continued the evolution of the maturation of our "friends." The beginning of season six saw the unfolding of Ross and Rachel's fifth season ending marriage, as well as the deepening of Monica and Chandler's relationship as they agree to move in together. The whole Ross/Rachel secret marriage storyline could've been too out there and too zany, but Aniston and Schwimmer kept it grounded. Schwimmer makes viewers empathize with Ross and gets them to understand why he is hiding the marriage from Rachel. Schwimmer is also hysterical and is at his neurotic, hapless best as Ross struggles with a third failed marriage. Aniston continues to develop as a comedianne and she shines here, especially when Rachel finds out that she's still married to Ross. Aniston is always hysterical when reacting to others, and she hits it out of the park when she first gets the call from Ross's lawyer about their marriage. Cox and Perry on the other hand seem to suffer this season. Cox's Monica is not charmingly obssessive anymore, but she now becomes shrill and controlling. However, Cox does the best with her material and she does manage to elevate her lines and despite the rigidness of Monica, I still find myself laughing because Cox makes it all so funny. Chandler's relationship to Monica is charming and was funny in season 5, but the character begins to tone down his once razor sharp humor once he becomes committed. For what it's worth though, Perry and Cox do have excellent chemistry together and are very believeable as this neuorotic, mix matched couple. On the secondary story line front, Joey tries to find a roommate to replace Chandler and stumbles upon hot dancer Jeanine. LeBlanc is always funny and this season is no exception. Kudrow's Phoebe is not given a lot to do this season but play support to the other character's, and this is where I believe Kudrow does some of her best work. While she does not get to explore Phoebe's emotional depth and complexity much this season as she does in seasons past, Kudrow is still able to have fun with Phoebe and she is given some of the best lines of the season. Phoebe is hysterical aiding Ross in his plan to hide his marriage, and Kudrow and Aniston are so funny together as rommates this year.
Near the end of the season there is a slight drop in quality and the stories aren't nearly as funny or interesting, as they all seem to be filler for the season ending proposal. The last few episodes of Season six foreshadow the decline that will take place in season seven and they are not "Friends" at it's hillarious, good hearted best. "Friends" on a bad day however is still much better and funnier than most other sitcoms are on their best day. Nonetheless, the beginning and middle episodes of season six still show "Friends" on a creative and humorous high. Standout episodes from this season include "TO After Vegas," "TOW Ross Hugs Rachel," "TOW Ross's Denial," "TOW Joey's Porsche," "TOW On the Last Night (Aniston,Cox, and Kudrow are all at the top of their game here) "TOW Phoebe Runs," " TOW Ross Got High" (one of the best Thankgiving episodes and probably Jack and Judy Gellar's best appearance), " TOW the Routine" (great physical comedy from Cox and Schwimmer), "TOW the Apothecary Table," and "TOW the Proposal" (if just for the last five minutes. "Friends" classic moment)
Friends' peerless writing staff really spreads the wealth in this pivotal third season. Each of this seamless ensemble's cast members was given a story arc that deepened and enriched their characters. Most devastatingly, Ross (David Schwimmer) and Rachel's (freshly minted Emmy-winner Jennifer Aniston) romance is torn asunder by Ross's jealousy (not to mention his one-night stand while the couple are, now famously, "on a break"). Phoebe (Lisa Kudrow) is reunited with her half brother (Giovanni Ribisi) and meets a family friend (Terri Garr; inspired casting) who drops a Darth Vader-esque bombshell about Phoebe's parentage. Monica (Courtney Cox) begins the season reeling from her breakup with Richard (Tom Selleck, who reappears in "The One Where Monica and Richard Are Friends"), but... More Info about this DVD DVD Release Date: Released the 01 April 2003 Usually ships in 24 hours
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The eighth season of Friends 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... More Info about this DVD DVD Release Date: Released the 09 November 2004 Usually ships in 24 hours
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Lots happened behind the scenes between seasons and early on in the seventh year of Friends, leaving audiences speculating this might be the last. Matthew Perry became seriously ill again, and returned looking more emaciated than ever. Courtney Cox regained weight, but despite finishing Scream 3 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 (e.g., "The One with the Truth About London" revealing that Monica... More Info about this DVD DVD Release Date: Released the 06 April 2004 Usually ships in 24 hours
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Divorce number 2 is immediately on the cards as the fifth season opens with "The One After Ross Says Rachel." As of this point, Ross's character undergoes some extreme personality changes (which apparently lost David Schwimmer many female fans). His incessant whining drives all the Friends to distraction, especially in "The One Where Ross Moves In" with Chandler (Matthew Perry) and Joey (Matt LeBlanc). Later things get uncomfortable both at work and at home when he goes through a period of rage ("The One with Ross's Sandwich"). While all this downplays his failed relationship with Rachel (Jennifer Aniston), the real idea is to allow focus on the secret pairing of Chandler and Monica (Courteney Cox) after a night of passion in London. This made for a return to the show's appealingly silly... More Info about this DVD DVD Release Date: Released the 04 November 2003 Usually ships in 24 hours
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Throughout its phenomenal run, Friends demonstrated that familiarity doesn't always breed contempt. But isn't it nice that even after 10 years, we could still learn something new about these intimately observed characters? Tidbits revealed in the episode "The One Where the Stripper Cries": Ross (David Schwimmer) and Monica (Courtney Cox Arquette) used to entertain at family gatherings as Donny and Marie; ("Oh God, that's right," remembers Rachel. "I blocked that out.") and Chandler (Matthew Perry) kissed Rachel (Jennifer Aniston) at a college party in the 1980s.
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