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Originally posted by notcasesensitive
Anyone willing to fess up to being a Friends-watcher?
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I watch it, but I don't know why. I had stopped, but then got tivo, so it just sits there begging to be watched. before i just missed it, and thought "meh." now, I watch it and think "meh." There are worse ways to waste 1/2 hour, though
Even with 250 episodes or so, I don't think I can remember the plot of more than a few, if that. It's like junk food--it seems enjoyable at the time, but it's an utterly unmemorable show. Does it have some funny, laughable moments? Sure. But for the most part the humor was pretty banal and lightweight compared to, e.g., Seinfeld, for which many of the episodes were memorable in themselves, as well as the lines they spawned. What does friends have? "Could I be ____ any more ___" and "How YOU doin'" and "On a break" That's pretty much it, I think.
As for the finale, again, banal. If not insulting slapstick stupid at times. It wraps up everything in a neat bow, although other than Ross and Rachel, what was left to wrap up? The sex of the Monica's baby? whoop-t-do. We can all relax knowing that they'll all be happy. and we get to see Joey continue to be joey, at least until the inevitable move to Saturday night in mid-November and cancelation in January.
Have we had the "best series finale ever" debate? My vote remains The Wonder Years, but I never watched MASH or MTM.
