Originally Posted by duga

The Friends writers had a formula. You could see them slowly develop it over the first couple of seasons, then by the 10th season you could probably predict how each character would react to a given situation. Most episodes are formulaic fluff like that, but every once in a while they still managed completely nail meshing all of their personalities into some very funny situations. Even in season 10, where I'd say 3/4 of the episodes are completely forgettable, they still managed to crank out some laugh out loud episodes.

Weirdest part re-watching the series for me - how often they showed the twin towers pre-9/11. Not like it's weird to show those impressive buildings - it just really dated the show for me.

Originally Posted by J.R.R. Tolkien

There is only one bright spot and that is the growing habit of disgruntled men of dynamiting factories and power-stations; I hope that, encouraged now as ‘patriotism’, may remain a habit! But it won’t do any good, if it is not universal.