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 ...
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 Wh...
"The One with the Rumour" reveals the "We Hate Rachel" club that's been around some time: Ross started it in High School with a certain Mr Jennifer Aniston (an uncredited Brad Pitt). In a welcome change of focus, "The One with Monica's Boots" has Monica and Chandler arguing over finances while Phoebe and Ross argue over the attentions of Sting's wife Trudie Styler (cameoing as herself). Next in "The One with Ross' Step Forward" his girlfriend from Monica and Chandler's wedding turns out to want more from him than he'd planned. And getting back to Rachel, her hormones find her bouncing all over looking for a partner. "The One Where Joey Dates Rachel" is her surprise resolution. This is another exceptional turn behind the camera for Schwimmer, who relegates his on-screen time to teaching a respectable class, finally. Other highlights of this volume include Joey swearing he can eat a whole turkey, another screw-up boss at Chandler's office and everyone's addiction to theMs Pacmanarcade game. --Paul Tonks
our interest in Rachel's baby and Joey's newfound infatuation. In "The One Where Chandler Takes a Bath" the notorious stress-head finds a new way of relaxing; but really the focus is on Ross and Rachel arguing over baby names and guessing its sex. The subplot revolves again around Chandler in "The One with the Secret Closet", where he finally thinks to investigate what's next to the bathroom, but again the focus is elsewhere: this time on Joey attending to Rachel's stomach pains and trying to get her out of his head for good. Valentine's Day makes "The One with the Birthing Video" a team effort for Chandler with Monica, but the point of the episode is Joey telling Ross how he feels regardless of the consequences, or how the world's happiest dog makes him feel. All of which means the focus is squarely on "The One Where Joey Tells Rachel", since no one else believes him! --Paul Tonks
8 fall upon Phoebe as "The One with the Tea Leaves" hooks her up with a stellar cameo from Alec Baldwin. He reappears for the elder Gellers' 35th wedding anniversary party in "The One in Massapequa", where it turns out some white lies have been bandied about to cover Rachel's pregnancy. Then, in what seems like a complete stand-alone episode, "The One with Joey's Interview" has Matt LeBlanc on top form preparing to be interviewed bySoap Opera Digest. Naturally he goofs things up big time. His next disaster awaits him when hosting a new quiz show, but this is all secondary in "The One with the Baby Shower" to Rachel realising how scatty her maternal instincts are while her own mother gets underfoot. This episode features an impressively emotional performance from Aniston as she comes to terms with coming into term. --Paul Tonks
Ross and Rachel. There are a few episodes of pure silliness--such as "T.O.W. Chandler in a Box" after he kisses Joey's girlfriend--then two distinct story arcs take over. Usually when an actress falls pregnant, a show will hide them behind objects or in bigger clothes. For Kudrow it was decided to celebrate the fact on-screen by having her carry a child for her brother Frank (Giovanni Ribsi) and his wife. Being Phoebe, it naturally gets weird when "T.O.W. The Embryos" reveals she'll be having triplets. The hilarity resulted in an Emmy for her hard work. Subplot number two came with the arrival of British babe Emily (Helen Baxendale), who rapidly steals Ross's heart. The same episode ("T.O.W. Joey's Dirty Day") also features an amazing cameo from Charlton Heston giving Joey acting tips. But this couldn't have prepared fans for the stars and shocks of the gang's trip to London in the two-part finale "T.O.W Ross' Wedding". Somehow squeezed into the budget were: Richard Branson, Tom Conti, Sarah Ferguson, Hugh Laurie, Jennifer Saunders and June Whitfield. At the climax of what should have been the perfect wedding, the year ends by telling the fans in no uncertain terms that it'll never be over for Ross and Rachel. --Paul Tonks
Ross and Rachel. There are a few episodes of pure silliness--such as "T.O.W. Chandler in a Box" after he kisses Joey's girlfriend--then two distinct story arcs take over. Usually when an actress falls pregnant, a show will hide them behind objects or in bigger clothes. For Kudrow it was decided to celebrate the fact on-screen by having her carry a child for her brother Frank (Giovanni Ribsi) and his wife. Being Phoebe, it naturally gets weird when "T.O.W. The Embryos" reveals she'll be having triplets. The hilarity resulted in an Emmy for her hard work. Subplot number two came with the arrival of British babe Emily (Helen Baxendale), who rapidly steals Ross's heart. The same episode ("T.O.W. Joey's Dirty Day") also features an amazing cameo from Charlton Heston giving Joey acting tips. But this couldn't have prepared fans for the stars and shocks of the gang's trip to London in the two-part finale "T.O.W Ross' Wedding". Somehowsqueezed into the budget were: Richard Branson, Tom Conti, Sarah Ferguson, Hugh Laurie, Jennifer Saunders and June Whitfield. At the climax of what should have been the perfect wedding, the year ends by telling the fans in no uncertain terms that it'll never be over for Ross and Rachel. --Paul Tonks
Comedy - Director: Susie Dietter, Wesley Archer, David Silverman, Mark Kirkland, Jim Reardon - Original Language: English - Classification: 12 years and over
Friends series 8 Review ofFriends - Series 8 (Box Set)by
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Advantages: Funny, addictive Disadvantages: None
...turning them down. The other friends persuade him to do it. He does it but is worried as last time he got written out of the show!
20) The one with the baby shower: Phoebe and Monica throw a baby shower for rachel. Rachel feels unprepared and accepts her mothers offer to move in with rachel and ross after the baby has been born for a few weeks.
21) The one with the cooking class: Joey and Monica attend a cooking class after monica's restaurant ... ...their baby shopping, where ross flirts with the sales assistant
22) The one where rachel is late: Rachel is overdue, and tries anything to get the labour moving. Joey attends his movie premiere where he takes chandler..except chandler falls asleep during the movie but pretends he didn't
23 & 24)The one where rachel has a baby part 1&2: Rachel finally goes into the labour, although it takes a long time before the baby is delivered. Monica and chandler ...
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Advantages: Great Comedy,Can watch it all day long Disadvantages: None
...As everybody knows friends is great to watch and this series is really good,it has all the usual characters and is a must buy for any comedy watchers.All the characters are still getting up to so much trouble in every episode and this is well worth the money as it includes 6 discs which will keep you busy for a very long time,may be even weeks.Hrs of entertainment and i would mostly recommend this to any viewers of all age as there is no swearing or rude scenes so it is acceptable for all viewers.i watched this with my grandad who talks about the war half the time and he still found every episode so funny and was laughing more then me at some stages,which is worrying some times,so in the end a must buy....
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...Introduction
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This is a sitcom that follows the lives of six friends who are in there early 30's. This is the eighth series of Friends. The end of series seven saw Chandler and Monica's wedding and the discovery that Rachel is pregnant. The poses some many questions who, how and when, all will be answered.
The BoxSet
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There are six disks in this boxset with 4 episodes on each (the last episode on the sixth disk sees another double length episode). Each disk is label with side A or B but unlike the first six series you do not have to turn the disks over but more about that in the extras.
Characters
Rachel Green (Jennifer Aniston)- is facing Motherhood.
Monica Geller (Courtney Cox) - buys expensive boots that murdered her feet
Phoebe Buffet (Lisa Kudrow) - can read Tea leaves but Tea tends to give...
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