Marta Kauffman's Friends

Friends is an iconic TV sitcom created in the 90’s by writers David Crane and Marta Kauffman. The show made its debut on NBC on September 22, 1994; showing until its final episode on May 6, 2004. Friends finished its run with ten seasons and 236 episodes. Needless-to-say, Friends was a very popular series. The series was soon nominated for 62 Prime-time Emmy Awards, as well as winning the Outstanding Comedy Series awards in 2002 for the eighth season. These awards would not have been possible without the outstanding cast starring Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, David Schwimmer, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, and Matthew Perry, who play the six main characters in the show. These six main characters in Friends play a huge role in the plot development

These three locations include: Central Perk (a coffee shop just below their apartment), Monica and Rachel’s apartment, or Joey and Chandler’s apartment. There are other locations throughout the show, but these are the main hang-out spots. Season 1. The first season of Friends starts out with Rachel running into the coffee shop after leaving her wedding. It goes on to give an introduction of each main character. After seeing a little bit of each character, we are told that Ross has had a crush on Rachel for most of his life. Chandler accidently tells Rachel how Ross feels while Ross is away on business. While away, Rachel discovers the feelings are mutual and she goes to meet him at the airport. The season ends with her waiting for Ross to get home. Season 2. When Ross gets off the plane, Rachel discovers he is not alone. Ross is now in a relationship with a friend from college, Julie. This put a little speed bump in the relationship for Ross and Rachel. During the season, Joey lands his first big acting job as Dr. Drake Ramoray on Days of Our Lives. Chandler is in a serious relationship with a woman named Janice, who is one of the most annoying people ever by the way. Finally, Monica gets into a relationship with one of her father’s friends, Richard Burk, who has 20 some years on her. Many of us were routing for this couple; however, they don’t work out due to a disagreement

This is by far the longest season in regards to events that happen. Long story short, Phoebe and Mike get married, Ross and Rachel go through crazy measures to be together, and Monica and Chandler receive twins and move into a new house. The season ends with the six friends together in the empty apartment when Chandler makes one last joke and the friends go to Central Perk for coffee. Some of these season summaries go more in depth than others, but they all still show the importance of this group of friends. In my opinion, the writers specifically chose six actors in this series to show their relationships with not only each other, but as an entire group. I believe the show dynamic would be very different if there weren’t six actors because they would not connect in the same ways. I would also argue there is equally a reason for having three women and three men play these parts. Along with gender and number of characters, their personalities play a huge role in the development of this series.

The background and personalities of each character differ greatly from each other; and the writers used this to create a story. In my opinion, these characters are not people who would typically expect to be friends. For example, there’s a player, a comedian, a chef, a fashionista, a museum nerd, and a very eccentric masseuse. This show sort of reminds me of The Breakfast Club in this