Friends was awesome until it became more focused on the uber-shipping saga among the six of them. R/J to me is just like the writers thought "hmm, what's one het pairing we haven't done - oh, I know!"... if there had been some sign of build-up of it earlier on, maybe I could swallow it.
But Friends in the earlier seasons is still one of the few sitcoms where I can watch episodes regularly, let alone repeatedly and still laugh just as hard as the first time I viewed them. The friends *are* self-absorbed, but if that's part of why the show's as funny as it is, that's fine with me.
TA on Chandler - aside from the parents (and gender, obviously), he is me. Responds to almost any situation with wit and sarcasm to cover for a degree of insecurity, is downright goofy at times, and also with a semi-rooted fear of ending up alone. I do think he came the furthest - just the other day I watched the one where he was deathly afraid of dying alone like Mr. Heckles, knowing that he will actually be the first of their group (along with Monica) to find that someone to spend his life with. 'Twas neat, and kind of uplifting in a way. :)
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Date: 2004-01-07 14:38 (UTC)But Friends in the earlier seasons is still one of the few sitcoms where I can watch episodes regularly, let alone repeatedly and still laugh just as hard as the first time I viewed them. The friends *are* self-absorbed, but if that's part of why the show's as funny as it is, that's fine with me.
TA on Chandler - aside from the parents (and gender, obviously), he is me. Responds to almost any situation with wit and sarcasm to cover for a degree of insecurity, is downright goofy at times, and also with a semi-rooted fear of ending up alone. I do think he came the furthest - just the other day I watched the one where he was deathly afraid of dying alone like Mr. Heckles, knowing that he will actually be the first of their group (along with Monica) to find that someone to spend his life with. 'Twas neat, and kind of uplifting in a way. :)