Category: Second Look

A silly penultimate Friends episode takes an unexpectedly poignant turn in its third act.

The first of Friends’ six clip show episodes is not only its best, but the most unexpectedly revealing.

Emily orders a wedding dress, and Friends serves up season four’s most confounding episode.

Friends drops two plot twists into one surprisingly effective, if slight, episode.

Friends’ fourth season resurgence continues with another strong episode about history repeating itself.

Friends finds poignancy in unexpected places – namely, Chandler and Joey’s reflections on free pornography.

An endearing Phoebe/Joey subplot rescues an otherwise clumsy (if well-intentioned) episode.

Friends says farewell to two familiar story beats in another solid mid-season episode.

A breakup, a crush, and a surprising new character make for an intriguing, uneven midseason episode.

Friends’s fourth season renaissance hits a snag with an incredibly disappointing episode.