Rachel's always had it easy - until

she moved to the Big Apple. She

was Miss Popularity in high school,
but after leaving her fiancé at the
altar , she decided to start a
wonderful new life. A life were she
didn’t had access to her dad’s
credit card. Even though she dated
guys, she always holds a soft spot
in her heart for a certain dorky
dinosaur fanatic. He's her lobster!

OCCUPATION
 Waitress at Central Perk
 Assistant at Fortunata Fashions
 Buyer and Personal Shopper at Bloomingdale’s
 Executive at Ralph Lauren
 Monica is just as lovable as she is
neurotic. She can be a little
competitive , and she was large-size
in high school. But now, she's a
master chef and a clever cleaning
machine. She likes to keep things
organized in her home and love life,
although the latter is a bit more
difficult. Even though she had
trouble at dating, she found the love
of her life, without noticing he was
across the hall.
OCCUPATION
 Chef at Iridium
 Waitress at Moondance Diner
 Head chef at Alessandro’s
 Chef at Javu
 Phoebe is not a typical New York
girl. But this occurs when you're
raised on the streets and your
mother kills herself. She loves
being weird, awkward, and happy.
She writes her songs and sings
them at Central Perk. Even though
she’s a little bit crazy sometimes,
she helps the people who she
loves, just as carrying her brother’s
babies. She marries Mike, a guy
who Joey meets at Central Perk by
screaming “MIKE”.

OCCUPATION
 Masseuse
 Singer/Songwriter
 He was known as Dr. Drake
Remoray on Days of Our Lives,
Joey is a smooth-talking ladies
man. He might not be the
greatest brain in the group, but
he's got a heart of gold. His
most used-phrase is "How you
doin'?"

OCCUPATION
 Actor
 Priest
 Christmas Elf  Museum Tour Guide
 Cologne sampler  Waiter at Alessandro's
 Christmas tree salesman  Central Perk Waiter
 He graduated top of his class in
sarcasm school. He is Ross’s best
friend since college. He was
afraid of commitment and his
girlfriend most of the time was
Janice. Whether he’s playing
with Joey in foosball or avoiding
his ex, he’s always a good and
funny friend!
OCCUPATION
 IT Procurement Manager
 Junior Advertising Copywriter
 Dr. Ross Eustace Geller, Ph.D.,
Ross is a dinosaur-loving nerd.
He has been married 3 times. He
had been in love with Rachel for
9 years. He defends his
argument: “We were on a break!”.
He has two children: Ben and
Emma. Spents time competing
with his sister, Monica.

OCCUPATION
 Paleontologist
 College Professor
 Dinosaurs, that’s what Joey thinks.
Premiered on NBC, September 22, 1994.
Included 24 episodes.
Concluded airing on May 18, 1995.
Introduces the six main friends.
Rachel ends up living with Monica after leaving her fiancé at the
altar.
Ross has been in love with Rachel since high school.
Ross’s lesbian ex-wife Carol is pregnant with his baby.
Ross brings home Marcel.
Janice is introduced as Chandler’s girlfriend.
Ross goes to China for a fossil dig. Because of Chandler, Rachel finds
out Ross is in love with her. She goes to the airport to tell her about
her feelings, but finds out he has a girlfriend.
Premiered on NBC, September 21, 1995.
Includes 24 episodes.
Concluded airing on May 16, 1996.
Rachel discovers that Ross is dating Julie
Ross finds out Rachel is in love with him because of a phone call. He
makes a list of the bad and good things each of them have, to help him
decide. Eventually, he dumps Julie but Rachel gets angry.
Monica’s and Rachel’s prom video reveals that Ross was going to take
Rachel when her prom date was late. She forgives him and start a
relationship.
Joey gets a part in the soap opera “Days of Our Lives”.
Monica dates Dr. Richard Burke, a family’s friend.
Joey temporarily moves out of his apartment, but returns.
Chandler falls in love with a women through the Internet, and results
to be Janice. They start dating again.
Premiered on NBC, September 19, 1996.
Contains 25 episodes.
Concluded airing on May 15, 1997.
Rachel begins working at Bloomingdales. Ross gets jealous of her co-
worker, Mark Robinson.
Ross and Rachel break up, and Chandler has trouble dealing with it.
Chandler and Janice break up, since Joey saw her kissing her ex-
husband.
Phoebe has a identical twin sister, and meets her half-brother, Frank Jr.
Monica dates Pete Becker, a millionaire. She thinks he will propose but
instead tells her he will become the Ultimate Fighting Champion. He
gets beat up, and Monica breaks up with him.
Premiered on NBC, September 25, 1997.
The season contains 24 episodes.
Concluded airing on May 7, 1998.
Phoebe gets pregnant, helping his brother.
Rachel starts dating Joshua. Ross dates Emily.
They decide to get married. Rachel decides not to go because she
would feel uncomfortable. At the end, everyone, including her, go
to London for the wedding.
On the trip, Monica and Chandler fell in love.
At the wedding ceremony, Ross’s vows include “Rachel”, instead
of Emily.
Premiered on NBC, September 24, 1998.
The season contains 24 episodes.
Concluded airing on May 20, 1999.
Monica and Chandler keep their relationship as a secret.
Phoebe gives birth to his brother’s triplets.
Emily and Ross divorce since he doesn’t end his relationship with
Rachel as Emily demands.
Now that everyone knows about Chandler and Monica, the six
friends go to Las Vegas, where Ross and Rachel, because of
drinking, accidentally get married.
Premiered on NBC, September 23, 1999.
The season contains 25 episodes.
Concluded airing on May 18, 2000.
Ross doesn’t want to be the “three divorces guy”, but finally they
get a divorce.
Chandler moves into Monica’s apartment, so Rachel moves to
Phoebe’s apartment.
Their apartment catches fire, ending up with Rachel living with
Joey, and Phoebe lives with Monica and Chandler.
Ross starts dating his student, Elizabeth.
Chandler proposes to Monica, and she says YES.
Premiered on NBC, October 12, 2000.
The season contains 24 episodes
Concluded airing on May 17, 2001.
Monica and Chandler prepare for their wedding.
Phoebe’s apartment is fixed, but it’s rebuilt with one bedroom,
so Rachel decides to live with Joey.
Monica and Chandler get married.
Phoebe and Rachel discover a pregnancy test, and think it’s
Monica’s but is actually Rachel’s.
Premiered on NBC, September 27, 2001.
The season contains 24 episodes.
Concluded airing on May 16, 2002.
The most watched season of the series.
It revolves about Rachel’s pregnancy, and reveals the baby’s
father is Ross.
Joey begins having feelings for Rachel, but she doesn’t.
Rachel gives birth to Emma, and Ross’s mother gives him a
proposal ring. Joey finds the ring on the floor, and that makes
Rachel think his proposing, she accepts.
Premiered on NBC, September 26, 2002.
The season contains 24 episodes.
Concluded airing on May 15, 2003.
Monica and Chandler discover that they are unlikely to conceive
when they go to fertility specialist.
Phoebe begins dating Mike Hannigan.
Rachel moves out of Ross's apartment with Emma and moves
back in with Joey.
Rachel feelings for Joey.
Ross gives a tour to paleantologists, and likes one named
Charlie, but she is attracted to Joey.
The six friends and Charlie travel to Barbados to hear Ross’s
keynote speech. Charlie and Ross kiss. Joey decides to start a
relationship with Rachel, after she tells him her feelings.
Premiered on NBC, September 25, 2003.
The season contains 18 episodes.
Concluded airing on May 6, 2004.
Ross and Charlie breakup, as well as Joey and Rachel.
Phoebe marries Mike.
Monica and Chandler decide to adopt.
They look for a new apartment for their kids.
Rachel gets an offer to work for Louis Vuitton at Paris.
Premiered on NBC, September 22, 1994.
Introduces six friends who live and work in New York City.
The Pilot became the fifteenth-most watched television
show of the week, viewed by 22 million viewers.
The series finale, it’s the seventeenth and eighteenth
episode of the 10th season.
Aired on NBC, May 6 2004. it was watched by 52.46 million
viewers
It became the most watched entertainment telecast in 6
years, and also, the 4th most watched television series finale
in U.S.
It ran 66 minutes.
“Friends is the third
greatest sitcom of all time”
– VANITY FAIR
Originally the show was going to focus on just
four characters: Monica, Ross, Rachel, and
Joey. Phoebe and Chandler were going to be
supporting characters.

Monica and Joey were

originally intended to
be the main couple on
the show. The frame around the peephole
originally had a mirror in it. It was
accidentally broken by a crew member,
In the early stages of
but because it still looked good, they
development, the
decided to leave it there.
writers considered
making Chandler gay.
The iconic orange couch in Central The ages of
Perk was found by a set designer the cast when
in the basement of the Warner the show
Bros. Studios. premiered:

Season 2 is the
only season
without a
Thanksgiving
episode.

Gunther was not originally a

speaking part; James Michael
Tyler, got the role as an extra
because he knew how to work an
During the first season of the show, each cast
espresso machine.
member earned $22,500 per episode. By the end of
the series they each made a $1 million an episode.
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