While the first season of the show is highly enjoyable, it really begins to hit its stride in season two as we get to learn more about each characters' particular eccentricities and we witness more of the ties that bind these characters in friendship. The most important element of this show was the chemistry that these actors had together and season two shows them really continuing to click.

Some of my favorites:

"The One with Five Steaks and an Eggplant": Monica unwittingly loses her job when her promotion leads her to accept a gift which, unbeknownst to Monica, is a violation of company policy. The thing I like most about this episode is how it treats the disparate incomes of the characters and how the more financially strapped of the friends must deal with the financial advantages of the others. Been there, done that.

"The One with the Baby on the Bus": Chandler and Joey prove just how stupid they can be when the inadvertently leave Ross's son Ben on a city bus. Phoebe's immortal "Smelly Cat" is introduced in this episode and she loses her performing gig at Central Perk, much to my chagrin as her strange lyrics and musical interpretation provided me with much mirth. The episode also contains a memorable guest appearance by Chrissie Hynde, who is Phoebe's replacement.

"The One Where Ross Finds Out": Rachel has a hilariously bad date that leads to a drunken confession of her feelings for Ross on his answering machine. What I love most about this episode is Ross's immortal line: "You're over me? When were you under me?"

"The One with the List": Ross breaks a cardinal rule by putting in writing things that are deeply hurtful to Rachel.

"The One with Russ": Rachel dates Ross's clone, though she doesn't know it at first. It's great fun to see David Schwimmer play two versions of his character.

"The One After the Super Bowl": Chock full of guest starts doing a hilarious turn. Chandler gets his comeuppance courtesy of Julia Roberts. Dan Castellaneta (aka the voice of Homer Simpson) does a funny turn as a San Diego Zoo employee who has the information Ross is looking for but does a spectacularly bad job of trying to get Ross to pay for it. Brooke Shields is hysterical as a wacko fan who is convinced that Joey truly is Dr. Drake Ramore.

"The One with the Prom Video": We've seen how petty and downright mean Ross can be and now this episode shows us how kind and generous and thoughtful he can be. This has to be one of the most memorable episodes in the series' long history.

"The One Where Eddie Won't Go": Ah, how I can relate to Chandler's troubles with a truly deranged roommate. Watching Joey and Chandler convince Eddie that he doesn't live with Chandler is so rewarding.

"The One with the Chicken Pox": Few things are as funny as watching Phoebe and guest star Charlie Sheen paw at one another with oven mitts duct taped to their hands. This is one of the episodes that shows how unlucky in love poor, sweet Phoebe is.

As I looked over the list and tried to choose my favorites, I realized I could have mentioned every single episode of season two.

it's a shame i wasn't in to this show a long time ago. i did watch some of the reruns and after getting all my other shows out of the way i finally rented the first season. i bought 1-3 so far and 1&2 are my favorite. i can't believe the first episode of season 2 is so hilarious!! definitly my favorite ep. so far. great show!

I didn't recive my order yet, its stimate delivery date was January 18th. I'm trying to comunicatte this to Amazon but i don't know how, please tell me how!!

received in a short amount of time and in good condition...no problems as of yet

When we last saw our Friends, Rachel (Jennifer Aniston) had gone to the airport to meet Ross (David Schwimmer) who was returning from China. She'd gone to declare her love for him. What she didn't know, however, was that Ross was returning with a girlfriend, Julie (guest star Lauren Tom). Naturally, that means we get plenty more complications to the Ross/Rachel relationship. Will they ever get together? Find out in "The One with the Prom Video."

The other four Friends are experiencing trials of their own. Monica (Courteney Cox) loses her job and winds up searching for work. On the plus side, she starts dating Dr. Richard Burke (guest star Tom Selleck). The down side to that relationship is that Richard is old enough to be her parent. In fact, he is Friends with her parents.

Joey (Matt LaBlanc) and Chandler (Matthew Perry) go through the breakup of their relationship when Joey moves into his own place and Chandler gets creepy new roommate Eddie (Adam Goldberg). Meanwhile, Joey is enjoying the rise and fall (literally) of his career when he lands a part of the soap opera Days of Our Lives.

Phoebe (Lisa Kudrow) is the one character with the least in the way of story arcs this season. Not to say she doesn't get some funny episodes, like the one where she is possessed by a dead woman's spirit. We also see the debut of her signature song "Smelly Cat." And she starts trying to track down her father and gets half brother instead.

As you can see, there's lots going on in this season. The show was still new with lots of ground to be explored. And it was still at the top of its creative game with plenty of laughs each episode. I especially love the conversations where they are talking about one thing, but it sounds like they are talking about something else.

If you are a fan of Friends, this is a great season to add to your collection.

I just have to say that even though this season wasn't as good as the first, it still was great. My favs' included The One with two Parties where The gang tries to avoid having Rachels feuding parents from fighting by throwing two different birthday parties... at the same time! And the The one where Dr. Ramoray dies where Joey's character on "Days Of Our Lives" dies. It is outrageous! B+

For any Friends fan, this season is a must for your collection. This season particularly is my favorite for many reasons. To state a few, the beginning of the Ross & Rachel relationship where you discover the great chemistry they share, Joey & Chandlers downfall of their friendship when Joey moves out after being discovered of his acting to become a star on Days of Our Lives, and overall this season has the best jokes and memorable story lines. All though there is a place in my heart that also adores season four and season eight because of their wonderful arcs including Phoebe being a surrogate mother and Rachel's pregnancy, season two still takes the cake.

Favorite Episode: "The One Where Eddie Moves In"
--This episode was probably the funniest storyline through out the series and it was my all time favorite episode of the entire ten-season run. It was a close race with "The One Where Everyone Finds Out" and "The One With the Embryos". I love "The One Where Eddie Moves In" for two reasons: the first being Phoebe's discovery as a singer by a producer who wants to make a music video for her song "Smelly Cat". It is so hilarious when Rachel, Ross, and Monica sit on the couch in the room with Phoebe to watch her music video and the reactions of them all when they hear Phoebes 'fake' voice. I love how Phoebe thinks that is actually her singing and her comments like, "Sorry guys but I sound incredible!" It's just priceless and extremely funny. The second reason is the separation of Joey and Chandler when they realize how hard it is to live apart from each other. A great scene is when they play the song "All By Myself" during a silent sequence of Joey and Chandler thinking about each other. It's overall just a fantastic episode. Besides this episode there are many other great ones like, "The One With the Prom Video" and "The One With the Lesbian Wedding." Buy this season! You will not regret it!

the package arrived in a good amount of time. i ordered it for christmas and i was very pleased that even with the holiday mail busy season i got it in plenty of time to wrap it.

These Season 2 CDs were in perfect condition.

I did buy Season 7 and the CDs had defects on two different episodes. But I am reviewing this Season and product and I have nothing negative to say.

Hey ya'll,

These are definitely classics...I know they're showing them on television (syndication) like CRAZY ...but you know...some of it is SOOOOOOO funny, you can't help but watch.

Good luck!

awesome very cool The Complete Second Season, i guess all the dvd are great

After watching the first season of "Friends" 'til I had virtually every line of every episode memorized, I decided it was time to purchase the complete second season, and I'm sure that once I've memorized that season, I'll move on to the third. "Friends" never fails to make me laugh hysterically!

this is the second and one of the best seasons of friends!! after a great first season this hit roared back for a second season that was even better. everything you loved about the first season is back and even better than before!

when we last left our new friends,chandler let slip that ross loved rachel at rachel's birthday party. rachel is shocked,but finds the idea of ross as a lover intresting so she goes to the airport(ross had to go to china,the country,for his work) to meet him only to find that ross is with a woman,julie(lauren tom in a great if sad turn as the woman who comes between r & r) and now it's rachel who must pine for ross as he dates julie. this is a nice switch on last years ross crush and really gives the show a lift. rachel's hate of julie is grounded in the same hate as was ross's hate for the italian man rachel dated in year one. chandler is still looking for the right girl,joey gets a t.v. soap job for a while and moves out,monica meets the man of her dreams,who also happens to be her fathers friend(tom selleck,who is a great actor and really builds a stong charter in his few shows,so much so that at several points in the series he would return),and phoebe discovers her mother (who killed herself) and grandmother lied about her father(the guy in the picture frames is said to be her father) and begins to look for him.
the ross&rachel engine drives the season,but all get a chance to shine with the great show "the one with phoebe's husband" where we find out that phoebe married a "gay" ice dancer that see loved to help him get a green card. he returns to get a divorce so he can marry another girl(phoebe,don't hate me but i'm stright),chandler has a third nipple,monica had sex on the balcony with fun bobby,and joey did a porn video(he was young needed the job but couldn't do it so he just watched them have sex)! we also see rachel try everything under the sun to keep ross from sleeping wiyh julie(really a very fun night at ross's) and a moment of very hot talk as rachel helps ross get over his fear of not being good at sex!
we also get "the one where ross finds out" where a drunken rachel blows a blind date worring about ross and leaves a message on his machine telling him she's over him,prompting the greatest reviel in history as rachel tries to stop ross from listing to the message(ross,"your over me,your over me,when were you....under me?")and their first kiss(voted one of the best kisses in t.v. history)only to break them apart in the next one "the one with the list"
now we come to the best show in the bunch and maybe ever, "the one with the prom video" in which ross is told by rachel that they will never get together,only to have a video tape of her and monica's prom night show the true feelings of ross for rachel( the video is the first time we see rachel's nose before surgery and monica as a fat teen)and the final scene of ross in his dad's tux standing on the stairs is heartbreaking(rachel's date had not showen up and after mom and dad talked to him ross was going to take her so see could go)! the show really hit it's best here as the whole cast reacts to this bomb. and the pay off of ross and rachel's kiss and the begining of their romance are just the begining of this great seasons treasures. GET THIS ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Season two of Friends picks up some from season one, although in my opinion it is just before the real glory days of the series. During season two, several important events take place, including the beginning of Ross and Rachel's relationship, which will be such a cornerstone of the show's entire run, several episodes centering around Ross' newborn son Ben, and Chandler's crazy new roommate, Eddie. Particularly good episodes in this season are: "The One Where Ross Finds Out," "The One With the List," and "The One Where Eddie Won't Go." Memorable guest appearances are made by: Catherine Bell, Dan Castellaneta, June Gable, Adam Goldberg, Elliott Gould, Chrissie Hynde, Chris Isaak, Phil Leeds, Ron Leibman, Emily Procter, Giovanni Ribisi, Julia Roberts, Tom Selleck, Charlie Sheen, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Mitchell Whitfield, and Fred Willard.

Quotes from this season:
- Ross : Do you think he'll be surprised to see me?
Chandler : Yes, at first. Then he'll realize he's a monkey, and isn't capable of that emotion."
- Chandler : "If I end up like my parents, I'll either be an alcoholic blonde chasing after 20 year old boys, or I'll end up like my mom."

Welcome to the sophomore season of Friends. This is where the show and its stars truly exploded onto the national consciousness. With the advent of season the second, the cast and crew had finally hit their full stride. Standouts were David Schwimmer and Jennifer Aniston as Ross and Rachel and Lisa Kudrow as Phoebe. The Ross and Rachel romance was the strong impetus of the season and had the fans very much invested in the goings-on of the star-crossed duo. But there was still ample room for the other four characters to shine. Kudrow was exceptional in episodes such as The One Where Heckles Dies and The One Where Old Yeller Dies. The best-friend relationship of Joey and Chandler is delved into in The One With the Prom Video and later in a three- episode arc (with a memorable guest star performance by Adam Goldberg). This season also introduced Monica's second greatest love and very good acting foil, Dr. Richard Burke (as superbly, intelligently played by Tom Selleck). Brooke Shields owes her resulting sitcom to her guest star turn in The One After the Super Bowl. But Jean-Claude Van Damme, Julia Roberts and Chris Isaak left fans with a tepid feeling. It goes to show that Friends is best when it's just about the six characters.

Highlight episodes are:

The One with Ross's New Girlfriend - the season 2 opener finds Ross and Julie an item, much to the chagrin of Rachel; Chandler goes to Joey's old tailor and is taken advantage of; Phoebe cuts Monica's hair ala Dudley Moore.

The One with Five Steaks and an Eggplant - the six are divided over money issues; Chandler picks up a wrong number on his phone and hooks up with a hot girl (the denouement to that storyline is gutbustingly funny).

The One Where Ross Finds Out - a drunken Rachel leaves a message on Ross's phone; Monica is Chandler's new trainer, a fact he soon regrets; Phoebe's date won't put out (but he is Joey's god).

The One With the Prom Video - an old video tape reveals a college-going Ross and high-schoolers Monica and Rachel (the debut of fat Monica and one of my favorite Chandler jokes "so how many cameras were actually on you?"); Phoebe states her lobster theory; Joey buys Chandler a friendship bracelet which Chandler doesn't want to wear; Monica is in need of a loan (check out the restaurant manager interviewing Monica right after the opening credits); this is truly a great episode.

The One Where Ross and Rachel...You Know - well, it's pretty self-explanatory; also, this is where Monica meets Richard (wherein Richard expounds on the intricacies of the head tilt and the head bob).

The One Where Old Yeller Dies - her mom had lied to naive Phoebe about the endings of sad films; Chandler and Joey bond with Richard; Ross freaks out Rachel with his long-term family plans.

The included special features here improve upon the first season's. This time, there are 2 episodes with producers commentary (The One With the List and The One With the Prom Video). The box set also contains an interactive map to Monica and Rachel's pad, a friends of Friends video guestbook, a trivia quiz and a dvd-exclusive, uncut version of the Smelly Cat music video. Not bad.

There's a reason this show was so well-loved and so much lauded by fans and critics alike. Come sit in for a fun chemistry lesson, as taught by Professors Aniston, Cox, Kudrow, LeBlanc, Perry and Schwimmer.



Some fun trivia facts about Friends:

The first person approached by the casting crew for Friends was David Schwimmer, the second was Lisa Kudrow.

When Matthew Perry auditioned for Friends, he had just shot a pilot for a sitcom about baggage handlers in the year 2020, which fortuitously fell thru.

The first cast member to star in a Hollywood movie is Marcel the Monkey.

The original concept of the show was to star Joey, Monica, Ross and Rachel. Chandler and Phoebe were only supposed to be supporting roles.

The record label wouldn't release the Rembrandts' album unless the band recorded a full-length version of "I'll Be There For You." The Rembrandts were reluctant to release the Friends' title tune because the band members felt the song didn't mesh with what they were doing musically.

The pilot is the only episode that shows in its entirety the opening credits sequence of the cast frolicking in the fountain. For the rest of the episodes, NBC insisted that scenes from various episodes be pulled into the opening credits, fearing that some viewers might not relate with hip, young folks splish-splashing in a fountain.

Even more remarkable than "Friend's" first dream season was the fact that it managed to avoid a sophomore slump. With so much attention directed at it, people expected "Friends" to crack under the pressure. However, both the writers and the cast managed to keep the show fresh and funny in its sophomore season. Major storylines included the tortured Ross/Rachel love affair, Joey getting an apartment without Chandler, Monica falling in love with her parent's friend, Richard, and Phoebe beginning her search for her family. Some of the best episodes from this season include "TOW Ross's New Girlfriend," "TOW Heckles Dies," "TOW Five Steaks and an Eggplant," "TOW Ross Finds Out," "TOW the List," "TOW Phoebe's Dad," "TOW the Lesbian Wedding," "TOW the Prom Video," "TOW Ross and Rachel..You Know," and "TOW the Two Parties." Ross and Rachel ultimately drive this season and the chemistry between Schwimmer and Aniston is amazing and will carry throughout the rest of the series. Aniston is especially funny here and viewers can see her beginning to grow as an actress and comedian. Aniston really brings a vulnerability to Rachel and even when shes conniving to get Ross away from Julie, viewers still root for her. She steals the show in "TOW Ross's New girlfriend" ("Ins't that kick you in the crotch, spit on your neck fantasic?") and "TOW Ross Finds Out" ("And THAT my friend is what they call closure.."). Season Two is one of the best seasons of this long running sitcom and will provide many laughs for years to come.

The second season of Friends is still not one of my all time favourite seasons. Yeah sure it has a lot of its memorable episodes, but at the same time it really didn't have that kind of bang when the first season arrived. Nevertheless I give this season set 3.5 Stars (it has to be 4).
One thing I didn't enjoy about this season was the character Eddie, he stayed on the show for about 3 Episodes but it really just dragged. I didnt like the episodes where Joey and Chandler were seperated basically because of this Eddie guy. Anyway, he left and the show got back to normal.
During this 1995-1996 season a huge Friends Backlash occured. Suddenly everybody got sick of them and hate websites were being made. This backlash I think kind of hurt the show in its Second Season.
However, there are some good episodes, my Personal Top 5 Epsiodes Are:
The One With Five Steaks and An Eggplant
The One With The Baby On The Bus
The One With The List
The One With The Prom Video
The One With The Chicken Pox (Lol this has to be my favourite of Season 2, as I recently had chicken pox and can relate lol :P)

Overall If you can only buy a few Friends Seasons I don't think its vital to purchase Season Two, definitley not the best out of the ten. However if you've got the money, got the time, or get it for free somehow...its not tooooooo bad.

At the outset, I must confess that I am a big Friends fan. I was in the market for one season, and I chose season two after reading the reviews here. I was not disappointed. We love this collection!

Season one was great, but this season was even better.

The building tension between Ross and Rachel until "The One With The Prom Video". Then soon after the main focus becomes the risk of Joey and Chandler losing their friendship when Joey moves out for a better place.

This season started with Rachel being extremely jelous of Julie (Ross' new girlfriend), then them dating for one day until Rachel finds a list of pros and cons about her and Julie.

Then Ross desperately trying to get Rachel back until she views an old home video of Ross planning to ask Rachel to the prom, she is flattered by the video, and they get together.

Joey and Chandler were at a height in this season, with the ups and downs of their friendship, and Joey's period of stardom as Dr. Drake Ramoray of Days of Our Lives.

With those two things aside, there were also many short side plots in this season, Carol and Susan's wedding, Phoebe's gay husband, money, breast milk, wierd roommates, job searches, babys left on bus's, and Monkey's in movies.

Here comes the list of episodes in the order that I like them.

The One Where Eddie Won't Go
The One Where Ross Finds Out
The One With The Chicken Pox
The One After The Superbowl
The One With The Bullies
The One Where Ross and Rachel...You Know
The One Where Dr. Ramoray Dies
The One With The Prom Video
The One Where Joey Moves Out
The One Where Eddie Moves In
The One Where Heckles Dies
The One With The Baby On A Bus
The One With Five Steaks and an Eggplant
The One Where Old Yeller Dies
The One With The Breast Milk
The One With Barry and Mindy's Wedding
The One With Russ
The One With The Lesbian Wedding
The One With Ross' New Girlfriend
The One With The List
The One With Phoebe's Husband
The One With Phoebe's Dad
The One With Two Parties

I have watched this season so many times I have literally memorized every plot..every guest star..practically every line! All the episodes are hilarious but these are my favorites: TOW Ross' New Girlfriend, TOW Ross Finds Out, TOW the List, TOW the Prom Video, TOW Ross and Rachel...You Know, and TOW Joey Moves Out. The second season of Friends started the monumental relationship of Rachel and Ross which goes on and off more than a lightswitch throughout the entire series. Also Tom Selleck who plays Monica's much older boyfriend, Richard is a spectacular guest star. The second season starts with Ross returning from China, new girlfriend, Julie attatched snugly to his shoulder, and ends with Ross and Rachel together, Monica and Richard in a tragic breakup due to his reluctancy to have children. Many plot twists and turns make for an interesting season that I have enjoyed for a very long time and I'm sure I still will!

with season 2 "Friends" became the best show on t.v.! the ross/rachel lovestory finally turns hot and we learn how much they all mean to each other. never has a show ever made me care for it's charters the way this show did for me. the hummor, the drama, and the way they made you a part of their lives, makes season two the best of our "Friends"

My Top Ten Favorite Episodes -

This season is so good that it is hard to pick a top 10 list because of so many good episodes. Some episodes that didn't make the list would be high on some of the top ten of the last seasons of Friends. Probably the best season overall because of Ross & Rachel being together (later seasons screwed up by having them apart and dating others but occasionally getting back together and eventually having a daughter together still not as satisfying as season two's take on their romance). Disk 3 is almost perfect as far as great episodes go. Not one episode on that disk is a let-down.

# 1 - The One Where Ross and Rachel....You Know - This episode gaves fans what we wanted all along, Ross & Rachel on their first date. On top of that Monica & Richard (Tom Selleck) hook up as well and Chandler & Joey get the new chairs and a big screen tv. One of the best episodes of the series let alone this season.

# 2 - The One Where Eddie Won't Go - Hilarious episode. Eddie is very funny as the insane roommate of Chandler. Having Chandler & Joey reunited was a nice touch. The girls having empowerment leads to comedy when Rachel tells Ross something funny. Eddie is the show-stealer here and was missed after this episode. The episode also showed how Joey & Chandler living together led to great comedy.

# 3 - The One Where Ross Finds Out - Funny episode when Rachel is out on a date she drives him nuts because she is stuck on Ross. Rachel gets drunk and calls Ross leaving a message about how she is over him. A hungover Rachel the next day can't remember she left the message until Ross calls home to check his messages. Show has the best ending of the series when Ross & Rachel finally kiss for the first time.

# 4 - The One With The Prom Video - The first flashback episode to when Monica was fat, Rachel had a bad nose & Ross had his curly hair & mustache. Showed all the characters that Ross truly loved Rachel even back in her highschool and his college years. Phoebe's lobster story was funny and sweet.

# 5 - The One with the List - Ross gets himself into trouble just when it seems like he and Rachel are about to hook up. He can't seem to decide between her and Julie when Chandler and Joey suggest making a list of her good & bad traits. A great episode for Ross & Rachel being sooooo close to being together but he messes things up.

# 6 - The One Where Joey Moves Out - Funny episode for Joey licking a spoon putting it back without washing it and his story about soap. Emotional when Joey moves out making you think just when you think the show is stable and reliable anything can happen.

# 7 - The One Where Dr Ramoray Dies - Joey's character is killed off when he makes a remark about making up his own lines. Eddie seems stranger as Chandler's roommate. Joey & Chandler miss each other but can't bring themselves to admit it to each other.

# 8 - The One With Two Parties - The cast was top-notch here as they had to go between the men's & women's apartment to keep Rachel's parents away from one another. The men were at their best (especially Ross in dealing with Rachel's stiff dad). Joey kissing Rachel's mom to distract her from her ex-husband leaving was also un-expected and hilarious. Monica's freaky sense of order showed up majorly for one of the first times in the series.

# 9 - The One With The Chicken Pox - One of the best guest-star episodes of the series as Charlie Sheen plays Phoebe's sub-marine boyfriend who surfaces every once in awhile. Comedy ensues when Phoebe gets Chicken Pox for the first time and gives it to her boyfriend. Instead of romance the two try to scratch each other instead of making love. Monica feels she is too neurotic for Richard but he attempts to ease her mind by trying to convince her that she is normal.

# 10 - The One With Russ - One of David Schwimmer's best acting jobs as he plays a duel role as Russ & Ross. Rachel dates a guy who is exactly like Ross & everyone sees the similarity except Rachel, Russ & Ross. Even though you want Ross & Rachel to be together her being with Russ this episode shows she still wants to be with Ross.

DVD details -

Disc 1 -

The One with Ross's New Girlfriend - Rachel gets an unplesant surprise when Ross returns home. Phoebe has varied success when cutting her friends' hair!

The One with the Breast Milk - Monica goes shopping with Ross's new girlfriend and is too afraid to tell Rachel. Joey is troubled when a fellow after-shave salesman outperforms him on the job.

The One Where Heckles Dies - The downstairs neighbor dies and bequeaths his strange possessions to Monica and Rachel.

The One with Phoebe's Husband - Everyone's surprised when Phoebe's husband shows up.

The One with Five Steaks and an Eggplant - When planning a birthday party for Ross, the six discover money is an issue in life, even among friends.

The One with the Baby on the Bus - Joey and Chandler accidentally leave Ben on a bus while babysitting. Phoebe (whose Smelly Cat debuts here) gets fired from her Central Perk singing gig, and is replaced by a professional.

Disc 2 -

The One Where Ross Finds Out - Dramatic developments occur in Ross and Rachel's relationship. Chandler regrets asking Monica to help him lose weight.

The One with the List - Rachel makes a painful discovery concerning Ross. Monica's new boss gives her an impossible task. [Selectable Audio Commentary by Executive Producers Kevin S Bright, Marta Kauffman and David Crane]

The One with Phoebe's Dad - Phoebe learns the surprising truth about her father. Ross makes Monica's Christmas party guests miserable. Rachel gets her revenge on Ross.

The One with Russ - After some gentle persuasion, Joey accepts a great acting job. Rachel dates a guy who looks amazingly like Ross.

The One with the Lesbian Wedding - Carol and Susan prepare for their wedding with help from an uncomfortable Ross.

The One After the Super Bowl - Ross goes to visit Marcel the Monkey in the San Diego Zoo and finds the simian is pursuing a show-biz career. Joey has a date with a deranged fan. Lembeck won a Best Director Emmy.

Disc 3 -

The One with the Prom Video - Monica's old home video elicits the true feelings Ross has for Rachel. Joey gives Chandler a gift. [Selectable Audio Commentary by Executive Producers Kevin S Bright, Marta Kauffman and David Crane]

The One Where Ross and Rachel...You Know - Ross and Rachel encounter romantic obstacles. Monica falls for a handsome older doctor.

The One Where Joey Moves Out - Chandler catches Joey licking a spoon and replacing it in the drawer, and a major fight ensues. Monica's parents find out about her new boyfriend.

The One Where Eddie Movies In - Joey and Chandler pine for each other but neither will admit it. Chandler gets a new roommate. A record company asks Phoebe to make a Smelly Cat music video.

The One Where Dr Ramoray Dies - Joey's soap character looks set to be killed off after Joey makes some contentious remarks to a fan magazine. Monica and Richard have their first arguement.

The One Where Eddie Won't Go - Chandler battles to get rid of his annoying new roommate and have Joey, who's feeling the crunch of unemployment and mounting debt, move back in. The girls discover a book on personal empowerment.

Disc 4 -

The One Where Old Yeller Dies - Impressionable Phoebe becomes depressed when it dawns on her that some movies don't end happily. Richard bonds with Chandler and Joey at a basketball game.

The One with the Bullies - Chandler and Ross are intimidated by two bullies who take over the friends' Central Perk sofa. Phoebe meets her long-lost family.

The One with Two Parties - Rachel gets a real surprise when her parents show up at her birthday party.

The One with the Chicken Pox - When Phoebe catches chicken pox, her chances for romance with an ex-lover are nearly ruined. Monica feels zshe may be too neurotic for straight-arrow Richard.

The One with Barry & Mindy's Wedding - Rachel is bridesmaid at her ex-fiance's wedding. Monica and Richard's relationship is jeopardized when the subject of children arises.

Special Features on Disc 4 -

Take in an Open House at Monica and Rachel's place with Our Interactive Map/

Leaf Through the Friends of Friends Guestbook

Learn What's Up with Your Friends?

Match Wits on the How Well Do You Know Your Friends? Trivia Quiz with a DVD-Exclusive Video: the Never-Before-Seen Uncut Version of Smelly Cat.

... in my top 3 seasons of often beloved,sometimes hated but undoubtely one of the most influential tv series in 90's, Friends. There is also no weak episode in the whole bunch and those two which I consider the weakest (TOW Phoebe's Husband and TOW Five Steaks, An Eggplant) are still above average. Also this is the season where all main characters had given some kind of story arc which helped a lot in fleshing them out. We got here official start of Ross' and Rachel's relationship on one hand and Joey's and Chandler's friendship on the another, also Monica found her dream guy (one of the most appropriate recurring guest star Tom Selleck) and finally Phoebe started to look for her father during the second year. Of course, aside of this there were many other plots, main or side, which kept whole run fresh and unpredictable. Also this is the season full of guest stars which I personally don't mind excluding van Damme's cameo which I find quite embarrassing. On the opposite side stands Brooke Shields and particularly Adam Goldberg whose performance was hilarious. But the real reason why I found this year the best is that all episodes are filled with great gags, one liners, funny situations which are going hand in hand with storylines therefore are not purposeless, there is even some space for tears but never in the way you would say you're watching soap opera with laughs (that was my problem with some episodes in later seasons). So we got here more lively characters, precise scripts, really a big amount of great laughs and above all fresh main cast having fun being a part of it. All six were really enjoying portraying their characters and you'll know it. For me this is the hardest season to choose favourite eps from but those should probably be TOW Breast Milk (great western films send offs),TOW List (emotional and funny in the same time),TOW Prom Video (obvious choice, one of the most famous eps of riends ever, home video sequence and the execution of the result is perfect), TO After the Superbowl part 1 (Brooke Shields outdid herself also Marcel the monkey returns) and to round it up to five I choose TOW Dr. Ramoray Dies (Adam Goldberg is funny as hell in this one, Tom Selleck vs. David Schwimmer are great as is Dr. Ramoray's departure). I can't really say which season is the second best and which the third but because of all above I'm pretty sure I like this one the most. Nothing's perfect but this one's really close. 100 percent recommended!

Season two is basically where the R&R story began. TOW Ross' New Girlfriend showed how Ross' once jealousy has now taken position inside Rachel, because when ever she sees Ross and Julie together she feels like what Ross felt when she was with Paolo. In TOW Ross Finds Out, our favorite couple finally realize how good they are together, which took a downtoll in TOW The List where Ross makes lists about all the bad things about Rachel and Julie, and Rachel accidentally reads it. For a few episodes there we thought we'd never see Ross and Rachel together, but BAM! There they are, as a happy couple! (If you want to savior these moments, don't move on to Season 3 any sooner!)

This season also shows us some of Chandler's side. TOW Heckles Dies is technically Chandler's episode where his problems and habits are revealed. He was SO stressed he called Janice! ("Janice? You called JANICE?!" Phoebe questions to Chandler when he's at the coffeehouse) Well, Janice turns up, but with a little surprise. Later, Chandler can't stop thinking about his date's huge head.

Joey and Chandler's friendship enters some problematics when Joey decides to move into an apartment where he can live by himself, leaving Chandler on his own and missing a friend, which makes him get another roommate who turns out to be a fruit-drying-psycopath! But, all things turn out well, Chandler tricks Eddie (his replacement roommate) into thinking he doesn't live in the apartment anymore, and Joey moves back in.

Ross' discomforts toward Carol and Susan's relationship takes a absolutely unexpected turn as the two women decide to get married. Ross says he won't go, but when Carol's parents aren't willing to be a part of the wedding, Ross agrees to coming there and give Carol away.

Monica finds love in a old family friend who is 50, leaving Ross to deal with a lot. While on their dad's birthday party, Monica decides to tell her parents. Ross, terrified as he is, makes sure when the moment hits, neither of his parents have anything to throw at Richard or Monica or possibly anything they could be hit with.

The situations all wrap up and this season ends in TOW Barry and Mindy's Wedding. Rachel goes there wearing something that looks like something 'you drink where you're nauseous' and ends up giving some stupid impression. But something Barry says while she's attempting to leave while not insulting her but giving her the power to be strong and sing Copacabanna infront of the guests which was celebrated and sang along with a lot. Then finally the episode ends with Chandler waiting for his internet-mystery girlfriend who turns out to be....you watch for yourself!

This season is very good and I'd recommend you buy this dvd.

Friends was a great shows, but of all the seasons this one is among the very best. Funny episodes, funny actors, even better than the first.

This is a halarius comedy show that i recomend to everyone i love it so much. Even my 11 year old son really enjoys that show. All of the fuuny actors.. Mat Leblanc- Joey Jennifer Aniston- Rachel Courtney Cox- Monica, Lisa Kudrow- Phiby, MAthew Perry- Chanler, David Schimmer-Ross.This is and everybody loves Ravemond are the best show that there is.

It didn't even come in the sleeve/case. It didn't tell me anywhere that it wouldn't come in the case. I would like to have the case.

Great quality, amazing extra features and trivia game, love the footage never seen before!

It's amazing how many people will take time to write such a hateful review of a TV show. I can understand doing it once for a single show, maybe twice, but some (Diogenes) review many of the Friends products just to insult those that do enjoy the show. I find that those who tend not to like the show are the ones that eat alone at lunch, constantly talking about not conforming yet conform to be a typical outsider basically another form of conforming. It is ok we all get it. We know why you truly hate friends...its jealousy. While you may brag that you love your life of being an intellect, not watching "mindless dribble" you forget to allow yourself to be entertained. Now if friends is not your cup of tea (or coffee) then fine, don't watch, buy, or acknowledge the show. Write a bad review of the show...who cares...good for you. I'm sure you and your internet "girlfriend" can get big laughs out of it. I know you're trying to change how people view the show, by creating a world of "free thinkers". You sure changed my mind. I never knew how mindless friends was and I could not be happier that I have you to think for me.

As for season 2, great season...funny moments as all have.

Season Two is still not the big machine humming at full throttle, but it was evident that Jennifer Aniston and crew were definitely on the way to something big. The writing and acting is a bit more confident than the debut season, and Chandler comes into his own in a strong supporting role.

'Mr. Heckles' emerges as one of the delightful cameos of the show, just in time to die. We learn some basic background about several of the characters as the show's writers feel their oats. Phoebe, for example, is from time to time tormented not only by the memory of her late mother, but also by her very much alive husband - surprise! - and father.

Joey and Chandler fight it out like good roommates do, but find a way to put the pieces back together again, leaving us all grateful that Eddie is gone for good. Ross and Rachel find each other in a serious way. Carol and Susan tie the knot, so we end the season as convinced as we can be that Carol is a mere sidelight and is not coming back to Ross.

Oh, and family dysfunction? Can any group of human beings have a less promising family background, as Chandler might ask it? The more we know about the homes that Phebes, Rachel, Chandler, and Monica come from, the more amazing it seems that these human beings can still stand erect?

Maybe that goes as far as any single element to explain the growing appeal of these six friends. In a generation of badly gutted family experience, these six individuals pursue some semblance of normality in spite of everything, and - with a little help from their friends - look almost set to achieve it.

The patterns they seem intent on establishing for their own lives don't lead to optimism, but we sure did love them as they tried to figure stuff out.

Judging by the reviews for this DVD, a lot of people have a lot of affection for the second season of Friends. It's easy to see why - the smoldering romance between Ross and Rachel finally (!) materialises, Joey becomes a real star with a regular spot on "Days of Our Lives," and Tom Sellick arrives as a semi-regular as Monica's boyfriend. The last point is important - this season has the best guest star list of any season. Especially notable, in addition to Sellick, are Julia Roberts as an old classmate of Chandler's and Brooke Shields as a fan stalking Joey. The other highlight of this season is the appearance of the first flashback show (The One with the Prom Video), establishing the friendship between Rachel, Monica, and Ross in high school, when Monica was a LOT heavier than she is in the present. Monica's "fat suit" is a great prop, and worth the price of admission by itself!

Unfortunately, much of the season is annoying. It is manipulative, cloying, and artificial. No sooner have Ross and Rachel got together then they are split up by an arbitrary and stupid plotline that stretches out over several more episodes. This is quite aside from the fact that Ross callously tosses aside his very likeable girlfriend, which makes him mean and unlikeable. In fact, the whole soap-opera aspect of the first half of this season soured me on the show so much in its original run that I stopped watching it for the rest of season 2 and the entirety of season 3.

That was my loss, of course, because once the Ross-Rachel plotline resolved itself, the shows became as enjoyable and funny as those in Season 1. So, it's worth the effort suffering through 5 or 6 painful episodes to get to the good stuff later in the season. As for this DVD package, it's pretty thin when compared to such DVD's as The Simpsons. There are a few extras - a couple commentaries, a couple other featurettes, but nothing spectacular.

Season 2 was the peak of the media frenzy that caused what is now known as the backlash years. They've became so overexposed with the diet coke commercials, the theme song, magazine covers everywhere. But there is no doubt that Season 2 is a strong season. This is also probably the peak of Chandler and Joey as best buds which wass one of my favorite running storylines of the series. And not o mention the much awaited Ross and Rachel hookup. Elsewhere this is also the genesis of Monica and Richard's (Tom Selleck) romance and also the start of Phoebe's storylines about her family.

Standout episodes are TOW the Ross New Girlfriend (The best season opener of the series, all three storylines were memorable, Aniston was especially good and hilarious), Tow the baby on the Bus (Kudrow, Perry, and Le blanc were all magnificent here), Tow the List (Aniston and Schwimmer were the standout here especially towards the end), Tow the Prom Video (one of my all time favorite episodes, everything about this episode screams CLASSIC), TOW Ross Finds Out (another Schwimmer and Aniston classic especially their historic first big fight and first real kiss), TOW the Two Parties, TOW Eddie Moves In, TOW Joey Moves Out (Cox was the standout here), and TOW Barry and Mindy's Wedding (probably the most low key finale of the series)

I have to talk more about TOW the Prom Video, the best episode of the season. I love that at the start it seemed like a regular episode until it reached towards the end where we know this isn't just a regular episode. This is destined to become a classic. Everything about this episode is memorable from the performances, to the one-liners ("How many cameras are actually on you?" "I think I'm ready for my (...) now") to the debut of Fat Monica and Ross afro, to Chandler's bracelet to Phoebe's lobster theory and of course the fact that Ross and Rachel are officially together.

Grade: A

Friends is a excellent and classic TV show. If you like this show or are a comedy fan, I reccommend that you pick this DVD up!! In the second series, you get the following episodes:

[Episode 1] The One With Ross's New Girlfriend
[Episode 2] The One With The Breast Milk
[Episode 3] The One Where Heckles Dies
[Episode 4] The One With Phoebe's Husband
[Episode 5] The One With Five Steaks And An Eggplant
[Episode 6] The One With The Baby On The Bus
[Episode 7] The One Where Ross Finds Out
[Episode 8] The One With The List
[Episode 9] The One With Phoebe's Dad
[Episode 10] The One With Russ
[Episode 11] The One With The Lesbian Wedding
[Episode 12] The One After The Super Bowl Part 1
[Episode 13] The One After The Super Bowl Part 2
[Episode 14] The One With The Prom Video
[Episode 15] The One Where Ross And Rachel...You Know
[Episode 16] The One Where Joey Moves Out
[Episode 17] The One Where Eddie Moves In
[Episode 18] The One Where Dr. Ramoray Dies
[Episode 19] The One Where Eddie Won't Go
[Episode 20] The One Where Old Yeller Dies
[Episode 21] The One With The Bullies
[Episode 22] The One With Two Parties
[Episode 23] The One With The Chicken Pox
[Episode 24] The One With Barry & Mindy's Wedding

Special Features: Web-enabled, Subtitles, The Rembrandts' Music Video - "I'll Be There For You" [Theme tune for Friends].

I thought that all of these episodes were great, but some of my favourites were:

[Episode 1] The One With Ross's New Girlfriend
[Episode 2] The One With The Breast Milk
[Episode 6] The One With The Baby On The Bus
[Episode 15] The One Where Ross And Rachel...You Know
[Episode 17] The One Where Eddie Moves In
[Episode 19] The One Where Eddie Won't Go
[Episode 21] The One With The Bullies
[Episode 22] The One With Two Parties

Even though all six characters were funny in these episodes, the people that made them particularly funny were Rachel, Phoebe and Chandler. If you liked this series, I'd reccommend you buy Series 1 and Series 3-10.

All of the other reviews do so much to fill in exactly what is on these discs for this season. However there are so many other funny, funny moments that are included in these shows that i had to take a moment and fill in some of the rest of the things that are on these DVD's but not listed.

Included in these episodes are:

1. Chandler's having a "problem with touching" with Joey's tailor.

2. Ross feeling jealous about the breast milk and pouring some on his arm and then being unable to do anything about it takes a towel and wipes it off and storms out.

3. The funny scene from the baby on the bus where Chandler and Joey are deciding to flip for which baby to take home and Chandler says "what kind of scary *** clowns came to your birthday parties.

4. Ross and Julie on the phone saying "no you hang up, no you hang up" and Rachel, unable to take it anymore, grabs the phone from Ross and hangs up.

I was rolling on the floor laughing watching these and although the descriptions for the shows give you a lot of insight into which show you are getting, the other precious, funny moments that are included in these episodes as subplots are just unreal. Just thought I would share with you.

This is a SUPERB season of Friends and you will LOVE it. ENJOY!!

Along with Seinfeld and Frasier, Friends dominated the must-see TV of the 1990's. Winner of innumerable television awards, the show features the lives of six friends in their late-twenties/early-thirties living in New York City - Monica Geller (Courteney Cox), Phoebe Buffay (Lisa Kudrow), Rachel Green (Jennifer Aniston), Ross Geller (David Schwimmer), Joey Tribbiani (Matt LeBlanc), and Chandler Bing (Matthew Perry). The six friends spend the majority of their time in a coffee house named "Central Perk" or in either Monica's apartment or Joey and Chandler's apartment.

The Friends (Season 2) DVD offers a number of hilarious episodes including the season premiere which begins with Rachel anxiously waiting for Ross at the airport so she can tell him about her feelings. But when Ross exits the plane with his new girlfriend Julie (Lauren Tom) on his arm, Rachel struggles with what she should do. The first several episodes of the season are dominated by this storyline until (in episode #31) a drunken Rachel phones Ross and leaves a message on his answering machine revealing the truth. Forced to decide between Julie and Rachel, Ross constructs a list of pros and cons (episode #32) that Rachel inevitably finds. The incident threatens to destroy their relationship before they finally come together. Meanwhile, Joey lands a part on Days Of Our Lives as Dr. Drake Ramoray, but seals his own fate when his hubris steps on the toes of the show's writers...

Below is a list of episodes included on the Friends (Season 2) DVD:

Episode 25 (The One with Ross's New Girlfriend)
Episode 26 (The One with the Breast Milk)
Episode 27 (The One Where Heckles Dies)
Episode 28 (The One with Phoebe's Husband)
Episode 29 (The One with Five Steaks and an Eggplant)
Episode 30 (The One with the Baby on the Bus)
Episode 31 (The One Where Ross Finds Out)
Episode 32 (The One with the List)
Episode 33 (The One with Phoebe's Dad)
Episode 34 (The One with Russ)
Episode 35 (The One with the Lesbian Wedding)
Episode 36 (The One After the Superbowl: Part 1)
Episode 37 (The One After the Superbowl: Part 2)
Episode 38 (The One with the Prom Video)
Episode 39 (The One Where Ross and Rachel... You Know)
Episode 40 (The One Where Joey Moves Out)
Episode 41 (The One Where Eddie Moves In)
Episode 42 (The One Where Dr. Ramoray Dies)
Episode 43 (The One Where Eddie Won't Go)
Episode 44 (The One Where Old Yeller Dies)
Episode 45 (The One with the Bullies)
Episode 46 (The One with the Two Parties)
Episode 47 (The One with the Chicken Pox)
Episode 48 (The One with Barry and Mindy's Wedding)

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