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A very funny season, kept fresh by new arrangements of characters - Review written on February 19, 2008
Rating: 4 out of 5
The producers/writers of Friends wisely allowed the characters to age as the series progessed. Not only did this introduce new story possibilities (as the Friends matured and wanted more permanent relationships, for example), but kept the characters aging with the core audience that was aging at the same time. In this season, the primary season-long arc is the relationship between Chandler and Monica, culminating with Chandler's proposal in the season finale. Naturally, a Chandler-Monica pairing breaks up the Chandler-Joey and Monica-Rachel pairings that dominated the first 5 seasons, adding a fresh look to the apartments and the interactions between the characters.
Obviously one storyline does not a season make: other major occurances in this season include Ross dating both Rachel's sister and a 19(?)-year-old former student, Rachel and Phoebe moving in together, and Joey starting on a new TV show and having a rare "long-term" relationship. Prominent guest stars include Reese Witherspoon and Elle Macpherson as Rachel's sister and Joey's love interest respectively. They both fit seamlessly into the show, and I especially liked Macpherson's caustic outsider (of Monica: "She's awfully loud for such a small person!") having to pretend to like Joey's friends. Not as successful is Bruce Willis's appearance as Ross's girlfriend's father (and briefly Rachel's boyfriend). Like Julia Roberts in Season 2, he brings a weirdly inappropriate intensity to the role (although it almost pays off in the final show of his arc, when he ends up weeping on Rachel's lap for hours). Finally, the incomparable Tom Selleck makes his final 2 appearances as Richard, playing the part of spoiler in the season finale when he tries to win Monica back just as Chandler has worked up the nerve to ask Monica to marry him.
These middle seasons are the best seasons of Friends. The early seasons were dominated by too many gimmicks (Ross's monkey, Phoebe's pregnancy, etc.), and the later seasons seem to run out of steam. In Season 6, the writers and the performers are at the tops of their games, and this is one of the best seasons of Friends.
Strong start, weak finish.... - Review written on June 14, 2006
Rating: 4 out of 5
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The sixth season of "Friends" has a strong start and the first half of the season continues the creative climax that the writers were on since season four. The dialogue was taut, fast, and witty and the stories were compelling, funny, and continued the evolution of the maturation of our "friends." The beginning of season six saw the unfolding of Ross and Rachel's fifth season ending marriage, as well as the deepening of Monica and Chandler's relationship as they agree to move in together. The whole Ross/Rachel secret marriage storyline could've been too out there and too zany, but Aniston and Schwimmer kept it grounded. Schwimmer makes viewers empathize with Ross and gets them to understand why he is hiding the marriage from Rachel. Schwimmer is also hysterical and is at his neurotic, hapless best as Ross struggles with a third failed marriage. Aniston continues to develop as a comedianne and she shines here, especially when Rachel finds out that she's still married to Ross. Aniston is always hysterical when reacting to others, and she hits it out of the park when she first gets the call from Ross's lawyer about their marriage. Cox and Perry on the other hand seem to suffer this season. Cox's Monica is not charmingly obssessive anymore, but she now becomes shrill and controlling. However, Cox does the best with her material and she does manage to elevate her lines and despite the rigidness of Monica, I still find myself laughing because Cox makes it all so funny. Chandler's relationship to Monica is charming and was funny in season 5, but the character begins to tone down his once razor sharp humor once he becomes committed. For what it's worth though, Perry and Cox do have excellent chemistry together and are very believeable as this neuorotic, mix matched couple. On the secondary story line front, Joey tries to find a roommate to replace Chandler and stumbles upon hot dancer Jeanine. LeBlanc is always funny and this season is no exception. Kudrow's Phoebe is not given a lot to do this season but play support to the other character's, and this is where I believe Kudrow does some of her best work. While she does not get to explore Phoebe's emotional depth and complexity much this season as she does in seasons past, Kudrow is still able to have fun with Phoebe and she is given some of the best lines of the season. Phoebe is hysterical aiding Ross in his plan to hide his marriage, and Kudrow and Aniston are so funny together as rommates this year.
Near the end of the season there is a slight drop in quality and the stories aren't nearly as funny or interesting, as they all seem to be filler for the season ending proposal. The last few episodes of Season six foreshadow the decline that will take place in season seven and they are not "Friends" at it's hillarious, good hearted best. "Friends" on a bad day however is still much better and funnier than most other sitcoms are on their best day. Nonetheless, the beginning and middle episodes of season six still show "Friends" on a creative and humorous high. Standout episodes from this season include "TO After Vegas," "TOW Ross Hugs Rachel," "TOW Ross's Denial," "TOW Joey's Porsche," "TOW On the Last Night (Aniston,Cox, and Kudrow are all at the top of their game here) "TOW Phoebe Runs," " TOW Ross Got High" (one of the best Thankgiving episodes and probably Jack and Judy Gellar's best appearance), " TOW the Routine" (great physical comedy from Cox and Schwimmer), "TOW the Apothecary Table," and "TOW the Proposal" (if just for the last five minutes. "Friends" classic moment)
The One Where Friends Grew Up - Review written on February 22, 2006
Rating: 5 out of 5
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All of the friends grew up in Vegas, Joey getting his hopes up to the extreme and having them crushed, Chandler and Monica almost getting married, Ross and Rachel's drunken marriage, and Phoebe witnessing it all.
This all sets the stage for season six, which featured Ross' third divorce, Chandler moving in with Monica, Joey experiences money probablems, Ross dating a student, and Monica and Chandler getting engaged.
This season starts off back in Vegas after Ross and Rachel's drunken marraige, deciding that they should get an annulment. Meanwhile Chandler and Monica each realize that they don't want to get married, but both think the other does want to get married. They realize that and decide not to get married, but they keep getting signs to get married. Eventually they decide to move in together.
Meanwhile Ross tells Rachel that he got the annulment, when really he hadn't, with the fear of having three failed marraiges. He then realizes how stupid he's being, and goes to get the annulment. When Ross finds out that Rachel needs to testify to get the annulment, and Rachel thinks that it is taken care of, so Ross decides to let it go. Until Rachel finds out after she moves in with Ross (having no place to go after Chandler moved in with Monica), when Ross' divorce lawyer calls. Ross and Rachel decide to get the annulment, but Rachel writes obscene things on the forms, and their forced to file for divorce.
While this was all happening Rachel had moved in with Phoebe, but when a fire starts in it, complication arise. Phoebe's candles are blamed, so Rachel moves in with Monica and Phoebe with Joey. It is then found that Rachel's hair straightener started the fire, so they switch places. Rachel enjoys living with Joey so much that she decides to stay. Meanwhile Joey loses his health insurance, and with bad timings, gets Hernia. Joey is forced to work more, and gets it back. Unfortunately not long afterwards Joey's fridge breaks, and lacking the money to buy one, tries to con his friends into helping him buy one.
This when Ross starts to date one of his female students in secret, seeing as it's forbidden. Meanwhile Joey gets a job on a show named Mac and C.H.E.E.S.E, but the show eventually fails. This is when Ross meets Elizibeth's (the student he has been dating) dad, who ends up going to the family cabin with Rachel, when Ross and Elizibeth have the same plans.
This season ends with Chandler and Monica getting engaged, which earlier was thrown off course by ex boyfriend Richard Burke showing up.
List of episodes in the order from best to worst -
The One with the Proposal
The One Where Ross Got High
The One on the Last Night
The One After Vegas
The One Where Paul's the Man
The One With Unagi
The One That Could Have Been
The One Where Chandler Can't Cry
The One With Ross's Teeth
The One With Joey's Porsche
The One Where Phoebe Runs
The One Where Joey Loses His Insurance
he One With Ross's Denial
The One with the Ring
The One Where Ross Meets Elizabeth's Dad
The One With Joey's Fridge
The One Where Ross Dates a Student
The One Where Ross Hugs Rachel
The One With Mac and C.H.E.E.S.E.
The One With the Routine
The One With the Joke
The One With the Apothecary Table
The One With Rachel's Sister
Another stellar season - Review written on November 29, 2005
Rating: 5 out of 5
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You'd think that after six seasons, a comedy like Friends would get old fast. But that isn't the case! Season Six is another one of Friends best seasons. From Ross and Rachel's drunken marriage, to Chandler moving in with Monica, to Joey's new TV show, to Rachel's sister seducing Ross, to Phoebe's running, and finally, to Chandler proposing to Monica, this season has so many great moments that are not only funny, but heartfelt as well.
Here are my favorite episodes from this season:
The One After Vegas
The One With Ross's Denial
The One Where Joey Loses His Insurance
The One On the Last Night
The One Where Phoebe Runs
The One With Ross's Teeth
The One Where Ross Got High (possibly my favorite Thanksgiving episode. "It tastes like feet!")
The One With the Routine
The One Where Chandler Can't Cry
The One That Could Have Been
THe One With Unagi
The One Where Paul's the Man
The One With the Proposal (one of Perry's best performances)
Now I'm looking forward to getting Season 7!
One of the Best! - Review written on April 30, 2005
Rating: 5 out of 5
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This is definately one of the best Friends seasons ever! I especially enjoyed "The One With Unagi", when Ross tries to prove his "state of total awareness" to PHeobe and Rachel, and ends up getting beaten up by them, and "The One Where Paul's the Man," where Ross and his young girlfriend, Elizabeth, accidentaly take a trip to the same cabin as Elizabeth's father, who is in fact on a date with Rachel there!\
The season ends with "The One With the Proposal", when Chandler is pyching himself up to propose to Monica, and Richard intervenes. The season ends with their engagement, and I would definatley recommend this one to any fellow Friends fan.
Consistently one of the best TV shows of the 1990s... - Review written on April 20, 2005
Rating: 5 out of 5
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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 6) DVD offers a number of hilarious episodes including the season premiere in Las Vegas where Ross and Rachel wake up to discover they've gotten married. Ross tells Rachel that he annulled the marriage, but then tells Phoebe he really didn't. Meanwhile, Chandler and Monica decide to move in together rather than get married... In other episodes, Joey pretends to be the owner of a Porsche, Ross bleaches his teeth, and Reese Witherspoon guest stars as Rachel's sister. In the season finale, Chandler proposes to Monica...
Below is a list of episodes included on the Friends (Season 6) DVD:
Episode 122 (The One After Vegas)
Episode 123 (The One Where Ross Hugs Rachel)
Episode 124 (The One with Ross's Denial)
Episode 125 (The One Where Joey Loses His Insurance)
Episode 126 (The One with Joey's Porsche)
Episode 127 (The One on the Last Night)
Episode 128 (The One Where Phoebe Runs)
Episode 129 (The One with Ross's Teeth)
Episode 130 (The One Where Ross Got High)
Episode 131 (The One with the Routine)
Episode 132 (The One with the Apothecary Table)
Episode 133 (The One with the Joke)
Episode 134 (The One with Rachel's Sister)
Episode 135 (The One Where Chandler Can't Cry)
Episode 136 (The One That Could've Been: Part 1)
Episode 137 (The One That Could've Been: Part 2)
Episode 138 (The One with Unagi)
Episode 139 (The One Where Ross Dates a Student)
Episode 140 (The One with Joey's Fridge)
Episode 141 (The One with Mac and C.H.E.E.S.E.)
Episode 142 (The One Where Ross Meets Elizabeth's Dad)
Episode 143 (The One Where Paul's the Man)
Episode 144 (The One with the Ring)
Episode 145 (The One with the Proposal: Part 1)
Episode 146 (The One with the Proposal: Part 2)
The DVD Report
Yet ANOTHER great season of Friends! - Review written on March 28, 2005
Rating: 5 out of 5
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I'm a huge Friends fan, so I was excited to see that I had gotten FRIENDS: THE COMPLETE SIXTH SEASON for Christmas. This is one of the best seasons, and its a DVD set I enjoy watching regularly.
Highlight episodes are:
*The One Where Phoebe Runs - Phoebe and Rachel decide that they're going to go jogging in the morning, because not only will they stay in shape, but it provides a great way to meet some new guys. But Rachel soon realizes that Phoebe doesn't just jog - she runs around like a maniac, causing a lot of unwanted attention and strange looks.
*The One With Ross's Teeth - Ross decides that he wants to whiten his teeth, but when he leaves the bleach on for too long, his teeth are practically radioactive. Not only do the "friends" make fun of him, but his new date thinks he's a little bit too weird for her liking.
*The One With the Unagi - Ross claims that he found some new martial arts thing that makes him "unbeatable," when when Phoebe and Rachel challenge him, he decides that he's going to teach them a lesson they'll never forget.
FRIENDS: THE COMPLETE SIXTH SEASON has a lot of great moments, including a look back at what could have been if Carol hadn't come out of the closet and Rachel started dating Joey, Chandler admits that he can't cry...ever, and Ross dates one of his students while the rest of the group picks on him for it.
HIGHLY recommended!
Overall grade - A+
Friends: The Complete Sixth Season (1999-2000) - Review written on March 18, 2005
Rating: 5 out of 5
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We all wanted to know what had happened when we saw Ross and Rachel come out of the chapel after exchanging drunken vows. Well, the six friends let us in on what had happened when they returned for the sixth season.
Ross and Rachel wake up the next morning, thinking about nothing, except that they have severely bad hangovers. They then realize what they had done and figure out what to do. Rachel wants a divorce, but Ross immediately disagrees, for if they go through with a divorce, that'll make it Divorce #3 for Ross. He promises that he'll take care of it, but tells Phoebe that he did nothing and is letting the marriage stand without Rachel knowing. Rachel finds out and takes care of it herself, acting like Ross planned the drunken marriage. But Ross points out that it was Rachel who suggested it, not Ross. Rachel apologizes deeply.
Meanwhile, Monica and Chandler decide to move in together. Rachel moves out, but Phoebe invited Rachel to move in with her. Rachel accepts. Joey has Chandler's bedroom unoccupied, so he puts an ad out for a new roommate. Taking the extra room is Australian dancer, Janine. Joey is head over heels for Janine, but she feels nothing for Joey. Janine is then hired to be one of the dancers for Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve. She invites Joey, Ross, and Monica. Joey hopes to kiss Janine when the countdown begins, but when they finish the countdown, they director yells cut. Joey and Janine both confess to each other that they wanted to kiss each other, which leads them into actually kissing. The kiss leads them into a relationship. But that doesn't last long, for Janine does not like hanging out with Monica and Chandler. Joey asks her to move out, for he can't have this between her and his friends.
Phoebe's apartment burns up. The damages are bad, but they can be easily repaired. Monica makes up the extra bedroom for Rachel, while Phoebe moves in with Joey. But when Phoebe finds out that Rachel was the cause of the fire, when she left her hair-straightener plugged in, Phoebe moves in with Monica and Chandler, while Rachel moves in with Joey. Rachel's sister, Jill Green, shows up. She is just as spoiled as Rachel was, where Rachel tries to help Jill come out of that. She also tries to persuade Ross not to date Jill, but Jill seduces Ross into dating her, because of Rachel going against it. Ross sees that dating Jill is wrong, so he dumps her. Jill yells at Rachel for doing what she did and tells her that she will not change her spoiled ways.
Meanwhile, Ross, who is now a college professor in Paleontology, begins dating Elizabeth, one of his own students. He meets Elizabeth's dad, Paul. Paul disapproves of Ross, because of their age difference, but Paul makes the same mistake when he dates Rachel. Ross dumps Elizabeth because of her immaturity. Rachel breaks up with Paul, regretting that she made him get in touch with his sensitivity.
Chandler than decides that he is ready for full commitment. He decides that he wants to propose to Monica. But he wants the proposal to be a major surprise for Monica, so he throws her off track, making her think that he is never going to marry. Phoebe helps Chandler buy the ring. Chandler thinks of a way to propose to Monica, until Richard shows up. Richard had dated Monica during the last half of the second season, but they broke up because Richard did not want kids. Chandler is ready to ask the question, but finds out that Richard still loves Monica and wants her back. Chandler talks to Richard and finally makes Richard realize that his chance is gone. Richard agrees 100% and tells Chandler, "...When you do get her, don't ever let her go". He heads back to the apartment, hoping to find Monica there. But Joey comes out from his apartment and tells Chandler that Monica is gone. He tells him that Monica was so upset with Chandler, that she moved out of the apartment and moved back into her parents and does not want to see Chandler for awhile. Heartbroken, Chandler goes inside the apartment to call Monica, but he finds the apartment filled with candles. And there is Monica. Monica begins proposing, but she claims in joyful tears that, "...There's a reason why girls don't do this". Chandler bends down on one knee. He tells her, in the most romantic way, how much he loves her, while shedding a few tears himself. He then pulls out the ring and asks the big question. Monica, through her tears, more than happily accepts.
Just think that this almost became their last season, until their producers promised the cast their full share. This is another one of their best, so buy it and get ready to laugh your a** again with the complete sixth season. Guest stars include: Tom Selleck, Elle Macpherson, Reese Witherspoon, Christina Pickles, Elliott Gould, & Bruce Willis.
FRIENDS: The Complete Sixth Season (1999-2000) (episode guide)
The One After Vegas
The One Where Ross Hugs Rachel
The One With Ross' Denial
The One Where Joey Loses His Insurance
The One With Joey's Porsche
The One On The Last Night
The One Where Phoebe Runs
The One With Ross' Teeth
The One Where Ross Got High
The One With The Routine
The One With The Apothecary Table
The One With The Joke
The One With Rachel's Sister
The One Where Chandler Can't Cry
The One That Could Have Been (Part 1)
The One That Could Have Been (Part 2)
The One With Unagi
The One Where Ross Dates A Student
The One With Joey's Fridge
The One With Mac And C.H.E.E.S.E
The One Where Ross Meets Elizabeth's Dad
The One Where Paul's The Man
The One With The Ring
The One With The Proposal (Part 1)
The One With The Proposal (Part 2)
Friends Forever! - Review written on October 26, 2004
Rating: 5 out of 5
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Season 6 is a sentimental favorite of mine of all the seasons of Friends because this is the season when I first started watching the show. And now that I've seen every single episode in the entire series, season 6 still delivers.
Highlights have to be TOW Ross Got High(one of my all time favorites, all six stole scene after scene from each other, cementing their ensemble as one of the best in TV history), TOW Rachel's Sister and TOW Chandler Can't Cry (Reese Witherspoon is one of the best guest stars in the series, the two part episode was memorable), TOW the Last Night (hilarious and moving, the three ladies stole the show), TO That Could Have Been (seriously funny, Kudrow, Perry, Schwimmer, and Cox were all a riot in here) and of course the big payoff TOW the Proposal (most memorable engagement ever, Cox and Perry were especially moving)
As for the special features, I've listened to all three commentaries by the creators (Ross Got High, TOT Could Have Been, TOW the Proposal) and I must say all three are good. My only complain is please have the cast do a commentary I'm sure it wouldn't be the worst thing. There's also a blooper reel for the season and some really hilarious like Matthew Perry's obsession with his feces (lol). There's also short interviews with some of the recurring stars like Maggie Wheeler, Christina Pickles, Elliot Gould etc.
Grade: A