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Friends: The Complete Tenth Season (Viva)(DVD)
The worldwide comedy hit comes to a bittersweet but comic close
in its tenth and final season. Nothing is off limits and episodic
storylines include Phoebe's marriage to Mike (Paul Rudd), Ross's
spray-on tanning trip gone wrong and Emma's first birthday
celebrated with a disturbingly inappropriate adult novelty cake.
Also this season, Joey tries out some "big words" and even
attempts to speak French, Phoebe gives away a hideous painting,
Rachel overcomes her fear of swing sets, Phoebe and Mike try to
"undonate" a charitable donation, Monica has her hair beaded and,
as Rachel contemplates a move to Paris, Monica and Chandler
contemplate a move to — p! — the suburbs. Featuring great
guest stars like Giovanni Ribisi as Phobe's adopted brother,
Frank Jr., Greg Kinnear, Anna Faris, Dakota Fanning and Danny
DeVito as a sensitive stripper, among others, the landmark,
Emmy®-winning sitcom goes out on top!
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Throughout its phenomenal run, Friends demonstrated that
familiarity doesn't always breed contempt. But isn't it nice that
even after 10 years, we could still learn something new about
these ly observed characters? Tidbits revealed in the
episode "The One Where the Stripper Cries": Ross (David
Schwimmer) and Monica (Courtney Cox Arquette) used to entertain
at family gatherings as Donny and Marie; ("Oh God, that's right,"
remembers Rachel. "I blocked that out.") and Chandler (Matthew
Perry) kissed Rachel (Jennifer Aniston) at a college party in the
1980s. The best was saved for "The Last One": At one time, Ross
(David Schwimmer) pursued being a professional dancer ("Do you
realize we almost made it 10 years without that coming up?," he
remarks).
Friends' tenth season is all about life changes and closure.
Monica and Chandler buy a house and make plans to adopt. Once New
Age free spirit Phoebe (Lisa Kudrow) gets married. Rachel is
offered a job in Paris, prompting Ross to finally procl his
love. Two of Friends's most invaluable players are granted worthy
send-offs. Janice (Maggie Wheeler) resurfaces as a prospective
homebuyer in the house next door to Monica and Chandler in "The
One Where Estelle Dies," and Central Perk fixture ther (James
Michael Tyler) at last professes his adoration of Rachel in "The
Last One." Christina Applegate makes a welcome return in "The One
Where Rachel's Sister Babysits" and Danny DeVito is the unlikely
and very temperamental stripper in "The One Where the Stripper
Cries." Greg Kinnear is at his smarmy best as Ross's new
girlfriend's Nobel-prize-winning ex-boyfriend in "The One with
Ross' Grant." Dakota Fanning has a sweet scene with Joey (Matt
LeBlanc) in "The One with Princess Consuela" and Anna Faris joins
Paul Rudd (Phoebe's husband Mike, a.k.a. Crap Bag in "Princess
Consuela") as a recurring cast member in "The One with the Birth
Mother."
Friends' final season quickly recovers from the Joey-Rachel
misstep to find its consistent and satisfying groove. As each
Friend turns in their key to the apartment each had shared at one
time or another over the past 10 years in "The Last One," could
Friends end on a happier or more poignant note? This final
addition to the Friends DVD library, too, rises to the momentous
occasion with a more generous package of features, including a
lengthy gag reel and reflections from the ensemble. --Donald
Liebenson