Just finished Season 2 of Friends and I have to say... I liked it better than I thought I would.
I always underestimate season 2 because a few years ago I kept seeing the string of episodes from Season 2 where Joey moved out of the apartment over and over and over again... and they just aren't my favorite episodes. Eddie is a little too weird... Joey's Apartment is a little too ugly... and I think it was just too short a time for that dynamic. In this re-watch of friends I have kind of noticed timelines a little bit more... and I think that's something I'm going to pay attention to for the future... I'm sure there will be some blog posts on that coming soon.
Also aside from Eddie's craziness... we have Phoebe... who is extra weird in the earlier seasons of the show. She's very Phoebe this season... this season we get a lot of Smelly Cat, plus we get to hear some of her other songs... and it's just kind of a little too over the top... but it kind of shows character development... which the show was actually pretty great at! It just makes it hard to see the characters all this young because you know better stuff is coming... it just takes a while.
This is also the season where Ross and Rachel are together... which is always fun to watch. The whole show is about Ross and Rachel really... but they're only together for a few episodes... so it's nice to kind of see them at their happiest together before Ross ruins everything it all falls apart.
We also see Monica with Richard... and it's kind of a dramatic change for Monica. This is our first time seeing her as a grown up really... and she's sort of the first one of the Friends to be a grown up... and it's sweet. Plus they show a lot of intimate moments between her and Richard... which we don't get a ton of in the series between significant others and it's just nice to see. Plus Monica loses her job- which brings her to her lowest point... but Richard brings her to her highest point where she's the happiest we've seen her... even though deep down she knows it's not going to last.
And we do see a lot of characters at their best and worst places. Chandler- when he thinks he'll become Mr. Heckles when he's older, Ross and Rachel after the whole List Fiasco, Joey getting fired, Phoebe with her dad, Monica with her Job... and we see a lot of highs Chandler reconnecting with Janice, Joey proud of his acting, Monica happy with Richard, Phoebe finding her brother, Rachel and Ross together... It's kind of amazing that way.
Ohhh favorite episodes...The One With The Baby On The Bus, The One With Phoebe's Dad, The One With The Prom Video, The One Where Ross and Rachel...you know, The One After The Superbowl, The One With The Bullies... I think that's everything. I really liked when Monica met Richard and when she told her parents about him... I liked when Rachel and Monica fought over the last condom... there were a lot of great moments from episodes that weren't favorites of mine... and that's kind of cool too. I guess The One With The Prom Video is probably the best... but the one where Ross and Rachel do it is good too... lol.
So while Season 2 may be just a bit over the top... it really does kind of have a theme... and that's kind of cool. I'm going to try to pick up that on other seasons... again I'm going to do some timelines of the different events just because for some insane reason you don't watch Friends every day... but yeah. That's it!
Byeee!
-Shannon
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