"I'll be there for you..."

A series that was started by 3 brilliant people, in the year 1994, went on to be the longest running series and shaped our concept of fashion, friendship and life in a way so different that we wouldn't recognise ourselves today without it.

Friends...3 ordinary guys and girls with regular ordinary daily problems and mannerisms...and how they conquer their own problems..and strive to be what they want and get better at what they really strived for..!

Joseph Francis Tribbiani..a striving actor, an Italian from the suburbs of Queens, goes through endless number of hardships, from acting in Pinocchio plays to absurd baseless plays, from getting kicked out of being the butt double of Robert de Niro to being cut off as the lead in a major television show, Days of our lives...he finds a way to survive in the industry and finds a way to the top..!

Ross Geller, a high school geek turned palaeontologist gets married for 4 years to Carol who eventually turns lesbian, while bearing his child, Ben, and is together brought up by Ross, Marty and Carol. He ends up marrying thrice and a series of OFF & ON relationships with Rachel Green. He also has a child with Rachel, called Emma, but decides to remain unmarried. And, turns a famous palaeontologist; eventually settling for making ends meet.

Rachel Green, a normal sophomore supposed to marry an established orthodontist,
but backs out at the last minute to find a way out of her own in life..She fights to make it to the top , fights against her parents and their wishes and ends up with a respected designation in Ralph Lauren and an independent mother with Ross, the daughter called Emma.

Monica Geller, sister of Ross Geller, who was undermined by her parents about her capabilities, proves them all wrong. An extremely obese female who loses weight to seek revenge on someone who criticised her. She turns head chef of an extremely famous restaurant, and falls in love and marries his brother's school friend, Chandler Bing.

Chandler Bing, a professional data processor, born off a mother who writes raunchy novels and a father who changed his sex and is a drag queen. An excessive smoker who fights to give up the habit and after many a kick backs finally kisses it goodbye. He used humour as his defence mechanism, an extremely immature guy filled with mannerisms, one failure after another and a guy afraid of commitment. He falls in love with Monica, over an one night stand. Then ends up marrying her turning to be the perfect husband, they have difficulties having children and adopt twins.

Phoebe Buffay, an illegitimate child whose adopted mother killed herself when she was 5, strived hard, found aroma therapy, learnt how to play the guitar by herself and wrote her own songs and earned off the streets,and as a masseuse. She falls in love with a divorced lawyer called Mike, who retired from law for living to play the piano. Mike, born off rich, well-off parents provided Phoebe with everything normal that had been missing from her life.

It was a series that had such constant pace and momentum to it. One can never point a finger at "Friends" and say, "this is absurd!". I agree there were shows as classic as, "Happy Days" and "Three's Company", but none of them could dream of achieving what "Friends" achieved. It portrays every bit of inspiration that all of us need at some point or the other..be it quit smoking, move on after a bad relationship, lose weight [:P]...simply every tiny bit of it..awe inspiring..!!!

A series that portrayed everything that represents as I can say "glass half full", everything that is good and still alive amidst us. Everything that required some patting on our back; that reminds you that goodness still dwells and how much your friends can actually make a difference and help you out in those dead rough patches which do not wish to move on.
As Harsh says, "I can't have enough of friends..20 years from now and I'll still be watching 'FRIENDS' ".