jeffkjoe

OK, Friends fans, (and I know you're out there due to the number of people buying the season sets):

How would you rate the final year of the show?

Is the show going out with a bang?

Or are there so many repeats you've lost interest?

Goldberg74

This really should be a poll...

I'd give it a 7 out of 10, they're trying hard enough to make it as good as they can.

the narrator

I've missed 3 or 4, but the ones I"ve seen have been hit and miss...A couple of really good ones, and then a couple of terrible ones.


overall I would give it a 6 or so....though I'm hoping the last 3 will be really good and boost it some

MrX

I'd give it a 7

Kal-El

I say 7-8. The hits have been really good ones and I'm a sucker for Ross and Rachel. I think it's gonna be a great finale.

Trelach24

I have to say HORRIBLE because they completely lost me with seemingly months of reruns. I never know/knew when they were actually going to show a new episode and I stopped watching at some point.

Jackskeleton

The month long of "best of..." episodes really tossed folks for a loop.

Shannon Nutt

After watching the show religously up until the middle of last season (which was horrible), I'd say the five or six episodes I've seen this season have been equally horrible. Friends should have ended when Rachel had the baby...since then, it's been pretty sub-par.

Chew

I'd say about a 5-6. It's been OK, but overly sentimental. The shortened season hasn't helped.

Strafe

I'm too jaded to give it a fair review.

Geofferson

I agree. This season and last have been very disappointing.

rfduncan

MONTH? Check your calender! We haven't had a new episode since 2/26. IT HAS BEEN ALMOST TWO MONTHS since a new episode!

This season was okay, but it was obviously written with a lot of filler since the writers had to postpone the finale after season 9. I'm mostly annoyed that NBC has show every aired episode of THIS season at least twice already!

Rypro 525

oh and this thursday is a new episode (only 3 more episodes left)

Achtung

So, is this week's episode at least new?

This season hasn't been on par with other years. A lot of the plotlines just haven't been working, and you can tell the writers are going to cram way too much stuff into the remaining episodes.

Michael Corvin

I'd say 6-7. This season started off quite bumpy, but the last few episodes have made up for the lackluster start.

The beating us over the head that Joey is dumb this season, is getting quite tired.

DRG

The humor is still there, but the stories just don't interest me anymore. At this point I watch strictly for the laughs. There is just too much of a sense of inevitability in the overall season at this point. We KNEW Monica & Chandler would get the kid somehow, we KNEW Phoebe & Mike would get hitched, we KNOW . Not that it's a bad thing, this is a show that's designed to ultimately please, not disappoint it's fans. And that's fine. But it also means that no time left = no room for pulling a fast one on the audience.

bboisvert

If you ignore the nonstop ads, magazine articles, hype, etc. (which I have been able to do pretty successfully)... this season has been not too bad. It's a noticable improvement over the mediocre, poorly-written, and pretty unfunny past few seasons.

Not great, definitely not vintage Friends... but it sends the show out on a decent note. I've never thought that Friends was an amazing show and I have no interest in buying the DVDs, trivia books, and whatnot and reliving every episode over and over... but every episode this season has given me a couple of solid laughs and a decent number of chuckles. There aren't too many current shows that can do that.

6 or 7 / 10.

Red Dog

Of the episodes I've seen (3 or 4), very bad. Of course, I think Friends hasn't be decent since they went to Vegas.

B.A.

I'll be generous and give it a 5. This once-good show is dying a painful death.

Patman

It's been so long since I've seen a new episode that I've almost forgotten any of the dangling plotlines to really care about these last 3 episodes. But thanks to the NBC promo department, I've seen almost all I need to see because they pretty much tell the viewer what will be going down.

jeffkjoe

I agree with the above posts:

We all know how FRIENDS will end - it's just a matter of the writers keeping our interest in getting there.

FrankTheTank

While it is not the best season, I really have been enjoying the final season. Every episode, besides the clip show, has been pretty funny. I would give it a 7.5/8.

birdseye

I'd give it a 6/10. There's been more so-so episodes than good episodes. The shortened season also isn't helping because some of the story lines just haven't worked that well and felt kind of hurried. I think the last 3 episodes will feel kind of rushed and the end will seem abrupt, epecially since it's been a long time since the last new episode.

Sdallnct

Me too, but getting nervous that after seven years or so they are are going to rush it.

maxfisher

I think Mike (Paul Rudd) is the only real character on the show anymore. I don't say real person, because even he doesn't necessarily resemble a real person, but at least he's pretty consistent to his character and funny from time to time. The six regulars have become mere excuses for exagerated jokes. The last two seasons, and this one so far, have felt like the writers have brainstormed on lame jokes, then decided 'hey, who would be most likely to do this?' and stuck them in, whether they match the character or not. The sterling example of this.... I'm sorry, Joey's always been 'the dumb guy', but he's always had a heart and never used to be soooooo dumb that he felt like a looney tunes character. The episode where Phoebe tried to teach him French made me almost wish I'd never heard of the show. I'll watch the last couple episodes out of morbid curiousity, but I have the first 4 seasons on dvd and, most likely, those are the only ones I'll ever own. And I have a serious addictive-collector's mentality.