On October 28th, 2023, the performer Matthew Perry, actor of one of the most famous American sitcoms of the last 30 years, suddenly passed away at the age of 54, so making incredulous the millions of fans who have always followed him all over the world.
What show are we talking about?
Obviously, we’re talking about Friends!
Friends is an American sitcom created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman and produced from 1994 to 2004.
Friends has become over the years one of the most popular television series of all time, consisting of 10 seasons, for a total of 236 episodes. The final episode, transmitted on May 6th, 2004, was followed by about 52.5 million people.
Who are the protagonists?
First, we have…
Rachel! Daughter of a very wealthy family, she will succeed on her own. She will become an icon in the world of fashion, and she will work for Ralph Lauren!
Her character is ironic, responsible and adorable but also short-tempered and vain. Every time she gets gifts, she usually changes them the next day, still keeping the ones that really matter to her.
Ross! Ross is a paleontologist and graduated from Columbia University. His passion is dinosaur history!
His character is picky, stingy, and very rational. But he always tries to bring out the best from his friends!
He was married to Carol, with whom he had a baby, Ben. But she left him for another woman…
But his great love is... Rachel.
He will succeed in fulfilling his dream of love and they will have a child, Emma.
Phoebe! Phoebe is an extremely weird and generous person because of her past, because she has been left by her biological mother and adopted by her mother’s best friend.
After all of these events she went through bad times, without any help or money; fortunately, thereafter she found friends able to help her in every situation.
Her soulmate is Mike that will enter the sitcom in the last episodes.
Joey! He’s a very loyal friend and in my opinion the nicest person of the sitcom.
He’s Italian, from Sicily, and he has 7 sisters who are very jealous of him.
In the whole sitcom he shows his love for everybody, but especially for Chandler, who will help him anyway in every hard situation where Joey will find himself.
Monica! Ross's sister, she can be very kind but at the same time very rude because of her perfectionism in everything she does.
She will show herself ready to host Rachel, an old childhood friend, into her house and take care of her for 6 years until Rachel will be able to be self-sustaining herself and Monica will find her soulmate in…
CHANDLER! Last but not least, Chandler is the sweetest and funniest character of the sitcom.
He has much self-control, even if the actor who plays him is the opposite, and he will have a lot of success at work.
He will show his love for Joey but also for Monica, who will play a very important role in his last episodes’ life.
“Friends” has played a really important role in my life and my personality, and today it still does.
Matthew Perry’s death shocked me and left a hole in my soul, and actually Friends seems different to me because of his memory.
Even so, I suggest all of you watch it because an episode of Friends at lunch or dinner time puts you in a good mood!
S.d.F.