Imagine this.

   Before school in the morning, you forget to set your alarm, so you arrive one hour late. With no other options, you ask your mom to drive you to school, but she scolds you the entire car ride. When you finally make it to school, your teacher gives you a detention because of your lateness.

   After eating lunch in detention, you go to math, only to be greeted with horrible news. Your “favorite” teacher announces a pop quiz.  

   When you finally escape from the dark, soul-sucking abyss of school, the only two things that can make you feel better are a dish of ice cream and Friends. 

   No, not the friends that spread rumors about you in school. I’m talking about Friends, the show where the characters’ comedic misfortunes brighten the viewer’s day, regardless of their real-world problems. 

   Friends is about a group of friends who live in New York City and spend way too much time at the Central Perk Coffee shop, dealing with relatable life problems. 

   Throughout the show, you can see the characters’ development as they face challenges such as relationships, family, jobs, and almost anything else that you might be facing now. 

   The show’s brilliant writers and producers are David Crane, Kevin S. Bright, and Marta Kauffman. They fill the script with sarcasm, delightful humor, and pertinent conflicts that keep the audience coming back. It takes great intelligence to make an entire audience laugh.

   Six major characters shape the whole show: Chandler, Joey, Ross, Phoebe, Rachel, and Monica. Although Chandler is pathetic, this quality makes him the most relatable, and the funniest one of the group. Next, we have Joey, who is the hot stud of the apartment, and is following his dream as an actor. Ross is a paleontologist, and never stops talking about dinosaurs.

  Moving on, we have Monica, who is Ross’ little sister. She is surprisingly strong, a control freak, and loves to clean. Then we have Monica’s best friend Rachel, who is the popular and pretty girl that is extremely spoiled. Lastly, there are only two adjectives that can describe Phoebe: weird and wild. 

   The show is filled with many twists and turns between the characters. Aside from comedy, Friends has many heartfelt romantic scenes throughout.

   Plus, there are underlying themes as well. For example, most of the characters had kids, but they did it in different ways. This emphasizes that there’s no judgement.

   If there’s one thing that Friends teaches us, it’s that your friend quality, not quantity, matters most.