Friends season 8

The eighth season of Friends, an American sitcom created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman, premiered on NBC on September 27, 2001. Friends was produced by Bright/Kauffman/Crane Productions, in association with Warner Bros. Television. The season contains 24 episodes and concluded airing on May 16, 2002. This season had an average of 24.5 million viewers, and was the most watched TV show of the 2001–02 television season.

Reception
Collider wrote that it was the show's best season, and called its highlight "The One with the Rumor".

Main cast

 * Jennifer Aniston as Rachel Green
 * Courteney Cox-Arquette as Monica Geller
 * Lisa Kudrow as Phoebe Buffay
 * Matt LeBlanc as Joey Tribbiani
 * Matthew Perry as Chandler Bing
 * David Schwimmer as Ross Geller

Recurring cast

 * Elliott Gould as Jack Geller
 * Christina Pickles as Judy Geller
 * Bonnie Somerville as Mona
 * Sean Penn as Eric
 * James Michael Tyler as Gunther

Guest stars

 * Maggie Wheeler as Janice Litman-Goralnik
 * Morgan Fairchild as Nora Bing
 * Eddie Cahill as Tag Jones
 * Marlo Thomas as Sandra Green
 * Ron Leibman as Dr. Leonard Green
 * June Gable as Estelle Leonard
 * Brad Pitt as Will Colbert
 * Trudie Styler as herself
 * Johnny Messner as Kash
 * Rena Sofer as Katie
 * Maurice Godin as Sid
 * Eddie McClintock as Clifford 'Cliff' Burnett
 * Sam McMurray as Doug
 * Geoff Pierson as Mr. Franklin
 * Arden Myrin as Brenda
 * Fred Stoller as Stu
 * Harry Van Gorkum as Don
 * James LeGros as Jim
 * Cole Sprouse as Ben
 * Emily Osment as Lelani Mayolanofavich
 * Steve Ireland as Mr. Zelner

United States ratings
Season 8 averaged 24.5 million viewers and finished, for the first time, as the most watched show of the 2001–02 television season.

Home media
The eight season was officially released on DVD in region 1 on November 9, 2004, as a 4-disc DVD Box Set. The release includes the extended versions of every episode, 3 audio commentaries, a video guide to season eight's guest stars, a gag reel, a trivia challenge, and easter eggs about the next season.

The 2004 region 2 DVD version of the season, include the deleted scenes from the episode "The One Where Rachel Tells Ross" as part of the special features, those scenes were cut from the episode following the September 11 attacks and where not shown to the public until the release of this DVD. The Blu-ray releases of the Complete Series include the "Original Producer's Cut" version of the episode presented on Standard Definition as part of the Exclusive Bonus Features of the set; the original script for the episode was also included.