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Overview
Editing: Friends

Alicia: Impact

Cristian: Cast

Katya: Season Synopses

Nader: Characters

Corrections Made
Katya:

- corrected spelling of 'canceled' to 'cancelled' in season 7 Synopses paragraph

- corrected spelling of 'paleontology' to 'palaeontology' in season 10 Synopses paragraph

The changes we all made to the different Wikipedia pages:

- edited the Types section of 'Guitar': Acoustic, Renaissance and Baroque, Classical, Flat-top, Archtop, Selmer-Maccaferri and Twelve-string guitars to include the name of the guitar, rather than 'These'

- corrected the word 'it' from being capitalized to lowercase in the Production section of 'How I Met Your Mother'

- removed the words 'more cleverer' from the Main Characters section of 'CatDog'

Edits Made
Katya:

Season Synopses 1-10 (after changes made):

Season 1

The first season introduces the six main characters: Rachel, Monica, Phoebe, Joey, Chandler, and Ross. Rachel arrives at Central Perk after running away from her wedding to her fiancé Barry and moves into her best high school friend’s, Monica’s,, apartment with her. Ross, who had a ccrush on Rachel since high school, constantly tries to tell Rachel that he loves her, while his lesbian ex-wife, Carol, is expecting his baby. Joey is shown to be a bachelor and struggling actor, while Phoebe works as a masseuse. Chandler breaks up with girlfriend Janice (Maggie Wheeler), who frequently returns in later seasons. At the end of the season, Chandler accidentally reveals that Ross loves Rachel, who realizes that she feels the same way. The season ends with Rachel waiting at the airport for Ross’ arrival from a trip.

Season 2

The second season begins with Rachel, waiting at the gate for Ross to declare her love for him, discovering that he is dating Julie (Lauren Tom), someone he knew from graduate school. Rachel's attempts to tell Ross she likes him mirror his failed attempts in the first season, although the characters eventually begin a relationship. Joey gets cast in a part in a fictional version of the soap opera Days of our Lives, but his character is killed off after conflicts with the show’s writers, claimingthat he writes many of his own lines. Chandler gets back together with his ex-girlfriend from season 1, Janice. Monica begins dating Richard (Tom Selleck), a recently divorced family friend and 21 years her senior. In the season finale, they end their relationship when they realize that unlike Monica, Richard does not want children.

Season 3

Season three takes on a significantly greater serialized format. Rachel begins working at Bloomingdale's, an upscale department store chain, and Ross becomes jealous of her colleague, Mark. Rachel decides to take a break; and Ross, hurt and drunk, sleeps with someone else, causing Rachel to break up with him. In the meantime, Chandler has a hard time dealing with their breakup because it reminds him of his parent’s divorce. After believing she has no family except her twin sister Ursula (Lisa Kudrow), Phoebe becomes acquainted with her half-brother (Giovanni Ribisi) and birth mother (Teri Garr). Joey develops a relationship with his acting partner Kate (Dina Meyer), and Monica begins a relationship with millionaire Pete Becker (Jon Favreau) which shortly ends because of disagreements between the two.

Season 4

In the fourth season premiere, Ross and Rachel briefly reconcile after Ross pretends to read a long letter that Rachel wrote for him, but continues to insist that the two were on a break so they break up again. Joey dates Kathy (Paget Brewster) a girl that Chandler has a crush on. Kathy and Chandler later kiss, which causes drama between Chandler and Joey. Joey forgives Chandler only after he spends a day in a box as punishment.. Phoebe becomes a surrogate mother for her brother and his wife Alice (Debra Jo Rupp). Monica and Rachel are forced to switch apartments with Joey and Chandler after losing abet during a quiz game, but manage to switch back by bribing them with Knicks season tickets and a one-minute kiss (off-screen) between the girls. Ross begins dating an English woman named Emily (Helen Baxendale), and the season finale features their wedding in London. Chandler and Monica sleep together, and Rachel decides to attend Ross and Emily's wedding. While saying his vows, Ross uses the wrong name at the altar (Rachel's), to the shock of his bride and the guests.

Season 5

Season five features Monica and Chandler trying to keep their new relationship a secret from their friends. Phoebe gives birth to triplets in the show's 100th episode. She gives birth to a boy, Frank Jr. Jr., and two girls: Leslie, and Chandler. (They had originally thought that there were two boys and one girl, but decided to keep the name Chandler, despite the baby turning out a girl.) Emily states that the only condition in which she would remain married to Ross is if he stops all communication with Rachel. Ross does not agree to her proposal and they terminate the marriage. Phoebe begins a relationship with a police officer Gary, (Michael Rapaport) after finding his badge and using it as her own. (Monica and Chandler go public with their relationship, to the surprise and happiness of their friends. They decide to get married on a trip to Las Vegas, but change their plans after witnessing Ross and Rachel drunkenly stumble out of the wedding chapel.

Season 6

In the sixth season premiere, Ross and Rachel's marriage is established to be a drunken mistake, and they divorce several episodes later. and Chandler move in together, causing Rachel to move in with Phoebe.. Joey lands a role on a cable television series called Mac and C.H.E.E.S.E, where he stars alongside a robot. Ross gets a job lecturing at New York University, and starts dating one of his students, Elizabeth (Alexandra Holden). The relationship ends because of their maturity differences. Phoebe and Rachel's apartment catches fire, and Rachel moves in with Joey while Phoebe moves in with Chandler and Monica. Chandler proposes to Monica who says yes even though her ex boyfriend Richard confesses his love for her.

Season 7

The seventh season mainly follows various antics by Monica and Chandler, who begin to plan their wedding and run into financial problems which are quickly fixed by Chandler’s secret funds.. Joey's television series Mac and C.H.E.E.S.E is cancelled, but he is offered his job back on Days of our Lives. Phoebe's apartment is fixed, but is rebuilt with only one large bedroom instead of the original two, so Rachel decides to stay with Joey. The season finale features Monica and Chandler's wedding. The season ends during Monica and Chandler’s wedding where Phoebe and Rachel find a positive pregnancy test in the bathroom.

Season 8

In the eighth season, first It is revealed that the positive pregnancy test found at Monica’s wedding test belongs to Rachel. The season revolves around Rachel’s pregnancy; Ross is revealed to be the father after an investigation involving a pink sweater.. Rachel and Ross decide to have the baby but do not resume their romantic relationship. Joey develops romantic feelings for Rachel, but she does not reciprocate them. Rachel gives birth to baby Emma in the season finale. At the hospital, Ross's mother offers him an engagement ring because she wants him to marry Rachel. Ross does not intend to ask Rachel to marry him, but he takes the ring anyway and puts it in his jacket pocket. Meanwhile, in the post-delivery room, Joey looks for some tissue for an upset Rachel, picks up Ross's jacket, and the ring falls to the floor. He kneels to pick it up and turns to Rachel, still on his knees and still holding the ring. Rachel accepts what she thinks is his proposal of marriage.

Season 9

Season nine begins with Ross and Rachel living together as roommates with baby Emma. Monica and Chandler try to conceive a baby of their own but find out that they are unable to, due to health restrictions. Phoebe begins dating Mike Hannigan (Paul Rudd), and chooses to be with him over her ex-boyfriend David (Hank Azaria). Rachel and Emma move in with Joey in the middle of the season, and Rachel develops romantic feelings for him, while the rest of the “friends” try hard to get Ross and Rachel back together. The group travels to Barbados in the finale to hear Ross give a keynote speech at a palaeontology conference. Joey and his girlfriend Charlie (Aisha Tyler) break up, and she begins a relationship with Ross. Joey and Rachel's feelings for each other return, and the finale ends with them kissing.

Season 10

The tenth season closes several long-running storylines. Charlie breaks up with Ross to get back together with her ex boyfriend. Joey and Rachel try to contend with Ross's feelings about them being together and decide it would be best to remain friends. Phoebe and Mike get married mid-season outside the infamous Central Perk coffee house. Monica and Chandler apply to adopt a child and are chosen by Erica (Anna Faris). In the series finale, Erica gives birth to twins – a boy, Jack (after Monica's father), and a girl, Erica (named after the birth mother). Monica and Chandler prepare to move to the suburbs, and Joey becomes upset with the changes happening in his life. Rachel gets fired from her job and accepts a new offer in Paris, but Ross, realizing he loves her, chases after her. Rachel realizes she loves him, too, and cancelles her flight to Paris, agreeing to stay with him. The series ends with all the friends plus Monica and Chandler's new babies leaving the apartment, heading to Central Perk for a final cup of coffee.

Nader: Characters

The series featured six main characters throughout its run, with many other characters recurring throughout all ten seasons.

Throughout the series Rachel has been depicted as the most-image conscious of the group and as somewhat of a spoiled daddy’s girl. Despite these traits Rachel has always been a likeable member of the group and continually showed care and affection towards her friends. Rachel does become less self absorbed as the seasons progressed, especially after Emma’s birth.
 * Jennifer Aniston portrays Rachel Green, a fashion enthusiast and Monica Geller's best friend from high school. Rachel first moves in with Monica in season 1 after nearly marrying Barry Farber who she decides she does not love. Rachel and Ross Geller are later involved in an on-again-off-again relationship throughout the series. Rachel dates other men during the series, such as an Italian neighbor, Paolo in season 1, and her client Joshua Bergin in season 4 . Rachel’s first job is as a waitress at the coffeehouse Central Perk, but she later becomes an assistant buyer at Bloomingdale's in season three, and a buyer at Ralph Lauren in season five. At the end of season eight, Rachel and Ross have a daughter named Emma in "The One Where Rachel Has a Baby, Part Two".


 * Courteney Cox portrays Monica Geller, the mother hen of the group and a chef, known for her obsessive-compulsive, bossy and competitive nature. .Monica is often jokingly teased by the others for having been extremely overweight as a child, especially by her brother Ross. Monica works as a chef in various restaurants throughout the show. Monica’s first serious relationship is with family friend Richard Burke who is 21 years her senior. The couple maintains a strong relationship until Richard expresses that he does not want to have children much to Monica’s dismay. Monica and Chandler Bing later get together after spending a night with each other on the Season 4 finale, eventually marrying in Season 7.


 * Lisa Kudrow portrays Phoebe Buffay, an eccentric masseuse and self-taught musician. Phoebe lived in uptown New York until the age of 12 when her mother killed herself and she took to the streets . Phoebe is ditsy but street smart and writes and sings (badly) her own quirky songs, accompanying herself on the guitar. She has an "evil" identical twin named Ursula who shares Phoebe’s quirkiness but unlike Phoebe seems to be cruel and uncaring. Phoebe is child-like and innocent in disposition, although it is implied on multiple occasions that she is a heavy drinker. Phoebe tends to use her past misfortunes such as her mother’s suicide as sympathy ploys. In the last season, she marries Mike Hannigan played by Paul Rudd.


 * Matt LeBlanc portrays Joey Tribbiani, a struggling actor and food lover who becomes famous for his role on Days of our Lives as Dr. Drake Ramoray. Joey is a simple-minded womanizer with many short-term girlfriends throughout the series. Despite his womanizing tendencies Joey is an innocent and caring character with good intentions . Joey often uses the catchphrase pick up line "How you doin'?" in his attempts to win over women. Joey rooms with his best friend Chadler for years and later a while with Rachel. He falls in love with Rachel in season eight. Rachel politely tells Joey that she does not share the same feelings and after a short period of awkwardness between the two, they return to being friends as before.


 * Matthew Perry portrays Chandler Bing, an executive in statistical analysis and data reconfiguration for a large multi-national corporation. Chandler quits his job and becomes a junior copywriter at an advertising agency during season nine. Chandler has a peculiar family history being the son of an erotic novelist mother, and a cross-dressing Las Vegas star father. Chandler is known for his sarcastic sense of humor and bad luck in relationships. Chandler marries Monica in season seven, and they adopt twins at the end of the series. Before his relationship with Monica, Chandler dated Janice Hosenstein in season and subsequently broke up with her many times. Matthew Perry has expressed his similarities to the character such as his need to break an awkward silence with a joke and difficulties with women when first joining the show.


 * David Schwimmer portrays Ross Geller, Monica Geller's older brother, a paleontologist working at the Museum of Natural History, and later a professor of paleontology at New York University. Ross is sweet natured man of good humor, although he is often clumsy and socially awkward. Ross is involved in an on-again-off-again relationship with Rachel throughout the series. Ross has three failed marriages during the series: Rachel, Emily, and Carol, a lesbian who is also the mother of his son, Ben (Cole Sprouse). His failed love life is potentially due to his paranoia and jealousy in relationships and his divorces become a point of humor within the series. He and Rachel have a daughter by the end of season eight and they confess that they are in love with each other in the last episode of the last season.

The role of Ross was written largely with David Schwimmer in mind and he reflected on the character saying that there was “definitely part of me that identified with that aspect of the character, that neurotic loveable loser .”

Characters Codes

The series featured six main characters throughout its run, with many other characters recurring throughout all ten seasons. Lisa Kudrow portrays Phoebe Buffay, an eccentric masseuse and self-taught musician. Phoebe is ditsy but street smart and writes and sings (badly) her own quirky songs, accompanying herself on the guitar. She has an "evil" identical twin named Ursula. In the last season, she marries Mike Hannigan played by Paul Rudd.
 * Jennifer Aniston portrays Rachel Green, a fashion enthusiast and Monica Geller's best friend from high school. Rachel and Ross Geller are involved in an on-again-off-again relationship throughout the series. Rachel's first job is as a waitress at the coffeehouse Central Perk, but she later becomes an assistant buyer at Bloomingdale's in season three, and a buyer at Ralph Lauren in season five. At the end of season eight, Rachel and Ross have a daughter named Emma in "The One Where Rachel Has a Baby, Part Two".
 * Courteney Cox portrays Monica Geller, the mother hen of the group and a chef, known for her obsessive-compulsive and competitive nature. Monica is often jokingly teased by the others for having been extremely overweight as a child, especially by her brother Ross. Monica works as a chef in various restaurants throughout the show and marries Chandler Bing in season seven.
 * Matt LeBlanc portrays Joey Tribbiani, a struggling actor and food lover who becomes famous for his role on Days of our Lives as Dr. Drake Ramoray. Joey is a simple-minded womanizer with many short-term girlfriends throughout the series. He falls in love with Rachel in season eight.
 * Matthew Perry portrays Chandler Bing, an executive in statistical analysis and data reconfiguration for a large multi-national corporation. Chandler quits his job and becomes a junior copywriter at an advertising agency during season nine. Chandler is known for his sarcastic sense of humor and bad luck in relationships. Chandler marries Monica in season seven, and they adopt twins at the end of the series.
 * David Schwimmer portrays Ross Geller, Monica Geller's older brother, a paleontologist working at the Museum of Natural History, and later a professor of paleontology at New York University. Ross is involved in an on-again-off-again relationship with Rachel throughout the series.  Ross has three failed marriages during the series: Rachel, Emily, and Carol, a lesbian who is also the mother of his son, Ben (Cole Sprouse). He and Rachel have a daughter at the end of season eight and they confess that they are in love with each other in the last episode of the last season.

Cast codes

Cast
Cristian:

Courtney Cox: (Monica Geller) born June 15, 1964. Birmingham, Alabama. Studied architecture at Mount Vernon College in Washington, D.C. but never finished her degree. Instead Cox went on and pursued a career in acting and modeling. Courtney’s First appearance on television was in the music video Dancing in the Dark (Bruce Springsteen song). She then landed in her first television job where she played Gloria Dinallo in the show Misfits of Science. In 1987 she had her first movie appearance in the thriller Down Twisted where she played the role of Tarah.

Jennifer Aniston: (Rachel Green) Born February 11, 1969. Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles. Graduated Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts and went off to work at Off Broadway productions. To support herself Jennifer worked as a part-time telemarketer, bike messenger and a waitress. Jennifer’s first television work was in the short-lived television series Molly where she played the role of Courtney followed by her First movie appearance where she played the part of Tory Reading in the movie Leprechaun.

Matt Leblanc: (Joey Tribbiani) Born July 25, 1967. Newton, Massachusetts. Graduated Newton North High School and became the office manager for a company. Matt’s first appearance was on the TV show TV 101 where he played the part of Chuck Bender. In 1990 he had his first movie appearance where he played Billy Barton in the American adventure film Anything to Survive.

Lisa Kudrow: (Phoebe Buffay) Born July 30, 1963. Encino, Los Angeles. Received her B.A. in Biology from Vassar College. She then went on and pursued her passion for acting and landed on her first appearance on TV in one episode of the sitcom Cheers of NBC. In 1989 she played the part of Charmer in the movie L.A on $5 a day.

David Schwimmer: (Ross Geller) Born November 2, 1966. Queens, New York. His first acting experience was at the age of 10 when he was cast as the fairy godmother in a Jewish version of Cinderella. He then attended the Northwestern University where he enrolled as a theatre major. In 1989 his first appearance on TV was in the television movie A Deadly Silence. He then appeared in his first TV series L.A Law in 1992

Matthew Perry: (Chandler Bing) born August 19, 1969. Williamstown, Massachusetts. Matthew attended Ashbury College where he studied theatre. Matthew’s first TV appearance was in the show Second Chance where he appeared as Chazz. In 1988 he appeared as Fred Roberts in the movie A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon.

In their original contracts for the first season, cast members were paid $22,500 per episode. The cast members received different salaries in the second season, beginning from the $20,000 range to $40,000 per episode. Before their salary negotiations for the third season, the cast decided to enter collective negotiations, despite Warner Bros.' preference for individual deals. The actors were given the salary of the least-paid cast member, meaning Aniston and Schwimmer had their salaries reduced. The stars were paid $75,000 per episode in season three, $85,000 in season four, $100,000 in season five, $125,000 in season six, $750,000 in seasons seven and eight, and $1 million in seasons nine and ten. The cast also received syndication royalties beginning with the fifth season. At the time, that financial benefit of a piece of the show's lucrative back end profits had only been given out to stars who had ownership rights in a show, like Jerry Seinfeld and Bill Cosby.

Series creator David Crane wanted all six actors to be equally prominent, and the series was lauded as being "the first true 'ensemble' show". The cast members made efforts to keep the ensemble format and not allow one member to dominate; they entered themselves in the same acting categories for awards, opted for collective salary negotiations, and asked to appear together on magazine cover photos in the first season. The cast members also became best friends off-screen, and guest star Tom Selleck reported sometimes feeling left out. The cast remained good friends after the series' run, most notably Cox and Aniston, with Aniston being godmother to Cox and David Arquette's daughter, Coco. In the official farewell commemorative book Friends 'Til the End, each separately acknowledged in interviews that the cast had become their family.

Cultural Impact
Alicia

Friends has also developed an alternative family lifestyle by representing young people that live unconventional domestic lives. It presents the idea that “all you need is good friends” and can construct families through choice. The show offers stereotypical notions of race and class with a group of white men and women who live in New York City. The audience is able to identify with the program through the troubles seen on weekly episodes. It portrays a new way of living life and developing relationships which are not normally seen in conventional society. According to pop-culture expert at the University of Buffalo, Friends is “one of those rare shows that marked a change in American culture”. The images of youth and the roles they portray are better defined and represent a lifestyle that centres around creating and sustaining relationships between friends running their own lives and seeking help from each other.

The Guardian, TV and Radio blog, state that Friends has impacted the creation of other television shows such as How I Met Your Mother. The similarities between the two consist of both sitcoms taking place in Manhattan, a group of white adults who are funny and have similar character traits.