OK, 'fess up - Did you watch the final "Friends?"

[Henry]

The title says it all.

I'll confess - I've taped it, and plan to watch it. I'm goofy that way. It's not as if I watch it regularly, but part of me would have actually felt like I had missed out on something, had I not. I rarely watched Seinfeld, and I still caught that one.

So, did you? Did you commit the ultimate geekly sin and watch the final episode of the currently most popular show on TV?

 

[KenM]

Yes I watched it, but how can both be considered geeky and the most popular show on TV at the same time?

 

[Wrath of the Swarm]

I think the point is that watching the final episode, just because it is the final episode, is a pretty geeky thing to do.

 

[Crothian]

I was planning on doing so, but they aired it at nine, so I watched CSI instead.

 

[Triumph]

I believe he was referring to the fact that since geeks often shun the mainstream, watching such a popular show would, for them, be a "sin."

 

[Bloodstone Press]

no.

{vomits}

 

[Henry]

I believe he was referring to the fact that since geeks often shun the mainstream, watching such a popular show would, for them, be a "sin."

Bingo. I'm being a little facetious, here, but I've seen some people decry friends because it is so mainstream. The funny thing is, it does have a lot of the same things I like in shows like Buffy and Angel - one of which being CONTINUITY! At least they brought up things that happened on previous shows, and kept their story straight, unlike a lot of TV out there.

Crothian, that's why I taped Friends - I was gettin' my Grissom on.

Anyone else?

 

[The_lurkeR]

My girlfriend and I watched it, just because it was the final show. We both used to like it when it first started but had long ago lost interest in it. It was a little boring I thought, overly sentimental, but I guess that's how those things go.

One question we had was, what happened to Ross & Rachels baby? Didn't they have one a few years ago? It seemed odd that it wasn't mentioned at all.

 

[Wrath of the Swarm]

People decry Friends because it's too mainstream?

Huh. And all this time I've been decrying it because the main characters all have wisdom scores of eight. (I think Joey's is five.)

 

[Henry]

(I think Joey's is five.)

That high, huh?

Seriously, I think the reason so many people like Joey is because the character is so optimistic and approachable. He's always happy to be doing what he's doing, even if it's soemthing as crazy as that darned play about the aliens, or being some actor's "stunt butt." Nothing ever brings him down, and it's an appeal to a lot of people to see that represented in a TV character.