I am rather disappointed with the series finale of Friends. It let me down terribly. I had an informal bet that the series would end with a bang! Literally. My guess on what the plot would turn out to be is that Rachel would hop on the plane, it would crash into the ocean and Monica and Chandler would name the baby after her. Little did I know, the producers wanted a cheesy, lame finale with less substance than a jelly fish.
To be honest, I only watched it because a) there was nothing else on b) someone else in the room wanted to watch it c) I would have frolicked naked down the street if my version of the finale came to pass, and d) after five years of mediocre episodes, the ending was a blessing.
To be even more honest, I haven't followed the show in a long time, just caught episodes if "there was nothing else on". But back in the first few seasons I watched it regularly. Mostly because it was on before ER in its glory days of the ever-hot Clooney and "not already done" emergency room storylines... back in the days when my Thursday nights consisted of the "Must See NBC" lineup before I went out to "Loonie Thursdays" at Smoothies with the college gang and diluted my common sense with magic dollar-a-shot elixirs.
So I guess that after all is said and done, Friends had its place in my life and I enjoyed it while I did. The end was tame, overly lame and did not live up to my expectations, but its a sitcom... nuf said.
