Sure most of you have probably already heard this stuff before but I happened accross an article today on the MSN web site titled: Cliffhanger resolutions, new loves, final seasons & there was some interesting info about FRIENDS U can read about all the shows listed here http://www.msnbc.com/news/954989.asp?cp1=1
For those of you (like myself) who loved to be spoiled & you are looking for some factual info read below * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * The truly-final final season of "Friends" (remember when last season was supposed to be the last season?) will be only 18 episodes long instead of the usual 24. The shortfall will be made up with "classic" episodes (read: reruns) selected by viewers. (If "The One With the Embryos" - the episode where the girls and guys compete in a trivia contest and Rachel and Monica lose their apartment to Chandler and Joey - doesn't make the cut, there is no justice.) Writers promise that the Joey-Rachel-Ross love triangle will be resolved quickly, with Rachel and Joey definitively parted by the season's third episode. Aisha Tyler - who plays Charlie, the comely paleontologist over whom Ross and Joey competed toward the end of last season - will only appear in four or fewer episodes this season, suggesting that she will no longer be used as an impediment to Ross and Rachel's reunion (because if you really think the series will end without their getting back together, you must be unfamiliar with how TV works, and possibly Amish). Given their fertility problems last season, the show's final season should feature a storyline involving Monica and Chandler's efforts at adoption. And with Paul Rudd returning as Phoebe's boyfriend Mike for at least 10 of the season's 18 episodes, can it possibly be true that the writers will remember that Lisa Kudrow exists and come up with a meaty storyline for her? Finally, there's the Joey spinoff to set up; look forward to some contrivance that will force Joey to move to Los Angeles. Thursdays at 8 p.m. ET on NBC, 45-minute premiere Sept. 25. MSNBC is a joint venture of Microsoft and NBC. * * * * * * So there ya have it folks, I can't wait for the episodes to air even if there are only 18 of them
Kukie