Friends
- The Complete Second Season
In addition to scoring one of the biggest surprise hits
in television history, NBC generated a veritable pop culture phenomenon
with its twentysomething sitcom smash FRIENDS. Set in New York City, the
series chronicled the lives of six best friends as they navigated through
the ups and downs of romance and career from the confines of their local
coffee shop and some pretty fabulous Manhattan apartments. While the
series originally rode to success on the coattails of its Thursday night
predecessor SEINFELD, what differentiated FRIENDS from the rash of copycat
sitcoms that followed--and made it a bona fide hit in its own right--was
the unique chemistry of its fine ensemble cast: Courtney Cox as neurotic
clean freak Monica; David Schwimmer as her endearingly hangdog brother
Ross; Matt LeBlanc as none-too-bright actor-wannabe Joey Tribbiani;
Matthew Perry as sarcastic computer programmer Chandler Bing; Lisa Kudrow
as goofy new-age free spirit Phoebe Buffay; and, of course, Jennifer
Aniston as reformed spoiled rich girl Rachel Green (whose highly
influential fashion sense launched a thousand hairstyles). This collection
includes every episode from the popular series' second season, which
featured guest appearances by Elliott Gould, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Chris
Isaak, Julia Roberts, and Brooke Shields, whose performance secured her a
sitcom of her own, SUDDENLY SUSAN.