Against the odds, that was a good read. As a 10-14 year old, when I watched it, I liked Friends. I don't know that I've seen an episode in the past 20 years.

Against the odds, that was a good read. As a 10-14 year old, when I watched it, I liked Friends. I don't know that I've seen an episode in the past 20 years. I cringe at the thought of it now. I certainly never noticed the motif of Ross as the intellectual victim of a Greek tragedy. But in retrospect, it sounds about right. I think the chances are much better that this TV sitcom triggered the downfall of the western evening TV lineup than all of civilization, though. :-)