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' eighth season, which featured the birth of Ross and Rachel's baby and guest appearances by Brad Pitt, Sean Penn, Alec Baldwin, Marlo Thomas, Elliot Gould and Morgan Fairchild.

DVD Features:

Region 1
4-Disc Set - Digipak
Full Frame - 1.33
Single Side - Dual Layer
Audio:
Dolby Surround 5.0 - English
Subtitles - English - Closed Captioned
Subtitles - English, French, Spanish - Optional
Additional Release Material:
Audio Commentaries - Kevin S. Bright, Marta Kauffman, David Crane - Executive Producers
Featurettes - "Gunther Spills the Beans About Next Season"
Interviews - "Friends of FRIENDS Video Guestbook"
Outtakes - Gag Reel
Interactive Features:
Games - "Joey's Game Show Challenge"

Jennifer Aniston: American Actress, FRIENDS
Courteney Cox: American TV/Film Actress
Matt LeBlanc: Television actor; FRIENDS
Matthew Perry: 
Lisa Kudrow: American TV/Film Actress
David Schwimmer: TV/Film Actor/"Friends"