As for favorite episodes, from ones I rated 9 and 10 on here (I categorize the scores by 9 as a show's all-timer, and 10 as among my all-time favorite episodes ever):
10/10
1. The One Where Everybody Finds Out
9/10
2. The One with the Embryos
3. The One with the Morning After (Schwimmer and especially Aniston here are so great)
4. The One with Ross's Sandwich
5. The One Where No One's Ready
6. The One with All the Resolutions
7. The One Where Ross Got High
8. The One with the Proposal
9. The One with Rachel's Going Away Party (l like this more than the series finale actually, as it's pure characters-oriented goodbye rather than plot-oriented one)
10. The One with the Two Parties
11. The One Where the Stripper Cries
12. The One Where Paul's the Man
Review by PongpengVIP 2BlockedParent2021-06-22T05:37:10Z
Just done with this. Although I can't say I love it as a whole series or among my favorite comedies, this is surprisingly sturdy the whole way through. Even its worst season (in its late run) has at least one great episode and a few very good ones sprinkled throughout. Above all though, this has to be among the most perfect comedy ensemble castings ever? Not a weak link here, which carries it some way through even at its worst writing. I've seen comment here and there that often singles out Kudrow at the only "real" actor of the cast, which must be career retrospective bias or otherwise it's insane, since all work so well individually and together from the start, and honing their skills over time as the series progresses and even as their characters become more caricatures. Ross as a character, for example, regresses bad around the time of his second marriage crumple in Season 5, but that conversely frees Schwimmer up for some of the best physical bits ever in the show.
Not ranking the cast (genuinely can't do it at the moment), but (alphabetic) praise for each:
Aniston - best dramatic acting
Cox - best (barely suppressed) manic energy
Kudrow - best throwaway airiness/non-sequiturs
LeBlanc - best facial expression/reaction
Perry - best line delivery
Schwimmer - best physical comedy