All 6 ‘Friends’ Cast Members Reveal Their Favorite Episodes

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All 6 'Friends' Cast Members Reveal Their Favorite Episodes

Looking back with a smile. The cast of Friends has spoken out multiple times since the series ended in 2004, reminiscing about the show and its many memorable moments. Courteney Cox,  Jennifer Aniston, David Schwimmer, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry and Lisa Kudrow starred in 236 episodes over 10 seasons beginning in 1994. However, there were many favorite moments that didn't make it onscreen — like the cast breaking between scenes. "This one time I was with Courteney, and we were trying to find something to reference, an old Friends thing,” Aniston told Variety in June 2020. “And then we stumbled on — there are bloopers online — and we sat there at the computer like two nerds watching these bloopers laughing at ourselves." She also revealed she watches the show frequently when it's on and can't help but remember every time the cast made each other laugh between cuts. "Here’s what I love, is when I watch an episode, I’ll usually remember where we broke during the scene,” Aniston said to Kudrow at the time. “You and I would always get into these fits of laughter because you had this wonderful ability to — you were about to hit your punchline, and you would do this adorable thing where you would break. You would say the punchline, and you would always turn to the audience and say, ‘I’m sorry, it’s really funny.'" [jwplayer vry1tomM] However, each cast member has episodes that stick out to each of them in different ways. Kudrow and Aniston both said they hope that the entire cast can get together to watch the show as a group — which is why Kudrow hasn't watched much before. That said, she has a very good memory of "The One Where Everybody Finds Out," in which the group learns of Monica and Chandler's secret relationship. "I stole ['My eyes! My eyes!'] from Matthew Perry. That’s how Matthew Perry says things,” the Space Force actress said. “I actually asked his permission before we shot it. I was like, ‘I don’t know if you’ve seen the rehearsals, but I’m saying ‘My eyes! My eyes!’ the way you do. So I just need to know that that’s OK with you. If not, I’ll say it a different way.’ And he was like, ‘Yeah, go for it.'” Scroll through the gallery below for each actor's favorite episode. [podcast_block]

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Jennifer Aniston

During the James Burrows special in 2016, Aniston revealed she "always loved the flashback" episodes, referencing “The One With the Prom Video” in season 2 (which is also the lobster episode). "I always loved when we would flashback to fat Monica and Rachel pre-nose job and Ross with his Afro."

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Courteney Cox

"The One With the Blackout" is Cox's favorite, simply because of a scene with Ross. "I loved that. I loved the cat on [Ross’] back," she said during the 2016 show.

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Lisa Kudrow

Kudrow revealed in a 2014 Reddit AMA that her favorite episode was from season 8. "The Halloween party that Sean Penn appeared in," she said, referencing the sixth episode of the season. "For a lot of reasons. No. 1 was it was the first show we shot after 9/11. And that whole week, while driving in L.A., people would pull up, and give me a very sad look and a quiet 'thank you' for making them laugh."

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David Schwimmer

Although Schwimmer also loved filming "The One With the Blackout," in 2016 he revealed that "The One With the Holiday Armadillo" is important to him.

"I mean, it was really fun," he told Glamour of the episode, in which he dresses up as an armadillo instead of Santa to teach his son about Hanukkah. "I hope to one day show my daughter that episode."

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Matthew Perry

During an appearance on Good Morning America in 2017, Perry couldn't help but laugh when reliving one of his favorite moments, during "The One with Ross’ New Girlfriend." In the scene, Joey tells Chandler to go see his tailor. “He did my first suit when I was 15 ... No, wait, 16. No, excuse me, 15. When was 1990?” Chandler then responds, "OK, you have to stop the Q-tip when there’s resistance!"

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Matt LeBlanc

In 2012, LeBlanc revealed that his favorite episode was the two-part finale. "'The Last One' because of the sentimental value. That was a rough week," he told Glamour at the time. "That was really tough knowing that that was coming to an end. The greatest gig ever. That was really rough."