I'm a sucker for nostalgia
Okay, so Monday night I catch that the 10:30 Friends on FOX is actually Part 1 of the Series Finale.
Now, I was a closet Friends fan. I used to find excuses not to go over to the guys' place on Thursdays until after it was over, as I knew they most of them hated the show on principle, and thus it woudn't be showing in their living room.
It's weird when you think about it... the show was on for 10 years, and those 10 years pretty much encompassed my entire high school and university career. I had people I considered some of my best friends in the world that I had "known" for half as long as the characters on that show....which really sounds kinda sad, when you say it out loud... but whatever.......
Point is: Friends was around for a pretty important part of my life, and really, for most people around my age, as it was the show to watch for a long time....
Now for the weird part. Since Monday showed Part 1, I assumed Tuesday was Part 2. I was right. And while I'm not sure why I feel the need to post about this, but I'm going to anyway....
Do you remember the part after Rachel gets on the plane, and Ross goes home to check his messages? He's listening to one from Rachel as she's trying to get off the plane... and then just after it ends without any resolution, you hear her say from off camera, "I got off the plane."
How sad is it that that exact moment (the first time through... not last night) is about the only time in the last 3 or 4 years that a single tear actually ran down my cheek?
I'm not suggesting that it wasn't incredibly well done, or emotional, or touching , or any of that bullshit.... but, seriously...... what the fuck?
Now, I was a closet Friends fan. I used to find excuses not to go over to the guys' place on Thursdays until after it was over, as I knew they most of them hated the show on principle, and thus it woudn't be showing in their living room.
It's weird when you think about it... the show was on for 10 years, and those 10 years pretty much encompassed my entire high school and university career. I had people I considered some of my best friends in the world that I had "known" for half as long as the characters on that show....which really sounds kinda sad, when you say it out loud... but whatever.......
Point is: Friends was around for a pretty important part of my life, and really, for most people around my age, as it was the show to watch for a long time....
Now for the weird part. Since Monday showed Part 1, I assumed Tuesday was Part 2. I was right. And while I'm not sure why I feel the need to post about this, but I'm going to anyway....
Do you remember the part after Rachel gets on the plane, and Ross goes home to check his messages? He's listening to one from Rachel as she's trying to get off the plane... and then just after it ends without any resolution, you hear her say from off camera, "I got off the plane."
How sad is it that that exact moment (the first time through... not last night) is about the only time in the last 3 or 4 years that a single tear actually ran down my cheek?
I'm not suggesting that it wasn't incredibly well done, or emotional, or touching , or any of that bullshit.... but, seriously...... what the fuck?
posted by Iain @ 11:07 PM
1 Comments:
At 1:38 PM,
Iain said…
Not a rerun.... the first time.
Geez.
PS: Not gay. Although maybe I do need to write about beer and hookers more.....
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