Main article: The Last One (Friends)

The cast became very emotional while filming the final episode. Jennifer Aniston explained, "We're like very delicate china right now, and we're speeding toward a brick wall."[53]The series' creators completed the first draft of the hour-long finale in January 2004, four months before its original airing. Crane, Kauffman and Bright watched the finales of other sitcoms to prepare the episode's outline, paying attention to what worked and what did not. They liked the ones which stayed true to the series, citing the finale of The Mary Tyler Moore montrer as the...

The main cast members were familiar to télévision viewers before their roles on Friends but were not considered stars.[11] Cox had the highest profil career of the main actors when she was initially cast, having appeared in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective and Family Ties.[11] Kudrow previously played Ursula Buffay on Mad About You, and reprised the dual role of twin sister Ursula as a recurring character during several episodes of Friends.[11] Before her role on Friends, Kudrow was an office manager and researcher for her father, a headache specialist.[15] LeBlanc had appeared as a minor character...