Friends From A to Z
Join Adele and Zoe discussing possibly the best TV programme ever made in Friends From A to Z. Episode by episode they dig into the detail, laugh at the best bits and call out what’s unusual or just plain weird twenty something years on in Friends Thru A Lens - plus they have condensed each episode into a limerick! Could a Friends podcast BE any better?
Episodes
105 episodes
FFAtoZ S5 Ep9 Ross' Sandwich
**Note that this episode was recorded before the untimely death of Matthew Perry**We had one of our favourite things with this episode: seeing it in a new light and with more layers than before. We learn that the edit choices around Ross...
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Season 5
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Episode 9
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37:24
FFAtoZ S5 Ep8 All The Thanksgivings
**Note that this episode was recorded before the untimely death of Matthew Perry** This is an easy favourite, with lots to love. There is also, though, a lot to forgive with several plot holes revealed through the discussion, but th...
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Season 5
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Episode 8
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41:47
FFAtoZ S5 Ep7 Ross Moves In
There’s a surprise in store for Zoe with a very special Epidimerick. There’s a lot of debate about possible explanations for very curious behaviour from Rachel, Zoe learns a new social hack and an iconic hand gesture takes the conversation from...
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Season 5
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Episode 7
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35:57
FFAtoZ S5 Ep6 The Yeti
Does Phoebe have any way of justifying wearing the fur coat? There's a discussion about a possible flaw in the Danny storyline - is Rachel really ready for this yet(i)? And Zoe blows Adele’s mind by spotting that Emily and Ross are Ross and Rac...
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Season 5
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Episode 6
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38:19
FFAtoZ S5 Ep5 The Kips
We're off to a racing start in this one with a cracking cold open and, despite it having a title that Zoe really (really!) doesn't like, it's jam packed full of fantastic laughs and stuff to discuss; Does Monica have the wrong idea of what a pe...
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Season 5
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Episode 5
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38:53
FFAtoZ S5 Ep4 Phoebe Hates PBS
Apologies to any US listeners who will cringe at our lack of knowledge about PBS, but hopefully that doesn't distract from the discussion too much! Adele wonders what the plan was for Emily if the actress hadn't got pregnant when she did (meani...
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Season 5
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Episode 4
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36:29
FFAtoZ S5 Ep3 The One Hundredth
It's The One Hundredth and that's not the only landmark thing about this episode. Elsewhere, Zoe reveals an improvised moment by Lisa Kudrow that never made it to air (understandably, when you know what it is!), we discuss why a tiny bump in th...
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Season 5
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Episode 3
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39:18
FFAtoZ S5 Ep2 All The Kissing
Important turning points here when another Rachel and Ross chapter closes, Monica and Chandler's story develops and Phoebe's life is about to change. We discuss why it's the right decision for Rachel to tell Ross she loves him, we find out what...
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Season 5
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Episode 2
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44:54
FFAtoZ S5 Ep 1 After Ross Said Rachel
We’re back for Season Five and what an opening episode - the resolution to one of the greatest end-of-season cliffhangers in television history. So much here to discuss including of course the big question of just what it *did* mean that Ross s...
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Season 5
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Episode 1
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37:44
FFAtoZ The Reunion
A feature length episode to cover everything that happened in The Reunion... and there was a lot! The memories! The tears! The surprises! The special guests! The table reads! The unseen footage! The list goes on... We discuss how much of the pl...
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1:03:49
FFAtoZ S4 Eps 23 & 24 Ross' Wedding
Christmas is a time for giving and, to round off the year, we’ve got an extended episode to cover off both parts of Ross’ wedding and two episodes means two epidimericks! We break down why these episodes are so beloved, which celebrity cameo is...
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Season 4
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Episode 23
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1:06:43
FFAtoZ S4 Ep22 TOW The Worst Best Man Ever
Two episodes (well, one and a half) for the price of one here because we’ve wrapped up TOW The Invitation with TOW The Worst Best Man Ever, because The Invitation has very little original content. However, this does mean we’re double-epidimeric...
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Season 4
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Episode 22
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50:33
FFAtoZ S4 Ep20 All The Wedding Dresses
It’s (another) one with the lockdown, which means we’re back on Zoom for our recording of this discussion (and the sound quality is a teeny bit affected by that). There’s a debate about whether the wedding dress storyline stands up to 2020 scru...
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Season 4
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Episode 20
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39:49
FFAtoZ S4 Ep9 All The Haste
This episode’s easy to love for so many reasons: echoes of TOW The Embryos, Joey and Chandler solid bromance moments and significant storyline progress. Despite that, it does raise many question: Is Rachel counter-intuitively the reason why Ros...
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Season 4
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Episode 19
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38:51
FFAtoZ S4 Ep18 Rachel's New Dress
There is one standout storyline in this episode which is undeniably great for a number of different reasons. Beyond that, there’s plenty of debate about ‘that’ dress - not just the dress itself but several questions about the set up and the out...
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Season 4
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Episode 18
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36:43
FFAtoZ S4 Ep17 The Free Porn
Interesting trivia right off the bat with this one and its main storyline, which also leads to a mass debate trying to make sense of a group of friends sitting around watching this particular type of TV channel. What does this tell us about how...
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Season 4
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Episode 17
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35:07
FFAtoZ S4 Ep16 The Fake Party
This one might contain a fake party, but it’s the real deal when it comes to Friends episodes. There’s a lot of appreciation for the quick-fire funny lines and for Jennifer Aniston’s tour-de-force performance. There are also lots of questions t...
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Season 4
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Episode 16
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39:39
FFAtoZ S4 Ep15 All The Rugby
There’s plenty to discuss about why this one gets the IMDB rating it has. Is it because 15 Yemen Road, Yemen is so iconic? Is it because Janice is back? Is it the shape-shifting accents that Emily’s rugby pals seem to have? In Friends Thru a Le...
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Season 4
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Episode 15
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39:52
FFAtoZ S4 Ep 14 Joey's Dirty Day
It’s fair to say this isn’t a favourite episode of Season 4 for Adele or Zoe or indeed the audience at large. That said, this is a really important one because we meet for the first time one of the most disruptive and memorable characters of al...
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Season 4
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Episode 14
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37:01
FFAtoZ S4 Ep13 Rachel's Crush
Not the most popular episode of Season 4, but given the real life trivia around this one, there’s a great deal to discuss. There’s an in-depth exploration of Joshua’s background and a hypothesis that Joey might have unwittingly helped us unders...
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Season 4
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Episode 13
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43:53
FFAtoZ S4 Ep12 The Embryos
Is there such a thing as 22 perfect minutes of television? Not only do we think so, but, arguably, THIS IS IT! This is not just a good episode of Friends, this is one of if not THE best episodes of Friends ever made. All of the many (many) feat...
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Season 4
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Episode 12
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37:10
FFAtoZ S4 Ep11 Phoebe's Uterus
Another one where the rankings differ between the people at large and the hosts - this time totally inexplicably because this is a great episode! All three storylines are not just funny but play a role in raising issues into mainstream culture ...
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Season 4
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Episode 11
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46:17
FFAtoZ S4 Ep 10 The Girl From Poughkeepsie
There’s a lot packed in to this one with four storylines and three of them scoring big points for great jokes (one not so much). We wonder whether the title of this one might explain the difference between our rating and the one on IMdB and Zoe...
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Season 4
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Episode 10
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36:38
FFAtoZ S4 Ep9 Where They're Going To Party
There are very mixed feelings about where this one ranks amongst the episodes of Season Four but no such disagreement with another favourite joke snap. Zoe’s initial insight into Rachel’s promotion storyline is surprising to Adele to say the le...
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Season 4
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Episode 9
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38:26
FFAtoZ S4 Ep8 Chandler In A Box
You may not expect a storyline with Chandler in a box to connect to mythology and ancient religious rituals but it does in Adele’s head. There might be only one hole in Chandler’s box but, one of the storylines has so many holes in its credibil...
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Season 4
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Episode 8
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42:55