Says explained
The show says the lease was Monica's grandmother's, and rent-controlled leases did exist in New York. It is more plausible than it looks.
Created by David Crane, Marta Kauffman · 1994 · TV season · 8h 48m
Six friends in New York share apartments, a coffee shop and each other's bad decisions. Rachel runs out on her wedding and moves in with an old school friend.
Lower is better.
3 scenes flagged
3,000 ratings
Friends: Season 1 scores 0.7 dumb scenes per hour, which puts it in the No Yelling Required band. Lower is better. 1 of its 3 flagged scenes count toward that score, based on 3,000 ratings.
1 scene is Guilty (most viewers say dumb), 0 Contested and 2 Explained. Explained scenes do not count.
There are not enough scenes tagged with an episode yet to compare the early and late episodes.
The most common problems are “Geography / history error” (1 scene), “Inconsistent competence” (1 scene) and “Professional error: finance” (1 scene).
1 of 3 flagged scenes are tagged “Geography / history error”. It shows up regularly.
1 of 3 flagged scenes are tagged “Inconsistent competence”. It shows up regularly. The highest rated one is Why do the six friends spend working hours in a coffee shop?.
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