So since I gave you all the down low on Season One last week, I figured I’d keep the ball rolling and do the other seasons and just analyze them along the way. First things first, we last left Rachel in the airport awaiting Ross’s return to tell him she feels the same way he feels about her. Make that FELT about her. He’s getting off the plain with Julie, (by the way we hate Julie). Julie and Ross went to grad school together for paleontology and hit in off on their trip to China. Ross and her date for a while, but then later on in the season he figures out that Rachel is into him, via a drunk message she left him on another date claiming that she was “over him”. He replied, “When were you under me?”

Let’s pause for a second. I absolutely LOVE the writers of this show. We started out with two people who most fans wanted to get together after they shared their first kiss 3 episodes into the series. However, the writers cleverly manipulated the the characters, throwing obstacles such as Rachel’s ex husband, Italian guys, Julie, a cat, lists, and so many other things in the way of them getting together so when they finally do in “The One With the Prom Video”, it literally makes your heart jump out of your chest. See Lola’s Blog for details on the “Prom Video” episode.

So for Ross and Rachel, the rest of the season is them dating. Of course the two of them dating and they’re “firsts” as a couple are hilarious so if I haven’t convinced you already to check out the show, it’s awesome! As for everyone else, they aren’t just sitting back and watching the two “lobsters” fall in love. They had their own stuff to deal with. Monica began dating Richard, played by Tom Selleck, a friend of her parents who was 21 years older than her. They had an extremely serious relationship, however in the season finale, they decided to part ways because she wanted kids and he was done with that chapter of his life. Joey and Chandler’s friendship, or bromance, grew tremendously in this season. Joey got a job as Dr. Drake Ramoray on the popular soap Days of Our Lives, but after a fight with the writers of the soap, his character fell down an elevator shaft, because that happens all of the time in hospitals. Chandler starts falling for a girl he met online and when he finally decides to meet her at Central Perk, it turns out it’s Janice, and they get back together. Who’s left? Oh yeah, Phoebe. Phoebe doesn’t have such a prominent role in this season, but she does meet her half-brother Frank Jr. which will set her up for BIG things in the future, literally.

Well that’s about it for season two. This season was critically acclaimed as one of the best seasons of TV, ever. It ranks #31 on TV Guide’s Greatest Seasons of All Time list. It was overall the perfect set up for the rest of the series. It expanded all of the characters in depth and opened up a plethora of story lines, which were all picked up for the show’s remaining 8 seasons.