A few hours ago, the awaited episode "Friends: The Reunion" was shown on the HBO Max platform, which was expected about a year ago.

That is, when the platform was opened, but the Corona epidemic "Covid-19" and the precautionary measures caused this great delay, but that did not diminish the enthusiasm of the viewers and fans of the series, to quickly become the episode Trenda on the social networking site Twitter.

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The Friends series was shown for 10 years between 1994 and 2004, and during this decade it achieved success and popularity that no previous or even subsequent television work had reached, so its six actors became true friends of millions of viewers around the world, with a huge number of views, as the number reached Viewers of the final episode - when it premiered in the United States - reached 52 million viewers.

With the end of the series, the makers announced that they would not return to it, whether in a movie or in later seasons, which broke the heart of many, but at the same time they accepted that the warm ending presented by the last episodes should not be spoiled by any attempt to complete.

Therefore, when the reunion episode was announced, it was confirmed more than once that it would not be a continuation of the events, and the characters that we are accustomed to from Monica, her brother Ross, her husband Chandler and the rest of the friends Rachel, Joy and Phoebe will not appear, but the six actors will appear with their real personalities.

David Schwimmer, Matt Lee Blank, Matthew Perry, Courtney Cox, Jennifer Aniston, and Lisa Kudrow, which definitely disappointed some fans of the series.

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The reunion episode lasted an hour and 43 minutes, and included several main axes that were moved between them through montage, the first of which is the return of the actors to the original studio that was rebuilt, and a meeting between them, which is the second meeting in which they meet together in full since the end of the series, and the second axis is a dialogue with Actors, and the third axis is a reading session for some of the most important scenes in the series, where the actors relive old moments and re-introduce scenes again.

Alignment is the title of the episode

The episode was dominated by a feeling that was a mixture of sadness and happiness, since the six actors entered the studio one after the other, starting with the feelings of the actors themselves who had not actually met for a relatively long time, and secondly that the usual viewer had not seen the studio in its full form before, which is formed. Of different rooms close to each other, although these details may break the illusion among fans of the series;

In fact, it reinforced the feeling of nostalgia.

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But at the same time, the episode did not represent a mere manipulation of the feelings of the viewers dedicated to the series, but rather presented many information that they may not have known before, such as the idea behind its production in the first place, the details of the selection of actors, the atmosphere of the filming, but the method of filming itself with the viewers inside The studio or theater, as they are called, is a detail that some relatively young viewers of the series may not imagine and who did not know the way these works were filmed in the nineties and the beginning of the millennium with the presence of a present audience interacting instantly with the actors.

Shooting this way puts an extra burden on actors who face two types of acting;

The first is television, with various replays of scenes when needed, and the second is theatrical, which requires communication with the audience in the theater at all times.

Explaining these technical details was not heavy during the final reunion.

It was mixed with many scenes re-filmed during the series, and the reactions of the actors at the present time to these scenes.

One of the best parts of the episode was that the actors spoke candidly about their feelings during filming of the series.

Of enthusiasm, love, anxiety and fear of this resounding success, and how these ten years have shaped not only their future;

But their feelings and maturity, during which they turned into true friends.

The epilogue of the episode comes by reviewing the final episode of the series, and explaining how the makers chose this very touching and warm farewell, which left viewers reassured about their favorite characters, and at the same time how this ending was reflected in the feelings of the actors who cried in the last moments as the characters they represented cried over the end of a decade Full of their lives.

And as Marta Kaufman - the writer of the series and a participant in its main idea - said, "This series is about the age at which friends become the real family of a person," and thus explained the end of the series that it was the natural stage that the six characters had to go through when they began to form their own families. Therefore, the friendship role recedes a little back, and the six actors imagine the future that these characters went through later, so Monica raises her twin children, Ross and Rachel marry and have more children, and Phoebe settles with her husband Mike and their children in Connecticut, while Matt LeBlanc adds the character Joy The comedic touch by announcing that he will open a restaurant for the sandwiches he is famous for eating in the series.

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The reunion episode achieved its goal, and made viewers relive the memories of the series, which millions matured while watching it, and at the same time it will open the door to re-watch the ten seasons, and perhaps - as happened years ago when the show on "Netflix") - friends will gain viewers from New generations due to "reunification".