The series focuses on the friendship of three men and three women who frequently gather at each other�s apartments and share sofa space at Greenwich Village�s �Central Perk� coffeehouse. Monica (Cox Arquette) is a chef with an obsession for neatness and order in her life. She is also married to Chandler (Perry), a dry wit who is never at a loss for words. Across the hall is Chandler�s longtime roommate Joey (LeBlanc), an actor currently on �Days of our Lives� playing a man with a woman�s brain.
Sharing his apartment is Rachel (Aniston), Monica�s best friend from high school and former roomie. Rachel works for a fashion designer and is still trying to get by without help from her well-to-do father. Across the alley from Monica and Chandler is Monica�s hapless brother Ross (Schwimmer), a teacher who has been divorced three times, including once from Rachel following a reckless weekend in Las Vegas. Rounding out the circle of friends is Monica�s ex-roommate, Phoebe Buffay (Kudrow), an offbeat, eternally optimistic folk singer and massage therapist, who gave birth to triplets as a surrogate mother for her half-brother and his wife. |