Review: A gauzy, tear-filled reunion for 'Friends' actors
The IndependentFor free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Toward the end of HBO Max's “Friends” reunion special, host James Corden asks the six actors to imagine what their characters' lives would be like today. You want to remember the magic of “Friends,” not the slog of the spinoff “Joey.” Actress Lisa Kudrow noted the show's creators, Marta Kauffman and David Crane, have said they worked hard to give every character a satisfying ending when the NBC sitcom went off the air in 2004. It's when you realize that for all the talent involved, “Friends: The Reunion” doesn't offer much more than television anniversary specials you've seen — and forgotten about — before. “But we're not going to wait this long to have a dinner.” Now that's something we wouldn't mind being a part of.