The ’90s were arguably the decade with the best sitcom shows, and the series that perhaps defined that era the most was Friends. If you want to hang out with Ross, Rachel, Monica, Joey, Chandler, and Phoebe in 4K resolution, check out Amazon’s Cyber Monday deal on the newly released box set before it’s gone. Friends: The Complete Series is on sale for $144, down from $250. Amazon also has the standard Blu-ray collection on sale for only $40, in case you don’t mind hanging out with Friends in 1080p/
Friends: The Complete Series released on September 24 in celebration of the show’s 30th anniversary. The 4K box set includes the full 236-episode, 10-season run. Friends debuted in September 1994 and came to a close in 2004. All told, this box set has over 86 hours of content across 23 4K Blu-ray discs and two 1080p Blu-ray discs filled with bonus features.
This set also includes 25 audio commentaries with the show’s executive producers. The commentaries are spread across the 4K discs, while the rest of the bonus features are found on the two bonus discs. Friends. Most of the special features were included in the standard Blu-ray version of the series, but there are a few new extras, including a trivia game and featurette focused on props from the show.
All told, you’re getting over 20 hours of bonus extras, not including the episodes with optional audio commentary tracks. Here’s what’s included on the bonus discs:
Friends: The Complete Series Special Features
- 4K Discs:
- Audio commentaries for 25 episodes
Blu-ray Disc 1 (Seasons 1-5):
- Friends: Through the Peephole – New Featurette
- How Well Do You Know Your Friends – New Trivia Game
- True Friends Documentaries – Friends From the Start, When Friends Become Family, The Legacy of Friends
- Friends of Friends – Seasons 1-4
- What’s Up with Your Friends? – Seasons 1-4
- “Smelly Cat” Music Video
- Friends Around the World
- The One that Goes Behind the Scenes
- Friends on Location in London
- Gunther Spills the Beans (Season 6)
- Season 2 Trailer
Blu-ray Disc 2 (Seasons 6-10):
- Friends of Friends – Seasons 6, 7, 8, 10
- Friends: Final Thoughts
- Extended Cuts of Four Episodes
- Behind the Style: The Look of Friends
- Gunther Spills the Beans About Next Season (Seasons 7-10)
- “Phoebe Battles the Pink Robots” Music Video
- “Joey Joey” Music Video
- Gag Reels
It’s worth noting that the 1080p Blu-ray collection of Friends from 2017 is available for $57.
Another one of the defining sitcoms of the ’90s, Seinfeld, is releasing on 4K Blu-ray on December 17. Seinfeld: The Complete Series on 4K Blu-ray comes packaged in a very similar box as Friends and is available to preorder for $220 (was $250) at Amazon. Seinfeld has never been released on Blu-ray, let alone 4K Blu-ray. The standard Blu-ray edition of the box set releases the same day and is up for preorder for $133 (was $150).
