Friends season 3 explained

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Num Episodes:	25
Network:	NBC
Prev Season:	Season 2
Next Season:	Season 4
Episode List:	List of Friends episodes
Season Number:	3

The third season of the American television sitcom Friends aired on NBC from September 19, 1996 to May 15, 1997.

The website Collider ranked the season #3 on their ranking of the ten Friends seasons.^[1] They wrote that the best episode of the season was "The One with the Morning After".

Cast and characters

See main article: List of Friends characters.

Main cast

• Jennifer Aniston as Rachel Green
• Courteney Cox as Monica Geller
• Lisa Kudrow as Phoebe Buffay
• Matt LeBlanc as Joey Tribbiani
• Matthew Perry as Chandler Bing
• David Schwimmer as Ross Geller

Recurring cast

• Maggie Wheeler as Janice Litman
• Jon Favreau as Pete Becker
• Steven Eckholdt as Mark Robinson
• Angela Featherstone as Chloe
• Giovanni Ribisi as Frank Buffay, Jr.
• Dina Meyer as Kate Miller
• James Michael Tyler as Gunther
• Teri Garr as Phoebe Abbott
• Jennifer Milmore as Lauren

Guest stars

• Tom Selleck as Richard Burke
• June Gable as Estelle Leonard
• David Arquette as Malcolm
• Christine Taylor as Bonnie
• Larry Hankin as Mr. Heckles
• Isabella Rossellini as herself
• E.G. Daily as Leslie
• Sherilyn Fenn as Ginger
• Robin Williams as Tomas
• Billy Crystal as Tim
• Ben Stiller as Tommy
• Matt Battaglia as Vince
• Robert Gant as Jason
• Suzanna Voltaire as Margha
• Sam McMurray as Doug
• Debra Jo Rupp as Alice
• James Hong as Hochi

Episodes

See also: List of Friends episodes.

Home media

The third season was officially released on DVD in region 1 on April 1, 2003, as a 4-disc DVD Box Set. The release includes the extended versions of every episode with footage not seen on their original NBC broadcast. Special Features include 3 audio commentaries with executive producers Kevin S. Bright, Marta Kaufmann and David Crane, a video guide to season three's guest stars, an interactive map of Joey and Chandler's apartment with inside stories from the crew, a trivia quiz and video character bios.For region 2, the release included the original NBC broadcast version of the episodes, and not the extended versions unlike the region 1 release.

Unlike the previous two seasons, Warner Bros didn't release Season 3 on Blu-ray individually, although it was released altogether with the rest of the series on the Complete Series Blu-ray releases; in this releases, season 3 episodes are presented in their original NBC broadcast versions and does not include the extra deleted scenes and jokes that were included in the DVD version. Additional audio & subtitle tracks are also included with this releases.

Friends: The Complete Third Season
Set Details			Special Features
25 episodes 4-disc set (DVD) 2-discs (Blu-ray) English (Dolby 5.0 Surround) (DVD) English (Dolby Digital 5.1) (Blu-ray) English, French & Spanish subtitles Audio Commentaries 587 minutes (DVD) 569 minutes (Blu-ray)			Over 20 minutes of Never-Before-Seen footage included on every episode (DVD Only) Producers Commentary on 3 episodes: "The One Where No One's Ready", "The One with the Football" and "The One with the Morning After" Tour of Joey and Chandler's Bachelor Pad: Interactive Map (DVD Only) Friends of Friends: Video Guestbook Trivia Quiz: "Ross and Rachel: On a Break?" (DVD Only) What's Up With Your Friends: Video Character Bios
Release Dates
Region 1		Region 2		Region 4
April 1, 2003		May 29, 2000		October 4, 2006

Notes and References

1. Web site: 'Friends' Seasons Ranked from Worst to Best. Adam. Chitwood. . December 26, 2019.