Friends season 3 explained

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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

Recurring cast

Guest stars

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 DetailsSpecial 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 1Region 2Region 4
April 1, 2003May 29, 2000October 4, 2006

Notes and References

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