Friends to the End.

FRIENDS (TV program); ACTORS; ACTRESSES; ANISTON, Jennifer, 1969-; COX, Courteney, 1964-; LEBLANC, Matt, 1967-; KUDROW, Lisa, 1963-; PERRY, Matthew, 1969-2023; PITT, Brad, 1963-; SCHWIMMER, David, 1966-; WARNER Bros. Studio Stores (Company)

This article discusses the end of the television series "Friends" and the finale party that the cast had for it. As dinner parties go, the one held at a Beverly Hills mansion on Jan. 19 had a lot going for it: a warm host, great company and fine wine. Of course, it didn't hurt that the host was Jennifer Aniston, the setting was the $13.5 million home she shares with husband Brad Pitt, the guests were the cast and executive producers of Friends, and the wine--bottles of Haut-Brion--was vintage, bought during the show's first 1994-95 season. And with that, Friends' tightly knit friends--Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry and David Schwimmer--headed into their last week on the job, capped off with the Jan. 23 final taping on Stage 24 at the Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank. Sorry, Brad, but let's face it: You don't have to read the espresso grounds to know how it's going to end. Yet beyond the suspense of whether Ross will finally wind up with Rachel and whether Monica and Chandler will finally become parents--what do you think? There, after 10 seasons, dozens of hairstyles, gallons of lattes and a decade's worth of emotional ups and downs, the cast bid a teary farewell to Friends.