{"id":2733,"date":"2004-05-06T14:47:00","date_gmt":"2004-05-06T18:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/?p=2733"},"modified":"2021-06-03T14:49:05","modified_gmt":"2021-06-03T18:49:05","slug":"ill-be-in-syndication-for-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/2004\/05\/06\/ill-be-in-syndication-for-you\/","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;ll Be in Syndication for You"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/images\/tvbug.gif?resize=65%2C20&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"65\" height=\"20\">&nbsp; &nbsp; I&#8217;m writing about <i>Friends<\/i> mainly because I feel obligated to write about <i>Friends<\/i>. I can&#8217;t say I love the show, I can&#8217;t say I hate the show. I was never a fan, yet as far as I know I&#8217;ve seen every episode. So, yes, I&#8217;ll be watching the finale, but I can&#8217;t say I particularly care about how it all ends. I would have been happy enough ending the series when Chandler and Monica started their relationship. Everything since then has just been treading water; and all the most recent complications (Ross &#038; Rachel&#8217;s baby, Rachel &#038; Joey&#8217;s relationship, Phoebe&#8217;s abrupt marriage) have had a tinge of desperation to them, as the producers try to breathe life into the series but fall flat. However, I don&#8217;t want to end up trashing the show. It was likable enough and had an appealing cast. But to be perfectly honest, a big reason I&#8217;ve kept watching was just to gauge how chilly it was in Monica&#8217;s apartment.  \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; I&#8217;m writing about Friends mainly because I feel obligated to write about Friends. I can&#8217;t say I love the show, I can&#8217;t say I hate the show. I was never a fan, yet as far as I know &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/2004\/05\/06\/ill-be-in-syndication-for-you\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tv"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2733","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2733"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2733\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2735,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2733\/revisions\/2735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}