And throughout the sitcoms 10-year, incredibly successful run, only once did the show make a major move.
It was the end of season 4, and Ross was getting married … in London.
There was an organic possibility there because Ross was dating someone who was British.

Matthew Perry and Courteney Cox on Friends.Credit: NBC
Some really,reallygood story stuff.
And then we shot the rest of it on a stage in London and actually did it three times.
Normally you would only do a show once but we did three performances of it because why not?
Then there was the Monica and Chandler of it all.
Then the more we explored it, the more stories it provided and it really reinvigorated the show.
And it all started the instant Monica pulled back the covers to reveal she was in Chandlers bed.
They went crazy and we had to, for the running time of the show, pare it down.
It had a different vibe, Crane says.
The studio had a bar.
That was like, Wow, okay, were having beer while were making the show!
I guess thats a thing here!'