Ko te wāhanga tuatahi e whakamōhio ana i ngā pūāhua matua e ono: Rachel, Monica, Phoebe, Joey, Chandler, me Ross. Ka tae atu a Rachel ki Central Perk i muri i te waiho i tana kaumeahine Barry e tu ana i te aata. Ka neke atu ia ki tētahi whare me tana hoa kura tuarua. Ko Monica Ross, i aroha ki a Rachel mai i te kura tuarua, e ngana tonu ana ki te whakapuaki i ona kare i a ia. Heoi, he maha ngā ārai e tu ana i tōna ara, tae atu ki te mea kei te tatari ia i tētahi pēpi me tana wahine o mua, a Carol. Ka whanau ia i muri mai i te wa, ka tapaina te tamaiti ko Ben. Ko Joey he kaumeahine, he kaitākaro uaua hoki. Kei te mahi a Phoebe hei kaumeahine; he paku te haurangi ia no te mea i whakamomori tona whaea i a ia e tamariki ana. Heoi, ko te toenga o te roopu e aroha ana ki a ia. Ka wehe a Chandler i tana hoa wahine, a Janice (Maggie Wheeler).
Ko Rachel, ko Monica, ko Phoebe, ko Joey, ko Chandler, ko Ross