Overview
- Harper’s Bazaar’s Nov. 24 list names Friends’ Season 6 “The One Where Ross Got High” the top Thanksgiving episode and highlights other acclaimed entries including Master of None’s Emmy-winning “Thanksgiving.”
- TV Insider’s Nov. 24 ranking crowns “The One with All the Thanksgivings” and places the Season 7 holiday episode outside its top tier, signaling divergent critical pecking orders this season.
- A Nov. 23 Collider essay argues the Season 7 installment marked a shift from high-energy antics to slower, more emotionally open, slice-of-life storytelling.
- Across outlets, Friends is framed as a perennial Thanksgiving touchstone, with marathons and streaming access keeping its holiday episodes in heavy rotation.
- Critics use these rewatch guides to trace how later seasons foreground gentler character moments and maturation over broad hijinks.