A farkon kakar an gabatar da manyan haruffa guda shida: Rachel, Monica, Phoebe, Joey, Chandler, da Ross. Rachel ta isa Central Perk bayan ta bar dan uwanta Barry yana tsaye a bagaden. Ta koma wani gida tare da abokinta na makarantar sakandare. Monica Ross, wanda ke da sha'awar Rachel tun lokacin da yake makarantar sakandare, yana ƙoƙari ya bayyana jin dadinsa a gare ta. Duk da haka, matsaloli da yawa sun tsaya a hanyarsa, ciki har da gaskiyar cewa yana jiran jariri tare da tsohuwar matarsa, Carol. Ta haifa daga baya a kakar kuma ta kira sunan yaro Ben. Joey dan wasa ne mai fama da gwagwarmaya. Phoebe yana aiki a matsayin masseuse; tana da ɗan hauka saboda mahaifiyarta ta kashe kanta lokacin da take yaro. Duk da haka, sauran ƙungiyar suna son ta ba tare da la'akari ba. Chandler ya rabu da budurwarsa, Janice (Maggie Wheeler).
Rachel, Monica, Phoebe, Joey, Chandler, da kuma Ross