Home > Friends From College > Season 1 « TV Series Page Friends From College: Season 1 (2017) SEASON: Season 1 Season 1 Season 2 Episode List All Critics | Top Critics TOMATOMETER 24% Average Rating: 4.78/10 Season Reviews: 62 Fresh: 15 Rotten: 47 Critics Consensus: Even a cast of talented comedic actors can't keep Friends from College from being anything but underwhelming. 8% Average Rating: 3.91/10 Season Reviews: 23 Fresh: 2 Rotten: 21 Critics Consensus: No consensus yet. Critic Consensus: Even a cast of talented comedic actors can't keep Friends from College from being anything but underwhelming. AUDIENCE SCORE 77% liked it Average Rating: 3.9/5 User Ratings: 809 ADD YOUR RATING - NOT INTERESTED + WANT TO SEE Share on Facebook Post Want to See Not Interested Add Rating My Rating × Want to See Not Interested Post Share on Facebook Episodes 1 Welcome to New York Air date: Jul 14, 2017 Lisa and Ethan move to New York, reconnect with old college friends and learn that some secrets are harder to keep than others. -- (C) NETFLIX More 2 Connecticut House Air date: Jul 14, 2017 Lisa's new career gets off to a dubious start. Meanwhile, Marianne prepares for a play and Ethan proves himself a less-than-stellar petsitter. -- (C) NETFLIX More 3 All-Nighter Air date: Jul 14, 2017 Facing a brutal deadline, Ethan brainstorms ideas for his Y.A. novel. Meanwhile, Sam, Lisa and Marianne meet some admirers out on the town. -- (C) NETFLIX More 4 Mission Impossible Air date: Jul 14, 2017 Ethan and Lisa run the gauntlet to ensure their IVF is a success. Max and Felix celebrate a special occasion. Sam opens up. -- (C) NETFLIX More 5 Party Bus Air date: Jul 14, 2017 Ethan organizes a wine-tasting trip for his wife and friends, but his perfectly planned excursion hits a few bumps in the road. -- (C) NETFLIX More 6 Second Wedding Air date: Jul 14, 2017 Tensions flare, suspicions grow and mics drop at a lavish wedding reception, where Ethan takes his new persona out for a spin. -- (C) NETFLIX More 7 Grand Cayman Air date: Jul 14, 2017 Lisa makes a big decision, Ethan and Sam reminisce about old times, Nick plays a prank, and Max makes an awkward confession. -- (C) NETFLIX More 8 A Night of Surprises Air date: Jul 14, 2017 The gang gets together to celebrate Sam's 40th birthday, where Lisa suffers a crisis of conscience and Nick's announcement catches everyone off guard. -- (C) NETFLIX More Friends From College: Season 1 Videos 1:11 Friends from College: Season 1 "Do The Drugs" Teaser 0:44 Friends from College: Season 1 "Scientology" Teaser 0:59 Friends from College: Season 1 "Pharmacy" Teaser 0:42 Friends From College: Season 1 "Girls Night Out" Teaser 0:26 Friends from College: Season 1 "Gym" Teaser 2:33 Friends From College: Season 1 Trailer View All Videos (6) Friends From College: Season 1 Photos View All Photos (17) Tv Season Info Series 1 of the comedy followingthe lives of a group ofuniversity friends in their 40s. Genre: Comedy Network: Netflix Premiere Date: Jul 14, 2017 Cast Keegan-Michael Key as Ethan Cobie Smulders as Lisa Annie Parisse as Sam Nat Faxon as Nick Fred Savage as Max Jae Suh Park as Marianne Billy Eichner as Felix Show More Cast News & Interviews for Friends From College: Season 1 2018 NAACP Image Award Winners: Girls Trip Wins Outstanding Motion Picture 2018 NAACP Image Award Nominations 2017 Spring/Summer TV Premiere Dates View All Friends From College: Season 1 News Episodes 1 Welcome to New York Air date: Jul 14, 2017 Lisa and Ethan move to New York, reconnect with old college friends and learn that some secrets are harder to keep than others. -- (C) NETFLIX More 2 Connecticut House Air date: Jul 14, 2017 Lisa's new career gets off to a dubious start. Meanwhile, Marianne prepares for a play and Ethan proves himself a less-than-stellar petsitter. -- (C) NETFLIX More 3 All-Nighter Air date: Jul 14, 2017 Facing a brutal deadline, Ethan brainstorms ideas for his Y.A. novel. Meanwhile, Sam, Lisa and Marianne meet some admirers out on the town. -- (C) NETFLIX More 4 Mission Impossible Air date: Jul 14, 2017 Ethan and Lisa run the gauntlet to ensure their IVF is a success. Max and Felix celebrate a special occasion. Sam opens up. -- (C) NETFLIX More 5 Party Bus Air date: Jul 14, 2017 Ethan organizes a wine-tasting trip for his wife and friends, but his perfectly planned excursion hits a few bumps in the road. -- (C) NETFLIX More 6 Second Wedding Air date: Jul 14, 2017 Tensions flare, suspicions grow and mics drop at a lavish wedding reception, where Ethan takes his new persona out for a spin. -- (C) NETFLIX More 7 Grand Cayman Air date: Jul 14, 2017 Lisa makes a big decision, Ethan and Sam reminisce about old times, Nick plays a prank, and Max makes an awkward confession. -- (C) NETFLIX More 8 A Night of Surprises Air date: Jul 14, 2017 The gang gets together to celebrate Sam's 40th birthday, where Lisa suffers a crisis of conscience and Nick's announcement catches everyone off guard. -- (C) NETFLIX More Critic Reviews for Friends From College Season 1 All Critics (62) | Top Critics (23) | Fresh (15) | Rotten (47) It was not secretly good, though it may have had some good-enough things about it. It was bad. Dec 19, 2017 | Full Review… Willa Paskin Slate Top Critic Keegan-Michael Key? Cobie Smulders? Billy Eichner? What's not to like? Mostly this. Jul 12, 2017 | Rating: C | Full Review… Verne Gay Newsday Top Critic The overwhelming mark against Friends From College is it's asking you to spend time with a group of hopeless people, and finding humour in their shortcomings says a little something about us. Jul 19, 2017 | Full Review… Wenlei Ma News.com.au Top Critic For all its good intentions, Friends from College never rises above undergraduate puerility. Jul 17, 2017 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review… Ed Power Daily Telegraph (UK) Top Critic The show's biggest crime is that it overestimates its audience's tolerance for watching people screw up. Jul 17, 2017 | Full Review… Sophie Gilbert The Atlantic Top Critic The cast dynamic of Friends From College doesn't support Eichner's most common on-screen characteristics or the diminished versions demanded here. Jul 14, 2017 | Rating: C | Full Review… Ben Travers indieWire Top Critic Good intentions, solid plot buzzwords and a talented enough cast only further accentuate how flawed the show is. Nov 2, 2018 | Rating: 1.5/4 | Full Review… Christopher James AwardsCircuit.com Friends from College is almost like a piece of experimental television, testing the audience on how it reacts to an array of unlikable characters and situations that don't culminate in big laughs. Oct 30, 2018 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review… Sean Mulvihill FanboyNation.com Friends from College is just emotional enough to see certain characters in a different light, and it's just funny enough to almost let their questionable behavior slide. Aug 26, 2018 | Full Review… Kiera Allen Daily Journal (Kankakee, IL) Disconcerting and frustrating almost like a class reunion. [Full Review in Spanish] Jul 9, 2018 | Full Review… Natalia Marcos El Pais (Spain) View All Critic Reviews (62) Audience Reviews for Friends From College: Season 1 Television shows like this have been around forever. Whether you think back to shows like Cheers, Friends, or even recent ones like That 70's Show or The Big Bang Theory, friends and relationships have always been an easy sell for mainstream audiences. While Friends from College definitely doesn't break any new ground for the genre, there's definitely an audience for this new Netflix series. As far as sitcoms go, this is about as middle-of-the-road as you can possibly get, but it really all comes down to the characters and whether they are relatable enough to hold your interest. This is not a show I'll probably ever feel like revisiting, but the first season is only four hours long, so I can't see anyone complaining too much if they throw something like this on during their free time. It's not that Friends from College is a bad show, but here's why it's not very memorable. A down-on-their luck couple returns to their hometown in order to live with some of their friends from college as they get back on their feet. Flings begin to circulate throughout some of the friendships and many hearts will likely be broken by the end of the season. That's the basic outline of this first season and it's just as predictable as that description is. The most disappointing aspect about this show is the fact that I enjoyed watching every single one of the actors/actresses converse on-screen together, but none of them felt like they were being given enough to truly showcase their talent. Most notably Keegan-Michael Key, who is one of the most talented of the entire cast, feels like he is overdoing some portions of his character, because the script was too under-written. The standout portion of this first season was the interaction and believability of the friendship between Ethan (Keegan-Michael Key) and Max (Fred Savage), because it felt real. Their bond that grows even more throughout the duration of these first eight episodes is terrifically performed, enhancing the rest of the cast around them. Every time these two were on-screen together, it raised the enjoyability level for me. The rest of the cast plays off of them very well and that is easily the best aspect about this show. Sure, the scenarios are relatable, but it's the characters themselves that feel the most true to life. This was a slightly frustrating first season to sit through, because the first episode felt very average, but I enjoyed the characters enough to continue onto the second. The second and third episodes seemed to have a much brisker pace to them and I found myself laughing quite a bit. Sadly, after the first few episodes is when the show becomes too predictable to fully enjoy. Each episode becomes more and more predictable than the last, making for a very disappointing conclusion that really has me on the fence about wanting to continue watching if this show ever gets renewed. This is about as mediocre as you can get. In the end, it does seem like I'm bashing this show more than I'm praising it, which may be true, but only due to the fact that there's nothing fresh about it. The performances and scenarios are still all very enjoyable and those aspects held my interest the entire way through the first season. Friend from College definitely has its funny moments and some viewers may even come out of this season loving the comedic aspect, but other than these positives, it's just a predictable sitcom from start to finish. You can see the cliffhanger coming from a mile away and it's probably going to be difficult to hook you for season two, but I also can't say it's a bad show in any way. Friends from College is average at its best and equally average at its worst. KJP Super Reviewer View All News & Features 150 Erotic Movies Ranked worst to best! 2019's Most Anticipated 63 movies coming up this year 200 Essential Movies Chosen by RT staff! 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