The original Friends television series contains 236 episodes.
Those episodes were broadcast across ten seasons from September 1994 through May 2004. The series followed the same six central characters throughout its run, while recurring characters and guest stars expanded the stories around them.
The total includes the two-part series finale, “The Last One,” which aired as the closing episode of the tenth season. Episode counts can vary in listings when a two-part story is treated as one broadcast or two separate installments, but the standard series total for Friends is 236 episodes.
Friends: The Reunion does not increase that total. The 2021 program is an unscripted reunion special rather than a new scripted season of the sitcom. The original series’ 236-episode count therefore refers only to the ten-season NBC sitcom, not later reunion programming or clips shown outside the original run.