Friendship is the only form of relationship between humans that doesn’t define a set of procedures. You become real friends with someone without any given logic to it. There is no sense in which you will chose your friends, nor any set reasons. True friendship means to have each other’s back and be together through thick and thin. The following TV series will let you know just how deep and fantastic the bond of friendship can go. Friendship comes from impulse or luck, but never from something understandable.
The following TV series will let you glimpse into the the ways friends look out for each other. There may be the silent and no-words-are-needed kind of friendship, where there is a deeper level of insight. Or, you may have the chirpy and bubbly bond between people. Nonetheless, friendships goals set out by these TV shows will definitely warm your heart and make you call your own group of creatures that you call your buddies!
#1 Orange Is The New Black
More often than not, friendship around women are depicted to be a merely an overtly romanticized notion of a sleepover. Pop culture receive women’s friendship as something extremely feminine and far away from the depth of male friendships. However, Orange Is The New Black takes a fresh approach to sisterhood. This Netflix series, hailed as one of the best TV shows of all time, delves into the depths of female bonds and womanhood. The series focus on the lives of women prisoners in a penitentiary and how they survive there. More often that not, the only way to go through the hell that isolation and confinement has to offer is through friendship.
This TV shows presents friendship in stark contrast to the general stereotype. Whether it is playing pranks on new inmates or helping your friends score some contraband, Orange Is The New Black presents female friendship with the same vigor that pop culture presents male friendship goals. These women help each other overcome traumas, help each other realize their hidden depths and emotion and help each other score some cigarettes. Womanhood and friendship goes hand in hand in Orange Is The New Black and it is one of those TV shows that will make you realize just how important it is to have a girlfriend amidst the chaos of your life.
#2 Stranger Things
Stranger Things has garnered a large fan base due to its unique story line and the brilliant acting. The series follows a group of kids who tries to solve the mystery of their friend’s disappearance. We are introduced to a group of four boys in the 80s who are merely living their life when one of them, Will goes missing. Apparently he gets to an alternate reality and its upto his friends to save him.
The show features some of the finest and hilarious antics between friends. Stranger Things will make you laugh out loud and also give you jump scare. Yet most important of all here is the message of friendship that this TV series portrays, that makes it iconic. Will’s friends believe him to be in danger and it is through their effort that he get rescued. Stranger Things will definitely give you friendship goals and you will learn to appreciate the weirdness that exist between friends, because there are no conditions in friendship; you just accept them as they are. Ask Mike. He will say the same thing about Eleven (you’ll understand what we are referring to once you watch the series). Your welcome!
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#3 Sex And The City
This TV series has been representative of all the struggles career women go through. Amidst the chaos of dating life and career, friends are the only thing that keep you afloat. Carrie, Miranda, Samantha and Charlotte have each other and the city of New York at their disposal. They learn various life lessons and amidst the chaos that their life has to offer, their friendship survives many ups and downs.
Love takes second place over friendship for these four girls. Sex and the City will introduce you to these girls who are surviving the city life and making sure they help each other out. While they talk about fashion and gossips about their dating life, their friendship does run deeper than that. This TV series will give you many friendship goals. The most important of them: you never leave your friend in the time of need, even when they tell you to do so.
#4 Naruto
Naruto is an anime which was later adapted as TV series. It is one of the best TV series that chronicles the lives of ninja fighters in the imaginary village of Konoha. Naruto, the protagonist suffers through many hardship in order to become the most powerful fighter and the Hokage of the village(village leader). However, this TV series doesn’t merely charts Naruto’s growth as an individual.
Masashi Kishimoto, the creator of Naruto, have written the series with many deeper and significant meanings. Naruto has a nemesis, the gifted Sasuke, who is digressing towards a dark path of vengeance. Naruto gives many life lessons and teaches a few thing about friendship. The foremost of them is the love-hate relationship between Naruto and Sasuke. While initially they are primarily understood as black and white characters (the evil and the good), each with their own implications, they evolve as adults. You realize that the friendship runs deeper between them, even though they fight like rivals. Being a friend means always believing in your friends, seeking the best in them. Naruto and Sasuke will definitely give you friendship goals, since they always look out for each other. Even though one of them goes rogue, the other realizes the hidden anguish and pain and help his friend survive. Naruto is about forgiveness and self-actualization, and if you stay for long with this TV series, it is also about friendship and brotherhood.
#5 Grey’s Anatomy
You may ask what we can get from a medical drama regarding friendship. Grey’s Anatomy may be a serious TV series, but it has its quirks. The friendship that stands out in this TV show is between Meredith and Cristina. Both of them are doctors and keeps up the stressful job of working at hospitals. The respite we can get from all the heavy stuff in terms of comic humor comes from their antics as long time colleagues and friends. Both of them, along with other characters, go through many life changing decisions and incidents. What helps them survive this journey is the support of each other. Cristina and Meredith’s sisterhood is one of the many things that will keep you hooked up to this TV show, just like it has done for its large fan base. We hope you enjoy it.
#6 Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo
When you first start watching Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo, you will notice how group of friends become the family when you live away from home. This TV series chronicles the life of female weightlifter Kim Bok Joo, who is trying hard to be a weightlifter, an athlete and a woman. She, along with other two besties, have each other when all gets lonely and sad. This TV series is very warm in terms of portraying friendship, because the three friends always looks out for each other. They make fun of each other and most importantly, they eat together. A lot.
Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo portrays one of the best form of friendship: the supportive friends who are always your backups. Kim Bok Joo has her girlfriends to drink soju, fight rude men and lock heads with the overtly pretentious rhythmic gymnasts who always annoys them for no reasons. All in all, they have that “swaaeeg”. Don’t understand what we mean? Just watch the show and you to will bob your head to that swag!
#7 Gossip Girl
Serena and Blair are rich. They have money, They have expensive clothes, They have popularity. And they have each other. Well, in most cases. Nonetheless, those who have watched Gossip Girl will attest to the fact that Serena and Blair are friendship goals. No matter what the circumstance or their personal issues are, they both love each other and protect each other.
No matter how much they want to kill each other, Blair and Serena eventually realize each other’s worth and make up in the end. Like them or hate them, you know they will come for you together in the end when its time to fight!
#8 The Big Bang Theory
Well if friendship is not playing DnD, scoring new comic books and endlessly playing video games, we don’t know what it is. And it is more fun when it’s done by grown up adult men and not some kids or teenagers. Sheldon, Leonard, Raj and Howard may be your average nerds, but their friendship give astronomical goals. They might hate each other from time to time, but when it comes being a loyal friend, they have got each other’s back. Not only are we provided with a group’s dynamic, we also get to have significant pair of friends in Sheldon-Leonard and Raj-Howard.
Furthermore, as the show progresses, we are also made to see just how much awesome girl power can be in terms of friendship. Penny, Amy and Bernadette are the yin to the yang of friendship in The Big Bang Theory. They balance the moronic and hilarious antics of the men’s with some of their own. But you shouldn’t be worried, you will anyway enjoy the show. Oh, and please look out for Stuart, he may get some friends (we hope he does, lol).
#9 F.R.I.E.N.D.S
It is obligatory to talk about F.R.I.E.N.D.S. The TV series that redefined the art of sitcom and humor will always be a gift to fans across the world. You can expect friendship goals from a series named as F.R.I.E.N.D.S. Whether it is Ross’ grammar or Monica’s obsession with cleaning, this TV series hilariously place friends as someone who will accept you the way you are. There is a reason F.R.I.E.N.D.S is one of the best TV series of all time. If you haven’t watched it, you are seriously missing out on a lot of things. Don’t say that we haven’t warned you. F.R.I.E.N.D.S will be definitely up your alley when you realize the importance of friends in your life. They are your rock and become your other family. Monica, Ross, Chandler, Joey, Phoebe and Rachel will tell you all about it.
As cheesy as the saying “friendship is the ship that never sinks” is, you eventually realize that it’s not actually a lie. Friendship is something inexplicable. It doesn’t require the intricate nature of love nor the blatant disregard of hatred. Friendship will always be the universal relationship that binds us to another person. We hope you find some friendship goals to achieve after you watch these TV series. Have fun!
