Over the years, we have watched tons of sitcoms and some have just created magic. These sitcoms have helped us relax and get away from our day-to-day stress. However, sometimes we just reminisce about how some shows started and went on to be something different and how the cast and the characters grew with time. Some grew in their personal lives, while others grew in their professional lives but they did an amazing job in these sitcoms, which we will never forget.
Friends – Starting
Beginning with the iconic sitcom Friends, which was loved back in the 90s, it still gets a lot of love from every generation of audience. At the beginning of the show, we saw six characters, or we should say friends, Monica, Ross, Chandler, Rachel, Joey, and Phoebe, who were twenty-something and were making their way into careers, love, and friendships in NYC.
Friends – Ending
The end was tearful and heavy, as after getting married and adopting twins, Monica and Chandler moved to live their suburban lives, leaving behind the close-knit bond they created over the years. Ross and Rachel also rekindled their complicated relationship and stayed together and Phoebe, who always wanted a family, found one in Mike Hannigan as she married him. Joey remained single but was finally a successful actor.
Parks and Recreation – Starting
We saw Leslie Knope as an enthusiastic mid-level bureaucrat in the Parks Department in Pawnee, Indiana. So her work life included her quirky colleagues, Ron Swanson, Tom Haverford, Ann Perkins, and the naive Andy Dwyer, who worked as a team and gave us many hilarious scenes with perfect comic timing.
Parks and Recreation – Ending
These characters grew into beautiful souls by the end of the sitcom. Leslie achieves the best in her career as she becomes a high-level government official. Ron remains the same but even better as a friend, while, to our disbelief, Andy matures and becomes a responsible person. Then we saw Tom become a successful entrepreneur while Ann and Chris moved away to start their beautiful little family, as they showed at the end of the sitcom.
Will & Grace – Starting
We see the beautiful friendship between Will Truman, who is a gay lawyer, and Grace Adler, who is an interior designer, they have been living together and stayed through their ups and downs while trying to find the best in their careers, personal lives and love lives along with Jack and Karen by their sides.
Will & Grace – Ending
We saw, after many breakups and thicks and thins, Grace and Will both becoming wonderful single parents to their kids and once again living together and raising their kids. We see Jack become what he always wanted and achieve his dream of performing on Broadway, while Karen once again lives a wealthy and carefree life.
Scrubs – Starting
This medical sitcom has won many hearts over the years. We saw John “J.D.” Dorian, who is a medical intern and the lead of the show at Sacred Heart Hospital, and then his best friend Turk. Then we have some of our favorite characters, like Elliot, who is an intern, and our favorite mentor, Dr. Cox. With these being the cast, Scrubs has successfully shown us the lives of young doctors with less seriousness and a lot of laughter.
Will & Grace – Ending
At the end, we see J.D. and his bestie Turk becoming seasoned doctors, while Elliot is a mature and confident yet humble physician. And our favorite mentor, Dr. Cox, still guides us and has become the chief of medicine. The show ends with showing new interns, which takes us back to day one of the show and ends with a new generation of doctors.
The Big Bang Theory – Starting
Well, we began watching the show with four socially awkward friends and scientists, Sheldon, Leonard, Howard, and Raj, who are living their nerdy lives but also looking out for love and working on their social interaction skills. Then enter Sheldon and Leonard’s new neighbor, Penny, who is aspiring to be an actor and becomes acquainted with and then friends with these nerdy boys.
The Big Bang Theory – Ending
The show had a very beautiful and satisfactory ending where no one had to get apart from each other. We saw Leonard and Penny getting married and our most eccentric scientist, Sheldon, getting married to Amy. Howard and Bernadette have two children, while Raj is still looking around for love and a serious relationship. In the end, Sheldon receives a Nobel Prize and these close-knit bonds remain the same.
Full House – Starting
Full House is a beautiful show where we see the familial bond. Danny Tanner is a widower who is raising his three daughters, D.J., Stephanie, and Michelle, with the help of his best friend, Joey, and his brother-in-law, Jesse. We saw all of them growing into a beautiful family focusing on love and growth.
Full House – Ending
In the end, we saw the eldest daughter, D.J., graduate high school and pack her things to start her new life at college. Jesse and Rebecca have twin boys and Joey is finally successful in his career. Even though all of them grew in their lives, their love and the close-knit bond they created remained the same.
The Golden Girls – Starting
Well, old age can also be fun and not boring, just like they showed in The Golden Girls. We saw four elderly women, Dorothy, Rose, Blanche, and Sophie, live in a home in Miami where they enjoy themselves, live their lives according to their rules, and laugh with their hearts. We see the pure bond and love between these four women and how they overcome all the challenges of old age.
The Golden Girls – Ending
Dorothy, Rose, Blanche, and Sophie are still close and remain friends, although they have changed since Dorothy got married and moved away with her husband. But never mind, because physical distance doesn’t matter when you have your hearts knitted together. The other three women continue to live together happily.
Seinfeld – Starting
Jerry Seinfeld lives in New York and he is a comedian who, along with his friends George Costanza, Elaine Benes, and Cosmo Kramer, is living his normal life with many twists and turns.
Seinfeld – Ending
We see no such growth in either of the characters. In fact., in the finale episode, Jerry and his friends go behind bars for their selfish behavior. It turns out to be a satirical ending where we learn sometimes we need to change ourselves for the better if we do not want to land in problems.
The Office (US) – Starting
Just like the title suggests, The Office (US) is set in an office environment where we see Michael Scott, who is the socially awkward and often inappropriate regional manager of Dunder Mifflin’s Scranton branch. Then we see Jim, Pam, Dwight, and Ryan, and all of them have different personalities and dreams. Like Jim being the prankster while Pam dreams of becoming an artist, Dwight, and Ryan are overly dedicated and ambitious.
The Office (US) – Ending
After Michael Scott left Dunder Mifflin, we saw many changes in the series where Jim and Pam got married and made their own family with two beautiful kids. Dwight gets the position of regional manager and marries his love, Angela.
How I Met Your Mother – Starting
We saw Ted Mosby telling his kids the story about how he met their mother in the future. The rest of the show was a flashback where we saw young Ted Mosby, who was looking for love; Marshall and Lily having the perfect long-term relationship since college; Barney, a womanizer who doesn’t believe in love; and Barney, who is an independent woman. We saw them go through life struggles, various relationships, and heartbreaks.
How I Met Your Mother – Ending
We finally meet “The Mother,” Tracy McConnell, who has actually died, but Ted decides to make his children listen to his love story with their mother, and eventually Ted, his ex-girlfriend, and long-term friend Robin rekindles their love. Our beloved couple, Marshall and Lily, have a beautiful family together, while Barney has a daughter after a brief relationship.
