Featured image: Matthew Perry in September 1995. Photo: Alan Light / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0.
The Lowdown
Leaving the famous faces out could have hollowed this out, but it makes Perry’s family the center of his own story. Expect plenty of Friends fans to watch with the tissues nearby.
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The Story
Variety’s review describes the series as a portrait of Perry’s decades-long struggle with substance abuse, leading to his death from a ketamine overdose in 2023, told through friends, family and former partners (Variety).
Perry’s younger half-sister, therapist Mia Perry Bowick, serves as the series’ central voice. Friends is represented by writer Jeff Strauss and former NBC Entertainment president Warren Littlefield (Variety). The Guardian also reviewed the series (The Guardian).
The docuseries closes with the circumstances of Perry’s death, which led to criminal convictions for his dealers and live-in assistant Kenneth Iwamasa, according to Variety (Variety).
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