Six TV shows to stream with your pals to celebrate Galentine's Day
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'The Way We Met'
(season 1, episode 25)
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Could you ask for any more comforting company than these grand dames of TV sitcoms? No, I think not. Treat yourself to this flashback episode, which tells the origin story of how Rose, Blanche, Dorothy (and her mother) came to live together in the first place.
Available to stream on Hulu.
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'St. Mark's'
(season 2, episode 10)
I could happily spend a whole weekend marathoning 'Broad City,' Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer's ode to female friendship, New York City, and all the ridiculous ways the twain can meet. But 'St. Mark's' is especially apt for Galentine's, with Ilana working her tail off to make Abbi's birthday extra special, to increasingly wild effect.
Available to stream on Hulu, Paramount+.
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'Injured'
(season 1, episode 15)
'Galentine's' may have originally been intended just for women, but why shouldn't men get to appreciate the bonds of friendship, too? Bonus points if they're as thoughtful and (perhaps overly) committed as the loft inhabitants of 'New Girl,' who come together in this episode to support one of their own while he waits for a potentially scary diagnosis.
Available to stream on Hulu, Peacock.
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'Some of My Best Friends Are Rhoda' (season 2, episode 23)
Mary's odd couple friendship with Rhoda formed a crucial spine for 'The Mary Tyler Moore Show.' Few episodes show why more than this one, in which Mary realizes that anyone who treats her friends badly — and/or outright discriminates against them — can be no friend of hers at all.
Available to stream on Hulu.
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'Ladies Lunch' (season 2, episode 13)
Amy, the jaded floor manager of NBC's big box store comedy, spent years resisting friendships with her co-workers. But when she needs her spirits lifted after separating from her husband, they nonetheless rise to the occasion with a 'ladies lunch,' albeit one that quickly unravels.
Available to stream on Hulu.
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'The Agony and the Ex-tacy' (season 4, episode 1)
'Sex and the City' had its fair share of relationship catastrophes; this episode alone features divorce, birthday no-shows, and a failed seduction of a Franciscan priest (Samantha, obviously). But there may be no more fitting line to sum up the spirit of Galentine's than Charlotte's heartfelt ask to her best friends that maybe, just maybe, 'we can be each other's soul mates.'
Available to stream on Max.
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