Today, a mammoth way to watch "Friends" online has arrived Yes, Friends left Netflix earlier this year (and they continue to pivot in limbo while we wait for HBO Max to launch in May), but all episodes of Friends will begin streaming in just a few minutes

Since we're all looking for more things to stream right now, it's only natural that TBS (the channel within Warner Media that is launching HBO Max) would give us the chance to watch all Friends as much as we want

Yes, somehow, "Friends" is once again all the rage among kids Originally the cornerstone of NBC's Thursday night "Must See TV" lineup, taking over for "My Neighbor Seinfeld," "Friends" has found a second life on Netflix

The new marathon begins on Monday, April 20 (and ends on Monday, May 18), and Friends fills the 10 am to 4 pm hour on TBS; as TBS stated in an email to the press, "This month-long marathon will begin with episode 1 and continue through episode 236 It will continue throughout"

And before it begins, there will be a limited commercial intermission presentation of five episodes of "Friends" on Saturday at 10 am, also on TBS Similarly, the TBS app and TBScom will present five episodes per week, organized by theme These episodes will be locked behind a paywall and logged in with pay-per-view subscription information

This is all Act II or III of the hit 1990s show, which will be followed by a reunion special on HBO Max when the cast can all be in the same room Here's everything you need to watch Friends online:

If you're traveling right now and Sling or TBS isn't available where you are, you're not out of luck; with a VPN, you can watch Friends online with streaming service and set it up virtually anywhere that supports it

After testing a variety of services, the best VPN overall is ExpressVPN; we like the combination of performance and customer support we get from ExpressVPN, and the cost is low if you sign up for the annual service

If you don't want to pay for each season, live TV streaming and cloud DVR can be a great solution for watching Friends online [For example, Sling TV, one of the best streaming services, includes a cloud-based DVR It's probably the most affordable way to watch Friends live online, discounted up to $20 for the first month

Of course, if you want a service with more cloud DVR capacity, Hulu with Live TV and YouTube TV both have attractive offers The former has a great selection of original programming, and the latter has unlimited DVR capacity (though not forever, as recordings are deleted after nine months)

Unfortunately, there is no easy way to stream every episode of "Friends" online with a simple monthly subscription There is, however, a way to purchase the episodes or seasons you want to watch

You can find shows and episodes of "Friends" on services such as Google Play and Sony's PlayStation Store You can pay for an episode or you can pay for an entire season Either way, it can be somewhat expensive

Here is a breakdown of how to find shows and episodes of Friends and how much they cost

It may be a heavy load Friends spanned 10 seasons and 236 episodes Purchasing all 10 seasons would cost about $200 total That's a big difference from the $10 a month I was paying Netflix to access "Friends" and countless other series and movies

Finding a way to watch "Friends" online is a bit difficult right now, but a great solution is coming in May: HBO Max [33] [34] This streaming service from Warner Media promises to house not only HBO content, but also movies and series from Warner Bros, TNT, TBS, and countless others The service will also feature a number of original series; it will cost $1499 per month when it launches in May

Warner Media has announced plans to exclusively stream "Friends" upon the launch of HBO Max If you can bear to pay for yet another streaming service, HBO Max will offer a much more cost-effective way to watch the series