That "break"? It's over It's time to watch Friends Reunion online at HBO Maxx and catch up with the six New Yorkers who have long dominated the best couch in Central Park The special is a mix of pre-recorded scenes of the group getting older and reunion-style content with the cast chatting about it all

Even if no one told you life would turn out this way, if you've been so detached from society that your social life is falling apart, there's Friends Reunion for you Even the staff who made fun of the show are planning to watch it What better way to spend your time than watching the cast of the 90s hit show reunite, more than 17 years after it went off the air?

The special will include an episode that will have the cast laughing hysterically, "The One Where Everybody Finds Out!" will also feature a table read of the show

In the US, "Friends Reunion" began streaming on HBO Max on May 27 at 3 am ET Want to give it a try? Here is the trailer

The HBO Max app is available for Roku, Apple TV, iPhone, iPad, Android devices and Android TV, Chromecast, Fire TV, Playstation 4 and PS5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S, Samsung TV (since 2016), Chrome, Firefox and Safari web browsers

Good news for Great White North neighbors! You don't have to wait in the cold for Rachel to get off shift: the reunion airs on HBO Max on May 27, the same day

If you're in the UK, you can watch Friends: The Reunion now via NOW, which launches at 8:02am BST, while Sky One also has a "live" broadcast of the Friends special today (May 27) at 8pm BST on NOW has been moved up to avoid spoilers from the US for UK viewers; on Binge, it will air on May 27

In the Friends Reunion trailer, the cast can be seen emerging to applause from the live audience and entering the set with the original theme song and the fountain and sofa that appear in the opening credits Yes, Rembrandt's "I'll Be There for You" is still there for the Friends cast after all these years

Here's where things get weird Sure, the six main cast members (Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry, and David Schwimmer) return, but the big list of special guests quickly becomes confusing And where is Paul Rudd (who plays Phoebe's third husband Mike Hannigan)?