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\"You know, It's really funny. I should have been doing that,\" Schwimmer replied, to laughs. \"And I really have very little excuse. But I haven't been able to bring myself to catch up on the 236 episodes.\"

\"I guess I need to watch a lot over the next five days,\" he laughed.

The \"Friends\" reunion special will air later this year on HBO Max.

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