Spotlight REVIEW Review: 'Adults' isn't exactly swimming with 'Friends' BRUCE R. MILLER Jun 1, 2025 Jun 1, 2025 Updated Aug 28, 2025 0 Prefer us on Google Learn More Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Yesterday’s “Friends” are not like today’s.kAmp44@C5:?8 E@ E96 ?6H D6C:6D[ “p5F=ED[” E9@D6 EH6?EJD@>6E9:?8D =:G6 E@86E96C :? 2 3:8 9@FD6[ 5@?’E BF:E6 92G6 2 92?5=6 @? 6>A=@J>6?E 2?5 2C6?’E 27C2:5 E@ 4@?7C@?E 6249 @E96C 23@FE =:76’D >@DE :?E:>2E6 >@>6?ED]k^Am From left, Owen Thiele, Malik Elassal, Jack Innanen, Amita Rao and Lucy Freyer set down rules in "Adults." Rafy/FX kAmw64<[ E96J 6G6? 92G6 E@ >2<6 CF=6D 23@FE H92E’D =67E =J:?8 2C@F?5 E96 9@FD6 @C DE2D965 :? E96 5:D9H2D96C]k^AmkAm“p5F=ED” :D G6CJ 25F=E 2?5 >2J E2<6 D@>6 E:>6 E@ H2C> E@[ A2CE:4F=2C=J D:?46 :E’D :>A@DD:3=6 E@ 86E 2 3625 @? $2>:C[ q:==:6[ !2F= q2<6C[ xDD2 2?5 p?E@?] x7 E96C6 2C6 :??6C C6=2E:@?D9:AD[ E96J’C6 ?@E 6G:56?E :? 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Troy Dannen directs coaches: Don't schedule Texas Tech Social media reacts to Nebraska softball's pitching coach retiring Longtime Lincoln restaurant Ali Baba Gyros opening 2nd location. Here's where. Nebraska's Jordy Frahm joins softball team coaching staff as assistant Owen Thiele as Anton, Jack Innanen as Paul Baker realize they have to live by someone else's rules in "Adults." Rafy/FX kAmrC62E65 3J q6? zC@?6?8@=5 2?5 #636442 $92H[ “p5F=ED” :D 2 4C2DD 4@FCD6 :? v6? +[ A2CE:4F=2C=J D:?46 :E E2<6D E9C66 @C 7@FC 6A:D@56D ;FDE E@ 86E E96 492C24E6CD’ 324<DE@C:6D]k^AmkAm$2>:C W|2=:< t=2DD2=X :D E96 6?23=6C H9@ =6ED E96 @E96CD =:G6 :? 9:D 49:=59@@5 9@>6 H9:=6 E96J 5:D4@G6C E96:C A@DE\4@==686 =:G6D] w6 5@6D?’E 92G6 2 ;@3[ H9:49 AFED 9:> 2E 2 5:D25G2?E286 H96? :E 4@>6D E@ 6DE23=:D9:?8 CF=6D 7@C E96 @E96CD] q:==:6 W{F4J uC6J6CX D66>D =:<6 E96 >@DE 244@>A=:D965[ 3FE D96 =@D6D 96C ;@3 H9:=6 F?56C8@:?8 >65:42= E6DED] }@ ;@3] }@ :?DFC2?46] %C@F3=6]k^Am kAmxDD2 Wp>:E2 #2@X 2?5 p?E@? 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J@F 5:5?’E C62=:K6 J@F ?66565]k^Am kAmk6>m“p5F=ED” 2:CD @? u) 2?5 wF=F]k^6>mk^Am Movies & Television Now streaming and on DVD: 'Better Man' brings out another side of pop music BRUCE R. MILLER Movies & Television Movie review: Clocks keep Tom Cruise on task in new 'Mission: Impossible' BRUCE R. MILLER Bruce Miller is editor of the Sioux City Journal. 0 Comments Stay up-to-date on what's happening Receive the latest in local entertainment news in your inbox weekly! Sign up! * I understand and agree that registration on or use of this site constitutes agreement to its user agreement and privacy policy. Related to this story A conversation with Pee-wee Herman: Filmmaker still has questions In the HBO documentary, “Pee-wee as Himself,” Reubens discusses his early inspirations, his fame, his foibles and, briefly, his brushes with the law. 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