Overview - Girlfriends

Overview

A friend group of black women face life's tests and triumphs together. From dating to divorce, and friends to family to relationships, Joan, Maya, Lynn and Toni support each other despite their differing backgrounds.

Seasons

• Name: Season 1

  Episode: 22

  Confronted with failing marriages, new jobs and therapy, four whip-smart professional women turn to one another as they struggle with life's challenges.

  Date first aired: 2000-09-11

• Name: Season 2

  Episode: 22

  After a disastrous vacation in Jamaica, the second season finds Joan and Toni making amends and vowing to never let a man come between them again.

  Date first aired: 2001-09-10

• Name: Season 3

  Episode: 25

  Exes and woes test close friends Joan, Toni, Maya and Lynn as they deal with marital, financial and emotional drama.

  Date first aired: 2002-09-23

• Name: Season 4

  Episode: 24

  This season, Toni adjusts to married life, Maya pursues her passion, Lynn searches for answers, and Joan tries to figure out her future.

  Date first aired: 2003-09-15

• Name: Season 5

  Episode: 22

  Still tight as ever, Joan, Toni, Maya and Lynn start new chapters in their lives involving career moves, motherhood and complicated relationships.

  Date first aired: 2004-09-20

• Name: Season 6

  Episode: 22

  The girls return for a new round of relationship trials and triumphs, including another walk down the aisle and tumultuous affairs.

  Date first aired: 2005-09-19

• Name: Season 7

  Episode: 22

  Joan tries to make amends with the girls and Lynn pursues her music career. Is the special bond between these women dissolving?

  Date first aired: 2006-10-02

• Name: Season 8

  Episode: 13

  New hurdles, same friends. In the final season, Joan, Maya, Lynn and William face tough decisions in their careers, love and parenthood.

  Date first aired: 2007-10-01