Friend or Foe (2002– ) User Reviews

The Most Contempably Biased Game SHow in HIstory - No Exceptions.

[theweaklingswither · 17 April 2003]

Personal Secrets Placed on the airwaves for the entire world (poeentially ) to hear? to turn the unforgiving masses against you? Speaking for myself, to coin an old cliche, "Some things are better left unsaid." Anybody who has ever been on this attrocious joke of a game show must want money pretty bad.

0* (not worth rating) out of a possible *****

Fun game show

[Catherine_Grace_Zeh · 9/10 · 29 August 2008]

First off, I must say that this was a fun game show. Also, I haven't seen every episode. However, I do know the show very well. Every time I watched it, I had a lot of fun playing along and watching. This made me long to be a contestant. The thing I liked most about it are the questions. Despite the fact that I didn't know that many answers, I still had fun playing along. I hope some network brings it back so I can play along and watch again. If that happens, I will be really happy. Before I wrap this up, I'd like to say that I'll always remember this show in my memory forever. Now, in conclusion, if this show comes back on the air again, I hope that you catch it one day before it goes off the air for good.

Should be called "Foe or Foe"

[looker1010az · 3/10 · 2 August 2006]

The question-and-answer sessions were pretty interesting sometimes, and the final question-and-answer round was fun to watch. It was these question-and-answer sessions that really made the game anything interesting at all.

What ruined Friend or Foe was the Trust Box round. Both contestants in each Trust Box round can vote Friend or Foe. If both vote Friend, they split their pot equally. If both vote Foe, they both get nothing. But if one votes Friend and the other votes Foe, the Foe gets the entire pot and the friend gets nothing.

It happened a good 99% of the time, where both contestants in each Trust Box round would state syrupy cases on why they should both vote Friend, then stand there giving each other unbearably fake and cheesy smiles, and then Kennedy reveals their choice and they both voted Foe and go away with nothing. This was one game show where maybe 1% of the contestants actually won a single dime... even the winning two contestants because they both give ridiculously fake smiles and both vote Foe. Of the 1% where any Friend votes were given, it was 90% Friend - Foe and only 10% Friend - Friend. As Carmen-5 said, double Friend votes happened but they were so rare you could count them on one hand. Even Friend - Foe votes were uncommon as too many people were greedy.

This show had a short run because so precious few of its contestants ever took home any winnings whatsoever. The question-and-answer rounds made the game, but the Trust Box rounds broke it. Almost nobody wanted to share, and as a result, both got nothing... not even plane fare home. There was no element of luck here... it was all a matter of trust and greed. Trust was in short supply, greed was abundant. Friend or Foe was a reasonably good idea that was ruined by Aesop's fable of the dog with a steak that saw its reflection in the water. After too many dogs grabbed for the others' steak and ended up with no steak, all the other dogs got the message and walked away from the pond.

World's dumbest people on display!

[Beeracuda · 28 June 2003]

I'm not going to say much about this show, since most of the others on here have already said what needed to be said about it. I will add this though: The questions on this show are probably the easiest questions ever asked on a game show. Only an uneducated moron would continually get these questions wrong - which is exactly the type of characters they have as contestants. Boring and irritating to watch. Skip it!

A great new show!!

[JasonX2003 · 5 August 2002]

Kennedy the ex MTV V-J is back and is as good as ever in the new show "Friend or Foe" There are 3 people and 3 potential partners, they are all strangers to each other, and each has their own fatal flaw. They each start with $200 in their "Trust Fund" and answer question's in each round. The two teams that answer the most questions move on to the next round, but the other team must decide either to go Friend or Foe. If they both choose Friend they split the money 50-50. If they both choose Foe they each get nothing. But if one breaks trust by going foe and the other goes friend, foe gets everything.

One of the worst game shows in history.

[Zarbon · 18 August 2002]

First of all. Nearly every contestant is pretty much a half step from being a prison inmate. The show actually seeks out and finds people that are unethical or criminal in nature. One of the contests was introduced as a guy that stole his mother's car. Another won $2,000 by stealing raffle tickets. I only wish I was joking about this. There is no one that you wish to win, you hope they all lose. They are all some of the biggest lowlifes in the country.

As if this weren't bad enough, they get yet another chance to prove what lowlifes they are at the "Trust Box". The money that each team wins is somewhat up for grabs. Each member of a team stands on the side of the trust box to play a sort of twisted rock, paper, scissors type game. Each of the two people from the team chooses either "Friend" or "Foe". Here's how this works...

If they both think they trust each other they would both choose "Friend". They would then split the team money and each of them would take half home.

If neither thinks they can trust the other they would both choose "Foe". When this happens, they both screw each other and no one gets anything.

Now comes the worst. If they both appear to trust each other and one of them chooses "Friend" and the other chooses "Foe" then the person who voted "Friend" gets nothing. Nada, zilch, zippo. The person who voted "Foe" goes home with the entire wad of cash.

Sound bad? It's a lot worse watching it.

Trust me there's no redeeming quality to this piece of crap excuse for a show. Avoid it at all costs.

GSN dumped Password Plus, Super Password, and Tattletales for this?!

[BobinAtlantiCity · 3 August 2002]

The people in charge of Game Show Network must be almost as dumb as those in charge at CBS when "Match Game '79" was canceled. What were they thinking? This show is horrible! First, the hostess...who told this girl that she was capable of hosting a game show? She comes across as a cold, uncomfortable emcee. Her "funny" comments seemed forced and rehearsed. Plus, who could ever trust a Republican with the name KENNEDY?!

Now, for the show itself...worse than Kennedy! The questions are bad, and the answers are questionable. The concept is original, but still uninteresting. Any contestant who knows anything about competition would vote "Foe" all the way. There is no chance whatsoever for your "friend" to win a dime.

Save your time and watch a decent show. This isn't worth 30 minutes.

It's not that bad

[Carmen-5 · 11 January 2003]

It's not that good either. It doesn't hurt to watch it really. But it's nothing great. It passes for okay viewing. I can watch this show but I don't go out my way to see it. It's something I'd watch if there's nothing else on.

I noticed there is a way to tell who is going "foe." Oh yes, it's right in the contestant's eyes. They say. "I am trying to take all the money, ha ha!" rather easily. There are some contestants who do have good poker faces, but overall, these contestants should learn to better read their teammates' faces. Then the final decision wouldn't be so much of a shock.

It's rare when both members of a team vote "friend" though. Too many greedy people out there. I have seen it happen, but not that often at all.

Terrible, terrible, terrible.

[youngmensch · 1 July 2002]

When, Game Show Network unveiled it's late night line up, it brought in two semi-decent shows (Whammy! or Russian Roulette). However, in the middle of those two shows they stuck in a piece of trash, "Friend or Foe?".

The show starts with people picking partners based on how less-embarrassing something they did in the past is. The partners then answer simple question within a very generous time limit (yet some pairs STILL manage to mess up). The lowest ranking team at the end of each round goes to "trust box" where they either vote friend or foe. This is the most irrelevant part of the game, because it is not about trust, as they could have had "pick a number 1 or 2". Anyway, if both people "vote" friend then they split their petty winnings evenly. If they both "vote" foe then they each leave with nothing. If one goes "friend" and one goes "foe" then they split the money 50-50.

Anyway, when the final group is decided, they go play "Right or Wrong" (very creative name) where they get simple questions to build up their bank (known as trust fund). They head to the trust box where they divide up their money.

While all of this is bad, what makes the show terrible is the host Kennedy. Kennedy is extremely obnoxious and annoying. She seems to think she is funny, even though the "jokes" she says are terrible. Overall, I find myself tuning into "Whammy!" at 10:00 then doing something else for a half hour when "Friend or Foe" comes on then tuning back in at 11 for "Russian Roulette".

A Game Show Revelation: Famine, Blood, Pestilence & Death

[DButcher · 29 December 2002]

Very rarely does a game show offer you one epiphanous experience equivalent to the Divine Revelation of St. John, but the game show "Friend Or Foe" has the benefit of not one, but four dramatic insights into human nature. They are as follows:

1. When mankind works together in a spirit of harmony, the mutual reward produces not only material gain, but the feeling of trusting your fellow man.

2. That the world is made for the cunning, and in the wake of those who would deceive, the innocent are caught in their snares and left to languish with the dull-eyed feeling of their own stupidity to warm them. Soon, they return hardened with the lessons of life to make them wiser.

3. Ultimately mutual destruction will beset those who seek to destroy each other, leaving a void of broken dreams to punish those who would do harm to their brother for mutual betrayal leads only to a burden for the wicked.

But the fourth and most important revelation. No matter how much time Viacom (owner of Game Show Network) has to burn off on a back-dated contract from MTV that they acquired in the merger, the only people who will suffer a torment as of being subjugated to horrors of hell are those who have to watch Kennedy in what is the single worst game show of the last 10 years. That includes STUDS.

So the only question you have to ask, probably about twenty minutes into this train wreck, is the following: Would the seas running red with blood really be that bad right about now?

Irritating and ill-conceived 'game show' trash.

[Aussie Stud · 17 June 2002]

Ex-MTV vee-jay, Kennedy hosts this awful trash where three groups of two contestants battle it out over multiple choice trivia questions to put money into their pot, its fate decided over whether the two contestants wish to share the money with each other or keep it all for themselves.

At the beginning of the show, each contestant is introduced with a sordid tale involving a particularly low moment of their lives (ie. she skipped paying the check at a restaurant or he stole the neighbor's newspaper) which is the basis for judgment on their character and morale given by the other contestant. Each contestant must decide if their 'partner' is a 'friend' or a 'foe'.

The key to winning is that if each contestant chooses to share the money with each other (friend and friend), the pot is halved and each player goes home with at least some money. If one of the contestants chooses to share the money (the friend) but the other chooses to keep it for himself (the foe), then the foe gets to keep all of the money and the friend goes home with nothing. If both players choose to keep the money for themselves and not share it (foe and foe), then they both leave with nothing.

That fate is decided when each contestant 'states' their case as to why their partner should 'trust' them that they'll share the money with each other before pushing a button underneath the challenging pedestal in total secrecy that will be revealed subsequently in order to hold suspense, in this case, mainly yawns.

For the most part, you as the viewer will be able to pick out who the weasels are who have no intention of sharing the money and who the nice people are who will most likely go home empty handed because the other player decided to keep all the money for himself. The personalities become painstakingly obvious once you are introduced to the contestants and their motives become quite transparent.

The questions on "FRIEND OR FOE" are extremely easy. The thing that irked me most about this show was the host. I found her to be quite obnoxious and irritating (just like she was when she was on MTV). Her prying into the contestants' pasts and ulterior motives are a notch below embarrassing and whoever told her that she'd be the right person to host a game show should have had their priorities checked!

The only enjoyment I got out of watching this game show was seeing one contestant fume with anger after he penultimately chose to share the final jackpot while his 'partner' decided to double cross him and keep the money, thus winning the entire jackpot for himself. Life sucks and the world is supposed to enjoy it right down to the finest details.

Thank the Game Show Network for bringing this gem into our lives. Now whatever happened to "HOLLYWOOD SHOWDOWN"?

It's actually pretty Good

[Psade569 · 31 July 2002]

I think it's kind of entertaining. This show is pretty original,these guys don't know what they're saying. What I like most about the show is when they have to pick "friend or foe", you can see the anger or relief on their faces.

Trash TV

[RoboGarrett · 1 June 2020]

This game show starts with the host literally SHRIEKING terrible jokes at us which were obviously written and given to her before the show. Stuff that doesn't even make sense, like the one I just watched as a refresher on YouTube has her say "Michelle likes putting her foot down on the gas pedal and push old ladies into the brick wall!" What the hell does that even mean?

Yet somehow the show manages to get even worse. The trivia questions are the easiest ever, and on top of that it is multiple choice. "What bar does Homer Simpson like to go to? A) Moe's, B) Jobo's, C) Shabadabadoo's or D) Pigglefartdinklebee's?" The thing is, the contestants somehow manage to get a lot of these wrong, and the producers don't care anyway because even if they get everything right and rack up points and dollars, they're not going home with any money anyway, because...

The final round of this show makes the entire process pointless! Just like the also awful UK game show "Shafted" from 2001, which Friend or Foe either bought the format from or just completely and shamelessly stole, the two final contestants at the end of the show decide to A) Share/Friend or B) Shaft/Foe each other. If they both choose to share, they share. If they both choose to shaft, they get nothing. If they choose shaft and share, the shafter wins all the money. So it's not hard to see what ends up happening almost every time: they both decide to keep the money. Once in a while someone would take a chance on the other person also sharing, and in those few cases the other person would of course shaft them and keep all the money. Maybe one or two times (literally, as another reviewer said, you could count the times on one hand even if you're missing a few fingers) they would actually both decide to share.

So it's a very negative and sad show where 90% of the time both people would screw each other over and get nothing, and 9% of the time one person (a jerk) would screw over the nice person who was willing to share with them, and 1% of the time you somehow get two people actually willing to share and everyone (including the audience) wins!

This show is garbage, the host is terrible, all the jokes they gave her were terrible, and it never should have been made.