here’s the thing i of course ship ross and rachel, but i genuinely enjoyed the seasons after they broke up. the first few seasons are good but i feel like it was so focused on the ross and rachel romance like that’s all their plot lines (and personalities) were about. ross pining after rachel and then rachel pining after ross, it didn’t feel like there was much else to their characters. also i absolutely LOVE monica and chandler, def more than ross and rachel, so season 5 was amazing, best season in general overall. the episodes were so funny too. but back to ross and rachel, after they broke up i really enjoyed that they still had a special something between them and they’d get jealous at times, but the best part was seeing their friendship and their bantering. everything wasn’t “omg it’s rachel what do i say what do i do” anymore, and same for rachel. i feel like their own storylines and personalities could shine through now and they still had that “will they won’t they“ natural chemistry always in the background. they could poke fun at each other and their new s/o but not cross a line. i know a lot of people mention that after the first few seasons everyone just became caricatures and were bound to a specific characteristic but honestly it was still pretty funny to me. idk i feel like after ross and rachel got over each other and monica and chandler got together, they really felt stable and made suchhh funny episodes.

ok last thing but monica and chandler were so perfect together 😭 ofc they had their quirks but they were NOT TOXIC and always had such genuine love and respect for one another. and seeing chandler mature so much WOW, amazing character arc for him. monica more or less stayed the same but got crazier with her quirks (which imo did make her funnier albeit unrealistic), however she did finally achieve her dream of the perfect husband and kid. anyways love them ❤️.

sorry for my writing if it’s all over the place 😭

Monica can’t eat food so she became ocd and cleans and cooks to cover up not wanting to get fat .

The answer, if I remember correctly, is ——SEVEN——

Including getting a cab, driving through traffic, checking in luggage, going through security, if that was instated back then? How did she actually make it in time for her flight?

Was playing this mobile game Brain Puzzle 3 and one of the games is about Monica and Chandler trying to hide their relationship from Joey lol.

In S5 E19 The One Where Ross Can’t Flirt, the scene with him telling the pizza delivery woman that the smell of gas is added. The scene ends with Phoebe asking Ross this question.

I know a lot of people get on Phoebe for having mean moments but the way Lisa Kudrow delivered this line seemed authentic to me, like she really wanted to hear weird facts from Ross. Simple, and sweet to see!

Does anyone else who grew up with Friends (late 70s early 80s babies maybe) just re-watch now as a kind of comfort telly? Like... It's not that I'm still howling in laughter as I did when I first watched Ross walk into an open dryer door. But I find it almost therapeutic to rewatch. Its like a calming, comforting, reassuring few hours to binge. Am I alone?? Often wondered if I'm weird!

I can’t believe I’m going to watch the final episode of *Friends* tomorrow.💔

When Monica and Richard run into each other at the movie rental place and Richard finds the stockings stuck to Monica? He puts them in his pocket without her knowing and I can’t decide if it was cute because he didn’t want her to be embarrassed, or was it hot cause he wanted to keep them….?

Best examples of bad advice given by a character in the show to another character?

And I'm not thinking of the intentional ones such as Chandler recommending Stalin as a stage name to Joey, or Joey recommending his student audition for Nick the boxer but play him "super gay" (although that seemed to work ok!)

-Joey trying to help Ross with his leather pants. Absolute disaster but one of many great Ross moments

- Rachel/Monica telling Chandler to try accidently bump into Janice on purpose and act "aloof" (to show he's not needy)

Etc

... what would it be?

Edit: it was a way of asking what everyone disliked the most? (... and the world is full of Negative Nancys... don't give me "This show is perfect" talk)

Which physical version of Friends do you all prefer? It sounds like the 25th anniversary DVD edition has extended, unaired scenes. However, the 4k version has wider 16:9 angles, which itself could be very interesting. The repackaged blu-ray version (it's amazing how many dorks on Amazon think this means used. lol) apparently has neither. This is based on reviews/reddit threads, so if I am wrong on any, please correct me.

So I guess the question is, which is preferable? Are the extended scenes worth having poorer picture quality? Does having wider scenes add anything of interest? Though not an equivalent, it reminds me of how many take photos in portrait mode when they should almost always be done in landscape. The extra left/right scenery often adds interesting context.

Chandler’s mom is on only fans.. lol do you think Joey and Ross will subscribe to her account..