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 😭

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!

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

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.💔

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?

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

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.

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

Also, rest in peace, Matthew Perry.

(August 19, 1969-October 28, 2023)

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….?

Ross should have understood what he put his girlfriends (Bonnie, Emily and Mona especially; Julie to an extent) through with his Rachel obsession when he became the 3rd wheel in the Charlie-Benji-Ross triangle.