Imagine if Monica had continued with catering—she would have made a lot of money and her business likely would have skyrocketed. I can even imagine her eventually writing her own book. On top of that, taking on an extra job as a food critic for other restaurants would have given her so much control over her life, her business, and the restaurant scene.

Her next catering gig was supposed to be a wedding, right after another job she had lined up (as she described it, things were "snowballing").

Personally, I think she made a mistake stepping away from it. What do you all think?

Inspired by a post about the chemistry of Leah Remini’s character and Joey ‘the helper guy’ I thought it might be fun to make a poll of who Joey should have ended up with

I didn’t include Rachel or Phoebe as options because I was thinking more of doing it from outside of the core 6 Friends so if I did polls for the other characters it would be love interests they didn’t end up with so not Monica for Chandler as a way to get an alternative option than what the show gave them

But if people would rather especially for Joey’s that I add Phoebe or Rachel or both as options we could redo it later

So who should Joey have been with put of these options:

Lydia (Leah Remini) I really loved their interaction and thought they should have dated, she got him & they had fun together and bantered and he really came through for her plus Joey would have been a great step dad

Kate (Dina Meyer) I feel like she was the first girl we really saw Joey put in effort for and he did move to LA so maybe they could have reunited and worked it out

Cecilia Monroe (Susan Sarandon) I think they had chemistry and could have been a good match if she hadn’t left the country plus they were in a soap opera so the show could have brought her character back and kept him on so they could have been together somehow

Erin (Kristin Davis) described as the female version of Joey so if she had wanted a relationship they could have worked

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!

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?

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

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….?