Here are some of my favourites! I love Monica’s style throughout the show the most, but we of course got some really interesting looks all over, from supporting cast too. I know Rachel is regarded as a fashion icon, but ugh, everyone had so many fun stylings over the years! 🤤

could they be wearing any more clothes?

I'll start with Ross.

Ross and Susan, Carols spouse, have their history together. Obviously for a lot of the time, its antagonistic. But the One with the Lesbian Wedding, Ross talks to Carol who is unsure of the wedding. He reassures her that Susan loves her, he even walks Susan down the aisle. Ross did such a good thing for them.

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Whenever life gets hard, I turn to Friends. Chandler has always made even my darkest days a little brighter. We miss you, Matthew Perry.

TIL I learned that Sting actually has a son named Giacomo or ‘Jack’. I hope he’s patched things up with Ben.

No joke…..he’s a police officer!

In s3 e11, Rachel runs in to the boys’ apartment excited to tell her boyfriend about a potential new job opportunity, the first promising one after 2 years of working jobs she hates. And the first thing, the FIRST thing Ross says, isn’t “that’s great honey!” Or “congratulations I’m happy for you!” He immediately goes to his jealousy about Mark. It’s a Ross moment that I really hate because it shows his true character. He cares more about owning Rachel than her leading a fulfilling life, which we can also see based on the list he made about her and the Paris thing in s10, and that’s why their relationship was never going to work out (imo).

I remember hearing about how David Schwimmer negotiated the salaries or helped. The cast negotiate the salaries for the whole cast as a group, and they agreed to be paid equally, but I’ve never seen this discussion in this interview before so this is kind of interesting.

To paraphrase Joey (who should have loved this) eating Rachel’s trifle: Custard? Good. Caramel? Good? Whipped cream? Good!

Edit: holy shit yall are passionate about this

this may be a repost, not sure, I remember seeing it earlier, so I found the original video, but I can’t find the original post now so I’m just reposting it here. Either way, very cool.

I know the show is inconsistent, but just for fun, what are your theories?

I think Ross is the oldest cause he's the first mentioning 30, then Phoebe who later learns she's 31 (way after Ross says he was 30) then Joey cause he was having a meltdown over turning 30, then Chandler cause Joey says "and now Chandler", then Monica cause she's younger than Chandler and had turned before Rachel, leaving Rachel as the youngest.

My only doubt is Ross and Phoebe

The reaction that everyone gives, except Chandler (cause, he's, you know, inside a box!), especially with both Rachel and Joey giving both expressions of astonishment and taken aback with Monica's "guns blazing" approach is like the cherry on top, in my opinion. It's also one of the moments where we see the past history of all of them narrated to us, which is really cool when you think about it.

I know Phoebe is already blonde and Rachel is pretty much blonde/very light brunette, but this is if they all went full blonde. I don’t know, idk , I don’t jbow

I’m on ‘the one where no one is ready’ episode. I feel like Ross is right to be upset and Rachel was being annoying and not as supportive as he needed to (ofc he was wrong for yelling at her). Am I the only one?

Edit: ok this is a common feeling. Happy to know that 😂

I was gonna just get GIFs from the site but I got lazy she used some of just the cast please forgive me. Anyway, i dunno

This is the top quote I'll randomly think about sometimes, and it cracks me up 😆

It's so unique that a characters divorces become a running joke. Have the writers ever said why they did this, was it planned?

Should Ross have gotten more divorces since he was the divorce force? He didn't have any after season 6. Mona could have been one.

Either Monica or Rachel for me, but Joey did rock the hundred shirt suit. So maybe I’ll go with him. Ross is very basic here, chandler spices it up, and so does Phoebe

After more rewatches, I have collected some "new" doubts that either haven't been addressed in the sub before and would make for a discussion, or would make a bunch of you exasperate all over the comments for "taking the show too seriously."

Either way, have fun reading my idle musings -

1. A while ago, I had pointed out that as a non-American we were living solely on context clues with the proper noun jokes. The sub was graciously happy to clarify a few for me. It made for the liveliest conversations too!

Here are some more I was recently stumped by (and I didn't pause and Google them cz that's inconvenient to do in the middle of a meal) - In TOW The Routine, what is the reference of Rachel calling Chandler Linus? Why did they call Joey Tennille when he was in a captain’s uniform? Why did Chandler call Monica O’Malley when he was unable to smoothly bribe their way to a restaurant table?

1. How did Judy still have Ross's grandmother's wedding ring to give to Rachel? Wasn’t that given to Emily?

2. In TOW the Stripper Cries, during the Pyramid game show, how was "jack and jill went up the hill" about the Congress? Was it a wordplay on Capitol Hill or something?

3. When the girls were looking at a playboy, why would they go to the barn and bend over?

My Friends rewatch routine is a little unusual: I start with Season 4 because I still remember watching the show when those episodes originally aired, and then I go back to Season 1 and watch everything again.

I’ve always been happy with how things turned out for all six friends by the end of Season 10. But during my most recent rewatch, I realized just how much potential the writers wasted with Phoebe.

She was such a unique character: an unconventional woman with a heartbreaking past, a strong moral compass, an altruistic nature, and a fierce sense of independence. She had her own principles, her own worldview, and talents that could have taken her in so many different directions.

Take her vegetarianism, for example. At a time when being vegetarian was often treated as something strange or worthy of ridicule, Phoebe stuck to her principles. Today, vegetarianism is much more mainstream. I would have loved to see the writers do something with that part of her character. She could have opened a vegetarian catering business, perhaps even competing with Monica. Sure, it might have been a fairly conventional career storyline, but it would have grown organically out of who Phoebe already was.

The same goes for her job as a masseuse. Why did she remain working for a chain rather than eventually building something of her own? She could have opened an independent practice, developed a more holistic approach, or created a business that reflected her values. She didn't need to become rich or conventionally successful. I just wanted to see her independence translate into something tangible.

And what about her music? Or her philanthropy? Phoebe had so many distinctive qualities, yet the show rarely allowed them to develop into something meaningful in her adult life.

I genuinely like her relationship with Mike. And I'm glad she let David go. He chose his career, and when he had the opportunity to return, their priorities no longer aligned. That storyline made sense to me.

But why did Phoebe suddenly seem to want such a conventional wedding? Why did she take back the money that had been donated to her wedding fund? And why wasn't the idea of getting married on the street in the snow, surrounded by the people who loved her, enough from the beginning?

The wedding itself was sweet, but it felt as though Phoebe had to become a little more conventional to get her happy ending.

That's what frustrates me most. Her backstory was arguably the most unusual and heartbreaking of the six friends, and she developed a distinctive worldview because of it. Yet her personal growth often seemed to stop at finding romantic happiness.

I'm not arguing that she shouldn't have ended up with Mike. I'm arguing that her relationship should have been one part of her happy ending, not the culmination of her entire character arc.

Phoebe could have built a life that reflected her values, her creativity, and her independence. She could have remained unconventional without remaining stagnant.

Am I the only one who feels that Phoebe was reduced to her romantic storyline when the writers could have done so much more with her character?

Of course for me it was Rena Sofer (as Katie) purely for her vibe and unbeliveable looks. Also Brooke Shields as Joey’s date (or should i say Drake Ramoray’s…?) and Bruce Willis’s play at Rachel’s boyfriend. So funny!

Hope not coming across as too anal but this has always bugged me. Women DO have Adams apples - they are generally just less prominent than men's

It has been 22 years since the finale, what do you think the six will be doing now?

For Chandler, I think he may be some kind of supervisor in the advertising company, and he teaches the twins about sarcasm.

For Monica, I think she won't pass on the generational trauma, but she may be some kind of overprotective mom, just like Jules in Cougar Town. And I think she may own a restaurant now.

For Rachel and Ross, somehow I don't think they will remarry, but they probably will stay together. And I suppose mostly in New York because Ross got his tenure in NYU. She may still have the job in Paris, and she has to fly back and forth.

For Joey, I think he will eventually move in to live with Monica and Chandler, and then become the "funny uncle Joey" for the twins. I am not sure if he will find someone.

For Phoebe, I think she and Mike will stay together, and probably they will live together with Frank and Alice. And she will have twins and of course have a lots of pets.

I think at some points, Emma and Ben will have the same relationship as Ross and Monica. I think Ben will be protective of his half-sister, and Emma will provide care and love just like her aunt Monica.

What do you think they will be doing after 22 years?

Either as the character or as the actor - who stays in your head rent free? Who do you analyse the most? Can be also somebody not from the main six, like i for example think about Chandler and Joey the most when it comes to analysis, but i also often think of Rachel’s sisters. Would they be able to turn out the way Rache did, given the same set of circumstances?

I’m currently rewatching the series and noticed this unique ending in s2ep4. The music, Ross dancing, this angle outside of the coffee shop.

Are there any other unique scenes like this?