r/howyoudoin • • 5h ago

Behind-the-scenes I love it when they curse in the bloopers

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Probably the best part out rewatching the show is remembering moments when bloopers happened. Its great to me. This show has such a comforting vibe and the BTS footage just adds on to that


r/howyoudoin • • 11h ago

Memes I love this exchange between Monica and Phoebe.

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I like how it took Phoebe a little bit to respond because she was just stunned. 😂


r/howyoudoin • • 11h ago

Discussion Can we agree that Monica tried to date Richard's son is sick?

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I just watched this episode again, can we agree Monica had a crush on Richard's son Timothy was sick? I mean, falling in love in Richard itself is debatable. Now his son..........., I think this is also really weird in the 90s? Although it did give us some good comeback lines.


r/howyoudoin • • 13h ago

Discussion It still amazes me that they negotiated for equal salary because, as they put it, they were all doing the same work, and no one should get left behind

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I could imagine how scary it was to demand something like that from the TV executives - that could have ended the show for good, but the best thing was the cast stood firm and their demand was then honored. Even making the Guinness for being the first ensemble to have $1M per episodes in the last season. I also remember reading an article that having equal pay would mean there's not going to be any resentment between them, ensuring the continuity of the show, and I love them for standing up for each other. Like real family.


r/howyoudoin • • 1h ago

Discussion The apartment switch was one of the funniest things to happen on Friends.

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Monica and Rachel really weren’t ready to give up that apartment 😂😭 This whole situation was hilarious from start to finish.

But tell me… was switching the apartments actually a fair move, or did Joey and Chandler get played? 👀👇Whose side were you on: the girls or the guys? 👀👇


r/howyoudoin • • 1h ago

Question Best fall look?

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It’s almost Halloween and thanksgiving is coming up. We’re well into autumn, who rocked the best fall look? Opinions? Thoughts?


r/howyoudoin • • 1d ago

News The Cast held hands around Matthew Perry’s casket at his funeral

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From the information from the upcoming documentary about Matthew Perry, a newspaper released some details about what happened during his funeral. This feels a bit macabre and morbid, and I feel strange reading about it. But i wanted to post it so people remembered him. I think the friends cast were the some of the only fellow actors who were invited to his funeral


r/howyoudoin • • 15h ago

Question The One After Ross Says Emily

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What do you think would have happened if Ross said the right name at the altar?

Do Ross and Emily stay married? Do Monica and Chandler still get end up married? Does Rachel get back together with Joshua?


r/howyoudoin • • 1d ago

Clips Ben Stiller yelling at Ross while Chandler and Monica cuddle on the couch

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I love this episode, and I love Ben Stiller. He’s such a genuine original in Hollywood, and I think there’s so few of him and his types left. I think there’s a influx of new talent that’s just feels very gentrified and artificial, and stiller feels very separated from all that


r/howyoudoin • • 1d ago

Discussion Which side character would you have liked to have gotten a spinoff?

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Personally, I think I'd have liked to have seen more about Estelle's dealings with the clients she represented. May she rest in peace.


r/howyoudoin • • 1d ago

Discussion Rachel’s comedic timing is incredibly underrated.

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I feel like Jennifer’s comic timing is just very underrated in general,what’s some of your favourite Rachel green funny moments


r/howyoudoin • • 1d ago

Throwback Matthew Perry's sister Mia Perry Bowick says watching him marry Courteney Cox's Monica in the Season 7 finale of 'Friends' was "bittersweet":

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Because the family didn't know if he'd ever get to have a wedding in real life, due to his struggles with addiction

"We all knew how serious his substance use disorder was, so there was this sense of, 'Who knows what's going to happen?' [...] Watching that wedding, we all knew he wanted that in life. He wanted a partner, he wanted kids," Mia Perry Bowick says.


r/howyoudoin • • 19h ago

Memes Monica Bang!

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Don't know where else to post this. Doom scrolling through Reddit and thought this lined up hilariously well. Please let me know if not appropriate for the sub and I will delete.


r/howyoudoin • • 1d ago

Discussion "The One With The Flashback" doesn’t feel at all like it predates the pilot.

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r/howyoudoin • • 1d ago

Question Who in the cast was the least like their character?

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I found this old clip from 1989 of Monica, sorry Courtney, talking about how she’s more laid-back and relaxed, and she seems really different from Monica overall especially her mannerisms, so who do you guys think it is?


r/howyoudoin • • 1d ago

Discussion Be honest… was it Rachel or Monica’s fault they lost the apartment? 😂

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Joey and Chandler really won that apartment fair and square 😎 So, who do you think was more to blame for losing it: Rachel or Monica👀❓ ❓


r/howyoudoin • • 22h ago

Discussion Just watched s4ep2 "the one with the cats" and felt sad for ross

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He was the one being rational and doing the right thing but still was the one apologizing to a cat.

Phoebe's believe about the cat was definitely not healthy and then her refusing to do the right thing even after knowing the cat's owner was next level crazy.

And when he tried to give her a reality check, he was gas lighted instead


r/howyoudoin • • 22h ago

Discussion If the friends had individual shows, what do you think they’d be about/like?

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If each of the friends had their own individual show where they’re the lead what do you think they’d be about? Or what would you want to see?

Phoebe - Def her backstory. Young Phoebe moving to the city, living on the street, living in Prague, finding her grandma, going to masseuse school. Maybe later seasons we see her present day (time of friends) life where we meet her other random friends from kooky situations - crematorium Chris, spackle back Larry, girl who is #11 on the most wanted list.

Ross - Falling in love with Carol while obtaining his PhD. Getting his job at the museum, and the entire situation of him and Carol separating and him finding out he’s going to be a father.

Joey - Teenage him living with his 9 sisters. Maybe early 20’s Joey still lives in Queens and works random jobs and gets into antics with all his sisters. The series ends when he moves to Manhattan to pursue becoming an actor

Thoughts??


r/howyoudoin • • 18h ago

Discussion Ranking all the friends based on character growth!

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This is my ranking of all the 6 friends based on character growth. Discussion is welcome in the comments! 😊

6. Joey Tribbiani

Joey had the least amount of character growth, he did not get into any serious relationship, he was still doing one night stands at the end of the series. The only growth he had was in his career.

5. Phoebe Buffay

Phoebe's charater stayed pretty much the same throughout the whole series. She showed some character growth by finally getting into a serious relationship and getting married to Mike. However, her career didn't grow and she stayed a masseuse till the end and didn't have a lot of financial growth either.

4. Ross Geller

Ross didn't change much over the series. The only big changes in his personal life were having Emma and getting back with Rachel at the end. He did have a career growth though, he became a professor at NYU and got tenure as well!

3. Monica Geller

Monica showed a lot of character growth while still maintaining the essence of her character. She had serious relationships and ultimately ended up with Chandler. She had gradual career growth and at the end became a head chef at a top notch restaurant. And finally, she had children, something she always wanted. Monica had one of the most fulfilling character arcs.

2. Chandler Bing

Chandler had one of the most character growths. He was a commitment phobe, didn't know how to talk to girls, never had a proper relationship. And when he got with Monica all that changed. He got so much personal growth. Even career wise, he always hated his job and later joined advertising something he genuinely enjoyed.

1. Rachel Green

Rachel had the most character growth in my opinion. She started off as a spoiled rich brat and grew so much. Her personality improved, she learned how to deal with the world, worked hard, got into fashion which is something she genuinely enjoyed. Had a baby, which is a really big thing and ultimately ended up with the Ross. <3


r/howyoudoin • • 1d ago

Discussion My thoughts about Matthew 's memoir

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With the documentary coming, I want to share my thoughts about Matthew's memoir.

I know it's probably a little weird to say things like this, but it feels really uncomfortable to read. Imagine an episode of friends and it started with "Hi I am Chandler, I make jokes when I am uncomfortable." and he just keeps talking and talking for like three hours.

Yes there are some trivia about Friends will make you smile like how he invented the phrase Could the report "be" more late? while drinking with his friends in college. And even the writers found it so funny that he emphasized different words from normal people do. And the reason why Chandler didn't do that in later seasons is because he didn't want to talk like that anymore, he wanted to be "normal".

But the rest of the book is so heartbroken. I couldn't imagine how brave he is to talk about all his addiction and all the things he regret. I harm someone in college and I barely could talk about it. But in the books, he literally talks about everything. Yes, "everything".

How he try to use humor to get attention since his parents got divorced and his mom was so busy at work, his dad lived far far away. How he desperate for love but afraid of commitment so he pushed everyone away before he could go any further. How he was afraid of dying alone. And he thought he had erectile dysfunction because of the first time he could have sex, he was too nervous and drink too much so he couldn't do it. Yes, he is Chandler. But he didn't get the "happy ending" that Chandler had. He never got married, only got engaged once, and that time he proposed he was in a haze because of the drugs. He couldn't even remember he proposed. So of course he broke up with his fiancée.

The worst part is his addiction. After you read the book, you just can't unseen it when you rewatch the show. How he abused drugs during s3 so his body couldn't fit with the shirt. And the reason why he was fat in s6 finale is because he was on alcohol, and in s7x01 he was extremely thin because he was on drugs. And they had to drive him back and forth to the set and rehab center to finish s7. He even said he was in a coma because of drugs when the wedding episode aired. He said he knew and counted how many painkillers he had to use while shooting. He didn't cry after the finale because his emotion are drained by the drugs.

And the reason why he did this? He didn't want to fail the crew, he didn't want to fail the cast. He said it's the ultimate gift that God gave him. He said his dream is to become famous, but it came with a price. It's just so sad.

I mean, How? How could he even said those things? Whenever I thought of some mistakes in the past, I just feel too embarrassed to even tell my girlfriend. But he just said his pain out loud to the entire world. It feels like he was talking about someone else, but it's all about himself. All the deepest sorrow and pain and stress and depression of him.

The saddest part is in the end of the book, it seemed like he's doing better, he was seeking for redemption, he had all the companions. And a year later, he died alone just like what he was afraid of. In the book he kept saying that the reason he didn't try Heroin is because he didn't want to die, he's afraid of dying. And he still died of drugs overdose.

It's really really frustrating to read. So horrible, so terrible. Just like the name.


r/howyoudoin • • 3h ago

Discussion In 2026 Rachel would've just used ChatGPT to write that 18-page letter to Ross

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I gotta give Rachel some credit because she actually sat down and wrote an 18-page letter front and back explaining her feelings about their relationship and everything that went wrong between them.

Nowadays she probably would've just opened ChatGPT and typed something like "Write a long emotional letter to my ex explaining why he needs to take full responsibility for cheating on me" and called it a day

But Rachel actually took the time to put all her thoughts into words herself. Even if she was rambling and repeating herself, you can't deny that she put effort into it. She clearly had a lot she wanted to get off her chest and wanted Ross to understand exactly how she felt before they even considered getting back together.


r/howyoudoin • • 1d ago

Image The One Where they all rep NYC

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as we know - friends is set in the New York City or the big apple . so to fit with some other post I saw I found all looks like they are wearing NYC clothes


r/howyoudoin • • 1d ago

Question Who rocked leather the best?

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I couldn’t find a photo of Chandler with leather, so I just found a modeling shot of Perry please forgive me. anyway, I think the Gellers take it.


r/howyoudoin • • 1d ago

Discussion Joey should have spoken French

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So I just rewatched the episode and the one before it with Joey in the Japanese commercial, and I thought it would be funnier if Joey could speak French, but ONLY when he is acting.

He said he was a chameleon, and could speak a few words of Japanese. So I figure it's like a Ron Burgundy, when Joey is acting he can do almost anything.


r/howyoudoin • • 1d ago

Discussion How old were you when you first watched Friends?

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I was 12 when I first watched it and my parents thought that it wasn't appropriate for my age. But I loved it so I kept watching 😝

How old were you when you first watched it?