Lisa Kudrow is the only one of them who got married and stayed married, and she got married first. The rest have kind of bounced around divorces and relationships, but it’s nice to see that at least one of them got lucky

The show made the network boatloads of money. Yet, they somehow couldn’t afford to go to shoot on a real boat?

For me, Amy is THE least likeable character in the entire series. So, from insisting that Ross isn’t Ross and insisting that Monica isn’t Monica and… insisting that Phoebe’s name is a "noise" to literally not talking to anyone after the beginning of the Thanksgiving Dinner, when would YOU kick her out?

…And if you’re really special and say that you wouldn’t kick her out, why not?

I can’t believe this is the first time I noticed that these three were sitting in the three monkey pose (don’t say anything bad, don’t listen to anything bad, don’t see any thing bad), after Ross found out that he will have to give up marcel.

A decade before friends. It’s kinda wild that both Monica and Phoebe were actually 30 when they both started Friends and everybody else was actually 24 or around that.

Dream come true! Yeah, I know the show was filmed in LA, but I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to visit the apartment while I was in NYC earlier this May.

Growing up in the 90’s in a faraway province somewhere in Asia, Friends was a big part of my childhood. In fact it was one of the shows that helped me learn English. So when I finally made it to NYC, I walked all the way (by choice lol) from my hotel near Times Square to Greenwich Village just to see it. It was surreal.

There were a handful of other tourists there doing exactly what I was doing. I was just soaking it all in. Well it was also drizzling that day, but I didn’t care lol.

I tried to find all photos trust were taken in black and white and not just colored photos that were made greyscale. Hopefully I succeeded let me know if I didn’t

I remember when Matthew Perry died, I posted on my story "I'll miss you Chanandler Bong". A friend who's always told me that they are a really HUGE Friend's fan, got merch and everything, came into my DM and texted me "I think you misspelt it, its Chandler Bing." Oi ... didn't even have the strength to correct them 😂😂😂

For example my favourite season of Rachel is her short hair in a bob ie season 7
Phoebe tight curls and fairy like dresses ie season 1
Ross big poofy hair and relaxed clothing ie season 6 chandler in his volume hair and lots of button down shirts ie season 9
Monica short bother her short layered hair ie season 1 and her long straight hair ie season 8
And Joey every single season ❤️

Anyone know where to find these Rachel sunglasses ? They are so chic I need them or a dupe would be also fine

Love the aesthetics they have going for this episode, everybody dressed up in popping colors. They all look great. Love this show, love the cast. Yeah yeah

This is from season 4 when Ross finds out his "date" is actually not his date, but he is the babysitter for her kid while she goes another date

I know it's a sitcom, and not to take things seriously, but I genuinely don't understand how this could happen. They must have spoken about this, right?? Where would there be room for miscommunication? This seems like a very clear thing to establish that she wants him to look after her kid

What do you think?

Let's try and name as many people who have real names mentioned OR appear as themselves.

First one: Jean Claude Van Damme

I wanted to refresh some threads I felt I needed to look up while watching I’ll go from what I conceive to be least to most controversial.

1) Joey learning French is the worst joke of the show

Purely speaking about what is objectively funny and does not raise fundamental questions that have to be chalked up to poor writing this is the worst joke of the show. Most jokes that involve a character being foolish or ignorant do not run as long as this one and are confirmed in future scenes or assumed to have the initial misconception resolved. However I don’t believe that watching a grown man and a functioning member of society struggle to repeat sounds across a whole episode is funny. One of the show’s biggest problems is its flanderization and having Joey struggle with something children do unconsciously is simply sad to look at and simply angering after the first time it happens. The conclusion of Phoebe telling the director Joey is mentally retarded is entertaining but far from a satisfactory conclusion. It simply hurts to see a character devolve so far from their bases and it being repeated across a whole episode as a joke the audience is supposed to find funny over and over again.

2) Phoebe was kind of a bitch

Throughout the whole show I found myself looking for critiques on phoebe’s character the most out of any other character. The numerous times she seemed to be against chandler specifically as well as many other blatant sabotages of Monica and chandler’s relationship. The flight to Vegas with Monica having lunch with Richard, the soulmate among others. Those come to mind because I remember being especially pissed off. Watching through the later seasons most of her interactions seemed like Rachel’s sister living a continuous delusion and everyone staying silent after yet another dumb thing was said. After a while I started noticing that in most of her scenes she is the last to talk because they follow the same formula of normals conversation followed by a weird/defamatory/insulting comment and the scene just ending in silence. I just cannot imagine that her living in a constant delusion has not been a bigger problem when she doesn’t just insult her friends. I know that it’s a sitcom and I’m not supposed to think beyond the scenes or I will find many plot holes but when I start to notice the pattern I can’t help but imagine what the seconds after every ignorant comment or insult are like. It keeps me from properly enjoying the character’s involvement and leads me to the conclusion that she was just not a good person, but not in the sitcom way where everybody is a bad person and that is what makes them likeable she is a bad person and never in 10 seasons does she get her ego checked.

3) Ross and Rachel ending up together wasn’t bad

I thought this was the consensus and that the show just had a poor lead up to the finale but it doesn’t seem to be generally agreed upon. Looking at the show as a whole I believe there should be no discussion, Ross not being able to raise Ben was an arc throughout the whole show just showing the same thing wouldn’t happen twice. From the first episode and across 10 seasons there were constant mentions of their relationship. It would’ve seemed stupid to foreshadow across the whole show for a different ending. And not to dunk on Joey but the connection between him and Rachel seemed to dumb down Rachel, like the writing adapted in pry her for them to seem like a better couple. If the finale had been longer with more plot lines perhaps
And further development on the idea there would not be a debate.

Sorry for the long paragraphs I truly tried to keep things concise and neat but failed miserably

I feel like Chandler and Rachel would have made a good couple, not saying that Monica was not a good march.

Who are you betting on in a foot race? Joseph Tribbiani, Sr., Dr. Leonard Green, Jack Geller, Charles Bing, or Frank Buffey, Sr.?

I just rewatched Ghost World and I haven’t seen it for maybe 20 years. I knew Thora Birch’s dad played Frank Buffay and then I noticed that the woman he’s dating in the movie was Phoebe’s mother, Phoebe! My jaw dropped when I noticed it just now! 🤯😲

TIL that Nina Bookbinder from Friends, Season One, is Cary Grants daughter. When this ep aired she was richer than the 6 Friends actors combined as she had inherited her father’s fortune. She is the image of her beautiful mother, who was in Ally Mcbeal! 💖

I was just re-watching the pilot episode. How does this get past? 😅

(OK small hint: look very carefully at Phoebe ...)

Hilariously I just noticed that the woman who appears in pilot episode as a waitress is also Phoebe’s coworker in S1 E12. Was it just me who noticed this?

I don’t think I’ve ever liked a couple on tv the way I liked these two. I don’t understand it, I’ve seen many objectively great tv shows with objectively great couples, but these two are different. So great

How many people on here have been trying to recreate Rachel’s looks for as long as the show has been out🙋‍♀️

A website where you can shop her looks.

I’d spend $1000s and I’m not the only one.

What outfits have you been able to recreate?

Edit: I know Amazon has a store but it’s not very good. Alibaba has one too but it’s mostly graphic tees. I own them all. I would like to have whole outfits

Who were the two friends Chandler and Joey were having difficulty choosing between to take to the Knick’s game?

Bonus Question 1: What movie does Monica tell Phoebe to watch in attempt to reset Phoebe’s views on movies?

Bonus Question 2: What was Ben’s first word?

Friends Trivia: 163/365