Top 10 Unanswered Questions on Friends
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Date: 2023-11-21
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Naticzka
The show addressed all of these issues people are writing about here, through the years and to various degrees as all TV shows do. Take financial issues: For the first 3-4 seasons it was shown that they had money problems, especially those who earned less, so Joey, Phoebe, and Rachel. And it was shown they got help - Chandler helped Joey throughout the show, Ross helped Monica in season 1 or 2 - don't remember which one now, and Jack Geller, Monica's dad also helped her financially once, it was in season 2 too. Rachel was helped by all of the rest at the start, for example, they always ordered extra coffee at Central Perk, and the girls still struggled and it was shown in episode 9 of season 2 I believe.
But slowly, they all built their careers and all were promoted like most people do in life, which was also shown: Monica became a big chef in a big restaurant like you said, so how is this poor? In fact, next to Chandler and Ross, Monica, later on, earned the most - chefs in big restaurants, especially in New York City earn very, VERY good money. Ross got promoted to a stable job at the university, Chandler also got promoted, then he got fired but he found a good job again in the ads industry, Rachel got promoted and had a great job at Ralph Lauren, and even tho Joey struggled many times, it was also shown that he finally got his regular role back at Days of our lives, so he was regular on soap opera, and back in the 90s that was a very solid paying job for an actor.
The most unstable, financially, was always Phoebe but it was also shown that once Ross helped her, the girls helped her too, and later she also got a better job. Remember the episode when Phoebe lies to, and tries to hide from Rachel that she works at the big spa place. So clearly Phoebe got the better job too later on. So it was very naturally written, they all progressed financially but the show won't talk about it all in detail in every single episode, because that's boring and not what TV does. they still did a good job with all of this.
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The show addressed all of these issues people are writing about here, through the years and to various degrees as all TV shows do. Take financial issues: For the first 3-4 seasons it was shown that they had money problems, especially those who earned less, so Joey, Phoebe, and Rachel. And it was shown they got help - Chandler helped Joey throughout the show, Ross helped Monica in season 1 or 2 - don't remember which one now, and Jack Geller, Monica's dad also helped her financially once, it was in season 2 too. Rachel was helped by all of the rest at the start, for example, they always ordered extra coffee at Central Perk, and the girls still struggled and it was shown in episode 9 of season 2 I believe.
But slowly, they all built their careers and all were promoted like most people do in life, which was also shown: Monica became a big chef in a big restaurant like you said, so how is this poor? In fact, next to Chandler and Ross, Monica, later on, earned the most - chefs in big restaurants, especially in New York City earn very, VERY good money. Ross got promoted to a stable job at the university, Chandler also got promoted, then he got fired but he found a good job again in the ads industry, Rachel got promoted and had a great job at Ralph Lauren, and even tho Joey struggled many times, it was also shown that he finally got his regular role back at Days of our lives, so he was regular on soap opera, and back in the 90s that was a very solid paying job for an actor.
The most unstable, financially, was always Phoebe but it was also shown that once Ross helped her, the girls helped her too, and later she also got a better job. Remember the episode when Phoebe lies to, and tries to hide from Rachel that she works at the big spa place. So clearly Phoebe got the better job too later on. So it was very naturally written, they all progressed financially but the show won't talk about it all in detail in every single episode, because that's boring and not what TV does. they still did a good job with all of this.
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msmojo
With the 'problem' of the children on the show - it is not unanswered at all, the TV producers and creators expect all of you to use your common sense of how TV and life work. We don't see these characters in every second of their lives because it's impossible. For example, we didn't see Monica and Chandler's whole honeymoon or Rachel being in Greece, or we didn't see all of them every day at work, we just saw them, usually, after work at Central Perk or their apartments. These are called the time jumps on TV, and a lot of stuff happens off-screen, it's obvious, isn't it? Ben and Carol, or Emma were never main, regular characters, they were background characters and they were rarely on the show since the start. This show was focused on the main 6 friends, and on young adults, and their dating life, not children. Also, it's a sitcom, with only 20 minutes episodes, and there is no time to show in detail how Emma and Ben are doing or playing together. This was never a priority. So Ben and Emma certainly knew each other, played together, and were living normally in New York, and their parents co-parenting them, but it was all off the screen, like in all shows. Also, any professional from tv/movie business will tell you, that working with animals and children on set is the worst thing ever, as children and animals are unpredictable, impatient, and cost a lot of money, especially little children like Emma because care-takers have to be there, on set, with her, and so it costs a lot of money. Also, the actor who played older Ben - -Cole Sprouse, was later a regular on Disney show and was simply not available later for Friends.
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With the 'problem' of the children on the show - it is not unanswered at all, the TV producers and creators expect all of you to use your common sense of how TV and life work. We don't see these characters in every second of their lives because it's impossible. For example, we didn't see Monica and Chandler's whole honeymoon or Rachel being in Greece, or we didn't see all of them every day at work, we just saw them, usually, after work at Central Perk or their apartments. These are called the time jumps on TV, and a lot of stuff happens off-screen, it's obvious, isn't it? Ben and Carol, or Emma were never main, regular characters, they were background characters and they were rarely on the show since the start. This show was focused on the main 6 friends, and on young adults, and their dating life, not children. Also, it's a sitcom, with only 20 minutes episodes, and there is no time to show in detail how Emma and Ben are doing or playing together. This was never a priority. So Ben and Emma certainly knew each other, played together, and were living normally in New York, and their parents co-parenting them, but it was all off the screen, like in all shows. Also, any professional from tv/movie business will tell you, that working with animals and children on set is the worst thing ever, as children and animals are unpredictable, impatient, and cost a lot of money, especially little children like Emma because care-takers have to be there, on set, with her, and so it costs a lot of money. Also, the actor who played older Ben - -Cole Sprouse, was later a regular on Disney show and was simply not available later for Friends.
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msmojo
We do know that Ross and Rachel married it was confirmed by Joey on the Friends spin-off show Joey, and by the writers and actors in the interviews. Paris was never a real thing, it was a typical ploy and writing trope to reunite Ross and Rachel in a grand, romantic way and make Ross run to the airport as Rachel did when she first found out Ross loves her from Chandler - she ran after Ross to the airport when he was going to China. And Ross finds out that Rachel still loves him and wants to get off the plane by the answering machine just as he found out Rachel loves him in season 2 by listening to the answering machine. They came full circle and it was beautiful! Also, Rachel would never really leave Monica, and New York by that time was, and still is, way better for fashion jobs. NY is the fashion capital more than old Paris, and there are more opportunities there anyway. And Rachel already had a great job in New York and even more offers in the final episodes. And Ross wouldn't be able to raise his daughter on another continent, and he was co-parent! He was teaching at the university so he couldn't take more free time than one weekend, and the flight from the US to Paris is very long and it costs a lot of money, and Ross would spend, like, only one day with Emma, one day per week tops and the trip would be exhausting. So Paris was NEVER realistic at all. It was just a typical writing trope to write this romantic airport cliffhanger, but by then we all knew Ross and Rachel are gonna reunite. And it was great!
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We do know that Ross and Rachel married it was confirmed by Joey on the Friends spin-off show Joey, and by the writers and actors in the interviews. Paris was never a real thing, it was a typical ploy and writing trope to reunite Ross and Rachel in a grand, romantic way and make Ross run to the airport as Rachel did when she first found out Ross loves her from Chandler - she ran after Ross to the airport when he was going to China. And Ross finds out that Rachel still loves him and wants to get off the plane by the answering machine just as he found out Rachel loves him in season 2 by listening to the answering machine. They came full circle and it was beautiful! Also, Rachel would never really leave Monica, and New York by that time was, and still is, way better for fashion jobs. NY is the fashion capital more than old Paris, and there are more opportunities there anyway. And Rachel already had a great job in New York and even more offers in the final episodes. And Ross wouldn't be able to raise his daughter on another continent, and he was co-parent! He was teaching at the university so he couldn't take more free time than one weekend, and the flight from the US to Paris is very long and it costs a lot of money, and Ross would spend, like, only one day with Emma, one day per week tops and the trip would be exhausting. So Paris was NEVER realistic at all. It was just a typical writing trope to write this romantic airport cliffhanger, but by then we all knew Ross and Rachel are gonna reunite. And it was great!
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Benjamin
I think Teri Garr deserves mad props for nailing Lisa Kudrow's quirky performance of Phoebe to make it maximumly believable her character's Phoebe's mom, because she so, so, SOOOO nailed it. I mean, because there are so many actors and directors who just sort of phone it in for TV, we've gotten used to suspending our disbelief through seeing actors totally miss this aspect of portraying another character's parent, like we don't ever see any aspects of Ross or Monica coming out in Elliott Gould's or Christina Pickles' performance as their parents to make it more believable they're their parents, for example, but like Meryl Streep didn't skip it in playing Alexander Skarsgard's character's mother in Big Little Lies, and the show was made so much better by all the believability that brought, Teri Garr didn't skip it in playing Phoebe's mother to the same effect. Thanks for not just phoning it in, Teri.
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I think Teri Garr deserves mad props for nailing Lisa Kudrow's quirky performance of Phoebe to make it maximumly believable her character's Phoebe's mom, because she so, so, SOOOO nailed it. I mean, because there are so many actors and directors who just sort of phone it in for TV, we've gotten used to suspending our disbelief through seeing actors totally miss this aspect of portraying another character's parent, like we don't ever see any aspects of Ross or Monica coming out in Elliott Gould's or Christina Pickles' performance as their parents to make it more believable they're their parents, for example, but like Meryl Streep didn't skip it in playing Alexander Skarsgard's character's mother in Big Little Lies, and the show was made so much better by all the believability that brought, Teri Garr didn't skip it in playing Phoebe's mother to the same effect. Thanks for not just phoning it in, Teri.
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XGustavoX100000
Not gonna lie, this list was pretty bad. A lot of this actually been answered, and the ones that werent didnt need to actually have been answered(the only that i do agree is about ben. A few big ones that i dont know how the video missed were. What happened to joeys boat. Not only did it vanish out of nowhere, joey was broke after buying it, and a few epis later the show itself forgot. Another one was joey came back to days of our lifes to play the role of Susan Sarandon because of the brain transfusion. And for a while he played the woman character, but out of nowhere he turned to dr drake again. Most of the cast birthdates and ages were messed up, so we never actually knew how old they were.
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Not gonna lie, this list was pretty bad. A lot of this actually been answered, and the ones that werent didnt need to actually have been answered(the only that i do agree is about ben. A few big ones that i dont know how the video missed were. What happened to joeys boat. Not only did it vanish out of nowhere, joey was broke after buying it, and a few epis later the show itself forgot. Another one was joey came back to days of our lifes to play the role of Susan Sarandon because of the brain transfusion. And for a while he played the woman character, but out of nowhere he turned to dr drake again. Most of the cast birthdates and ages were messed up, so we never actually knew how old they were.
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Rachel
Here are some questions I'd like answers to:
1. What ever happened to Phoebe's birth mom? They were slowly starting to develop a relationship and just. stopped? Why did she disappear?
2. Why did Susan feel the need to keep bullying Ross? He walked Carol down the damn aisle when her parents wouldn't.
3. How did Julie react to Ross basically cheating on her with Rachel?
4. Exactly how much money did Chandler have? I know he saved alot, but they made it sound like he was Bill Gates rich.
5. Did Joey hit his head or something when he was building that entertainment center? Cause that would explain ALOT.
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Here are some questions I'd like answers to:
1. What ever happened to Phoebe's birth mom? They were slowly starting to develop a relationship and just. stopped? Why did she disappear?
2. Why did Susan feel the need to keep bullying Ross? He walked Carol down the damn aisle when her parents wouldn't.
3. How did Julie react to Ross basically cheating on her with Rachel?
4. Exactly how much money did Chandler have? I know he saved alot, but they made it sound like he was Bill Gates rich.
5. Did Joey hit his head or something when he was building that entertainment center? Cause that would explain ALOT.
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Leonardo
I have a few guess on a few of these list
10. Ross and rachel may have moved into Monicas place. Dont forget they have a child and maybe they need 1 more room for when ben come and visit
9. Monica esther geller
8. When some relative die their will are left with their grandchildren including monetary and their possession
3. Maybe he theoretically lost custody due to jman and the channy lost ben on the bus, monica bing his head, phoebe cursing, and rachel is a bad influence. Or susan and carol just moved
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I have a few guess on a few of these list
10. Ross and rachel may have moved into Monicas place. Dont forget they have a child and maybe they need 1 more room for when ben come and visit
9. Monica esther geller
8. When some relative die their will are left with their grandchildren including monetary and their possession
3. Maybe he theoretically lost custody due to jman and the channy lost ben on the bus, monica bing his head, phoebe cursing, and rachel is a bad influence. Or susan and carol just moved
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DirigoDuke
If the apartment belonged to Ross and Monica's grandmother, it probably remained in the family, sublet to others over the years, but available for Emma, now 22, to move into post-college for a Friends sequel series to launch in 2024, maybe sharing it with bestie Erica Bing, while twin Jack Bing lives across the hall with his roommate. We might even have big brother Ben Geller as a supporting character working in whatever business is now in the spot once filled by Central Perk.
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If the apartment belonged to Ross and Monica's grandmother, it probably remained in the family, sublet to others over the years, but available for Emma, now 22, to move into post-college for a Friends sequel series to launch in 2024, maybe sharing it with bestie Erica Bing, while twin Jack Bing lives across the hall with his roommate. We might even have big brother Ben Geller as a supporting character working in whatever business is now in the spot once filled by Central Perk.
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Sky
For me I wanna know is:
1. Did Joey's stalker ever go to Salem to find his twin brother? Haha
2. Does Joey still talk to McKenzie after her and her parents moved out of the house Monica and Chandler bought?
3. Are Julie and Russ still together?
4. Do Phoebe and Mike still live in her apartment after coming back from their honeymoon?
5. Did Chandler and Monica have any more children?
6. Who won the arm wrestling match between Monica and Chandler on Halloween?
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For me I wanna know is:
1. Did Joey's stalker ever go to Salem to find his twin brother? Haha
2. Does Joey still talk to McKenzie after her and her parents moved out of the house Monica and Chandler bought?
3. Are Julie and Russ still together?
4. Do Phoebe and Mike still live in her apartment after coming back from their honeymoon?
5. Did Chandler and Monica have any more children?
6. Who won the arm wrestling match between Monica and Chandler on Halloween?
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EoR
To many unanswerd questions because of to many characters for anyone to be fully fleshed out.
I used to think that Phoebe and Joey felt pointless after season 5. The jokes were always the same and by that point I had gotten sick of it.
But then I rememberd that my favorite moment of the whole show was when Joey went vegetarian for Phoebe so she would not feel guilty for eating meat. And sometimes it'S ok to not know every little detail in your friends life tbh.
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To many unanswerd questions because of to many characters for anyone to be fully fleshed out.
I used to think that Phoebe and Joey felt pointless after season 5. The jokes were always the same and by that point I had gotten sick of it.
But then I rememberd that my favorite moment of the whole show was when Joey went vegetarian for Phoebe so she would not feel guilty for eating meat. And sometimes it'S ok to not know every little detail in your friends life tbh.
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Bonnie
What does Middle Name in the US stand for? I'm quite confused. In the Philippines when you ask for someone's Middle Name, it corresponds to his/her mother's maiden surname. So if the someone's initial is ABC, A is for the First Name, B is for the Middle Name (which is the mother's maiden surname, and C is the Surname. Is it not the same in the US?
Isn't Monica's Middle Name same as Ross' since they both have the same set of parents?
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What does Middle Name in the US stand for? I'm quite confused. In the Philippines when you ask for someone's Middle Name, it corresponds to his/her mother's maiden surname. So if the someone's initial is ABC, A is for the First Name, B is for the Middle Name (which is the mother's maiden surname, and C is the Surname. Is it not the same in the US?
Isn't Monica's Middle Name same as Ross' since they both have the same set of parents?
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Muhammad
13: 19 Well Rachel got off the plane because she realised that she still loved Ross and fheir relationship would never replaced, plus he realized that he would take Emma away from her real father who loved her so much. A replacement job can be found but there is only one Ross for Rachel and Emma. Rachel has spent 7 years trying to move on from Ross but always fails because she always loves Ross no matter what.
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13: 19 Well Rachel got off the plane because she realised that she still loved Ross and fheir relationship would never replaced, plus he realized that he would take Emma away from her real father who loved her so much. A replacement job can be found but there is only one Ross for Rachel and Emma. Rachel has spent 7 years trying to move on from Ross but always fails because she always loves Ross no matter what.
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Gavin
In terms of #8, Monica decided to give up her dream wedding for a happy marriage so she probably picked a different venue. That explanation is definitely in the show. You even have the quote in the video!
We know Ross doesnt get his job back at the museum because he starts to teach college classes and in season 10, he gets tenure. Come on, did you guys even watch the show?
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In terms of #8, Monica decided to give up her dream wedding for a happy marriage so she probably picked a different venue. That explanation is definitely in the show. You even have the quote in the video!
We know Ross doesnt get his job back at the museum because he starts to teach college classes and in season 10, he gets tenure. Come on, did you guys even watch the show?
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Yana
I still don't get it, why Monica could not afford her place, if it was her grandmother's? Wasn't it a property of her family? I don't know how it works in the USA, could somebody please explain this? And why Ross had to bribe naked guy to get his apartment? If there were so many people who wanted to get it, was the price of the apartment below the market?
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I still don't get it, why Monica could not afford her place, if it was her grandmother's? Wasn't it a property of her family? I don't know how it works in the USA, could somebody please explain this? And why Ross had to bribe naked guy to get his apartment? If there were so many people who wanted to get it, was the price of the apartment below the market?
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Mary
I don't like that Rachel maybe got her old job back. It was making her unhappy spending 40+ hours at a job that had no future. She should have gone to Paris. If Ross wanted to be with her, he should have gone too. I think she'd resent Ross in maybe a year because she chose him over the job, and they'd always circle back to that in their fights.
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I don't like that Rachel maybe got her old job back. It was making her unhappy spending 40+ hours at a job that had no future. She should have gone to Paris. If Ross wanted to be with her, he should have gone too. I think she'd resent Ross in maybe a year because she chose him over the job, and they'd always circle back to that in their fights.
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Victoria
I have a theory that phoebe's middle name is ursula.
Their bio mom gave them the same middle name as eachother so they could always be close with eachother
Pheobe Ursula Buffay
Ursula phoebe buffay
I also think pheobe and mike had a massive family due to pheobe's high fertility. Maybe triplets?
Pheobe, bebe and ebe
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I have a theory that phoebe's middle name is ursula.
Their bio mom gave them the same middle name as eachother so they could always be close with eachother
Pheobe Ursula Buffay
Ursula phoebe buffay
I also think pheobe and mike had a massive family due to pheobe's high fertility. Maybe triplets?
Pheobe, bebe and ebe
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Krys
That boss from the museum was not at all understanding. Who would be okay seeing their sister have relations or not be upset over their lunch being thrown out while in the middle of a rough patch in life? Did Ross go overboard a bit? Yes, but hes still upset about things that most people would be and were beyond his control.
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That boss from the museum was not at all understanding. Who would be okay seeing their sister have relations or not be upset over their lunch being thrown out while in the middle of a rough patch in life? Did Ross go overboard a bit? Yes, but hes still upset about things that most people would be and were beyond his control.
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Jackie
Here's one. on the day Rachel went into labor with Emma, it was the heat of the summer and about 100 degrees outside. A year later, on her first birthday, they have a party for her and everyone comes in wearing fall or winter clothes. Coats, scarves, leather boots, etc. What's that about?
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Here's one. on the day Rachel went into labor with Emma, it was the heat of the summer and about 100 degrees outside. A year later, on her first birthday, they have a party for her and everyone comes in wearing fall or winter clothes. Coats, scarves, leather boots, etc. What's that about?
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Muhammad
10: 11 Well, Ross would never abandon any of his child, I mean he never forgets about Ben despite the situation he had to go through when he found out that he was going to have a child and how painful it was to see Caroll and Susan or how painful it was that he couldn't live with Ben.
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10: 11 Well, Ross would never abandon any of his child, I mean he never forgets about Ben despite the situation he had to go through when he found out that he was going to have a child and how painful it was to see Caroll and Susan or how painful it was that he couldn't live with Ben.
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Trish0871
I still want to know is what happened to Chandler when he made it to Yemen and how long did it take for him to come back? Also, when did Janice find out that he returned? In one episode when she meets up with Ross, she mentions to everyone that she is weak and Chandler is in Yemen.
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I still want to know is what happened to Chandler when he made it to Yemen and how long did it take for him to come back? Also, when did Janice find out that he returned? In one episode when she meets up with Ross, she mentions to everyone that she is weak and Chandler is in Yemen.
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John
Two questions Ive always wondered about:
1. What happened between Monica and Rachel during college where they lost touch until Rachel appeared in the first episode?
2. How did Monica and Phoebe first meet to become friends and live together?
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Two questions Ive always wondered about:
1. What happened between Monica and Rachel during college where they lost touch until Rachel appeared in the first episode?
2. How did Monica and Phoebe first meet to become friends and live together?
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Kenyatta
As far as the middle name goes sometimes there isnt an actual name & just a letter. My grandfather only had the letter D for a middle name & that was on his birth certificate & my uncle was a Jr. so he also only had a D as a middle name.
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As far as the middle name goes sometimes there isnt an actual name & just a letter. My grandfather only had the letter D for a middle name & that was on his birth certificate & my uncle was a Jr. so he also only had a D as a middle name.
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Cyin
I have always wondered if Joey could actually tap dance? You showed a clip where Chandler payed for Joey's tap classes but in another episode Phoebe and Joey were going through his resume he said he didn't, so did he know how to tap dance?
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I have always wondered if Joey could actually tap dance? You showed a clip where Chandler payed for Joey's tap classes but in another episode Phoebe and Joey were going through his resume he said he didn't, so did he know how to tap dance?
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Madison
To answer the question of Joey's sister who is pregnant I do remember in one episode I don't recall what season or number but joey tells one of the friends before leaving the apartment that he's going to his niece's christening
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To answer the question of Joey's sister who is pregnant I do remember in one episode I don't recall what season or number but joey tells one of the friends before leaving the apartment that he's going to his niece's christening
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cherishgp
Rosss boss considered reinstating him and then in his bosss presence he had a meltdown because he saw Chandler and Monica making out. Monica even refers to him being sacked once to her parents. So that is not a mystery.
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Rosss boss considered reinstating him and then in his bosss presence he had a meltdown because he saw Chandler and Monica making out. Monica even refers to him being sacked once to her parents. So that is not a mystery.
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Andrew
Me, who hasn't finished watching friends: OH WELL, I HOPE I DON'T GET THAT MANY SPOILERS BUT I REALLY WANNA WATCH THIS VIDEO-
Me, literally a minute later: gets a huge spoiler I should've been ready for that.
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Me, who hasn't finished watching friends: OH WELL, I HOPE I DON'T GET THAT MANY SPOILERS BUT I REALLY WANNA WATCH THIS VIDEO-
Me, literally a minute later: gets a huge spoiler I should've been ready for that.
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Tessa
That still bugs me. Ross had tenure. Rachel didn't have to give up her chance. He could have taken a sabbatical to work at the Institute in Paris. It is one of the premier paleontology centers in the world.
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That still bugs me. Ross had tenure. Rachel didn't have to give up her chance. He could have taken a sabbatical to work at the Institute in Paris. It is one of the premier paleontology centers in the world.
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Emily
I remember seeing Ben in Chandler and Monicas wedding. I dont know if that was done on purpose though, haha. In the episode you can see him running with the other kids as Ross is trying to flirt with Mona.
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I remember seeing Ben in Chandler and Monicas wedding. I dont know if that was done on purpose though, haha. In the episode you can see him running with the other kids as Ross is trying to flirt with Mona.
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ballincruzer
I think the biggest question I have for myself is what happened to Chandlers roommate Eddie from Season 2? Like Ive legit been wondering what the hell happened to him for the longest time lol
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I think the biggest question I have for myself is what happened to Chandlers roommate Eddie from Season 2? Like Ive legit been wondering what the hell happened to him for the longest time lol
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сесилия
I never knew in America middle names are made up, like first names. In Bulgaria the child gets the father's name as its middle one, and uses all 3, not just the first and family name.
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I never knew in America middle names are made up, like first names. In Bulgaria the child gets the father's name as its middle one, and uses all 3, not just the first and family name.
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