‘Friends’ Co-Creators Recall Standing Up to NBC Executive

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‘Friends’ Co-Creators Recall Standing Up to NBC Executive Who Objected To Monica Sleeping With Someone On A First Date https://t.co/jpZTAg0Qn9
- Deadline Hollywood (@DEADLINE) August 18, 2024

NBC executive wanted to change Monica’s pilot plot, which featured her sleeping with someone on a first date.

“The guy who was in charge said: ‘We’re not

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[rainbows_are_ok]

I wish they had never had Monica and Chandler get together. It completely ruined both of their characters.

[skyler_white_yo]

I really liked them together, better than Ross and Rachael.

Hopefully we can agree that trying to force Rachael and Joey was one of their worst ideas.

[silverstarry]

Rachel/Joey was by far the worst attempted pairing.

ETA: Ross was a terrible boyfriend but at least the genesis of that couple had a backstory and a buildup so we could see how it happened. Rachel and Joey just came out of left field and the execution was terrible.

[nutella_forever]

Ross was a terrible character in general, they're lucky that David is such a great (and underrated) comedic actor, otherwise his character would have been unwatchable

[ahkna]

So many of the funniest moments involve him and it's all David being so funny to watch.

[astrofisica]

Ross was no worse than any of the characters tbh.

[icedevil0289]

Joey imo is far more insufferable

[astrofisica]

like idk why anyone tries to rank the friends on a morality scale. it's a sitcom that's aiming for jokes, but tbh a lot of shit people fling on ross other characters did too. both ross and joey dated a student. ross gets called homophobic for disliking his ex's wife, even though he support carol! he just hated Susan because she was her affair partner, which is...valid. meanwhile, chandler was actively malicious towards his father at times. ross and rachel had a mutual obsession with each other.

[acidosaur]

Joey was also SUPER creepy. esp in early episodes. He disabled the lock on the bathroom door so he could walk in on female roomates showering at some point

[icedevil0289]

Ross was the only one where I think the OTT moments worked for his character because they all got progressively worse

[soyunatetera]

his expressions and cracks on his voice were hilarious

[nutella_forever]

Love your icon!! Anna!!💛💛

[klauses]

yup, definitely. david being so good at comedy saved that terribly-written character

[kary1591]

Yuuup. Rachel and Joey were other level terrible.

[rainbows_are_ok]

Haha I think everyone can agree on that!

[duchello]

No we cannot. I truly enjoyed Joey/Rachel 😭