The show has been back in the news recently after someone found aclip where Rachel wasn’t Rachel and it sent shock waves around the world.
Now, I’m ok with them using stand-ins and I’ll let the fact that one of them made it into the show slide.
But, there are one or two other things about Friends that bug me. And here they are:
I can’t be the only one who’s noticed this! In ‘the one with the red sweater’, when Joey, Phoebe and Monica are first starting to work out who the father of Rachel’s baby is, Monica says this line with a kind of lisp. Watch at 2.07!
I know it’s irrational, but this really bugs me! Surely someone noticed? Could they really not do just one more take?
Seriously? Monica the clean freak would seriously do the washing up while wearing someone else’s wedding dress?! And play with the dress while still wearing the rubber gloves? I don’t think so!
Ok, so he can learn to say “frontal temporal zygomatic craniotomy” and “Caravaggio uses chiaroscuro here to highlight the anguish of the central figure” but he can’t manage to say “Je m’appelle Claude”?
I know he’s not the brightest person ever, but even he’s not that dumb. This bothers me so much that I really don’t like to watch it, so I’ve got no idea what else happens in that episode!
Please tell me I’m not the only one who’s bothered by these things! That would mean I really have just watched the programme too many times, but I’m not ready to stop watching it yet!
I’m like you, I have re-watched it so many times! I do love it but there are so many inconsistencies. The one that bothers me most is in the very first episode where Rachel turns up and Monica introduces her to everyone, making it quite clear she only knew Ross. Then later on, there are flashbacks that show Chandler at Ross’s parents house on Thanksgiving when Rachel is there too. It even comes out that Rachel and Chandler once kissed at a frat party! #TheList
Debbie
That stand in thing is so weird, you could have so done that shot without seeing Rachel! I agree the continuity with their history is a little off but I’ll forgive them because I love flashback scenes so much. #TheList
Oh that does bother me, about Chandler and Rachel knowing/not knowing each other! x
Friends is my go to program too, I could watch it over and over again. there are niggles but overall I just love it, would have loved to have seen a reunion episode but its been too long now. #TheList
I think you’re right, a reunion episode now would just be a bit odd. Now, a Gilmore Girls reunion episode would be great! x
Haha – never noticed Monica’s shtories before! But I do hear that a lot in things where people say things wrong & it is left. I often wonder if they just figure that is okay as it is realistic to life for people to mispronounce or use the wrong words. I did always wonder about the wedding dress, though. & good point about Joey, Also, I know that the mother of Monica & Chandler’s babies was pretty stupid, but what about them?? Did they not see scan pictures? What about the appointments they went to with her? What about the extra care and monitoring for twin births? How could they not know it was twins?? & Phoebe had triplets, naturally, overdue?? I realise that they just don’t bother with letting accuracy get in the way of humour in these programmes though! #thelist
Oh the whole surprise twin thing was ridiculous! Pretty sure it would’ve come up beyond a comment from the doctor that “both heartbeats are good”! x
Ha ha! I LOVE friends and think I almost know it all word for word. Yes I have not noticed those things before! Thanks for linking up to #TheList x
Haha, hope these things don’t bug you now I’ve pointed them out to you! x