wow this evening's television head-spinning. friends: maybe because I missed the beginning_ what? what's going on? alternate universe? or just earlier... Monica is overweight and she and Chandler sleep together in order to end her virginity (so- it's not the first time later in the hotel in London?); Joey lives in a fancy apt!? and Rachel is there drunk and amazed that she "is peeing at Joey Tribiani's" as is he is famous? and they kiss but then she is sick and (cut/I was switching channels) she walks in on her husband (?but I thought the pilot episode was her showing up in NY - going to Monica, who is already thin - after running out on her wedding) cheating; Ross realizes his wife is gay after Susan comes over for what he thought was going to be a great three-way (I guess) and they don't include him (I guess /cut); and Ross and Rachel in the coffeehouse commiserate that it's a great day for married people, huh. (in the pilot ross asks Rachel at the end if it would be okay if he asks her out sometime - ie he is already divorced. also note that this episode has the polish that is not in the pilot and the friends look like later years: chandler has some weight in his face and Joey is Joey not the silly stereotpe in the pilot). oh and Phoebe is typeAish (so it is an alternate universe?) and in a hospital and they don't tell her she's fired from her executive job because it 'would kill her' and when she goes in and is told about it and that she has no office she says fine I will work here by this plant (oh I've seen this part before + the day after btw Monica and Chandler where he is not really ok about her boyfriend Dr. Roger who she's seeing tonight).

?? plus cutting to the last scene of gilmore girls: where the dizzying camera work cut cut cut to upset speaker around table and cut cut cut to different moments of the evening where they yell about everything is like no technique I've seen in any other episode -so I feel here too like it's surreal, is this not really happening is it a dream or sth sequence? -and I am not sure I like it but maybe it's right for this scene and it is satisfying I do like the moment where they all seem drunk and laughing about what Emily said to Mrs.Huntzberger about Mitchum still being a playboy you know oh of course you know that's why your weight goes up and down 30lb every month and Lorelai has her feet talked under her on the couch and they seem like a family aw. making me think as I already had earlier in the episode that I do want to own this (but the rest of this season, I think I'd decided I could do without that, so-?). I liked Logan 'I type 90 words a minute. you don't know everything about me... so you really did just date me for my looks'. and they have some big announcement next time (have I seen this preview before?) - what? pregnancy seems too like mother like daughter, elopement seems dumb, so?

and Now. The State of the Union.
he's not funny.

[ 'Deep sigh. No BL tonight. I have to admit, I'd rather hear about the State of the Union from the commentators the next day than actually have to listen to it.' -tvwop. kind of okay with me, would be a mood switch. ~wish it was on a different nite from gilmore.. ']

gilmore: Friday Night's Alright for Fighting
friends:ah- The One that Could have Been, conclusion: the gang pictures their lives with different outcomes: Chandler still falls for Monica...
friends-tv.org episode 6.16: ...Chandler and Monica decide to have a one-night stand, but afterwards Chandler convinces her to dump the doctor and be with him. Rachel, relieved that she didn't cheat on Barry, returns home and find Barry in bed with another woman. She returns to the city to hook back up with Joey, but runs into Ross. Phoebe goes back to singing at the coffee house.
friends-tv.org episode 6.15: News that Barry and Mindy are getting divorced ah gets the gang wondering what their lives would be like if Rachel married Barry; if Ross's wife Carol hadn't realized she was a lesbian; if Monica was still fat; if Joey was still on Days of Our Lifes; if Chandler had quit his data entry job to pursue writing; and if Phoebe was a stock broker (why?, was she ever... ok seems she got a job offer but declined: Rachel: "Why didn't you take the job?"Phoebe: "Because at that time, you see, I thought that everything that rhymed was true. So I thought, y'know, if I worked with stocks, I'd have to live in a box, and only eat lox, and have a pet fox...." ) :
Ross and Rachel, both in unhappy marriages, run into each other on the street after not seeing each other for years. Ross brings Rachel to Central Perk to see Monica; Rachel quickly swoons over Joey, aka Dr. Drake Ramoray. Monica is dating the very boring Dr. Roger. Chandler is unemployed, but takes a job as Joey's assistant, which doesn't work out very well; but he is inspired by the experience and sells his first story to Archie Comics. Phoebe is ruthless and greedy, and has a heart attack after losing 13 million dollars on the stock market. While she's in the hospital, Ross finds out she's fired, but he doesn't dare tell her, fearing it will cause another heart attack. Ross suggests to Carol that they spice up their non-existant sex life. Carol doesn't like any of his ideas... except having a threesome. Rachel decides to have a fling with Joey.

Mister Poll: The Ultimate FRIENDS poll - lists all episodes - 10 seasons.
plus eg each friend's catch phrase...
huh: results are interesting.
Which is your favourite season? They are all the best (54%)
Who is your favourite character? Chandler (33%) huh.
> least favourite character is close to a reverse of favourite but variations interesting, can imagine explanation (monica is least likely be someone's favorite, but she is not the most likely to be someone's least favorite. etc).
favorite: chandler, joey, rachel, phoebe, ross, monica.
least favorite: ross, phoebe, monica, joey, rachel, chandler.