The Biggest Unanswered Questions On Friends

NBC’s hit sitcom Friends built some great story arcs for its main characters during its 10 seasons. It’s part of the reason why the show is so incredibly hilarious even today.

Will Rachel and Ross ever get together, will Chandler and Monica have a happy ending, will Joey make it as an actor, and will Phoebe finally find love in her life? The series brought these arcs to somewhat satisfying ends, but there are still unanswered questions that fans wonder about.

Yes, Friends is a great show, but a series that ran that long is bound to have some gaping plot points. Think you know what they are? Watch this video to find out Friends' biggest unanswered questions.

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The one with the missing middle names | 0:00
The one with Phoebe's true story | 1:41
The one where Rachel's out of a job | 3:09
The one where Phoebe stops playing music | 4:29

[NickiSwift]

What other classic sitcoms do you want us to explore?

[natalieshershow]

are we all just gonna ignore the fact that Joey got no ending

[SlushyyHyuga]

Dude, we should all know Phoebe’s middle name is Phalange.

[secretmina]

Phoebe's not a good musician?? I am *_HURT_*

[shrutib]

What I wanna know is what Phoebe wrote on Ross's sandwich!!!

[rookiemonster]

I don't even care about these stupid things.
Relatively more important things:
1.Phoebe's roommate Denise. What?!
2.Did Ben like vanish from earth after the 8th season?
3.If Phoebe had a grandmother, why didn't they live together after her mother first killed herself?
4.Why wasn't Phoebe's birth mother mentioned after the 4th season?
5.What did Phoebe write on the note (with Ross's sandwich situation)?
6.Why wasn't Ben at Ross's second wedding? I can get any Susan and Carol weren't but Ben should've been there.
7.If Chandler and Rachel had spent thanksgiving together before and also met at the bar(episode in which Janice had a question), why didn't they seem to recognize each other in the pilot episode?
7.Why wasn't Ursula even invited to the wedding? Yeah, we know what a bitch she can be but she did invite Phoebe to get wedding!(which fell apart cuz she was lying to her fiance)
8.How did Phoebe first meet Monica?
9.What happened to Mrs. Bowmont. How did Joey even pay for it? Or did he or got rid of it? What happened?!
10.Chandler says I love you too Monica for the first time twice.
11.Ross says he's never been with anyone before Carol but later he's accused of sleeping with the old lady from the library or something.
12.Chandler can't cry but apparently he cries like a baby when Ross gets Phoebe a first bike.
13.There's a mention of Winona Ryder as a real life actress when Ross was booking a seat somewhere. And then she shows up as the friend who Rachel had kissed.
14.Monica has 2 first thanksgivings( one in the first season and second when flashback Joey gets his head stuck in a turkey.)
15.Joey once broke up with a women cuZ she had the biggest Adam's apple. Later, he refers to his as Joey's apple. I don't think there's a women out there named Adam.
16.Ross once tells Joey that he told everyone when he lost his virginity. But Monica has no memory of it on her double date with Joey.
17.The guys are Die Hard fans. But don't seem to recognize Bruce when he starts dating Rachel.
18.Phoebe thinks Rachel is too vanilla to kiss a girl. But didn't she see her and Monica kiss to get their apartment back.
19.Phoebe claims that her father left her before she was born but then she remembers the bed time lullaby... Wow!
20.Ross doesn't like ice-cream but him and Marcel are seen sharing one happily and even him and Elizabeth are seen enjoying icecream cones on their first date.
21.Rachel has a spare key to Monica's apartment in season 10 although Mr.Treeger had changed the locks earlier on.
22.Chandler seems to be surprised at how fat Monica used to be in the one with the prom video. Didn't he already know that?!
23.Chandler had already learnt how to slip money, but later on with Monica he had trouble doing so and kindah got annoyed at Monica that she knew how to get a seat faster cuz of Richard's little trick.
24.Pheebs half brother Frank borrowed a condom from her in one of the earlier seasons.
25.Many of Phoebe's boyfriends are never followed up on.
26.Ross pierces his ears for Emily but it's gone in the later episodes.
27.I don't think you can fly off to Greece on someone else's ticket like Rachel did.
28.Chan asks if anyone thought that he was gay. Rachel says at first she did but then he spent Phoebe's entire birthday party talking to her breasts so then maybe not. Umm didn't she make out with him before that?!
29.Joey's little sister Tina is married, but then she's pregnant from her high school boyfriend...
30.Phoebe doesn't understand Paolo's Italian but does understand Joey's grandma's Italian. Also, hey understanding of the language French.
31.Chandler and Joey knew that Phoebe had a twin but when they see Ursula they couldn't realise that Phoebe's lookalike could be Ursula.
32.Estelle, Joey's agent also worked as a nurse and in fact delivered Ross's baby.
33.There are so many more....

[dennisrardin]

I want to know if Chandler ever gave Phoebe back the $7, 000.00. In season one she offered him $7, 000.00 if he promised never to smoke again. He agreed. But later in the series, he times.

[rafaeldomingo]

my number one question is that: if rachel and chandler did have a history together then why does it seemed like they have no idea who each others is in the first episodesss

[kumudinipictures]

'Pheobe wasn't any good musician by any means' *EXCUSE ME* Smelly Cat, Little Black curly hair..etc were bops!

[DeeDeeKingdom]

Yes, a young Phoebe series would be so amazing. Why haven't the studio done this yet?

[TheAshesvondust]

In the episode where Phoebe meets Mike's parents, he asks about the song she played for him recently, then she keeps guessing things like "Pervert Parade?" and Mike gets flustered. So it's pretty clear she DID play for him.

[NeViKble]

I actually thought that Phoebe made some of those stories up. So I'd never expected some explaination or some sort

[FreakinFatFrijoles]

The real question is if Joey ever paid off his boat from the silent auction? And who’s money did he use!?

[LaVidaRosa]

Couldn't care LESS about a middle name!

The Ross/Rachel relationship was a borderline unforgivable tease! I mean how many episodes were they actually together??

[paulap]

Person: but do you really have friends?
me: of course all the seasons!!
Me:
person:
me: oh...

[MeganJC]

One thing that bugged me is how Ben was just forgotten after Emma was born. Another is Phoebes birth mom was never mentioned after she decides to have Franks babies.

[normn]

What about Phoebe marrying someone at Las Vegas? Remember that episode, anyone?

[mcflyluv]

What about the fact that Ben is basically never heard of again after Emma is born?! 🤷‍♀️

[beyouinyourlife]

I always wondered why Phoebe lived on the streets when her mom died. Why didn't her grandma help her, and where did Ursula go?

Also, what happened to the Mrs Pacman game Phoebe gave Monica and Chandler? It was never shown after the one episode. It made no sense to just take it away when they both really loved it.

[lzhgrqp]

What annoyed me the most was when Ross was gonna talk about monogamy and everyone pretended to fall asleep. I really was curious as to what he was gonna say! :(