More Friends Fan Theories

[agnes]

Too much thought going in to a sitcom that last aired over a decade ago.

I'm going to stick with the writers couldn't come up with anymore good stories involving those characters.

[underwaterrhymes]

Nah. He's overthinking it.

I just think that like with many TV shows, the writers don't tend to enjoy writing plots that involve kids as they get older unless the show specifically focuses on them.

[eb777888]

Sept 1, 2015 10:52:55 GMT -5 @stilljustash said:

it WAS weird how all mentions of ben just stopped.

and how mr. gellar was all "my FIRST grandchild!" at the hospital after emma was born.

ross was not my favorite character so i'm not protective of him lol.

I know that they all became annoying but Ross was by far the worst. It's hard for me to watch the later seasons now because he gets on my nerves so much. 

[gault]

I loved Ross as a college student.

Now, I realize he turned into a neckbeard.

[dexteroni]

lolol at the continued overinterpretation of sitcom writing.

[dirtyred]

Sept 1, 2015 10:53:35 GMT -5 underwaterrhymes said:

Nah. He's overthinking it.

I just think that like with many TV shows, the writers don't tend to enjoy writing plots that involve kids as they get older unless the show specifically focuses on them.

Agreed.  How exciting would it be to have to watch Ross be a single parent, when he would have to stay home while Ben was asleep and everyone else was out doing more interesting things?

[karmasabiotch]

Lame

[hopecounts]

Yeah, way overthinking.
I think it's the simple explanation that once kids are out of the cute and little stage it gets boring to write them.
I do think they should've had Ben appear to meet Emma OR at least referenced it (Ross: rachel look at this cute pic I got of Ben and Emma this weekend or something similar) but I don't think it means anything more then the writers didn't feel like writing that stuff.

[btay]

My theory is the child actor reached school age and it was easier to just not have him on. They did mention him in the finale as the reason Ross couldn't go to Paris

[Deleted]

Sept 1, 2015 16:14:13 GMT -5 btay said:

My theory is the child actor reached school age and it was easier to just not have him on. They did mention him in the finale as the reason Ross couldn't go to Paris

Also at that point in time he was probably auditioning for disney in the suite life of zach and cody...

Its a sitcom of a HALF HOUR of week. If you can write a show for that long on YOUR life once a week and go back and see how much of your life never makes it in...

[isabel]

Sept 1, 2015 10:58:11 GMT -5 gault said:

I loved Ross as a college student.

Now, I realize he turned into a neckbeard.

What is a neckbeard?

[jigsy]

Whatever man, my sitcom does have complex backstories...so maybe the writers were thinking this all along.

More likely theory is that kids are boring TV

Which is why I hate pregnancy announcements on shows *Looking at you Mindy Project*

No pregnancies on my show

[agnes]

Sept 1, 2015 16:54:47 GMT -5 jigsy said:

Whatever man, my sitcom does have complex backstories...so maybe the writers were thinking this all along.

More likely theory is that kids are boring TV

Which is why I hate pregnancy announcements on shows *Looking at you Mindy Project*

No pregnancies on my show

i didn't realize yours was a sitcom.  I must hear more about it when we GTG again.  

I'm also looking forward to miso's movie.  YOU BETTER MAKE THAT HAPPEN MISO lol

[auntie]

Sept 1, 2015 10:53:35 GMT -5 underwaterrhymes said:

Nah. He's overthinking it.

I just think that like with many TV shows, the writers don't tend to enjoy writing plots that involve kids as they get older unless the show specifically focuses on them.

Like in the old soap operas- the treatment of children is superficial. Babies exist only to complicate relationships and move the plot forward. Once they're not needed, they fade from view and turn up a few seasons later as teenagers. My favorite was "Bob" on All My Children; he was in the early episodes; went to the attic to get some skis and was never heard of again. 

Plus there's the whole continuity issue when writers move on and the replacements take the show in another direction. 

[cabbagecabbage]

I find it weird that people give so much credit to fluffy shows to have complex stories, especially when know that this is an arena where actors who won't renew contracts get killed off and new babies are babies for one season then they are seven. It's sitcom TV. I understand more when it's complex book series or suspenseful shows but Friends?

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Sept 1, 2015 10:51:04 GMT -5 agnes said:

Too much thought going in to a sitcom that last aired over a decade ago.

I'm going to stick with the writers couldn't come up with anymore good stories involving those characters.

I agree with this.  I don't know why people put so much thought into this.  It was a million years ago.  The actor who played Ben got a starring role in a Disney show and probably couldn't fit Friends into his schedule.  Not to mention it is a fictional show with fictional characters. If it didn't happen on scene then IT DIDN'T HAPPEN.

[miso]

No theories necessary.

Unless a show is actually about kids and families, kids are boring and unnecessary on shows.