I have an interesting idea for the Series Finale on Friends..

Jan 7, 2001, 1:17 AM ET5 posts by 4 postersalt.tv.friends
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No spoiler, because it's only a thought.

Obviously, Friends will need more than a half hour to finish the series, but I think they'll give us 1 1/2 hours, maybe 2, with the first half hour being a recap of the 8 years on the show.

The plot of the finale will be Monica and Chandler's new arrival. Monica will be in the hospital delivering her baby, and it will take a half hour to accomplish it. (After all, most labors last well into 10 hours before the baby's born. Trust me). After the little Bing is born, everyone will be in Monica's hospital room staring at the beautiful baby and then they'll get emotional, and then they'll get into some sort of "We'll always be there for each other kind of talk", and then all of the sudden the scene fades into to the future. About 10 years from now. Monica and Chandler are still Married, with their 3 children. Yes 3 (why not). Rachel and Ross somewhere along the way got back together and got married and have a couple of kids. And R&R and C&M are getting ready for Pheobe and Joey's wedding. Since they turned 40 and they weren't promised to anyone, they decided to marry their backups. Of course, this will stretch to an extra hour.

The reasoning behind this thought is because I want to see complete closure after the show's over, so we, the audience can be happy that something's happened to these guys, and won't leave us hanging. I hated shows like that where you wish you can see more of where our favorite characters went beyond the last show. If the writer's can produce a show like that, I think the fans would really appreciate it. What do you guys think?

Monica: Fine! Judge all you want to but, (points to Ross) married a lesbian, (points to Rachel) left a man at the altar,(points to Phoebe) fell in love with a gay ice dancer, (points to Joey) threw a girl�s wooden leg in a fire, (points to Chandler) livin� in a box!!

I was wondering why the writers haven't come up with a "look into the future" episode already. We had tons of flashbacks and even a "what if" double feature, but I think I'd really enjoy an episode playing 10 or even 20 years in the future. At least ALL of the cast members would be able to enjoy 4-5 hour long make-up sessions lile Courtney had to endure for her "fat" flashbacks.

In article , "Marc Beckersjuergen" wrote:

It would severely limit their creative freedom.

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Tennant Stuart wrote in article ...

Not really, if it's only a dream or a "what-if." If it's really supposed to be what really happened, though, it could get messy. There was a show here in the US, Life Goes On, that had 2 looks into the future, both of them "real" and both of them completely different.

In article , "kimberly weiss" wrote:

Okay then, Kimberly. :)

There was a 'future' episode of Roseanne that showed an adult DJ suffering mental problems because of the alternating appearance of his elder sister.

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