The news of the reunion came countless times, and the rumors were refuted countless times. Everyone's mood is in one word:
Hope to return.
There is no doubt that these 6 people are distant and close friends of countless people, and they are a group of old friends who miss them the most.
But today, I especially want to share my favorite old friend, Monica.
She's Rose's sister, Phoebe's best friend, Rachel's high school bestie, Joey's neighbor, Chandler's wife, and the absolute core of the 6.
"Friends" filmed for 10 years, the story begins in the coffee shop downstairs of Monica's house, and the story ends in Monica's living room.
Who doesn't love Monica?
Now the popular BM style, she is the originator. There are still stars imitating her outfits.
There are too many girls named Monica in English. Her classic photo with a turkey on her head is also a popular headshot.
Not long ago, May 15, was her and Chandler's 20th wedding anniversary. Everyone wished her happiness like congratulations to a close friend.
The reason I like her the most can be explained in one sentence: there is no trouble that a hug from Monica can't solve.
In the first episode, Monica cuts off her friend Rachel's credit card, gives her a hug, and then says something inspiring:
Welcome to the real world!
It sucks.
You're gonna love it!
These words and this group of old friends support my darkest moments after every disappointment.
It is quite possible to say this:
The world couldn't live without Friends, and Friends couldn't live without Monica.
To be honest, Monica is your friend who would never have picked in the first place.
You may not be able to stay with her for 3 hours.
"The plane is 4 hours away! Hurry up!"
"Dinner starts in 12 hours! Hurry up!"
If you two live together, you will be even more broken.
She is super clean.
Google once specially made a program for Monica. As soon as Monica's name was searched, soap and sponges fell from the top of the screen, and they kept wiping.
The most famous meme is that she has a vacuum cleaner of vacuum cleaners.
She also has a set of suffocating life rules:
Towels are divided into 11 categories;
The sofa should be placed at a fixed latitude and longitude on the earth;
The flowers on the quilt should face the direction of the sun;
...
If there is a millimeter in or out, the consequences are—
No one dared to play Monica either.
Her catchphrase is classic, "I know". When the teacher asks a question in class, she raises her hand high, the teacher will know this question, I will, I will!
Love performance, the desire to win is also super strong.
Go grab the wedding dress, formulate a battle plan, and directly hit the competitor on the ground.
Anyone who encounters this sister, the first reaction should be like Phoebe.
But you will find that almost no one can leave Monica's living room.
In Chandler's words, Monica is:
When you're sad, Monica will cook you a nice table.
She is a generous hostess. Anytime.
If love and friendship were a matter of choosing one or the other, Monica would never turn her back on her friend.
When you run away from marriage, Monica will encourage you to be independent and give you a bedroom for free.
Rachel escapes at the wedding and heads straight for Monica.
Monica gave her a second bedroom and let her live for four or five years.
Even, she will give her favorite name to your child.
This scene has been named one of the most tear-jerking scenes from "Friends":
Monica named her child Emma when she was 14.
But when Rachel gave birth to a daughter, she gave her name to the little girl.
—Dear, you like that name very much.
—Yes, but I love you more.
You know, how gratifying it is for Monica to grow into the Monica she is today.
Monica has never been generously loved by the world.
There are two details about Monica's past that make me cry - she wants to exchange parents with her brother, even if they are the same parents; she wants to exchange high school life with Rachel, even if they are in the same high school.
If you make a documentary about her childhood, it should be the number one searched by parents PUA children.
Her mother ridiculed her with ugly hairstyle and ugly figure, so she couldn't get married.
It can almost destroy all the bad words of a girl, her parents have told her.
"The hair looks so weird too"
'Not even a chance to throw a man in a church'
"I knew you were going to screw up"
Monica's neurotic obsessive-compulsive disorder comes from her rivalry with her mother over the years.
Once her mother was a guest, Monica tapped the sofa and pillows again and again to tidy up the room.
In order not to give her mother a handle.
But her mother entered the door and patted the pillow.
She's always picking on Monica.
This detail suffocates me. This is a girl who has never been recognized by her parents.
Even if she tried her best to prove herself: in one year, she lost several of herself and became a skinny beauty; she didn't marry a rich man and insisted on being a chef.
But the inferiority complex was etched in her heart.
Phoebe fled her house, and she was about to collapse: "Am I so difficult to get along with?"; She has repeatedly encountered scumbags in love, and she doubted herself: "Do only dogs and scumbags smell me?"
How can a person who has not been generously loved give generously to the world?
Monica Here, there is only one answer: friends.
There is a very moving saying, you can't choose your family, but your friends are the family you choose for yourself.
Friends will accommodate all your unbearable --
"I love you, not because of your orderliness."
Friends always have a position. And you are his unconditional stand.
At this reunion, the six actors began to cry as soon as they entered the original studio.
The original story ended in Monica's apartment.
I will always remember the last tears -
She told friends she was moving out. As she has announced many times, she is moving in with her boyfriend.
The difference is that in the past, she had regretted it, but this time it was really over.
On the other end of the TV, I also cried until I collapsed. This means the end of an era, 10 years of "Friends", 10 years of youth, the original friends will end.
But some things stay forever.
Your friend will not leave you because of your downfall—
In the show, Chandler couldn't bear the divorce of his parents, and started smoking at the age of 9, Monica and friends helped her quit smoking.
Matthew, who played Chandler outside the play, became addicted to drugs during filming, and with the help of several actors, he got rid of drugs.
Your friend will always be your retreat—
The three sisters who used to look forward to the future in wedding dresses have also experienced the ups and downs of marriage in reality.
Rachel's actor Aniston and Brad Pitt were in a sensational relationship, and the media watched live at her door while they divorced.
Actor Monica Cox turned down all work to accompany her.
On Aniston's birthday the year after his divorce, Cox bought the full-page ad and wrote:
Happy birthday to you and always be happy.
you deserve better.
They are each other's bridesmaids. Aniston was a godmother to Cox's children, helping her through a long period of postpartum depression.
Aniston is grateful for this camaraderie:
"My ups and downs in life were all accompanied by her."
You'll remember the last episode, where 6 people put down the keys to Monica's house one by one and say their final goodbyes.
Years later, when the old friends reunited, the host took out that classic line and asked,
"I'll be there for you", does it apply to your 6 old friends over the years?
Monica replied:
Always. Forever.
Rachel added a deadline:
Forever and ever.
Until the day we die.
That's the magic of Friends.
We revisit it over and over again, watching it in the rain, watching it in winter, watching it when a person is crying secretly. Every time I review it, I want a friend to support it.
And this friend will hug and tell you:
Welcome to the real world!
It sucks.
You're gonna love it!
In the end you will find that you have come to the terrible real world,
You can really get on with it and love it.
"I'm still on F·R·I·E·N·D·S time, does that count?"
"Oh, it counts!"
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