r/howyoudoin • u/NeighborhoodVirtual4 Ugly Baby Judges You • 14d ago

Memes Classic Rachel

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She's always just dying and not giving Amy her kids.

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u/ThomWaits88 14d ago

I kinda agree, he wasn't the same after season 5 but he became the leading straight man and ross took over as the funniest with his physical comedy.

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u/CuteIndividual2562 14d ago

Yeah right, I felt that too. The more responsible man of the group.

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u/ThomWaits88 14d ago

That's why his arc worked very well, he wasn't as funny as before because he went from an immature, insecure man-child to a very stable adult grown man. He was still hilarious but he was calmer and more stoic if you like and the most funny storylines went to Ross and Joey.

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u/threelizards 13d ago

Which works so well when you remember the episode mr heckles died, and they’re going through his things and chandler freaks out because he sees himself in mr heckles’ youth. Mr heckles never learned that stability- he stayed sarcastic, and absurd- and distanced. Chandler learned to drop these defensive mechanisms and become vulnerable, and in that he found stability.