We all remember how Friends ended. We've seen it a million times over — it gets better and better every single time.
But what if I told you there was an alternate ending...
We all remember how Friends ended. We've seen it a million times over — it gets better and better every single time.
But what if I told you there was an alternate ending...
And not a day goes by that I don't wish the show would have kept going for at least another couple seasons.
Watching the series come to an end is a hurt I will never get over.
I'm sure you don't need a memory refresher on this, but in case you do:
Rachel gets a job offer in Paris, she takes the job — leaving her baby daddy, Ross, behind.
But he accidentally went to the wrong airport and lost his chance to stop her from getting on the plane in person.
Or so we thought...
She called Rachel's cell phone and tried to stall her by telling her the plane's left "phalange" was broken.
The passenger sitting next to Rachel overheard the conversation and began to panic over this fictitious plane malfunction — causing everyone to have to get off the plane, and saving Ross just enough time to make it to the correct airport.
It was epic.
But she got overwhelmed by Ross' sudden outpour of feelings and got on the plane anyway.
For a moment we all thought that they might not live happily ever after, after all.
Effectively canceling her plans to move to Paris.
Blogger, Jackson Upperco, revealed on That’s Entertainment!, that he found and purchased a script called 'The One Where Jetlag Wins' that contained a shocking alternate ending to the final episode of Friends.
The episode was eventually named 'The One Where Estelle Dies'.
The episode begins with the couple in Paris together, joking that they are "practically Parisians".
But this proves to be more difficult than they expected when they end up wide awake at 1 am, starving.
Ross hilariously decides the only solution is to steal from the hotel kitchen.
They manage to sneak cherry and pate baguette — a very questionable midnight snack.
Ross then suggests that he could take a one year leave from his job to help Rachel get settled in. After all, he did just get tenure.
"I’ll take a sabbatical for a year. They just gave me tenure. I can do whatever I want," he says.
In a perfect world, Ross would have been able to take a year off to spend with Rachel in Paris — and then likely just end up staying there with her indefinitely.
But sadly, he overestimated the perks of tenure.
This is what would have led Rachel to try and go to Paris alone, leaving Ross that fateful voicemail, and ultimately choosing love over her career.
“I thought the story we ended up with was much funnier and more polished, but this story was better at building up to Ross and Rachel’s romantic reunion in the finale.”
What do you think of the series finale of Friends alternate ending?
Which ending do you prefer?