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Ross and Rachel were always going to end up together, even if it didn't seem like it.

'Friends' Facts Every Superfan Should Know

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Ross and Rachel were always going to end up together, even if it didn't seem like it.

The creators of the show always felt that Ross and Rachel had to end up together in some way. NBC

Ross (David Schwimmer) and Rachel (Jennifer Aniston) may have become the quintessential will-they-won't-they couple, but the show's co-creator David Crane always knew the two would end up together. 

Even when looking at alternative endings, he said it seemed impossible for him and Kauffman to end the show with Ross and Rachel completely broken up.

"We did talk about, with Ross and Rachel, a gray area of where they aren't together, but we hint there's a sense that they might be down the road," Crane explained to Entertainment Weekly.

"But we thought, 'No, if we're going to do it, let's do it.' It's the nature of our show. It's not a show about grays. Let's deliver not just what the audience wants, but what we want, which was to see them finally together," he added.


years ago on September 22, 1994 Friends made its NBC debut and forever changed the face of American sitcoms. In addition to turning its six stars-Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry, and David Schwimmer -into household names (and eventually some of the highest-paid actors in television history), the series actually helped to get Mental Floss off the ground (more on that later). 

About Friends:

Pull up a couch and relax at Central Perk, where six Friends gather to talk about life and love. Friends tells the story of siblings Ross (David Schwimmer) and Monica (Courteney Cox) Geller, and their friends, Chandler Bing (Matthew Perry), Phoebe Buffay (Lisa Kudrow), Joey Tribbiani (Matt LeBlanc), and Rachel Green (Jennifer Aniston).


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'Friends' Facts Every Superfan Should Know

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