I enjoyed reading your detailed thoughts! I'm glad you agree about Joey/Monica subtext not being visible at all, at least in the first episode. And I'm glad it isn't there! I like shipping characters who are at least a bit antagonistic towards each other at first, but in the moments you mentioned these two are not antagonistic in a shippy way at all - maybe because Monica is the Team Mom and Joey is so childish. My favourite moment in this episode is from the beginning: Ross: But I don't want to be single. I just want to be married again. [Rachel walks in wearing her wedding dress] Chandler: And I just want a million dollars!
I read the bit about Joey and Monica originally intended as interests on TV Tropes, and the article says that you can see traces of that in the first few episodes of the show. I saw these episodes a week ago and haven't noticed any hints of Joey/Monica! Has anyone else noticed anything!



Friends (TV)Thursday Must See TV: The One Where Monica Gets a Roommate (1.01) Episode DiscussionSep 20, 2016 at 7:50 AM