'Bred Crumbs
01.29.04
The One with the Deer Hunter
10:05 AMAccording to today's USA Today, the fifth season of Friends ended with this plot point:
... Chandler and Monica have a fight over Monica's encounter with old flame Richard. When they reconcile over a game of Russian Roulette, Chandler makes a proposal to get married if Monica rolls an '8.'
Oh, if only. As the show plods toward the bloated end of its 89th and final season, a nice six-way game of Russian Roulette sounds like a great way to wrap things up.
Yes, I know: millions of people love the show, now more than ever, pleased somehow that it has moved from spry and inventive comedy to grating domestic sap. But for many of us, the show has way overstayed its welcome, not only taking up valuable space on the dial but wrecking the lives of better, funnier shows (Scrubs, the promising child that NBC has kicked out of the Thursday house to further pad the death bed of its decrepit invalid). For us, there's only one ending that would be satisfying: the death of the Friends.
So, how should the six bite it? Send me your suggestions. Points will be awarded for inventiveness. And feel free to also take out any recurring characters or guest stars, except one: Paul Rudd may not be harmed. (But that doesn't mean he couldn't be an Angel of Death ...)
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