Screen Rant

  • Joey's arc felt incomplete by the end of Friends. 1 / 8

    Matt LeBlanc and David Schwimmer in Friends
  • After 10 seasons, Friends came to an end in 2004... 2 / 8

    NBC's Friends cast photo
  • With all the characters starting their families in different ways... 3 / 8

    NBC's Friends Cast Photo with Picture Frame
  • Except Joey, who was left as the eternal bachelor. 4 / 8

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  • Joey had previously shared he wanted to have a serious relationship... 5 / 8

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  • But the writers decided to not give him any of that. 6 / 8

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  • A better ending could have been built the way they did with Phoebe... 7 / 8

  • With Joey at the beginning of a relationship by the end of the series. 8 / 8

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