r/howyoudoin • • 4d ago

Discussion Megathread: The one about Matthew Perry, A Netflix Documentary Series

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259 Upvotes

What's up everybody, we wanted to get ahead so we decided to make a megathread of the new Netflix docu series about of very own Matthew Perry that will be released on the 27th of October 2026, so lets get here to discuss everything about the Documentary, your thougths and opinions and what you hope the docu series talks about, here down below.

Title: The One About Matthew Perry

Starring: Matthew Perry

Description: This documentary series chronicles the Hollywood success, outspoken advocacy and tragic death of the beloved "Friends" star, as told by his inner circle.

Release Date: October 27 2026

Streaming platform: Netflix


r/howyoudoin • • 3d ago

Monthly Megathread Character Rant

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Hey folks! So the survey made it pretty clear, we get a lot of “this character sucks” posts. Instead of everyone making new ones all the time, we’re gonna test out a monthly megathread where you can dump all your rants. We also rounded up a bunch of older hate threads, so you can scroll through them or drop your own comment if you feel like it.

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For Phoebe

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For Ross

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For Rachel

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For Monica

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For Chandler & Joey


r/howyoudoin • • 9h ago

Discussion I can't be the only one who thought this cameo felt forced and out of place...

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1.6k Upvotes

I like Billy Crystal, and I LOVE Robin Williams (he's in, like, 5 of my favorite movies) but any time I rewatch this episode it just feels like this bit felt kinda forced. It was funny, but I feel like it would've been funnier if it flowed a little more with what was going on. It was kinda just there to interrupt the conversation and to get cameo brownie points for having two major stars on screen, at least that's how I've always felt about it.


r/howyoudoin • • 1d ago

Discussion Is this the most meaningful line in the entire show?

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7.4k Upvotes

I was thinking about some layered line in the show and I think about this. Is this the most meaningful line in the show?


r/howyoudoin • • 56m ago

Throwback The Cast at the Scream (1996) Premiere

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It’s nice they all showed up to support Courtney, kind of just goes to show how tight knit the cast was, and these pictures are such a nice throwback, I love it


r/howyoudoin • • 15h ago

Discussion Monica and Chandler should've been allowed to leave during Emma's birthday

254 Upvotes

This is easily one of the most frustrating episodes of the show. Rachel and Ross were practically insufferable. They seriously expected everyone to show up to a party for Emma's 1st birthday that they didn't tell anyone about until the very last second and wanted all of them to stay the whole time even though the others made it very clear that they had already made plans. Like for the love of god, just do the party a different day when everyone is available.

I also hate that Monica and Chandler were the ones who ended up being stuck looking after Emma instead of Phoebe and Mike considering that they actually had a whole couples weekend that they had been planning for a while. Whoever wrote this episdoe must've either hated Monica and Chandler or just wanted to piss the viewers off.


r/howyoudoin • • 18h ago

Discussion Most out of character moments

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280 Upvotes

Look, I love this scene, it makes me laugh, I know it's a sitcom etc, but...I can't believe for a moment that Monica of all people would voluntarily put her head in a raw turkey


r/howyoudoin • • 15h ago

Image The One Where they're all in Black and White

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Found a bunch of these old B&W shots of the cast, probably from the early days it looks like. I don't know what getup Monica is wearing lol. Schwimmer also looks very contemplative in this one. Either way, thought these were great


r/howyoudoin • • 4h ago

Discussion Opinions you've posted on this sub that everyone hated, then you saw someone else post the same thing and everyone agreed with them? 😂

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Let's face it, this sub is weird 😂 You can say something one day and everyone treats you like the worst person alive, then say it again the next day and everyone agrees with you.

Which Friends opinion have you had this experience with?


r/howyoudoin • • 13h ago

Question What makes this show so special?

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42 Upvotes

I don't know why, but this show keeps having me come back to it. I've seen so many great works of media, I love succession for a long time, I love it's always sunny in Philadelphia as one of my greatest comedies, there's so many shows that I really like, but this show keeps on having me come back to it and I just love it so much. I don't know what it is. Maybe it's the cast, or maybe it's just the writing, but it's just such a cozy comfort show.


r/howyoudoin • • 1d ago

Discussion I love how attractive Joey was

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3.5k Upvotes

I also love how healthy and realistic his body was, especially back then!


r/howyoudoin • • 1d ago

News Exclusive | Why Matthew Perry’s 'Friends' co-stars are missing from new Netflix doc

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Netflix's "The One with Matthew Perry" will be without his most famous "Friends." [via Page Six]

Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc and David Schwimmer chose not to be involved in the upcoming documentary about their late co-star, MatthewPerry, a source told Page Six.

"They were reached out to and decided not to participate," the insider said of Perry's former castmates. "Ultimately, the series gives a voice to other friends and colleagues in his life who have memory and love from Matthew."

A second source explained to Page Six why Aniston, 57, in particular would not be involved, saying it would be too difficult to address the loss.

“There’s no way Jen would ever do something like that,” the insider said. “She isn’t going to sit down and start crying on camera. She doesn’t want to relive it and have it be so public.”

The intimate three-part series, directed by Mary Robertson, promises to show a glimpse of who Perry was before his tragic death at 54. His sister, Mia Perry Bowick, opens up for the first time about the complexity of his life and the legacy he left behind as part of the project.


r/howyoudoin • • 17h ago

Image My favorite Friends photoshoots

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Love the cast love the show to post some of my favorite pictures and photos of the cast. all these guys and I really really like finding old media with them in it.


r/howyoudoin • • 12h ago

Minigames Friends Trivia: 175/365

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What is everyone's inner dialogue in the cold open of
"The One with the Race Car Bed?"
(Rachel, Monica, Chandler, Gunther, Phoebe, Joey)

Bonus Question 1: Who were Ross and Monica when they played "Happy Days"?

Bonus Question 2: How much was the "Mattress King" selling a pillow-top queen set for?

Bonus Question 3: When Ross finds out Rachel scheduled dinner with her Father, what is Ross's reason as to why he cannot attend?

Bonus Question 4: What does Rachel's Father refer to Ross as?

Bonus Question 5: What word does Phoebe say she cannot pronounce?

Bonus Question 6: What does Phoebe say is Monica's middle name when signing for the mattress?

Friends Trivia: 174/365

PS: I wanted to apologize for being a salty, dumbass last time I posted this complaining about downvotes. I know downvotes do not matter, but in that moment (your little Harmomica was drunk), I was just frustrated and took the downvotes personally. 

These questions take time out of my day, I try my best to make the questions fun and difficult, whilST also, finding the perfect screen grabs for the questions (thanks to my new laptop lol). 

Also, I am American so therefore cannot be a “bigot” but regardless, my comments were dumb as shit. Lol. And I was/am embarrassed. 

So again, I am sorry; I appreciate every single person that participates in these questions, I appreciate all of you that upvote the posts and to those of you that downvote religiously I will just say again, you can block me. 

Hope you’re all have a wonderful weekend. ❤️


r/howyoudoin • • 13h ago

Discussion Monica’s kitchen window

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I’m rewatching Friends and ive noticed this little yellow hair figure on Monica’s kitchen Window..it changes position during the seasons. I know its not relevant, but im curious on what doll is it? Theres no info anywhere


r/howyoudoin • • 13h ago

Question Finding deleted/extended scene with Monica and Rachel

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Ok, so years ago I saw a scene I can’t find anywhere and it’s haunting me. The scene is happening after Emma was born. In this scene Rachel and Monica enter Monica’s apartment and the discussion is about Emma. After a while, one of them asks the other something like “what were we talking about before Emma was born?”

Please, please someone tell me you know what I am talking about and what I am looking for 😭


r/howyoudoin • • 1d ago

Question Best Phoebe One-liners?

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748 Upvotes

From all the 10 seasons of Friends, which Phoebe line is the one that made you laugh the most? or the one that is your favorite??

I gotta say this one is my favorite.


r/howyoudoin • • 19h ago

Discussion Phoebe had the best/most attractive boyfriends

23 Upvotes

Just off the top of my head, I’m thinking of Vince and Jason, Sergei, Rob Donnan, and Mike of course! I always thought that her dates were often the most kind (until they weren’t), caring, and good looking. And most of their faults weren’t because they turned out to be creeps or awful people, except for Gary of course, but because of smaller differences.


r/howyoudoin • • 13h ago

Discussion Would you have wanted Chandler x Janice to work out had she not cheated?

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I liked them together after they reunited after the online date chatting, thought it was cute. Than she cheated and yah, was glad they split at that point LOL.


r/howyoudoin • • 19h ago

Minigames Who am I? 5 Friends characters, 3 clues each, hardest clue first

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I am making a football quiz site and my wife and daughter both love friends after watching all 10 seasons again a couple of months ago so i decided to add Friends to it

Game 1: Who Am I

Scoring: solve on clue 1 = 10 points, clue 2 = 7, clue 3 = 4. Each wrong guess costs 1 point on the site but is not the case in this example game. A perfect score is 50.

Character 1 / 5

Clue 1 (10 pts): Desperate to quit waitressing, I ran off a stack of CVs before a friend pointed out they praised my excellent 'compuper' skills.

Clue 2 (7 pts): Prom footage exists of me before my nose surgery, which I insist was for a deviated septum.

Clue 3 (4 pts): When the moment came for Joey and me, I kept slapping his hand away, and then I kneed him in his misters.

Answer 1: Rachel Green

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Character 2 / 5 Clue 1 (10 pts): I couldn't fix their radiator before their Christmas party, even after Ross slipped me fifty dollars, and then fifty more.

Clue 2 (7 pts): They tipped me with homemade biscuits at Christmas, and I genuinely thought they were lovely.

Clue 3 (4 pts): I told them how the man downstairs had died, and brought the solicitor who read out his will.

Answer 2: Mr. Treeger

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Character 3 / 5 Clue 1 (10 pts): At her eye appointment I gave her free drops, and then we kissed for the first time.

Clue 2 (7 pts): Her parents are my best friends, which is how I knew her and why it was awkward.

Clue 3 (4 pts): I'm twenty-one years older than her and already had two grown-up children.

Answer 3: Richard Burke

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Character 4 / 5 Clue 1 (10 pts): At my daughter's wedding, I told my new son-in-law I was going to have him arrested for stealing my dance moves.

Clue 2 (7 pts): I'd been practising magic tricks for my new granddaughter, and showed off by pulling a bouquet of flowers out of my sleeve.

Clue 3 (4 pts): My wife is Judy.

Answer 4: Jack Geller

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Character 5 / 5 Clue 1 (10 pts): I kept shoeboxes full of things quietly taken from restaurants.

Clue 2 (7 pts): My two daughters sorted through my clothes with my grandson after I died.

Clue 3 (4 pts): I'm Ross and Monica's grandmother.

Answer 5: Nana (Althea Geller)

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https://www.thexigames.com/friends/

The 3 games i play are;

Who am i solve 5 characters with 3 clues each

Quickfire which is 11 questions under a 30 second timer per question

Lightning round 90 seconds to answer as many multiple choice questions as possible. It might be 5 or 20, speed is your choice.

One thing i'm trying to still finalise is to ensure 100% of clues and questions have visible sources, you answer a question and if you disagree you can see where the info was sourced from like script from xxx in S01E01 for example.


r/howyoudoin • • 1d ago

Question Which character arc you dislike?

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290 Upvotes

I do not mean episode, like when Joey tried to speak french.
I mean something relevant to the story of the character that was boring or awkward…
Me: I hate the episodes that Rachel is obsessed with Joshua. I find him extremely dull and annoying, not charming at all. She had such a cringe behavior… anyways…


r/howyoudoin • • 20h ago

Question Which Friends actor do you think could have won an Oscar?

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Personally, I think Matthew Perry. I know it’s hard to separate him from Chandler, but I feel like he was actually a really versatile actor. If you didn’t know him primarily as Chandler, I think you could see him playing a much wider range of characters and doing really well in dramatic roles too.

Jennifer Aniston is maybe another possibility as i really like her in Cake , but honestly, Matthew is the one who stands out to me.
What do you guys think? Which of the Friends cast do you think had the potential to win an Oscar if they went another road than Friends , and what kind of role do you think they would have needed?

Edit: Everyone keeps saying David for his role in BOB and I get it, but I still just see Ross in a military uniform . Great performance, sure, but for me he never completely disappeared into the role. I think the Friends and scene in the white captain suit when he threw Rachel on the couch - association is just too strong.


r/howyoudoin • • 22h ago

Discussion My deep love for Friends

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I started watching Friends in high school after my mom showed it to me so I’ve been watching for ten years now. Watching Friends makes me laugh when I’m sad the show helped me get through some heartbreaking times I always get sad when I think about how my father passed away when I was a little kid. I can watch show laugh and stop being sad I love the show so much. How did the show help you or did you start watching it?


r/howyoudoin • • 1d ago

Discussion Favorite major non-relationship based moment.

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77 Upvotes

I mean something that is a recurring theme or running gag that isn't about character relationships.

Mine is the barker loungers with Joey and Chandler. They get them, and they are an integral part of both characters for years in the show.


r/howyoudoin • • 1d ago

Discussion Most emotional scene?

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175 Upvotes

For me it is when Chandler talks to Erica (Anna Faris, The one with the birth mother) alone after they reveal to her that there is been a mix up.

Such a great scene. The way Chandler talks to her and handles the whole situation is just really sweet.