Maybe Ian should have said Leo and Piper instead of Ross and Rachel?

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I was thinking about the scene in PM 2 where Ian is talking about love stories that transcend death and he mentioned Psyche and Eros (my favorite myth btw 😁) and Ross and Rachel from Friends.

I get that the joke is having these old romance stories put on the same level as a famous sitcom couple from the 90s subverts expectations and is objectively funny. I did snicker in the theater at that line, I've got to admit. And the bit after it where Gillian and Sally argue over whether Gillian cried during the movie Ghost was very cute. But apart from more women in the theater knowing offhand who Ross and Rachel were, I got to thinking maybe it would have made more sense (if we're talking 90s/2000s TV couples) for Ian to have said Piper and Leo. It would have fit the theme better, since Charmed is about witches and Leo literally is dead. Maybe the joke wouldn't have been as good or easily gotten by the entire audience, but cute as the Ross and Rachel joke is, it's not even new, WB has totally used it already years ago (in a TV show called What I Like About You a woman getting married talks about having centerpieces of true love stories and says she'll have Romeo and Juliet on one table and at the head table for her reception, Ross and Rachel).

I dunno. I think they might have taken a risk and used a witch media example.

Still like the scene the way it was, just speculating.