Giana

Ah I missed a lot! Ok first, great recap starryeyes! (and I have to say that I love that it seems like Rachel, Joey, and Chandler are all wearing the same sunglasses ).

Remember "homoerectus"?

Yea, I loved how in TOW Rachel is Late (admittedly, my memory is a bit fuzzy on this so I COULD be wrong), when she was getting irritable about passing her due date, he was the only one who wasn't really complaining about her attitude and behavior. But again, I might be wrong.

And when in "TOW Rachel has a Baby (part 1)", I can't remember what the gang was discussing (it's 1 am, don't blame me), but Joey said he would just take her in his arms and hold her. You're right, it was just the way he loved her that was so sweet.

omnomnom

Exactly! I think it's awesome how much they back each other up in happiness and their careers - Rachel encouraged Joey a lot with his acting and she convinced him to do the magazine interview for publicity, and Joey encouraged Rachel to quit her Central Perk job and start working in fashion, then set up an interview for her - just like Monica and Chandler did. And I agree, Joey did put her first many times.

Yes! There's a cut scene earlier in that episode of Rachel and Joey at the convention. I love how Joey and Rachel both come up with a movie idea on the spot. They've always had a playful quality in their interaction, and I think that shows in here:

So cute and funny.

LOL, yeah, Joey doesn't complain about her, but when Rachel is being cranky and self-absorbed and says, "I'm not invisible!" Joey says, "Nope, definitely not invisible," to which she has no response. Then he walks allll the way around her to avoid her. It's moments like these that make me think they wouldn't have fought a lot in a relationship, because Joey didn't feed into Rachel's quick temper that much. He balanced her emotional, snippy side out very well.

ETA: Oh man, I just re-read this and I totally didn't mean that Joey knew how to control Rachel or keep her in check. I meant that I thought their personalities complemented each other. I should have worded that better!

Yes, I love that line! And at the end of the episode, when Rachel was crying and worried about being alone, he did hold her, even though it was just comforting her as a friend, and he extended a promise to her without wanting anything in return. Just... amazing

starryeyesxx

I so agree, their personalities do really compliment each other! I think they'd work so well as a couple

I remember the cut scene - they have the same sense of humor I think that's really important too!

& I love how we can all see that they have a pure, sefless love

omnomnom

Thanks, starryeyes!

Thought I should share this early promo I found recently:



Love how Jen says, "So?" and Matt says, "Exactly!" and how Matt laughs while looking at Jen. Courteney and Matthew are great in it, too.

starryeyesxx

Matthew was hilarious in that!!

I love the way Jen & Matt are pained up in it

Giana

That video! If you watch the first few seconds of it (when the camera is panning over each pairing) with the volume turned down, it looks so ~dramatic. Also, the hair! The blurriness! So early 90's.

I loved that too. It showed the depth of his feelings for her without him saying it, even if he didn't mean it that way.

They should have written a movie together.

Unsung Hero

Thanks for the vid. Had never seen this before

omnomnom

No problem! I was happily surprised when I first saw it.

Agreed I love the split second after Courteney says "Not doing this," and Matthew glances down at her like, "What?" And yes, Jen + Matt in the vid are love.

LOL, yes, exactly! It's hilarious.

Totally. Matt did all these little things in Joey's arc that genuinely conveyed his feelings for Rachel. It was a lot of showing, not telling, and that's why I grew to appreciate those moments.

Haha, for real! From what else they said about it, it would have included usual rom-com clichés (Rachel said her character would take off her glasses and suddenly be sexy), and porn (Joey said his nudity in the pretend movie "is so not tasteful," and Rachel nodded.) They would've had fun with it

starryeyesxx

that movie would've been so funny! Someone needs to make a poster of it!

Unsung Hero

THat is definitely a movie I would watch

omnomnom

LOL, I tried my hand at a poster:


Don't worry, I won't quit my day job. I didn't even want to try making a cast and crew section, so I just stole it from another poster

I'd watch it, too! It would either be so bad, it's good (like many of Joey's projects), or I would end up liking it a lot, like "13 Going on 30". That was a cute movie.

starryeyesxx

that's so awesome! I love the Chandler quote

omnomnom

Thanks! And yeah, I had to include a Chandler-like quote XD

starryeyesxx

omnomnom

Fantastic recap! I love the shoulder caress, and that they're both waering blue shirts.

That was totally a 'Matt crushing on Jen' moment