SPOILERS BELOW if anyone hasn't seen it yet, don't read!

i watched the two hour special last night and watched the whole retrospective tonight, so i'm pretty "specialed" out, anyway i wanted the show itself to be the last thing i watched.

i really thought ross was going to go to paris. i thought him showing up in paris would be the "big suprize", especially since they made a big deal of him getting tenure a few weeks ago (so it would have been a big sacrifice for him) and especially since no one all night mentioned that possibility. i woul dhave thought phoebe would have said "go to paris to tell her" or something and i thought they were trying to keep that thought out of our heads for the suprize.

the really really cool thing though is that pretty much any time something like this happens i would be REALLY upset because i think giving up the opportunity to work in paris is something rachel shouldn't have passed on. not because of going to paris but because it is a huge step in her career. normally i would say that she and ross if they were meant for each other would work it out and she shouldn't have to give up the job. and usually when that happens on tv i'm thinking "these two are going to have a fight and get divorced in two years and she/he will never get that opportunity again"

but tonight although i was thinking a lot about her giving up the job, i didn't feel like it was something she will necessarily regret. i think because there is no doubt that they have a future together no matter what happens next. so thinking about it i guess i wasn't disappointed because i didn't feel like she gave up a job to be with ross, i felt she made a choice between two possible futures. and i think she chose wisely.

but can you BELIEVE that he brought up the "break" thing right at the end! did anyone else want to slap him?! I liked it though because i think that is part of why this will work. they are not forgetting or ignoring the troubles they've been through... if they had what would be to stop ross having a jealous fit again etc. instead they acknowledge it and want to work to put that behind them and make it work.

it was a great ending but my favorite "suprize" moment will always be when monica proposed to chandler (second being monica coming from under the blankets in london). That is not a subjective opinion, i definitely cried way more at the proposal. not to say this was a let down in any way, i'm not sure i want anything to trump that moment in the apartment with the candles.

and i don't care, i just still love chandler. "wanna get some coffee?" "yea! where!"

I was also hoping they would put gunther in the last episode and giv ehim some closure so i was glad to see him.

As great as that was though, nothing killed the moment more than the back of the naked man on ER . Hey, wonder if that was the guy who used to live in ross's apartment?

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