HBO Max launches), which has also allowed viewers to catch details and mistakes that hadn't been pointed out before – like that time there were two Phoebes in the same scene. Created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman, Friends made its debut on NBC in 1994 and came to an end in 2004 after ten successful seasons and lots of memorable moments and jokes.
The series followed a group of six friends (Phoebe, Monica, Rachel, Joey, Chandler, and Ross) living in New York City and doing their best to juggle their social, personal, and professional lives as well as dealing with everything adulthood threw their way. Friends is still regarded as one of the best TV series of all time, even if there are some situations and jokes that haven't aged well, and its time at Netflix introduced new generations to this peculiar group. These recent revisits, along with a wider format, have brought to light a couple of mistakes and weird details that have been hiding in the series for years, among those a double dose of a fan-favorite character: Phoebe.
Continuity errors and other harmless mistakes are very common in TV shows, but there’s one in Friends that makes Phoebe look as if she has mastered the art of being in two places at the same time.
Friends’ Pilot Episode Has Two Phoebes
A lot of things happen in the Monica’s apartment (that or she moves very quickly). Right after Phoebe tells Rachel about her eyelashes, the scene cuts to Monica’s date, Paul, sitting in the living room, and Phoebe is seen in the background – and it actually looks as if she was paying attention to herself in the kitchen.
This minor yet curious mistake recently came to light thanks to Phoebe Buffay.