Friends’ Creator Advocates for Matthew Perry’s Legacy Instead of Focusing on his Passing
One detail that has always stayed with me is that Chandler has the last line in the series of Friends. It happens when Rachel, who didn’t catch her flight, suggests they all go for coffee. Chandler, in his classic sarcastic manner, quips, “Where?”
What made this simple yet impactful moment even more memorable was the fact that Perry himself requested to have the final word. (Could he be any more like Chandler?)
“Before the last episode, I pulled Marta Kauffman aside,” Perry revealed in his 2022 memoir Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing. “I told her, ‘Nobody else will care about this except me. So, can I please have the last line?’ That’s why, as we all leave the apartment and Rachel suggests one last coffee, I got to end Friends.”
If that moment didn’t tug at your heartstrings, Perry’s next observation surely will.
“I love the expression on Schwimmer’s face when I deliver that line—it’s a perfect blend of love and amusement,” Perry shared, “exactly what Friends always brought to the world.” —Tierney Bricker