For a person who doesn't think too deeply about the movies/TV he consumes... I was kind of bothered by how the Monica/Chandler storyline had the potential to be really emotionally interesting but wasn't in the end, at all.
I've always been invested in Chandler, one of the few self-aware and self-critical characters on the show, and for this reason I've always found it a bit frustrating every time a story has him fail to be emotionally mature, in a way that ends up hurting him and those he cares about. (Like yeah, I know, it's a sitcom, and I certainly wouldn't expect any introspection or growth out of the other characters.) So when he reflexively puts barriers up at the prospect of long-term commitment and it hurts Monica - who makes it clear that his behaviour has consequences and explicitly challenges him to sort out his issues - there was potential! I mean, this is supposed to be the relationship we're all cheering for, that's supposed to bring out the best in both of them, right?
But no, they found a silly denouement that ends up ensconcing them in their existing roles. It becomes accepted that Monica has to babysit her boyfriend. It's disappointing.
I've always been invested in Chandler, one of the few self-aware and self-critical characters on the show, and for this reason I've always found it a bit frustrating every time a story has him fail to be emotionally mature, in a way that ends up hurting him and those he cares about. (Like yeah, I know, it's a sitcom, and I certainly wouldn't expect any introspection or growth out of the other characters.) So when he reflexively puts barriers up at the prospect of long-term commitment and it hurts Monica - who makes it clear that his behaviour has consequences and explicitly challenges him to sort out his issues - there was potential! I mean, this is supposed to be the relationship we're all cheering for, that's supposed to bring out the best in both of them, right?
But no, they found a silly denouement that ends up ensconcing them in their existing roles. It becomes accepted that Monica has to babysit her boyfriend. It's disappointing.