<p>What is with all you weirdo <em>Friends </em>theorists? Recently, the Internet was taken with a bonkers <em>Friends</em> alternate ending suggesting that Phoebe, the most wonderful friend of the friends on <em>Friends</em>, was actually <a href="http://www.someecards.com/entertainment/tv/dark-friends-alternate-ending/" target="_blank">a meth-addicted homeless person</a> fantasizing that she knew the other characters. Now, from another twisted mind, comes a re-imagining of this classic comedy as a dark and disturbing exploration of human misery. Thankfully, this one only tarnishes Ross, who probably deserves it.</p><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="" data-attribution="" data-attribution-url="" height="155" src="//cdn.someecards.com/posts/giphy-1-DT4dyt.gif" width="245" /></div></figure><p>Writer D.F. Lovett has written <a href="http://whatwouldbaledo.com/2015/08/08/true-detective-vs-friends-did-ross-geller-lose-custody-of-his-son/" target="_blank">a blog post</a> pointing to (what you could very, very generously call) clues in <em>Friends</em> suggesting that at some point, Ross lost custody of his child. </p><div className="ad-splitter"></div><blockquote> <p>Ross has a son, Ben, who plays a fairly important role in the first several seasons of Friends. But then he disappears. Which makes me wonder if it&rsquo;s possible that Ross&rsquo;s disturbing antics have caused him to lose custody of Ben?</p> <p><em>Friends</em> was on for ten seasons, but Ben doesn&rsquo;t show up in person after episode twelve of season eight. He&rsquo;s only mentioned six times in the remaining fifty-four episodes after his last appearance.</p> <p>But, most troubling, is that it&rsquo;s during these remaining fifty-four episodes that Ross&rsquo;s second child is born. Not only does Ben never meet his new half-sister on screen, but a meeting between the two of them is never even mentioned. We never learn about if Ben has met his sister, if he likes her, if he is a good older brother. We simply never see him again.</p> <p>Which raises a serious question: does Ross still see Ben? Sure, he mentions Ben in these last two and a half season, but does he have any role in Ben&rsquo;s life? When he references Ben, is he referencing something that once was, a child he no longer sees or knows?</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Lovett points out that Ross has exhibited a lot of erratic, aggressive behavior that might have made him seem like an unfit parent. He &quot;tries to kiss his first cousin,&quot; he acts &quot;manipulative and disrespectful in his relationships,&quot; and he &quot;sleeps with one of his students.&quot; He spends all his free time imagining depressing, doom-filled alternate endings to light, happy television programs (probably). Lovett wonders if all of this points to the idea that Ross&#39;s ex-wife decided to &quot;take full custody of her son.&quot;</p><p>As a thought exercise, here&#39;s another alternate ending to this alternate ending: maybe the child actor who played Ross&#39;s son had to be somewhere else, like school.</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

Another weirdly dark 'Friends' theory has gone viral, threatening to ruin your binge watching.

What is with all you weirdo Friends theorists? Recently, the Internet was taken with a bonkers Friends alternate ending suggesting that Phoebe, the most wonderful friend of the friends on Friends, was actually a meth-addicted homeless person fantasizing that she knew the other characters. Now, from another twisted mind, comes a re-imagining of this classic comedy as a dark and disturbing exploration of human misery. Thankfully, this one only tarnishes Ross, who probably deserves it.Writer D.F. Lovett has written a blog post pointing to (what you could very, very generously call) clues in Friends suggesting that at some point, Ross lost custody of his child.  Ross has a son, Ben, who plays a fairly important role in the first several seasons of Friends. But then he disappears. Which makes me wonder if it&rsquo;s possible that Ross&rsquo;s disturbing antics have caused him to lose custody of Ben? Friends was on for ten seasons, but Ben doesn&rsquo;t show up in person after episode twelve of season eight. He&rsquo;s only mentioned six times in the remaining fifty-four episodes after his last appearance. But, most troubling, is that it&rsquo;s during these remaining fifty-four episodes that Ross&rsquo;s second child is born. Not only does Ben never meet his new half-sister on screen, but a meeting between the two of them is never even mentioned. We never learn about if Ben has met his sister, if he likes her, if he is a good older brother. We simply never see him again. Which raises a serious question: does Ross still see Ben? Sure, he mentions Ben in these last two and a half season, but does he have any role in Ben&rsquo;s life? When he references Ben, is he referencing something that once was, a child he no longer sees or knows? Lovett points out that Ross has exhibited a lot of erratic, aggressive behavior that might have made him seem like an unfit parent. He &quot;tries to kiss his first cousin,&quot; he acts &quot;manipulative and disrespectful in his relationships,&quot; and he &quot;sleeps with one of his students.&quot; He spends all his free time imagining depressing, doom-filled alternate endings to light, happy television programs (probably). Lovett wonders if all of this points to the idea that Ross&#39;s ex-wife decided to &quot;take full custody of her son.&quot;As a thought exercise, here&#39;s another alternate ending to this alternate ending: maybe the child actor who played Ross&#39;s son had to be somewhere else, like school.

What is with all you weirdo Friends theorists? Recently, the Internet was taken with a bonkers Friends alternate ending suggesting that Phoebe, the most wonderful friend of the friends on Friends, was actually a meth-addicted homeless...