10 Friends Timeline Mistakes You Never Noticed

10. Several Key Characters Vanished

The index of Friends characters is eternal. Outside of the hexagonal ensemble, secondary characters include Phoebe's (Lisa Kudrow) eventual husband Mike (Paul Rudd), Monica (Courteney Cox) and Ross' parents Jack (Elliott Gould) and Judy (Christina Pickles), Chandler's (Matthew Perry) sometimes-lover Janice (Maggie Wheeler), and the late Central Perk barista Gunther (James Michael Tyler).

But what about the flock who swiftly left the series without so much as a whimper?

Ross and Carol's (Jane Sibbett) son Ben (Cole Sprouse) made a fleet of appearances throughout the show's first eight seasons before vanishing. He's also peculiarly absent from Ross and Emily's fourth-season wedding, despite being cited as the reason Ross couldn't move to England to be with his second wife.

Phoebe's parents also disappear after seasons worth of impassioned buildup, failing to appear at her and Mike's tenth-season wedding, though this could be put down to the snowstorm that swept across New York.

Joey's (Matt LeBlanc) troop of sisters were infrequently spotted together, but the most notable was Dina (Drea de Matteo); she reappeared in season eight, now pregnant. Joey assured Dina that he'd look after both her and his unborn niece before they both vanish from the series, the status of her pregnancy never again voiced.

It's a strenuous undertaking trying to create end points for everyone, but given the noteworthy nature of these characters, a bit more effort could've been put into their departure from Friends.