--- title: Friends Parody: Chandler Bing Dies in Supercut description: The 16-minute-long fan-made video imagines a very different story arc for Chandler Bing—and its impact on the rest of the gang. canonical: https://time.com/4537339/friends-supercut-chandler-dead/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-10-19T20:30:20.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:37:47.755Z og:title: This 'Friends' Supercut Conjures a Dark Future for Chandler og:description: The morbid, 16-minute YouTube cut brings the gang back to life in a new way. og:url: https://time.com/4537339/friends-supercut-chandler-dead/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This 'Friends' Supercut Conjures a Dark Future for Chandler twitter:description: The morbid, 16-minute YouTube cut brings the gang back to life in a new way. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # This Morbid _Friends_ Supercut Imagines a Very Different Future for Chandler > Sponsored content. 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On the contrary, its [ten seasons of material](http://time.com/4256084/unauthorized-friends-musical/?iid=sr-link9) about six best friends living [in New York City](http://time.com/88806/friends-10th-anniversary-unrealistic/?iid=sr-link6) has provided [endless fodder for spliced together re-tellings](http://time.com/4012752/friends-alternate-ending-phoebe-fan/?iid=sr-link1). Enter: a new 16-minute supercut of the show with a very different story arc for the lovable crew. In the fan-made YouTube video “The One Where Chandler Dies” that’s making the rounds, Chandler is the victim of a tragic accident, but the show doesn’t end there. In the aftermath of his death, we see how Monica, Joey and the rest of the gang deal with the stages of grief and begin to move on (hint: Monica and Joey shared some pretty cozy moments over the years)… until a ghost version of Chandler returns to Manhattan to make mischief. “A loving mashup offering an alternate ending to Friends that’s at once very bleak, but also existential, spooky and uplifting,” the creator describes in the comments. Mining material from across the seasons, there’s even a glimpse into Chandler’s life in heaven—until he realizes he misses his pals way too much to stick around watching them from above. And thus begins his romp as a supernatural being haunting their beloved Greenwich Village apartment. 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