--- title: Netflix Predicts What the Friends Gang Would Be Doing Now description: It's been nearly 14 years since Friends came to an end. But that isn't stopping Netflix from imagining what the gang would be up to today. canonical: https://time.com/5116888/netflix-friends-predictions-2018/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-01-24T19:33:37.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:50:02.268Z og:title: Netflix Has Some Pretty Solid Friends Fan Theories og:description: From Joey eating Tide Pods to Ross investing in Bitcoin og:url: https://time.com/5116888/netflix-friends-predictions-2018/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfea2a7d6707cdb28/6988f95a929fad5a30bef58d/friends-cast1.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 594 og:image:height: 334 og:image:alt: Friends Cast og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Netflix Has Some Pretty Solid Friends Fan Theories twitter:description: From Joey eating Tide Pods to Ross investing in Bitcoin twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfea2a7d6707cdb28/6988f95a929fad5a30bef58d/friends-cast1.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Netflix Knows Exactly What the _Friends_ Gang Would Be Up to in 2018 > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. ### Sources * TIME Newsletters: [time.com/newsletters](/c/time-nl-brief-2026q3/newsletters?i=00f454ea-8321-428c-a7be-6837d9ed4741&cr=time-nl-brief-2026q3-v1)  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jan 24, 2018 7:33 PM UTC  Alice S. Hall/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images Alice S. Hall/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images NBC—NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jan 24, 2018 7:33 PM UTC It’s been nearly 14 years since [Rachel](http://time.com/4850058/friends-fan-theory-rachel-dream/) got off the plane and the [_Friends_](http://time.com/5107835/friends-yearbook-photos/) left the purple apartment for the last time. But that isn’t stopping Netflix from imagining what the gang would be up to if the show were still on today. The streaming service took to Twitter on Wednesday to share its predictions for the _Friends_‘ everyday foibles in 2018\. “Joey eats Tide pods, goes to hospital (guest star Ellen Pompeo),” Netlflix wrote. “Chandler won’t shut up about how funny his Vines were -Ed Sheeran cameo interrupts Phoebe’s Central Perk set -Ross gets everyone into Bitcoin -The One Where The Gang Realizes Their Privilege.” We have to admit these all seem pretty on the nose. However, considering Pompeo already guest-starred as Ross and Chandler’s old college crush [Missy Goldberg](http://friends.wikia.com/wiki/Missy%5FGoldberg) in Season 10’s “The One Where The Stripper Cries,” it may be difficult to bring her back for a Meredith Grey-inspired cameo. > [](https://twitter.com/netflix/status/956217362721644546) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5116888/netflix-friends-predictions-2018/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5116888/netflix-friends-predictions-2018/"},"headline":"Netflix Knows Exactly What the Friends Gang Would Be Up to in 2018","datePublished":"2018-01-24T19:33:37.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:50:02.268Z","description":"From eating Tide Pods to investing in Bitcoin","url":"https://time.com/5116888/netflix-friends-predictions-2018/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","Friends","TV"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfea2a7d6707cdb28/6988f95a929fad5a30bef58d/friends-cast1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfea2a7d6707cdb28/6988f95a929fad5a30bef58d/friends-cast1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Friends Cast","caption":"Matt LeBlanc as Joey Tribbiani, Lisa Kudrow as Phoebe Buffay, David Schwimmer as Ross Geller, Jennifer Aniston as Rachel Green, Courteney Cox as Monica Geller, Matthew Perry as Chandler Bing in Friends","creditText":"NBC—NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5116888/netflix-friends-predictions-2018/","name":"Netflix Knows Exactly What the Friends Gang Would Be Up to in 2018"}}]}] ```