Ross Geller, the Friend Who Loves Too Much 

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The reason Ross can't deal with failure is because his parents told him his entire life he was perfect. Monica works harder when things don't go her way because he parents treated her like she wasn't good enough. Ross believes he is perfect and when he makes mistakes he overreacts because he believes he cannot make a mistake.

It's interesting that Phoebe understands Ross the best, when they're the two friends w/ the least in common.

Ross and Monica's parents kind of suck. Monica is very clearly second best to Ross in their eyes. But even as the "favorite" Ross was traumatized by his parents for being different in any way. That kind of treatment in early childhood can be nearly impossible to fully recover from. And let's not forget that even his friends undermine his career, a huge part of his identity, for most of the show. That takes a toll on a person. It's really great to see that he and Monica don't let their childhood ruin their relationship with each other.

I think Ross is justified how agressive he is against Carol and Susan. If Carol had cheated with a man and then had the man be theirs child’s father and not just step father nobody would require him to be understanding. I think his frustration and insecurity in large part stem form other people not seeing what happened form his perspective.

The editing. The script. The actual analysis instead of a bs top ten list. The woman's voice. The fact that you guys actually read the comments. Damn. Just damn. I've loved friends since i was born and that's what drew me to your channel but im staying for all of it. So good. Yes. Thank you times a million for existing.

David Schwimmer was definitely the best actor on the show.

Their parents are totally horrible people. The way the mother treats monica, the way their dad questions his masculinity because he loves playing with a dinosaur? No wonder the geller siblings grew up like that. Though i must say, with all those flaws their lives turned out pretty well in the end. Hell my parents are great yet I'm still waiting for a semblance of a relationship like what monica and chandler had.

The only thing Ross loves more than romantic idealism is divorces....and having a break with Rachel.

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we want one about ,the most important character, JANİCE

I’ve always felt bad for Ross. His parents expected too much of him so when he failed he felt terrible about himself, all of his friends made fun of his job, which he loved a lot, his first wife went behind his back and cheated on him with someone else and didn’t even bother to tell him the truth, Carol and Susan got to have full custody (basically) of Ben, and he just wanted to start a happy family. He was treated badly throughout the show. I think the only person who really understood him was Phoebe.

Don't know how people judge Ross as a character, personally, I loved him. And David Schwimmer is hands down, the best actor on the show.

This is fantastic. I love how you went deeper into his misogynistic views, most people only see that. But they don’t realize what Ross went through and why he makes many mistakes. This really did see the good side of Ross. I love his little tifs with Phoebe because they are really different but they still love one another. He really does grow throughout. Just like the rest of the characters. I love this video.

I am holding my breath for phoebe and joey’s video

He's the one who doesn't have to speak to be funny

Ross is a good person. The things that he did for Carol, even when she cheated on him!. Or the way he always support phoebe, even when they were so different. Or how he always protected Monica. He always was there for Joey and Chandler. Ross it was just real, not bad, just real. His flaws it wasn't worst than any other person. It was just his flaws

Ross has good sides, he's genuinely a good friend and a good brother for Monica, which is sweet considering the parenting favoritism. However, it's hard to get over how problematic he is. He's a good friend but terrible relationship material. If it weren't for fan service, I don't think he would have ended up with Rachel, they still had ridiculous arguments and possessive/jealousy issues right until the end. They kept bringing the worst in each other in all fairness.

Finally a channel that giving Ross a break. No one is perfect. Other channels would just say that he is toxic.

I think the best scene to understand Ross 's character is when Ross and PHOEBE are talking in the hospital after Emma was born . Ross is so scared to confess his feelings to Rachel because they could break up again,hurt each other again,he is not even thinking in himself,he is so much more scared for Emma. Anyway,great video

It'll be amazing to see gunther analysed. Although the video will most probably be a short one.

Even that guy in the plane said they were clearly on a break... You know..that Hugh Laurie's cameo.

You forget that when Ross was trying to move on from Rachel. Mosly in the early seasons, Rachel ends up being jealous and want to be with Ross. She starts being mopy and sad about it then all the other friends start joining her side. It is very destructive and alienateing for Ross's partners. If it wasn't for Rachel, Ross would properly would of moved on with Emily.

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I don’t care why anyone says, he’s my favorite friend, I was itching for this video!

ross is the most underrated character IMO. people don’t realize all the shit he’s gone through throughout the series and i think that’s why he’s done a lot of the things he did throughout the series.

I’m so glad that you guys have the nuance to analyze WHY Ross acts the way he does and show empathy for him, while not excusing his behavior

"And wherever you fall on the 'if they were on a break' question, it's still a dumb thing to do if you want things to work out." THANK YOU!!! It doesn't matter if they were on break or not, Ross just simply wasn't ready to be in a relationship. He really was the most flawed character in the show and I really liked him in the first couple of seasons. He really does become more and more of a mess as the show goes on, but he does grow.

I think this video romanticizes the Ross/Rachel couple a little bit... putting aside the fact that the relationship brought out the WORSE aspects of Ross's personality along with the good (like his paranoia, jealousy, insecurity and control issues, which yeah are a part of all his relationships in general because of his issues but are especially prominent with rachel) there's the simple fact that they just don't really gel together well. They have zero common interests or anything unique about their interactions other than 'generic couple', they don't bring the best in each other (like Chandler and Monica do) and they have waaay too many arguments and drama, sometimes it feels like they spent 50% of their time together being unhappy and breaking up. imo the healthiest relationship they had was raising Emma while still being completely platonic friends, so I was disappointed they ended up together eventually, it felt like a step backwards for their character development (that being said I still love Ross to bits lmao. David Schwimmer was the best and funniest actor of the whole group)

It really saddens me to see Ross portrayed so negatively. I feel like his friends didn’t help him at all through his issues.

Phoebe better be a long vid. Shes so underrated but is actually the funniest alongside Chandler.

I'm always crying at the end...these Friends screen prism episodes are so heart warming ;__;

Love these Friends videos! I've always thought Ross was the funniest character on the show, but at times difficult to sympathize with when he acts super irrationally. But this video pointed out some stuff that I never thought about (like his similarities to Monica). Can't wait for the Phoebe and Joey ones!

Glad you did Ross❤️❤️. He’s underrated.

Great analysis on an often misunderstood character. I’ll be the first to point out Ross’s flaws, but they don’t make him a bad person.

These videos are so amazing!! This one emulated exactly why I love Ross and what I try to tell those who seem to dislike him, thank you!

I just recently started rewatching FRIENDS and it's just my luck that you guys started making this video series at the same time. Rewatching the show as an adult has already given me a new perspective and appreciation of the characters but your videos are just the cherry on top. You really make me love the friends even more and your videos are really pulling at my heartstrings there

I can't even imagine so many people hate Ross....I mean Ross has most lines and screen time along with Rachel...If he wasn't in the show....We wouldn't have got- 1) Unagi. 2) Pivot 3)We were on a break. 4)I'm Fine 5) When he found out Rachel is pregnant,etc. He was the king of Expressions and the most funniest character along with Miss Chanandler Bong..... He will always remain my favorite character

Can wait for Phoebe :D

Oh my gosh I freaking love this break out of Ross !he has always been one of my favorite characters ,I think my favorite character but it is so amazing how you guys broke down his characteristics and his flaws and showing as he’s progressed as a character , it’s really is Fascinating, great job as always!!! Can’t wait to the next one with you guys should do for your next one a breakdown of new girl characters!

okay i take issue with the whole "ross cant handle rachel having a career". first of all, mark ADMITTED he was trying to get with rachel. so thats not paranoia as much as hyperawareness (unagi as ross would put it). he knew something was up and as soon as ross and rachel broke up mark made a pass at rachel. ross was fine with her having a career but rachel was neglectful of him. if the tables were turned and ross was spending a lot of time with a female colleague who was clearly attracted to him and he kicked rachel out of his job and proceeded to have dinner with the female colleague on his anniversary rachel wouldve been just as right to dump him. secondly, rachel was neglecting their relationship. according to ross they were having a relationship over the answering machine and rachels only defense was "i like my job! im good at it." she didnt deny that ross was telling the truth. ross also loves his job but he makes time to be a caring boyfriend and rachel simply doesnt do the same for him. ross is right to be upset especially when mark shows up at rachels apartment and she doesnt kick him out the way she kicked out ross from her job. if she was going to draw a line for her personal and work life she needs to enforce it on both ends but she didn't do that with mark and that was highly inappropriate. she was literally having dinner with another man on HER ANNIVERSARY WITH ROSS!

I love the character of Ross because he’s kind, intelligent, and usually tries to take the high road. He constantly needs to prove he’s right because he IS right. On the other hand, he’s the embodiment of repression and perfectionism. He suppresses a lot of emotions in order to do the responsible thing instead of working through them organically. On another note, I wonder WHY he fell in love with Rachel as a high schooler in the first place. They clearly had nothing in common, and it seems like he just liked her because she was hot and popular. That’s a pretty shallow reason to put someone on a pedestal.

Gosh I love this series so much. When I was younger, Friends was purely comedy for me. I'm now in my twenties and have just rewatched the series again and have a new found appreciation for it and love the way it treats the ups and downs of young adult life through characters with flaws, quirks and unique upbringings. I respect that you've taken the time out to analyse each character and give us a completely different perspective to what they're normally know for (Monica- obsessive, Ross- goofy, Joey- dumb, phoebe- quirky etc). Looking forwards to what you say about Joey, I've always thought he was one of the most loyal, caring friends but had the worst character progression written for him. New subscriber!

I always love these videos because they usually point out so many things I never noticed and allow me to appreciate a character/something more. Thank you, Screenprism

Can't wait for Phoebe and Joey!!

These are so awesome. Debra and Sussanah can you girls do Scrubs!?!? That show has just as much heart and character flaws as friends. PLEASE!!

I probably have enough in common with Ross for this to count as a therapy session. Though I've overcome the need to "prove" my masculinity, his struggle still hits close to home. This video has also given me a lot to think about when it comes to my own less than stellar love life. So thank you for another great video. It has been a wonderful journey of nostalgia and self-discovery.

I think the biggest indication of his growth as a person, was him giving his blessing to Rachel in the end, to go to Paris. He was completely supportive once he realized that it was what she wanted. This is such a change from how it was when she started out her career and he felt that it was taking her away from him.

I was really interested to see how you were going to interpret his character. I was always surprised that Ross, with so many of his flaws, seems to have the most significant romantic relationships out of all the friends (characterizing significant relationships as lasting more than one or two episodes). I'm looking forward to your analysis of Joey. As much as he tends to be remembered by being kind of dumb and being good with women, I've honestly always thought of him as the most emotionally generous and forgiving of all the friends when it really counts.

He is still my favourite character.

The friend who loves too much, haha I love the title. PS. Wow I never realise Ross has so many problems, about insecure and jealousy and childhood, until I watch this video. You are right ! How come I never notice these problems.

Ross's expressions are always on point. Not only when he's delivering dialogues, but also when he's in background.

This is the kind of video ive been waiting for omg. I keep hearing people talk shit about Ross without understanding what causes is behavior in the first place. People are always quick to forget all the good things he's done in the show

Wow, a great analysis on what makes Ross such an interesting characters!! Would you guys ever consider doing something similar to this for How I met Your Mother?

I understand where people come from when they dislike him,but its so annoying when they say «hes the worst” and call him a homophobe and stuff when all the friends clearly had many problematic beliefs.Even chandler,everyones favourite,had said and done many bad things but hes forgiven in contrast to ross.Yes ,ross has many flaws, but i like that about him and i find him extremely funny and under appreciated

I've always felt that people haven't appreciated or talked about Ross's issues and character as much as Chandler is talked about even though Ross does have a lot of issues as mentioned in the video. I'm so glad I found this piece.

I never really appreciated the fact to how well they disguised deep/hard hitting lines as jokes. Ross talking to the male nanny about him not acting like a “real boy” kinda just went over my head, and I never really took it in until this video explained it in detail

Ross is such a complex character... I love him so much

Well done for actually nailing the character of Ross! So, so many people online only see the one side of Ross and berate him for being possessive, controlling and jealous without seeing underlying reasons why, how he admits to these flaws and how he works to overcome them.

I love how you analyze each character! I love your channel

Such a perfect analysis of his character. He will always be my favorite FRIEND

Ross will always be my favorite character on the show. He's the one who had the most growth mentally and emotionally besides maybe Rachel. And he was put through the ringer at every point, but somehow in the end he made it through. In my eyes he's easily the most sympathetic character in the show

I think a good subject for Joey's video would be how difficult it is for him to acept change. He acts as if everything in his life was falling apart when his friends start to settle down. He is the one who ended where he started. Even if he never wanted things to change to begin with.

David Shwimmer was the best amongst all😍😍

Man... You guys must study hard to analyze each of this character so nicely... Good job again... But anyhow like they say God works in mysterious ways... Ross wished to have a perfect relationship with Rachel and he did with so much experience and acceptance of imperfect things

By far, my favorite channel on RU-vid right now. The arguments are so smart and well prepared, the voice narrating the videos is so calming and the videos highlight the greatness of the characters despite their flaws, instead of just pointing out what's wrong with them. Love, love, love!

I don't know why everyone hates Ross so much. Yeah, he's kind of an asshole, but they all are in their own ways... And everyone always mocks him in the show soooo

I love all these friend analysis. Friends was the first show I ever enjoyed that wasn't a kid's show. And character analysis is my favourite kind of analysis!

He's a very talented actor ; obviously the best in the show

Another great video ScreenPrism. The series on Friends is amazing.

The analysis in this series is brilliant... Can't wait to see Joey and Phoebe 😊

I LOVE LOVE LOVE this series. I’m actually waiting for it every week. Once this is finished maybe do Sex and the City ???

Ross was pitiful and pathetic but he had the most funniest scenes so it's hard to hate him.

love you guys!!!!! p.s the pivot part was brilliantly edited into the video.

i'm so happy you guys are analyzing the whole Friends squad. they are all so in depth.

AHHH and only a week after the last episode!! LOVE LOVE LOVE it! Please keep it up!

I think the whole Ross making fun of lesbians is an interesting subject. I really don't think he was making fun of lesbians, I think he was mostly trying to make fun of Susan because of the grudge he holds against her, because even though he's not in love with Carol anymore he still loves her so it's easier to take it out on the other person. But still, when it really matters, he's there for them. We see him learning to co-parent not only with his exwife but also with her new wife. Nowadays a lot of this stuff, especially on TV, ends in custody issues. Let's not forget it was the 90's, the LGBT community was not so outspoken and present in media as now. At the same time, people had a thicker skin. He makes comments to his friends. I do that all the time, we all have those characteristics the others are mean about, in private, with people we know and love and trust. If Ross didn't trust Susan, would he leave his child with her so easily? On a more personal note, I never liked how they all made fun of his job and I get his frustration with it. As a person who's trying to get a scientific PhD, I get how difficult it is to make your friends and family appreciate this. Half of them think is boring shit or don't have the patience or will to try to understand it, the other half may acknowledge that it's worthy but don't get how a person can be so passionate about it as you have to be to do the kind of sacrifices you do for a PhD. Funniest thing, other characters in Friends do those sacrifices, but for some reason they're not made fun of. Maybe Ross's job is Susan's homosexuality. I don't know, he almost never was my favorite character (except when he went full science, cause he nailed it, especially when admitting to Phoebe that nothing he knows is 100% sure, that's probably one of the basis of certain sciences, like biology. If we talk about physics that could change) but I didn't hate them as much as other people. I understood, even as young as I was, why he was the way he was, and I accepted that, as a person, he was as valid and real as any of the other Friends.

This was a very tricky video to do. I think Ross used to be my favourite friend, however looking at him from a more detached modern perspective made his character seem a bit mean-spirited at times to me. But you really managed to bring out and contextualise the humanity of his character. These Friends vids are superb wells of empathy.

I love how you’re making videos on each friend, Rachel, Monica, Chandler, and now Ross. I can’t wait for you to get to Joey and Phoebe.

I love this channel! Great analysis, I love how Ross grows towards the end, he even starts laughing at himself which is great character development. I can’t wait for one on Phoebe!😄

Love watching these analyses. Great job! Can't wait for Joey and Pheobe's video. 🙈

Are you gonna do an analysis on each of the Friends characters?? I cannot wait!!!!!❤️❤️❤️❤️

I LOVE these videos. This is incredible, it’s easy to forget to analyze the people when there’s so many jokes, and story development is a bit stretched. Thank you for this series

I've always loved Ross even though he isn't exactly popular, this video could have being about me, now i understand...

I agree that Ross is the best when he's with Rachel! Same with her! They bring out the best of each other but when they aren't together they bring out the worst

I feel that Ross was the character from whom we saw the least character development... Regrettably, his final reunion with Rachel was so rushed out that we didn't get to see Ross exhibit any real change from his self-centredness, and Rachel's having to give up something important just to be with Ross again certainly didn't look good on him. Ross didn't get his chance to be selfless in love for a change. Which is a pity. I like Ross, I just wish we see more of him outgrowing some of his behavioural patterns.

You know sometimes I think, even the writers wouldn't have thought of these things as you guys do. You do an amazing job!

These videos about Friends always bring a smile to my face. Keep up with the great work!

These friends analysis are great! I watch, even a few scenes, everyday!

Woooo guys!! I am totally in love with your channel 😍 please make Joey next 😋

I honestly wish I had a friend like Ross. I feel like people mistake loyalty for jealousy or something

This is the best video on the internet! I was diying the whole time, remembering all the good times i had watching the show

I relate to Ross on so many levels in my life rn, i lost my husband whos been my best friend since 2007, we're still friends...but my god ross gets me.

I love how thoughtful these videos are. Would you ever consider doing a similar set of videos on the characters of Frasier?

I love him!! And he is a great friend to. He felt so bad when Pheobe said her family couldn’t affort a bike and bought her a bike exactly like she wanted as a child, kiss Joey for his audition, talked to his father about how Mónica felt less loved. I wish I had someone who cares about me even half of how he does. He has a lot of defects and traumas (like all of us) but I think he healed and overcome many by the end of the series.

"At what point did you think it was a successful marriage?" is pure gold!

We were SUPPOSED to have a love- hate relationship with Ross. Whenever Ross gets into any argument with Phoebe or Susan or whomever, he usually ends up losing, learns his lesson, and becomes a better person after that.

I would like a analizys about how the type of person and decisions that took Rachel affected Ross. I noticed that you didnt touch the time where Ross was happy with the no-bald girl until Rachel got in the middle, even Phoeby had to tell her "I don't get it, you dont want him to be happy?". And after that she makes all this thing about the letter at 5 am, after him spent some difficult emotional hours breaking out with his gf and forcing him to accept all "blame" in a very complex situation. I think both of them are guided for ideas that were turning old in that time, like how great was the popular girl for date the nerd (notice how Leonard from the TBBT have the same problems than Ross, both are guys that gives all to his gf but in the second they present an aspect the gfs dont like the guys feelings are tagged as bad [like when the musician friend of Penny wanted to stay at her house]). Rachel want to become what she become at the end of the series but she started her life being a future"wife", a pretty face that will go shopping with her husband money. Deep down she had a sexist expectation about the men that want to date with her, basically she want them to be like her father (a doctor [status], money and full of masculinity). And is "funny" because Ross and Rachel start with old fashion visions about relashosips and learn to overcome this to be toghether. I think that over time they have to keep growing but i think that is also posible that they turn into a marriage like their parents, maybe more the Gellers way that the Greens. (Note: notice how Rachel, Monica and Ross have all this similar problems about marriage because they are all from the same social circle, they all growing up seen the women being stay at home mothers that live very well thanks to high status and "macho" husbands. Marriage Is a obsetion for both Gellers. And Monica and Rachel were pointing for the same "wife life", but as Monica was a awkard and fat girl that need external validation and Rachel was a popular girl tha wanted self aproval their ways turned very different one from the other). I know my english sucks in this comment, i don't have energy to check it.

Omg, I just love your analysis about the characters of Friends! Is sooooo good! Great job

Omg I am so happy you made this !!!!