Why does Monica's apartment look different in s01e10?

Why does Monica's apartment look different in s01e10? - Contemplative young female in casual wear standing on stairs and reflecting in one of many framed mirrors hanging on wall

I may have missed the explanation of this, but Monica's apartment looks very different from every other episode of Friends in episode 10 of the first season. Why is that?



Best Answer

The reason the apartment looks different is it's the build up to the gang's New Years Eve party and decorations are up (possibly from Christmas?). Apart from the obvious monkey...

image of the kitchen

  • Red and silver tinsel around the apartment door (just off screen on the left)
  • Silver star hanging from the ceiling behind the apartment door (just off screen on the left)
  • Gold tinsel in the kitchen work surface
  • Red Christmas lights in the kitchen
  • More silver stars hanging in the kitchen
  • Decorations on all of the wooden beams in the kitchen
  • Some kind of tree with decorations between the kitchen and the living area

the rest of the apartment

  • Fake snow on all of the bay windows
  • Christmas lights out on the balcony (it's worth noting these are missing from the above screenshot but appear in the scene before the credits and later on... 10/10 for set management)
  • Big tree (that gets decorated later in the episode) near the bay window
  • Wreath hanging from the bay window

Oh, and lots more people than usual (later in the episode, during the party).




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Why are the apartments in Friends so different?

The apartment numbers change throughout the first series But as the first season went on, it dawned on show producers that the flat numbers would surely be higher than that given how high up the building the apartment was supposed to be. So Monica's flat changed to number 20, and Chandler's to number 19.

Why are Monica and Chandlers apartments so different?

That's right, the writers changed it when they realised that a number 5 would mean that the apartment was on the first floor of the building. And, as the cast members were frequently shown walking up stairs to get to their floor, this was clearly not the case \u2013 so they changed it to apartment 20.



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