How did they all meet, and how did Monica get that apartment?
If you want the answer that was eventually revealed in episode format, watch episodes [3.06]and [4.04]. Late in the first season, the producers of the show gave us their concept of the “back-story.” It was a little different at that time than what was revealed later. Below is their description, intermixed with additional comments to point out some of the differences between fiction and… other fiction. By the way, Jeff Greenstein is a 1st season producer / writer, and Alexa Junge is another producer / writer Alexa Junge. Jeff Greenstein: “O.K., here’s the quasi-definitive answer as I know it, as we writer folk have discussed it over the course of the season… “In the pilot, we established that Monica, Rachel and Ross all went to Lincoln High School together. Monica was fat; Rachel was popular and possibly bitchy; Ross was a nerd. Rachel says that she and Monica were close, but in the time since, they’ve drifted — enough so that Rachel didn’t think to invite Monica to her wedding. “W
