Friends Fans Just Solved A Ross Geller Mystery 28 Years Later

Friends fans just solved a Ross Geller mystery after almost three decades.

In a Season 2 episode, “The One With Russ,” the plot centers on Rachel’s (Jennifer Aniston) new love interest, Russ, who bares an uncanny resemblance to her ex-boyfriend, Ross (David Schwimmer). Rachel doesn’t seem to notice any similarities, but once the rest of the crew draws attention to it, she promptly ends things with Russ, who is credited as “Snaro” in the episode’s closing titles.

The name “Snaro” was reportedly an alias used by Schwimmer for this particular episode, which originally aired in 1996, as he played both Ross and his lookalike — which recently came as a surprise to some fans on Reddit.

“It wasn’t until I was a full grown adult, honestly probably already in my twenties when I realized it was just David playing both,” one Redditor commented. “I’ll never forget the look my mom gave me when I told her. Like I’d just discovered some brand new information.”

One user confessed to arguing with their significant other over Russ’ identity. “I was like ‘damn! How did they find someone who looks almost exactly like Ross.’”

More Reddit Revelations

This isn’t the only Friends trivia to have made the rounds on Reddit recently.

In August 2023, one user pointed to an error in a Season 7 episode, “The One with Phoebe’s Cookies.” Rachel claims that she’s “been sailing my whole life.” However, two years prior, in the Season 5 episode “The One Where Ross Moves In,” she had told her neighbor Danny that she doesn’t sail at all.

Others Redditers have also noticed a string of Joey Tribbiani inconsistencies, which they say “ruins” the beloved character.