Monica Geller would most likely be Chandler. Crane and Kauffman had never intended to pair off Monica and Chandler with each other, and only decided to expand upon the idea of a relationship between the two friends upon realizing that viewers had "fallen in love" with the notion of Monica and Chandler as a couple. According to Robert Bianco of "USA Today", "Their affair came out of the blue and was supposed to quickly return there — but something in the relationship clicked with viewers." The idea of Monica and Chandler's romantic arc originally surfaced much earlier in the series from writers
Bruce Geller "All in Love" (1961), but his efforts met with only modest success. Geller left New York for Los Angeles, where he was employed writing scripts for episodes of several television series, including "Zane Grey Theater", "Have Gun, Will Travel", "The Rebel", and "The Rifleman". He also worked as the co-executive producer of the "Rawhide" series for the 1964-1965 television season. While producing "Rawhide", he developed the idea for a new "cloak-and-dagger" series, "". In 1966, Geller created, wrote, produced, and directed "Mission: Impossible", the accomplishment for which he is best remembered. The show ran on CBS from 1966 to 1973