Carol Willick
Ross's first wife, who left him for Susan, and the mother of Ben.
Carol Willick is Ross Geller's first ex-wife, the mother of their son Ben and the wife of Susan Bunch in Friends. A sixth-grade teacher from Vermont who met Ross at college, where she played lacrosse and golf, she left him just before the series began after realising she was a lesbian. Anita Barone played her in her first episode and Jane Sibbett in 16 more, through season 7.
Quick Facts
- Played by
- Jane Sibbett (Anita Barone in her first episode)
- Occupation
- Sixth-grade teacher
- Ex-husband
- Ross Geller
- Wife
- Susan Bunch
- Episodes
- 17 (seasons 1-7)
Facts from the source article.
Background
Carol met Susan at the gym. In "The One With The Sonogram At The End" she finds Ross at the museum to tell him she is pregnant; he can be as involved as he likes, and the heartbeat on the sonogram wins him over. Ross and Carol still share a kiss over dinner in "The One With The Candy Hearts" before she reminds him things have changed. Ben is born in "The One With The Birth" after Carol throws Ross and Susan out of the delivery room for bickering. In season 2 she breast-feeds Ben in front of a squirming Joey and Chandler, and in "The One With The Lesbian Wedding" she and Susan marry, with Monica catering and Ross, of all people, talking her through her doubts when her parents refuse to attend. Phoebe admits she misses Carol's presence at the gang's old get-togethers.
Carol appears in 17 episodes; her last is "The One With The Truth About London" in season 7. Ross's resentment is aimed at Susan rather than at her.
Source
Text adapted from Carol Willick on Friends Central (Fandom, CC BY-SA 3.0). Page history: contributors. Codexery summarised the page, and this entry is shared under the same licence.
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