Quip about Spider-Man: Brand New Day by Electric Sheep

This will just be a movie we disagree on because our take-aways on this are so vastly different. For me his character development is learning that he shouldn't push away those he cares about when he has the opportunity to reach out. This was shown in NWH as well so i really don't feel like anything was undone per-say. It is a valid question to ask how does Ned know the handshake but that will just have to be a future mystery to solve. I really don't think Ned got his memories back and that final moment is realizing that Peter is Spider-Man. Peter not making new friends also has valid reasons because it is still his mindset that self imposed isolation is what is best for him. So when he gets over this at the end of the movie and the events of the movie allowed him to reconnect with his loved ones, why wouldn't he? For me its all one big message to people who have ever felt the same.

Ned wasn't getting all his memories back after the handshake... he was realizing Peter was Spiderman because MJ called Spiderman "Peter" as he left their apartment