“THE LAST ONE” -  TRANSCRIPT

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[Scene: Monica and Chandler's apartment. It's a scene from 1016 TOW Rachel's Going Away Party.]

Jennifer Aniston (V.O.): Previously on Friends.

Monica: Erica, are you okay?

Erica: Yeah, you know, maybe I ate too much. I keep getting these stomach-aches. They come and go like every few minutes.

Monica: Oh my God!

Chandler: Relax! We’ll just get her some antacids.

Monica: She doesn’t have a stomach-ache. She’s in labor!

Chandler: Oh my God!

 
[Cut to Ross's apartment. Ross and Rachel are there. It's another scene from 1016 TOW Rachel's Going Away Party.]

Rachel: So if you think I didn’t say goodbye to you because you don’t mean as much to me as everybody else, you’re wrong. It’s because you mean more to me.

Ross: Rach!

Rachel: What?!

(He walks over and kisses her. They pull back, Rachel looks at him, and they kiss again.)

 
[Scene: Ross's bedroom. Rachel is putting on her shoes as Ross shows up from underneath the covers.]

Ross: Hey.

Rachel: Shh.. Go back to sleep. I have to go home.

Ross: Oh. This was amazing.

Rachel: It really was. You’ve learned some new moves!

Ross: Yeah, well, this guy at work gave me “Sex for Dummies” as a joke.

Rachel: Ah.

Ross: Who’s laughing now?

Rachel: I know!

(They kiss.)

 
OPENING CREDITS

[Scene: The delivery room at the hospital. Monica, Chandler and Erica are there. Erica is in labor, and she is breathing heavily.]

Monica: Breathe, breathe, breathe… Good.

Chandler: Next time, can I say breathe?

Monica: No, last time you said it like Dracula, and it scared her! Can I get you anything? You want some more ice chips?

Erica: No, I’m okay.

Monica: Alright, I’ll be right back.

Chandler: Where are you going?

Monica: To use the bathroom.

Chandler: You can’t leave me alone with her.

Monica: What?

Chandler: This is exactly the kind of social situation that I am not comfortable with!

Monica: What kind of social situation are you comfortable with?

Chandler: It’s just that we’ve never spent any time, you know, alone together.

Monica: You’ll be fine. Nah, you won’t, but I’ll be back in two minutes.

Chandler: Okay.

(Monica leaves, and Chandler closes the door. Erica just looks at him.)

Chandler: So, ah… Any plans for the summer?

Erica: I don’t know. Maybe church-camp?

Chandler: Hah. May not wanna mention this. So, you ever wonder which is worse, you know; going through labor or getting kicked in the nuts?

Erica: What?

Chandler: Well, it’s just interesting. You know, because no one will ever know, because no one can experience both.

(Erica just looks at him like he’s crazy.)

Chandler: One of life’s great, unanswerable questions. I mean, who knows? Maybe there’s something even more painful than those things? Like this.

 
[Scene: Joey and Rachel's apartment. Joey is there as Phoebe enters. Joey is holding a baby duck.]

Phoebe: Morning.

Joey: Hey!

Phoebe: What’s that?

Joey: It’s my house-warming present for Monica and Chandler.

Phoebe: It’s a baby chick and duck!

Joey: Uh-huh. And I named them Chick Jr. and Duck Jr.

Phoebe: I did not see that coming.

Joey: Yeah, I figure they’ll love it at the new house, you know? It has that big backyard. And then, when they get old, they can go to that special farm that Chandler took the other chick and duck to.

Phoebe: Yes.

Joey: Yeah. It’s a shame people can’t visit there.

Phoebe: That is the rule, though.

(Ross enters.)

Phoebe: Guess what? You’re almost an uncle!

Ross: What?

Joey: Yeah, Erica went into labor last night. Monica and Chandler are at the hospital right now!

Ross: Oh my God!

Phoebe: Yeah, and I have a definite feeling it’s gonna be a girl.

Ross: Phoebe, you were sure Ben was gonna be a girl.

Phoebe: Have you seen him throw a ball?

Ross: Is Rachel here?

Joey: Uh, I think she’s still asleep. Hey, hey, how did it go with you guys last night? She seemed pretty pissed at you.

Ross: Uh, we, y’know, we worked things out.

Phoebe: What’s that smile? Did something happen with you two?

Ross: Hey, I’m not one to kiss and tell, but I’m also not one to have sex and shut up. We totally did it!

Joey: Oh my God. You and Rachel?

Ross: I know, it’s pretty great.

Joey: So what does that mean? Are you guys getting back together?

Ross: Oh, I.. I don’t know. We didn’t really get to talk.

Phoebe: But do you wanna get back together?

Ross: I don’t know. It was incredible. I mean, it just felt so right. When I was holding her, I mean, I never wanted to let her go. You know what? Yeah, I do. I wanna be together.

Phoebe: (screaming) YAY!

Ross: Shhh!

Phoebe: (quietly) Yay!

Joey: So, so is she still going to Paris?

Ross: Wow, I hadn’t thought of that. I hope not.

Phoebe: Oh, this is like the best day ever. Ever! You guys might get back together, Monica and Chandler are getting their baby, there are chicks and ducks in the world again! Oh, I feel like I’m in a musical! (Singing) “Daa - raa… When the sun comes up, bright and beaming! And the moon comes…”

(Rachel enters from her room.)

Rachel: Morning!

Phoebe: Guess we’ll never know how it ends.

Joey: Okay.

Ross: Hey.

Rachel: Hey.

Ross: Hey. How did you sleep?

Rachel: Good. You?

Ross: Good.

Joey: I bet you did!

Ross: Uh. Would you guys mind giving us a minute?

Joey: Sure, yeah. Will you just keep an eye on the chick and the duck?

Rachel: Chick and the duck? Didn’t they die…

Phoebe: (interrupting) Dive. Yeah, they dove head-first into fun on the farm.

(Joey and Phoebe leave.)

Ross: So…

(He kisses her.)

Ross: Morning.

Rachel: You too. Last night was just wonderful.

Ross: It really was.

Rachel: I woke up today with the biggest smile on my face.

Ross: I know, me too. It was… You know, it was like one of those things you think is never gonna happen, and then it does, and it’s everything you want it to be.

Rachel: Uh-huh. I know. It was just, it was just the perfect way to say goodbye. (She hugs him, and Ross looks crushed.)

 
[Scene: The Hospital. Erica is moaning and about to give birth. Monica, Chandler, a nurse and a doctor are there with her.]

Monica: It’s just a little bit more, honey.

Erica: Help me! This hurts!

Chandler: Is it really that bad?

Erica: Uh-huh! I think it’s time to kick you in the nuts and see which is worse!

(Monica gives Chandler a look.)

Doctor: The baby’s head is crowning.

(Monica walks down to Erica’s legs to watch the birth.)

Monica: Oh! Oh my God! That is the most beautiful top of a head I have ever seen! Chandler, you have to see this!

(Chandler is standing by Erica’s head.)

Chandler: I’m okay.

Monica: Chandler, you don’t wanna miss this. This is the birth of your child! It’s the miracle of life!

Chandler: Alright. Wow, that is one disgusting miracle.

Doctor: Start pushing. Here we go. Here come the shoulders…

(The baby starts crying, and the doctor holds it up.)

Monica: It’s a… It’s a boy!

Chandler: Wow!

Erica: Is he okay?

Doctor: He’s just fine.

Monica: Oh, you did it!

Chandler: (emotional) It’s a baby! A beautiful little baby! And some other stuff I’m gonna pretend I don’t see.

Doctor: Would you like to cut the umbilical cord?

(A nurse gives Monica a pair of scissors. Monica gives it to Chandler, and they cut it together.)

Chandler: Well, that’s spongy.

Monica: (to her son) Oh, hey handsome! Oh, I’m gonna love you so much that no woman is ever gonna be good enough for you! (To Chandler, on the verge of tears) Oh, we are so lucky!

Chandler: I know. He has your eyes.

(Monica looks at him.)

Chandler: I mean, I know that’s not possible, but he does.

Nurse: We’ll just get him cleaned up a bit.

(The doctor hands the boy to the nurse, and she walks over to another part of the room with him.)

Chandler: Okay.

Monica: (To Erica) Oh my God, he’s beautiful. Thank you so much.

Erica: I’m really happy for you guys.

Chandler: How do you feel?

Erica: I’m tired!

Doctor: Well, you don’t have that much time to relax. The other one will be along in a minute.

(Chandler stares at the doctor, completely shocked. Monica just freezes and turns around slowly.)

Monica: I… I’m sorry, who should be along in a what now?

Doctor: The next baby should be along in a minute.

Monica: We only ordered one!

Doctor: You know it’s twins, right?

Chandler: Oh, yeah! These are the faces of two people in the know!

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[Scene: The hospital. Continued from earlier.]

Doctor: I can’t believe you didn’t know it’s twins! This has never happened before.

Chandler: Well, gosh. That makes me feel so special and good.

Monica: (to the doctor) Wait, did you know it was twins?

Doctor: Yeah, it’s here in the paperwork we got from the clinic in Ohio.

Monica: (to Erica) Anybody tell you?

Erica: I don’t think so. Although, they did mention something about two heartbeats. But I thought that was just mine and the baby’s. They kept saying both heartbeats are really strong, and I thought well, that’s good ’cause I’m having a baby.

Monica: This is unbelievable.

Erica: Twins actually run in my family.

Chandler: Interesting! (To Monica) Can I see you for a second?

(They walk over to the door.)

Chandler: What do we do?

Monica: What do you mean “what do we do”?

Chandler: (panicking) Twins! Twins!!

Monica: Chandler, you’re panicking!

Chandler: Uh-huh! Join me, won’t you?! Okay, what do you say we keep one, and then just like have an option on the other one?

Monica: We can’t split them up!

Chandler: Why not? We could give each of them half a medallion, and then years later, they’ll find each other and be reunited. I mean, that’s a great day for everybody.

Monica: Okay, what if the person who adopts the other one is horrible?

Chandler: What if they’re not? What if it’s adopted by a king?

Monica: Yeah, because I hear the king is looking to adopt.

Chandler: Monica, we are not ready to have two babies!

Monica: That doesn’t matter! We have waited so long for this. I don’t care if it’s two babies. I don’t care if it’s three babies! I don’t care if the entire cast of “Eight is Enough” comes out of there! We are taking them home, because they are our children!

Chandler: (smiles) Okay. Shhh…

(He hugs her.)

Chandler: Okay.

Monica: Okay!

Chandler: Okay!

Doctor: It looks like we’re about ready over here.

(Monica and Chandler run back to Erica’s bed.)

Doctor: Come on, Erica, start pushing again now.

Erica: Ow!

(Erica screams.)

Doctor: Here she comes!

Chandler: (shocked) She? It’s a girl?

Doctor: Yeah.

Chandler: (To Monica) Well, now we have one of each! (To the doctor) And that’s enough!

 
[Scene: Central Perk. Ross, Phoebe and Joey are there.]

Ross: And then she said it was the perfect way to say goodbye.

Joey: Oh my God! What did you say?

Ross: Nothing! What do you say to that?

Phoebe: Ross, you’ve got to tell her how you feel!

Ross: No way!

Joey: You can’t just give up! Is that what a dinosaur would do?

Ross: What?

Joey: Dude, I’m just trying to speak your language.

Phoebe: Ross, Rachel doesn’t know that you wanna get back together. If she did, she might feel differently. She might not even go.

Ross: You really think so?

Phoebe: I’m telling you! Oh, okay! This is the part of the musical where there’d be a really good convincing song. (Singing) “Bam-bam, don’t take no for an answer. Bam-bam, don’t let love fly away. Bam-bam-bam-bam…”

(Rachel enters and interrupts Phoebe’s song.)

Rachel: Hi!

Phoebe: Can’t a girl finish a song around here?

Joey: Hey!

Rachel: Hi! So I just dropped Emma off at my mom’s.

Ross: Okay.

Joey: Oh, you’re not taking her with you tonight?

Rachel: No, we decided that I would go ahead and set up first, and then my mom would bring Emma to Paris on Sunday.

Phoebe: Wow, eight hour flight with a one-year old? Good luck, mom.

Rachel: Are you kidding? Eight hours with my mother talking about Atkins? Good luck, Emma!

(Rachel walks up to the counter.)

Ross: Alright, you know what? You’re right. I should at least tell her how I feel.

(He stands up.)

Joey: Ross, wait!

Ross: What? What?

Joey: Could you get me a muffin?

(Ross walks up to Rachel, but Gunther gets there first.)

Gunther: Rachel?

Rachel: Yeah?

Gunther: I… I know you’re leaving tonight, but I just have to tell you. I love you.

(Ross is shocked.)

Gunther: I… I don’t know if that changes your plans at all, but I thought you should know.

Rachel: (touched) Gunther… Oh… I love you too. Probably not in the same way, but I do. And, and when I’m in a café, having coffee, or I see a man with hair brighter than the sun, I’ll think of you. Aw.

(She kisses him on the cheek and looks over at the others.)

Rachel: Oh… Bye guys.

(Rachel leaves.)

Ross: Oh my God!

Phoebe: Unbelievable!

Joey: Hey, you know what might help?

Ross: I’m not getting you a muffin!

 
[Scene: The hospital. Monica and Chandler are holding the twins, while two nurses are taking care of Erica.]

Monica: Do you think they recognize each other from in there?

Chandler: Maybe. Unless they’re like two people who have lived in apartments next to each other for years, and then one day they’re pushed through a vagina and they meet.

Nurse: We’re going to take Erica to recovery now.

Monica: There’s something that we wanna tell you. We decided to name the girl-baby Erica.

Erica: Oh my God, that’s just like my name!

Monica: Son of a gun, it is!

Erica: Anyway, I’m gonna go and get some rest. I’m really glad I picked you guys. You’re gonna make great parents. Even Chandler.

Monica: Okay, well, bye!

Erica: Bye!

Chandler: Bye!

Monica: We’ll call you!

Erica: Okay.

Chandler: Have fun at church-camp!

(The nurses take Erica to the recovery room. Monica and Chandler smile at each other.)

Monica: Oh, look at these little bunnies!

Chandler: I know! You ready to trade?

Monica: Okay.

Chandler: Okay.

Monica: Alright, let’s see..

(They start trying to trade babies while holding one each. They have no idea how to do it, so they just shift the babies around in their arms. They give up pretty quickly.)

Chandler: We could trade later.

Monica: Yeah, I’m good.

 
[Scene: Monica and Chandler's apartment. Joey and Phoebe are there. There is a white crib decorated with balloons in the middle of the apartment. Also, there are boxes all over the apartment. Joey is working on something on the coffee table.]

Phoebe: Hey, what are you working on?

Joey: It’s a… It’s a “welcome home” sign for the baby.

(He holds up a white poster with huge red letters. It reads, “Welcome Home Baby.” There is also a huge red stain on the left of the poster.)

Phoebe: How sweet! Oh, is that the baby?

(She points at the stain.)

Joey: No, I sat in the paint.

(Ross enters with a gift for the baby.)

Ross: Hey.

Phoebe: Hey. So, did you talk to Rachel?

Ross: No, and I’m not going to.

Phoebe: What?

Joey: Why not?

Ross: Because she’s just going to shoot me down. You guys saw what happened with Gunther. That did not look like fun.

Phoebe: How can you compare yourself to Gunther? I mean, sure, he’s sexy in a more obvious way. You have a relationship with her, you slept together last night.

Ross: Yeah, and she still wants to go! It’s pretty clear where she is.

Joey: Yeah, I know what you mean. I mean, sometimes…

(He sits down in the wet paint again.)

Phoebe: Uh, Joe?

Joey: Damn it!

Ross: Look, even if I were gonna tell her, I don’t have to do it now. Okay? I’ll be seeing her again. We’ve got time.

Phoebe: No, you don’t! She’s going to Paris! She is going to meet somebody. Do you know how many hot guys there are in Paris? It’s… It’s a city of Gunthers!

(Mike enters with a roll of paper in his hand.)

Mike: Hey!

Phoebe: Hey! What do you have there?

Mike: Oh, I made a little something. If I had more time to work on it, it’d be better, but..

(He shows them a beautiful banner he has made. It reads, “Welcome to the World, Baby Bing.”)

Ross: Oh my God! You did that yourself?

Phoebe: Honey, that’s gorgeous!

Joey: You know, the baby can’t read, Mike!

(Rachel enters.)

Rachel: Hi! You guys, the car-service just got here. I can’t believe they’re not home yet! I have to catch my stupid plane. I wanna see the baby!

Joey: Monica just called from the cab. She said they should be here any minute. And apparently, there’s some big surprise.

Phoebe: Yeah, did she sound happy about it? ‘Cause my friend Ethel’s baby was born with a teeny, tiny beard.

(Monica enters carrying her son.)

Rachel: Oh my God!

Ross: Oh my God!

(They all walk over to see the baby.)

Rachel: Hi! Oh my gosh!

(Chandler enters carrying his daughter.)

Chandler: Hey.

(Everybody turns around.)

Phoebe, Ross, Rachel: Hey.

(They turn back around to see the baby Monica’s carrying, but then they realise what the surprise is. Ross, Mike, Phoebe and Rachel gasp and stare at Chandler and his baby. Joey hasn’t figured it out yet.)

Joey: (To Monica) Hey, so what is the big surprise?

Rachel: Oh.

(Joey stares at Chandler and Monica and finally puts two and two together. He gasps.)

Ross: Oh my God!

Rachel: What… What…

Ross: Okay, okay, awkward question. The hospital knows you took two, right?

Monica: Yes, it’s twins!

Ross: Oh my God.

Joey: Oh, they’re so cute! Now, what, what kinds are they?

Monica: (points at the baby she’s holding) This is a boy, (points at the baby Chandler is holding) and that’s a girl.

Chandler: Her name is Erica.

Rachel: Aw..

Joey: Hey, that pregnant girl’s name was Erica.

Chandler: Yeah. It’s a shame you two didn’t get to spend more time together.

Monica: Yeah, we named the boy Jack after dad.

Ross: Aw, he’s gonna be so happy.

Phoebe: Oh, Jack Bing. I love that. Ooh, it sounds like a ’40s newspaper guy, you know? “Jack Bing, Morning Gazette. I’m gonna blow this story wide open!”

(Chandler and Monica carry Erica and Jack over to the crib and put them down carefully.)

Rachel: Oh my gosh. Wow, so beautiful.

Mike: (To Phoebe) I want one.

Phoebe: Oh yeah? Well, tell me which one, and I’ll try slip it in my coat.

Mike: Seriously. Wanna make one of those?

Phoebe: One? How about a whole bunch?

Mike: Really?

Phoebe: Yeah! Ooh, we could teach them to sing, and we can be like the Von Trapp family! Only without the Nazis. Although that sounds kinda dull.

Rachel: Oh, you guys, I can’t believe this. But I’ll leave now, or I’m gonna miss my plane.

Monica: I’m just so glad you got to see the babies.

(They hug.)

Rachel: Me too. Oh, I’m just sorry I’m not gonna be around to watch you two attempt to handle this! Alright, I can’t say goodbye to you guys again. I love you all so much.

Monica: I love you.

Chandler: I love you.

Monica: Call us when you get there.

Rachel: I will. Ross, come here.

(She pulls him over to the door.)

Rachel: I just want you to know.. Last night.. I’ll never forget it.

Ross: Neither will I.

(They hug as Phoebe and Joey stare at the two of them.)

Rachel: Alright, now I really have to go. Okay. Au revoir! Oh, they’re gonna really hate me over there.

(She leaves.)

Phoebe: So, you just let her go?

Ross: Yeah.

Joey: Hey, maybe that’s for the best.

Ross: Yeah?

Joey: Yeah. You know? You just… Look, you gotta… You gotta think about last night the way she does, okay? Maybe, maybe sleeping together was the perfect way to say goodbye?

Phoebe: But now she’ll never know how he feels!

Joey: Maybe that’s okay. You know? Maybe, maybe it is better this way? I mean, now, now you can move on. I mean, you’ve been trying to for so long, maybe now that you’re on different continents.. (Looks at Phoebe) Right?

(Phoebe nods.)

Joey: Maybe now you can actually do it. You know? You can finally get over her.

Ross: Yeah, that’s true. Except I don’t wanna get over her.

Joey: What?

Ross: I don’t! I wanna be with her.

Joey: Really?

Ross: Yeah, I’m gonna go after her.

Joey: Yeah, you are!

Phoebe: Woo!

(Monica and Chandler look shocked as Ross goes to leave.)

Phoebe: Wait, wait! Get your coat! Get your coat!

Ross: My coat…

Joey: This is so cool!

Chandler: I have no idea what’s going on, but I am excited!

Joey: But Ross, Ross. What do you, what do you think she’s going to say?

Ross: I don’t know, but I.. Look, even if she shoots me down, at least I won’t spend the rest of my life wondering what would have happened. Where - where is my coat?!

Phoebe: You didn’t bring one! My cab’s downstairs, I’ll drive you to the airport.

Ross: Okay, guys, wish me luck.

Phoebe: Hurry!

Joey: Good luck, good luck!

(Phoebe and Ross leave.)

 
[Scene: The street right in front of Central Perk. Phoebe's cab is there. Ross and Phoebe run over and jump in.]

Ross: There’s no seatbelt!

Phoebe: That’s okay. If - if we hit anything, the engine will explode, so you know, it’s better if you’re thrown from the car.

(Ross looks terrified.)

Ross: Alright, alright, let’s do this!

Phoebe: Okay!

(A guy comes up and gets into the backseat of the cab.)

Ross: Hey!

Man: 18th and East End.

Phoebe: I - I don’t take passengers.

Man: Hey! The law says you have to accept any fare.

Ross: No, you don’t understand. This isn’t a real cab.

Man: Alright, I gotta report you. What’s your medallion number?

Phoebe: My medallion number is, “Get out of the cab!”

Man: What?

Ross: (screaming) Get out of the cab!

Phoebe: Get out of the cab!

(The man jumps out, obviously a little scared. Phoebe drives off.)

 
[Scene: Monica and Chandler's apartment. Monica, Chandler and Joey are there, packing the last boxes.]

Joey: Oh, hey, hey, can I give you guys your house-warming present now?

Monica: Now, that you can do.

Joey: Alright!

(Cut to Joey’s apartment. Joey looks inside the cardboard box that used to be the home of Chick Jr. and Duck Jr., but they have disappeared.)

Joey: Ah… Chick Jr.? Duck Jr.? Don’t hide from mama!

 
[Scene: Phoebe's cab. Phoebe is driving very fast, and a terrified Ross has closed his eyes.]

Phoebe: You can open your eyes now.

Ross: Are we off the bridge?

Phoebe: Yes.

Ross: Is the old woman on the bicycle still alive?

Phoebe: Yes, she jumped right back up.

(Ross opens his eyes.)

Ross: Oh my God, Phoebe, slow down!

Phoebe: Do you wanna get to Rachel in time?

Ross: Yes, but I don’t wanna die in your cab!

Phoebe: You should have thought of that before you got in!

(They drive up to a toll-booth.)

Phoebe: Toll-booth.

Ross: What?

Phoebe: (screaming) Toll-booth! Four bucks. There are quarters in the glove compartment.

(Ross tries to open a plastic bag filled with quarters, but he’s quite slow.)

Phoebe: Hurry!

Ross: Okay!

Phoebe: Okay.

(Phoebe tries to throw some quarters out the window, but she has forgotten to open the window, and she and Ross scream.)

Phoebe: Damn, that window is clean.

 
[Scene: Joey's apartment. Joey is still looking for the birds.]

Joey: Quack, quack, tweet, tweet, quack, quack, tweet, tweet, quack, quack, tweet, tweet, quack, quack, tweet, tweet, quack, tweet, quack…

(Monica and Chandler enter.)

Chandler: We were wondering what was taking so long with the gift, but now we understand you were doing this.

Joey: Okay, I wanted to surprise you, but for your house-warming gift, I got you a baby-chick and a baby-duck!

(Chandler grins, while Monica is less enthusiastic.)

Chandler: Really? You got us a chick and a duck?

Monica: Oh, great! Just what you want for a new house with infants. Bird feces.

Joey: Yeah, yeah, they must have jumped off the table, ’cause now they’re gone!

Chandler: Oh, don’t worry, we’ll find them.

Monica: Actually, I’m gonna go check on the twins.

Chandler: Alright.

(Monica turns around and is about to leave when she steps on something.)

Monica: Oh God! What did I just step on?

Joey: Oh!

Chandler: It’s okay, it’s just an egg roll.

Monica: Oh..

Joey: You stepped on my egg roll?

Monica: I’m sorry, I didn’t know to look for Chinese food on the floor.

Joey: Just put it on a plate and leave.

(She does so.)

Chandler: Okay, let’s find these birds.

Joey: Alright.

(Suddenly, they hear the birds.)

Joey: Wait, wait. Do you hear that?

(They realise that the birds are in the foosball table.)

Joey: Oh! They’re in the table!

Chandler: Well, that can’t be good!

Joey: We gotta get them out of there!

Chandler: How?

Joey: Oh, oh! Maybe we can lure them out. You know any birdcalls?

Chandler: Oh, tons, I’m quite the woodsman.

Joey: Well, maybe we can just tip the table a little.

Chandler: Joey, wait! The ball!

Joey: Oh!

(The ball rolls into one of the goals, and Chandler and Joey listen in horror as the ball makes its way inside the table. Finally, they can hear the birds again.)

Joey: Oh God! So what do we do?

Chandler: I don’t know. Maybe we can open this up somehow.

Joey: Okay.

Chandler: No… It’s all glued together.

Joey: Does that mean we have to bust it open?

Chandler: I don’t know. Maybe.

Joey: Oh my God!

Chandler: I know! It’s.. It’s the foosball table.

Joey: All right, you know what? We don’t have a choice. It’s like I would have said in that sci-fi movie if I’d gotten the part. “Those are our men in there, we have to get them out! Even if I have to sacrifice the most important thing in my life; my time-machine.”

Chandler: Did that movie ever get made?

Joey: It did not.

 
[Scene: The airport. Ross and Phoebe run in.]

Phoebe: Ross, where are you going?

Ross: To talk to Rachel, isn’t that why we took a ride in the death-cab?

Phoebe: What? What are you just gonna walk up to her at the gate? Have you never chased anyone through the airport before?

Ross: Not since my cop-show got cancelled.

Phoebe: You have to get a ticket to get past security.

Ross: What? We’re never gonna make it!

Phoebe: Not with that attitude! Now, haul ass!

(They run to the ticket counter, but they get stuck behind a group of old people who are walking very slowly.)

Ross: Okay, if you could all walk slower, that’d be great.

 
[Scene: The gate. Rachel walks up to the man at the gate and gives him her passport.]

Gate attendant #1: (with a French accent) Madame, your passport please?

Rachel: Oh my God! I was so afraid I wasn’t gonna remember any of my high-school French, but I understood every word you just said!

Gate attendant #1: Your boarding pass, please.

Rachel: Oh.

(She starts looking through her purse, but she can’t find it.)

Rachel: Oh, shoot. I had it. Oh, I can’t believe this.

Gate attendant #1: Madame, if you don’t have your boarding pass…

Rachel: I have it, I have it, I have it. Oh, okay, I can’t find it, but I remember that I was in seat 32C, because that’s my bra-size.

Gate attendant #1: Madame, you must have your boarding pass..

Rachel: Okay, fine! But you know what? If I was in 36D, we would not be having this problem.

 
[Scene: The ticket-counter. Ross and Phoebe come running.]

Ross: Hey, I need a ticket.

Phoebe: Just one? I drive you all the way down here, and I don’t get to see how it works out?

Ross: Fine, two tickets, I need two tickets.

Phoebe: We’re on our honeymoon.

Ticket agent: And the destination?

Ross: I don’t care. Whatever is the cheapest.

Phoebe: I’m so lucky I married you.

 
[Scene: The gate. Rachel is still searching for her boarding pass.]

Rachel: Oh! Shoot! Damn it! Where is it? Oh! Oh! I found it! I found it!

(She runs up to the gate and the gate attendant standing there.)

Rachel: Hah! I found it! I told you I would find it! In your face! You’re a different person.

 
[Scene: The ticket-counter. Ross and Phoebe have their tickets and start looking at the screens in order to find the gate.]

Ross: Okay, flight 421 to Paris. I don’t see it, do you see it?

Phoebe: No, did we miss it?

Ross: No, no, no. That’s impossible. It doesn’t leave for another 20 minutes.

Phoebe: Maybe we have the flight-number wrong. God.

(Phoebe picks up her cell-phone and calls Monica. Monica is still packing in her apartment.)

Monica: Hello.

Phoebe: Hey, it’s me. Here’s Ross.

Ross: What? Hey, hey, listen..

(Monica is standing by the crib, and she’s looking at her babies.)

Monica: Oh my God! Ross, you wouldn’t believe the cute little noises the twins are making. Listen.

(She holds the phone down to the twins.)

Ross: Monica? Monica, Monica, Monica, Monica..?

Monica: Oh, I’m sorry. Shoot, they were doing it before.

Ross: That’s alright. Listen, listen.

Monica: Oh, wait, wait, wait! Here they go again.

(She holds down the phone to the twins again.)

Ross: Monica? Monica, Monica, Monica, Monica..?

Monica: Isn’t that cute?

Ross: That is precious! Listen! I need Rachel’s flight information.

Monica: Oh, okay. Alright, it’s flight 421. Leaves at 8:40.

Ross: Yes, that’s what I have. It’s not on the board.

Monica: That’s what it says here. Flight 421, leaves at 8:40, Newark airport.

Ross: What?

Monica: Newark airport. Why, where are you?

Ross: JFK.

(Ross sadly hangs up the phone, while Phoebe looks at him. Cut to Rachel at the gate. She gives her boarding pass to the gate attendant, and she goes onboard. The gate attendant closes the door and locks it.)

 
[Scene: Joey's apartment. Joey and Chandler are still trying to get the birds out of the foosball-table.]

Joey: (yelling) Don’t worry, you guys, we’re gonna get you out of there.

Chandler: And we’re also gonna buy you tiny, bird hearing-aids.

(Joey picks up a hammer and a crowbar and gets ready to destroy the table.)

Joey: Okay. Here goes.

Chandler: What’s the matter?

Joey: I need to say goodbye to the table first.

Chandler: I understand.

Joey: Okay. Table, you have given us so many great times. And you guys, Jordan, Victor, Joel… All of you guys. What can I say? You guys make us look good. You wanna say anything?

Chandler: I don’t know. Except that, for one last time… (he touches the players as he says the following) Good game, good game, good game, good game, good game, good game, good game.

Joey: Okay, here we go. I can’t do it.

Chandler: Well, I can’t do it either.

(Monica enters.)

Monica: Hey! Did you find them?

Joey: Yeah, they’re stuck inside the table!

Chandler: We have to bust it open, but neither of us can do it!

Monica: Oh, well sure. This gotta be so hard. I’ll do it. Gimme!

(Monica grabs the hammer and the crowbar and gets ready to bust it open.)

 
[Scene: Phoebe's cab. She's driving faster than ever before.]

Ross: Phoebe! Wow! No, no, no!

(Phoebe screams.)

Phoebe: Well, I’ve never gone this fast before.

Ross: Phoebe, forget it, okay? Newark is - is like an hour away. There’s no way we’re gonna make it in time.

Phoebe: She’s got her cell, you could call her.

Ross: I am not doing this over the phone.

Phoebe: You don’t have any other choice!

(She lets go of the steering wheel to get her cell-phone from her purse. Ross screams and reaches over in order to hold onto the wheel. Cut to the plane. Rachel is sitting in her seat when her cell-phone rings.)

Rachel: Hello?

Phoebe: Rachel? Oh, good. Hey, by the way, did you just get on the plane?

Rachel: Yeah.

Phoebe: (To Ross) For what it’s worth, we would have caught her if we were at the right airport.

Ross: Yay.

Phoebe: Uh, Rach, hang on.

(Phoebe tries to give her phone to Ross, but he won’t take it. He mouths “no.”)

Rachel: Phoebe? Is everything okay?

Phoebe: Uhm, actually no. No, you’ve… You have to get off the plane.

Rachel: What? Why?

Phoebe: I have this feeling that something’s wrong with it. Something is wrong with the left Philange.

Rachel: Oh, honey, I’m sure there’s nothing wrong with the plane.

(The passenger in the seat next to Rachel looks at her and seems a little nervous.)

Rachel: Alright, look, I have to go. I love you, and I will call you the minute I get to Paris.

(Rachel hangs up.)

Passenger #1: Uhm, what was that?

Rachel: Oh, that was just my crazy friend. She told me I should get off the plane, because she had a feeling that there was something wrong with the left Philange.

Passenger #1: Okay, that doesn’t sound good.

Rachel: I wouldn’t worry about it. She’s always coming up with stuff like this, and you know what? She’s almost never right.

Passenger #1: But she is sometimes.

Rachel: Well…

(The passenger stands up and gets his suitcase from the overhead compartment.)

Rachel: Wait, what are you doing?

Passenger #1: Well, I can’t take this plane now.

Air stewardess: Excuse me, sir, where are you going?

Passenger #1: I have to get off this plane, okay? Her friend has a feeling something’s wrong with the left Philange.

Rachel: Could I get some peanuts?

Passenger #2: What’s wrong with the plane?

Air stewardess: There’s nothing wrong with the plane.

Passenger #1: Yeah! The left Philange!

Air stewardess: There is no Philange!

Passenger #1: Oh my God. This plane doesn’t even have a Philange!

Passenger #2: I’m not flying on it!

Air stewardess: Ma’am, please sit down!

Passenger #3: What’s going on?

Passenger #1: We’re all getting off. There is no Philange!

(Everybody walks out of the plane.)

Rachel: This is ridiculous! I…

(She notices that everybody is leaving.)

Rachel: Yeah, okay.

(Rachel leaves as well.)

 
[Scene: Joey's apartment. Monica has completely destroyed the foosball-table, and Chandler and Joey are holding the birds.]

Monica: Alright. My job here is done.

Chandler: That was… Impressive.

Joey: Yeah, you didn’t even use the tools for most of it!

Monica: Yeah, they were just slowing me down. Alright, I have to get back to the babies. I’ll see you girls later.

(Monica leaves.)

Chandler: Sorry about the table, man.

Joey: Yeah.

Chandler: You gonna buy a new one?

Joey: Probably not. Nah. I don’t know how much I’m gonna wanna play after you go.

Chandler: Well, at least we got these little guys out.

Joey: Yeah.

Chandler: Aww, we were worried about you! Hm. I guess I better get used to things crapping in my hand, huh?

Joey: I’m gonna miss these little guys. It was nice having birds around again.

Chandler: Hey, you know what? Maybe we should keep them here with you.

Joey: What?

Chandler: Yeah, I mean we’ve got a lot going on right now. And, plus, here they’d have their own room.

Joey: I could get a goose!

Chandler: You know, I - I think you’re set with the poultry.

Joey: Thanks man. Did you hear that, you guys? You’re gonna get to stay here! And, and it’s good, you know, ’cause, ’cause now you have a reason to come visit.

Chandler: I think there may be another reason. So, awkward hug or lame cool guy handshake?

Joey: Uh, lame cool guy handshake, yeah.

(They do the lame cool guy handshake. They look at each other, and then they hug.)

 
[Scene: The gate at the airport. The passengers are standing in line, and they're about to board the plane again.]

Gate attendant #2: Ma’am, I assure you, the plane is fine.

Passenger #2: And you fixed the Philange?

Gate attendant #2: Yes, the Philange is fixed. As a matter of fact, we put a whole lot of extra Philanges onboard, just in case.

(Rachel walks up to the gate. Cut to Ross and Phoebe who come running up to the gate.)

Ross: Where is she?

Phoebe: I don’t see her.

Ross: Rachel! Rachel Green!

Phoebe: There she is!

Ross: Rachel! Rachel!

Gate attendant #2: Wow, excuse me, sir, do you have a boarding pass?

Ross: No, no, I just have to talk to someone.

Gate attendant #2: I’m sorry, you cannot go any further without a boarding pass.

Ross: No, no, no, but…

Phoebe: (screaming) RACHEL!!

(Rachel comes back to the gate.)

Rachel: Oh my God… What.. What are you guys doing here?

Phoebe: Okay, you’re on.

Rachel: What? What? Ross, you’re scaring me. What’s going on?

Ross: Okay, the thing is..

Rachel: Yeah?

Ross: Don’t go.

Rachel: What?

Ross: Please, please stay with me. I am so in love with you. Please, don’t go.

Rachel: Oh my God.

Ross: I know, I know. I shouldn’t have waited ’till now to say it, but I’m.. That was stupid, okay? I’m sorry, but I’m telling you now. I love you. Do not get on this plane.

Gate attendant #2: Miss? Are you boarding the plane?

Ross: Hey, hey. I know you love me. I know you do.

Gate attendant #2: Miss?

Rachel: I - I have to get on the plane.

Ross: No, you don’t.

Rachel: Yes, I do.

Ross: No, you don’t.

Rachel: They’re waiting for me, Ross. I can’t do this right now, I’m sorry. I’m sorry.

Ross: Rachel?

Rachel: I’m so sorry.

(She boards the plane.)

Ross: I really thought she’d stay.

Phoebe: I’m sorry.

(Phoebe hugs Ross.)

 
[Scene: Monica and Chandler's apartment. Joey, Chandler, Monica and the twins are there. Everything has been put into boxes.]

Monica: Well, that’s it. Everything’s packed.

Chandler: Wow, this is weird.

Monica: I know.

Joey: Yeah. Uh, does this mean there’s nothing to eat?

Monica: I put three lasagnas in your freezer.

Joey: I love you!

(He hugs her. Phoebe enters.)

Joey: Hey!

Phoebe: Hey.

Joey: So did you guys make it in time?

Phoebe: Yeah, yeah, he talked to her, but she got on the plane anyway.

Chandler: Where’s Ross?

Phoebe: He went home. He didn’t want to see anybody.

 
[Scene: Ross's apartment. Ross enters and checks his messages.]

Rachel: (on the answering machine) Ross, hi. It’s me. I just got back on the plane. And I just feel awful. That is so not how I wanted things to end with us. It’s just that I wasn’t expecting to see you, and all of a sudden you’re there and saying these things… And… And now I’m just sitting here and thinking of all the stuff I should have said, and I didn’t. I mean, I didn’t even get to tell you that I love you too. Because of course I do. I love you. I love you. I love you. What am I doing? I love you! Oh, I’ve gotta see you. I’ve gotta get off this plane.

Ross: Oh my God!

Rachel: (on the answering machine) Excuse me?

Air stewardess: (on the answering machine) Miss? Please, sit down!

Rachel: (on the answering machine) I’m sorry. I’m really sorry, but I need to get off the plane, okay? I need to tell someone that I love love them.

Air stewardess: (on the answering machine) Miss, I can’t let you off the plane.

Ross: Let her off the plane!

Air stewardess: (on the answering machine) I am afraid you are gonna have to take a seat.

Rachel: (on the answering machine) Oh, please, miss, you don’t understand!

Ross: Try to understand!

Rachel: (on the answering machine) Oh, come on, miss, isn’t there any way that you can just let me off…

(The message is finished. Ross jumps over to the answering machine.)

Ross: No! No! Oh my God. Did she get off the plane? Did she get off the plane?

Rachel: I got off the plane.

Ross: You got off the plane.

(He walks over and kisses her.)

Rachel: I do love you.

Ross: I love you too, and I’m never letting you go again.

Rachel: Okay. ‘Cause this is where I wanna be, okay? No more messing around. I don’t wanna mess this up again.

Ross: Me neither, okay? We are - we’re done being stupid.

Rachel: Okay. You and me, alright? This is it.

Ross: This is it. Unless we’re on a break.

(Rachel gives him a look.)

Ross: Don’t make jokes now.

(They kiss again.)

 
[Scene: Monica and Chandler's apartment. Chandler and Monica are holding the twins. Joey and Phoebe are sitting by the window, while Ross and Rachel are standing together. The apartment is completely empty. Two men are carrying a large dresser.]

Monica: Okay, please be careful with that. It was my grandmother’s. Be careful.

(Two other men are rolling the big white dog out of the apartment.)

Monica: If that falls off the truck, it wouldn’t be the worst thing.

(She slips them some money.)

Ross: Wow.

Rachel: I know. It seems smaller somehow.

Joey: Has it always been purple?

Chandler: (to his children) Look around, you guys. This was your first home. And it was a happy place, filled with love and laughter. But more important, because of rent control, it was a friggin’ steal!

(Monica and Chandler put Jack and Erica in their stroller.)

Phoebe: Hey, do you realise that at one time or another we all lived in this apartment?

Monica: Oh, yeah, that’s true.

Ross: Uh, I haven’t.

Monica: Wait a minute. What about that summer during college that you lived with grandma, and you tried to make it as a dancer?

Ross: Do you realise we almost made it ten years without that coming up?

Monica: Oh, honey, I forgot. I promised Treeger that we’d leave our keys.

Chandler: Oh, okay.

(Chandler and Monica walk over to the kitchen-counter and leave their keys. Then the other four pick out their keys and leave them as well.)

Phoebe: So, I guess this is it.

Joey: Yeah. I guess so.

Monica: (crying) This is harder than I thought it would be.

Chandler: Oh, it’s gonna be okay.

(Chandler hugs her. Monica hugs Ross and Rachel as Chandler gets the stroller with the twins.)

Rachel: (crying) Do you guys have to go to the new house right away, or do you have some time?

Monica: We got some time.

Rachel: Okay, should we get some coffee?

Chandler: Sure. Where?

(They all leave the apartment. Joey helps Chandler with the stroller in the hallway, while Monica and Rachel have their arms around each other. Everybody walks downstairs to Central Perk. The camera goes inside the apartment again, and it pans around. We see the keys on the counter, and the final shot is of the frame around the peephole. The screen fades to black.)

THE END

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 SEASON 4

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Season 4, Episode 1: The One with the Jellyfish
Original Air Date—25 September 1997
Ross and Rachel get back together after Ross unknowingly takes full responsibility for the breakup. Monica reveals what happened when she was stung by a jellyfish, and Phoebe is mad after her mother.

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Season 4, Episode 2: The One with the Cat
Original Air Date—2 October 1997
A cat walks into Central Perk and Phoebe is convinced that it is her mother’s reincarnation. Joey and Chandler agree to sell the entertainment center. People come to look at it and Joey gets locked into it by a guy who then steals all their other furniture. Monica goes on a date with Rachel’s ex from high school Chip. He is still very cute but he still lives with his parents and still works at the movie theater as he did in high school. The friends find an ad from a little girl who lost the cat. Ross and Phoebe fight about the cat but Phoebe agrees to take her “mum” back to the girl in the end. Joey and Chandler trade the entertainment center for a canoe.

 

 

 

  

 

SEASON 3

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Season 3, Episode 1: The One with the Princess Leia Fantasy
Original Air Date—16 September 1996
Monica is a wandering zombie after dumping Richard for not sharing her child-wish. Ross confides in Rachel his sexual fantasy is princess Leia’s gold bikini in Star Wars, but doesn’t appreciate her telling it to blabbermouth Phoebe; when Rachel assures him boys miss out on true bonding because they don’t tell each-other intimate details, he tries it with Chandler who brings up a very unfit confidence. As Joey really can’t handle the prospect of Chandler not dumping Janice as usual, the two try spending whole ‘day of fun’ together for their common friend Chandler’s sake.
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Season 3, Episode 2: The One Where No One’s Ready
Original Air Date—26 September 1996
Ross becomes very frustrated with his friends when they fail to be ready on time for a speech that he is giving at the museum. When he publicly moans at Rachel, she get her revenge by dressing outrageously.

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Season 3, Episode 3: The One with the Jam
Original Air Date—3 October 1996
Monica makes tons of jam to take control of her life and to get over Richard. Monica abandons the jam plan and decides to have a baby instead. Phoebe is dating a guy who used to be obsessed with her sister and now has a restraining order to keep away from Ursula. Monica doesn’t want a child from a sperm donor after all because she wants a family not just a child.
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Season 3, Episode 4: The One with the Metaphorical Tunnel
Original Air Date—10 October 1996
Joey misses an important audition because Phoebe forgot to give him the message about it. Phoebe gets him another appointment for the audition acting as his agent. Chandler is afraid to see Janice again because suddenly he scared of the commitment. He wants to get through the tunnel where at the end there is no fear of commitment. Joey gets the job and asks Phoebe to manage his other auditions too. Commitment doesn’t scare Chandler anymore but it scares Janice and she leaves. Rachel and Monica help Chandler cope with his feelings because he is on their side of the tunnel now. Phoebe quits her job as Joey’s agent because he only gets rejections. Janice gives Chandler another chance.

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Season 3, Episode 5: The One with Frank Jr.
Original Air Date—17 October 1996
Phoebe meets her brother Frank for the second time. The friends make lists which celebrities they would sleep with.
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Season 3, Episode 6: The One with the Flashback
Original Air Date—31 October 1996
The friends remember the events three years earlier, when several of them almost slept together.
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Season 3, Episode 7: The One with the Race Car Bed
Original Air Date—7 November 1996
Joey becomes a learning extension teacher in soap acting, and loves the respect from even more clueless kids. Monica chooses a ridiculously cheap bed from Janices ex; Phoebe signs for her at delivery- of another bed, a childish race car! Rachel convinces Ross to dine with her dad, who takes him down even worse then he feared; the next day Ross and Dr. Green find each-other making fun about Rachel’s chiropractor and various lack of good sense. When Joey hears one of his students also auditions for the same role he wants, he tries to eliminate him by bad advice to play the boxer gay, but the effect surprises him, though less then what he sees at the Mattress King when trying to get Monica’s original bed.
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Season 3, Episode 8: The One with the Giant Poking Device
Original Air Date—14 November 1996
Phoebe doesn’t want to go to the dentist because every time she does, someone dies. Monica plays the airplane game with Ben and bumps his head really hard and Rachel and Monica try to cover the bump on his head. Joey sees Janice kissing her ex-husband and tells Chandler. Phoebe is checking if she killed someone by going to the dentist and finds that Ugly Naked Guy hasn’t moved since the morning. They build a massive poking device out of chopsticks to poke him and see if his alive or just taking a nap. Chandler leaves Janice so she can go back to her husband and child. Ugly Naked Guy is alive!
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Season 3, Episode 9: The One with the Football
Original Air Date—21 November 1996
It’s Thanksgiving, so everyone is dining Monica’s festive meal. After watching pros on TV, they decide to have a friendly American Football game in the park, despite the fact the Geller parents forbade Ross and Monica to play each-other ever again after years of vicious rivalry for the ‘Geller Cup’. Rachel and Phoebe prove worse then worthless. Joey and Chandler are totally absorbed by Margha, a Dutch girls who stays watching and get competitive about her. Now the teams start playing to win; then the Geller-rivalry takes over- Monica even makes it boys-girls, and every dirty trick is tried…
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Season 3, Episode 10: The One Where Rachel Quits
Original Air Date—12 December 1996
Ross breaks a girl’s leg who was selling cookies in order to win a place at the space camp. Ross feels guilty and tries to sell 400 boxes of the cookies so the girl can win the competition. Rachel sucks at waitressing and Gunther is showing her everything again but she doesn’t want to be trained in a job she hates. Rachel then quits her job at Central Perk. Phoebe is heart-broken to see all the trees “killed” to be Christmas trees. Rachel gets a new job.
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Season 3, Episode 11: The One Where Chandler Can’t Remember Which Sister
Original Air Date—9 January 1997
Rachel hates her new ‘fashion’ job too as another dead end- Monica isn’t the most sympathetic audience in her job serving with fake boobs, but there she meets Mark, a Bloomingdale’s executive who may get her a job in his department; of course Ross believes his intent must be dishonorable. At Joey’s birthday party Chandler drinks too much vodka now Janice is back with her ex, gets intimate with one of Joey’s seven sisters and can’t even remember which one- more proof for Ross; he must go over to break up at the Tribbiani house where grandmother doesn’t even let him get a word in.
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Season 3, Episode 12: The One with All the Jealousy
Original Air Date—16 January 1997
It’s Rachel’s first day at the new job. Mark is taking her out for lunch and Ross is extremely jealous. Monica hooks up with “poet” Julio from work. Joey gets a part in a musical because he lied about having dancing experience. Ross sends Rachel flowers, musical bugs and even a singing quartet to the office to let Mark know she has a boyfriend. Chandler and Ross go to Chandler’s cousin’s stag night and Ross takes Ben to play with the stripper’s kid the following day. Rachel is jealous even though she just told Ross to stop being jealous of her friendship with Mark.
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Season 3, Episode 13: The One Where Monica and Richard Are Just Friends
Original Air Date—30 January 1997
Monica bumps into Richard at the video shop. They go out for a burger just as friends. Rachel gets in late from work every night. Phoebe is dating a sporty guy. Joey and Rachel exchange their favourite books to see which one is better. Monica shows Richard how to cook lasagna and they make love. They wanna try being friends who sleep together. They have a great time together and Monica wants to be with him for real again. Richard would love to be with Monica but they’re right back where they were and they both know how it’s gonna end.
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Season 3, Episode 14: The One with Phoebe’s Ex-Partner
Original Air Date—6 February 1997
Phoebe’s ex singing partner Leslie plays at Central Perk. Leslie left the duo and Phoebe is still mad but Leslie wants them to play together again. Ross is delighted to hear that Mark quit his job. Chandler meets Ginger and goes out with her. Joey used to date Ginger but accidentally threw her artificial leg into a fire and ran away. Phoebe and Leslie are back together playing music. Ross goes to a fashion seminar with Rachel so she won’t go with Mark. They fight because Ross was so bored he fell asleep. Ross doesn’t like that he is not involved in Rachel’s “other” life with her work but Rachel loves having something on her own. Leslie sells “Smelly Cat” as a commercial jingle and Phoebe and Leslie break up once again. Ginger dumps Chandler because he has a third nipple. Chandler lets the third nipple be removed surgically.

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Season 3, Episode 15: The One Where Ross and Rachel Take a Break
Original Air Date—13 February 1997
After a bitter fight with Rachel, Ross ends up sleeping with another woman. Phoebe dates a Diplomat who needs an interpretor to speak with her.

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Season 3, Episode 16: The One the Morning After
Original Air Date—20 February 1997
The morning after Rachel declared they needed a break, she wakes up ready to work on getting back together- and he drunk in bed with Chloe, the copy girl; Joey and Chandler warn him word will follow ‘the trail’ of women blabbering to Rachel, and at every step he’s too late to stops it. Whe she storms in for an endless session of denial there’s still love between them, whatever he tries, the other friends don’t dare to leave the bedroom where Monica and Phoebe had been waxing.

 

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Season 3, Episode 17: The One Without the Ski Trip
Original Air Date—6 March 1997
It’s a week after Ross and Rachel broke up and they still don’t get along and just shout at each other. The group splits up because Rachel and Ross can’t be in the same room anymore. Everyone goes off to a ski trip except Ross. They all get stuck at a rest stop on the way and have to call Ross to go get them. No one wants to be caught in the middle between Rachel and Ross and they want them to get along so they can all hang out together again. Rachel and Ross promise to be civil.
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Season 3, Episode 18: The One with the Hypnosis Tape
Original Air Date—13 March 1997
Phoebe’s brother Frank is getting married to a woman twice his age who used to be his teacher. Phoebe asks Joey and Ross to talk Frank out of getting married at 18. But they see that Frank really loves Alice and they agree to be best man and ring bearer. Monica is asked out by a millionaire. Chandler is using a hypnosis tape to quit smoking. The tape tells him he is “a strong confident woman” who doesn’t need to smoke. He begins to act like a female.
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Season 3, Episode 19: The One with the Tiny T-Shirt
Original Air Date—27 March 1997
Monica thinks Pete is perfect but she is just not attracted to him. Joey gets the part and hates his stage-wife Kate because she tells everyone Joey was in the infomercial and can’t open a milk carton. Mark asks Rachel out but Rachel doesn’t want to see anyone because she would feel like she was cheating on Ross. But Ross and Rachel get in a fight when Rachel returns Ross’ stuff so they can move on. Rachel goes on a date with Mark. Mark kisses Rachel but Rachel tells him she can’t be with him because she only went on a date to get back at Ross. Joey has a crush on Kate but she is seeing the director of the play.

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Season 3, Episode 20: The One with the Dollhouse
Original Air Date—10 April 1997
Kate is the first woman Joey liked who doesn’t like him back. Monica’s and Ross’ aunt Sylvia died and Monica inherits the dollhouse with which she was never allowed to play. Monica invites Phoebe to play with the dollhouse but doesn’t let her play anymore when Phoebe brings out a dinosaur, a giant dog and a ghost. Phoebe makes her own dollhouse which is way cooler than Monica’s. Chandler has a date with Rachel’s boss Joanna and finds her really dull and boring. Joanna thinks they have chemistry and loves Rachel for introducing her to Chandler. Joey and Kate are together after rehearsing their scenes. Chandler doesn’t want to call Joanna again but Rachel forces him because Joanna is driving her crazy asking about Chandler. Phoebe’s dollhouse catches fire and is burned down. Kate doesn’t want to be with Joey. Chandler doesn’t have the courage to tell Joanna he doesn’t want to see her again.

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Season 3, Episode 21: The One with the Chick and the Duck
Original Air Date—17 April 1997
Joey buys a chick for him and Chandler, Monica gets offered a restaurant by Pete, and Ross gives up being on TV for Rachel.
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Season 3, Episode 22: The One with the Screamer
Original Air Date—24 April 1997
They all go to Joey’s play together. Joey is bringing Kate, Ross is there with a date so Rachel has to get a date as well. Rachel turns up with her freaky date Tommy. Joey and the cast get really bad reviews for their performances and Joey finally gets the chance to be with Kate again. They stay up all night and talk. Rachel stops seeing Tommy because Ross was right and he really is a maniac. Kate leaves for a job in L.A..

 

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Season 3, Episode 23: The One with Ross’s Thing
Original Air Date—1 May 1997
“Ross’ Thing” is something on his derrière. He doesn’t know what it is. Chandler doesn’t know what it is. Joey doesn’t know what it is. A large contingent of conventional doctors don’t know what it is. So Phoebe sends him to Guru Saj, her herbalist, to figure out what it is. Guru Saj doesn’t know exactly what it is, but solves the problem, not with medicine, conventional or otherwise. Meanwhile Pete mentions to Monica that he has something important to tell her. When Joey finds out that Pete has paid $50,000 to a ring designer, engagement ring comes to everyone’s mind. Although Monica originally thinks she will say no if Pete asks her to marry him, the thought of saying yes becomes more and more appealing. However the question has to come first. On another dating front, Phoebe ends up dating two guys at the same time, Vince the beefy fireman, and Jason the sensitive kindergarten teacher. She likes them both for their obvious attributes. But when dating two guys at one time starts to feel like work, she decides she has to give one up. The decision becomes that much harder when she finds out there is a sensitive side to Vince and rippling muscles hide underneath Jason’s baggy shirt. But when Phoebe can’t make up her mind, the two guys end up making it for her when they meet each other.

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Season 3, Episode 24: The One with the Ultimate Fighting Champion
Original Air Date—8 May 1997
Monica begs Pete to stop fighting after he is beaten up. Chandler is unnerved when his boss slaps his butt. Ross starts dating a new woman.
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Season 3, Episode 25: The One at the Beach
Original Air Date—15 May 1997
The friends go to the beach to learn more about Phoebe’s family. Rachel starts flirting with Ross.

 

 

 

SEASON 2

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Season 2, Episode 1: The One with Ross’s New Girlfriend
Original Air Date—21 September 1995

Now Ross is back from China, but has brought a new girlfriend, Chandler feels guilty for having advised him to forget Rachel, who in turn rebounds -to the others’ surprise- to the infamous Paolo. When Monica convinces Phoebe to cut her hair after her good job on the boys, she’s horrified to get the haircut of an entirely wrong movie star named Moore. Meanwhile Joey’s family tailor proves a bad recommendation to Chandler, who is not gullible enough to believe taking measurements for trousers requires taking the tape up each leg and the rear with intimate manual contact at groin height.

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Season 2, Episode 2: The One with the Breast Milk
Original Air Date—28 September 1995
Joey is having trouble with a new guy at work who dresses like a cowboy and who intrudes Joey’s section. Monica and Julie get along and Monica can’t tell Rachel. Rachel finds out and is upset. Everyone dares Ross to try breast milk because it grosses him out. Joey dresses up as a cowboy to be the best at work again. Joey and the cowboy have their showdown and Joey wins because the cowboy sprays perfume into a customer’s eyes. Rachel gives Julie a chance to be friends with her. Ross tries the breast milk after all.

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Season 2, Episode 3: The One Where Heckles Dies
Original Air Date—5 October 1995
Heckles who lives in the appartement underneath Monica and Rachel is always complaining of their stomping around and being noisy. While complaining Heckles dies and leaves all his stuff and his apartment to Rachel and Monica. The apartment is the biggest mess they have ever seen. While cleaning it Chandler finds out that he is exactly like Heckles and is afraid he will die all alone just like Heckles.

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Season 2, Episode 4: The One with Phoebe’s Husband
Original Air Date—12 October 1995
Six years Phoebe got married to a gay friend of hers from Canada who needed a green card. She used to be in love with him but didn’t tell her friends that they are married. Because Monica is upset that Phoebe didn’t tell her she got married they start yelling the others secrets out: the panties on the telephone pole are Monica’s from sex on the balcony, Chandler has a third nipple, Joey acted in a porn movie. Ross tells Rachel he hasn’t had sex with Julie because he has only been with one woman in his life and she turned out to be a lesbian. The gang watches Joey’s porn. Meanwhile Phoebe’s husband tells her he isn’t gay and needs a divorce because he is getting married again. Rachel tries to talk Ross out of sleeping with Julie but doesn’t succeed.

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Season 2, Episode 5: The One with Five Steaks and an Eggplant
Original Air Date—19 October 1995
Chandler gets a phone call from a strange woman who wanted to call her ex-boyfriend Bob. Chandler is organizing Ross’s birthday. Monica is appointed to head lunch chef and in charge of purchasing. The friends go out to have a celebration dinner. Rachel, Joey and Phoebe are upset because everyone else thinks they earn enough money to go out to fancy places all the time and spend lots of money on Ross’s birthday. Arguing about Rachel, Joey and Phoebe not wanting to accept gifts from Ross, Monica and Chandler because it feels like charity. Monica gets fired for taking 5 steaks and an eggplant from work.

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Season 2, Episode 6: The One with the Baby on the Bus
Original Air Date—2 November 1995
When Monica takes Ross to the hospital, Joey and Chandler are in charge of baby Ben. Phoebe deals with a new musician in Central Perk.

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Season 2, Episode 7: The One Where Ross Finds Out
Original Air Date—9 November 1995
Rachel claims to be over Ross and Monica sets her up with a date. Rachel doesn’t concentrate on her date and gets really drunk because she is upset that Ross and Julie are going to buy a cat together. Her date tells her she needs a “closure” to get over Ross. Rachel then calls Ross and leaves him a message saying she is over him. When Ross here’s the message he is taken aback that Rachel has feelings for him and is very confused. Ross refuses to buy a cat and tells Rachel she had no right telling him about her feelings because he was ok before he knew and now he isn’t. They argue and kiss - for the first time!

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Season 2, Episode 8: The One with the List
Original Air Date—16 November 1995
Rachel tells Phoebe and Monica, Ross tells Chandler and Joey about their kiss. Ross doesn’t know what he’s doing because he can’t figure out whether to be with Julie or Rachel. Everyone (including Julie) is at Central Perk and Phoebe sings a song about their love triangle. Monica gets a new job making up recipes for a synthetic chocolate substitute. Chandler, Joey and Ross make a list with Julie and Rachel’s pros and cons to make it easier for Ross to pick one of them. Monica makes Phoebe and Rachel try her terrible Mockolate recipes. Ross breaks up with Julie and Rachel is very happy but she sees the list they wrote and is not exactly happy… they argue and Rachel doesn’t want to be with Ross anymore. Ross gives everything to win Rachel back.

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Season 2, Episode 9: The One with Phoebe’s Dad
Original Air Date—14 December 1995
The friends are preparing for the festive season. Rachel is still mad at Ross. Phoebe realizes her mother lied to her and gave her a picture of a model pretending it was Phoebes father. She goes to see her grandmother who tells her Phoebe her father is really a pharmacist and not a worshipped tree surgeon in Burma. Phoebe’s grandmother gives her a photo of her real dad. Ross suggests that Rachel should make a list about him to feel better. She makes the list and does feel better but Ross drives everyone nuts trying to prove every point on the list wrong. Chandler and Joey go with Phoebe to see her dad. Rachel and Monica have a Christmas party at their place. Phoebe doesn’t want to be disappointed in her dad and doesn’t go to meet her dad.

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Season 2, Episode 10: The One with Russ
Original Air Date—4 January 1996
Joey gets lots of bad reviews for his play. Monica is back with Bobby who drinks too much. Rachel has a date and tells everyone she is not mad at Ross but doesn’t have any feelings for him anymore either. Her date’s name is Russ and he looks like Ross. Bobby will sober up for Monica - only problem: sober Bobby is boring. Joey will get a part in a TV show but he has to sleep with the casting lady which he doesn’t know if he should do. Monica starts drinking to be able to stand boring sober Bobby and Bobby breaks up with her because he thinks he can’t be in a relationship with another alcoholic. Joey sleeps with the casting lady and gets a big part in the show. Rachel dumps Russ because she realizes he is exactly like Ross. Julie comes over to drop some stuff for Ross and Russ and she fall for each other.

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Season 2, Episode 11: The One with the Lesbian Wedding
Original Air Date—18 January 1996
Ross isn’t confident enough to accept attending his ex Carol’s lesbian wedding to Susan. Because the wedding caterer has a bad accident, Monica gets the job, a first for her, but can’t get it done without generalized slave labor… Joey has his first TV appearance as Dr. Drake Ramore in Days of Our Lives, and shows the friends some acting tricks used there… Phoebe’s 82 year-old client Rose died on her massage table, and her spirit went into her- now she has two crazy personalities and an octogenarian’s agenda… Rachel was all nerves for her ma’s first visit since she blew her wealthy wedding to Barry, but actually her happiness in poverty inspires Mrs. Greene Sr., who never worked but cracks at everybody, to leave Rach’s pa and cheerfully join the crazy modern girls life… Everybody attends the wedding, and when Carol’s parents won’t give her away…

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Season 2, Episode 12: The One After the Superbowl: Part 1
Original Air Date—28 January 1996
Joey’s first fan-mail -for his character, Dr. Drake Ramore- is from Erika Ford, who sounds like a crazy stalker, so Chandler and he are scared when she turns up, but given her looks he accepts to dine together- enough for her to think she’s Drake’s fiancée. Hunky Rob Donan invites Phoebe to play songs for kids in the public library, but her brutally honest lyrics shock the parents. After seeing a monkey like Marcel in a commercial, Ross decides to visit him in the San Diego Zoo, where he’s officially told the capucin died but hears the truth from a hush-hush caretaker: he’s in a movie being shot in New York so they all go there…

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Season 2, Episode 13: The One After the Superbowl: Part 2
Original Air Date—28 January 1996
At the site of the movie co-starring the capucin Marcel, Ross is disappointed not to get his former pet’s full attention, but is promised a reunion afterward, which is however canceled. Joey attempts to get a part in the movie. The girls only have eyes for human star Jean-Claude Van Damme; since Monica is too shy to address him, Rachel asks him, but he invites her- several rows and dates are the -even literally- messy result. Chandler meets a former classmate, Susie Moss, whom he once humiliated causing her to be nicknamed ‘Susie underpants’, but now makes him ask her out and wear her panties, alas not just for the kick… Finally Ross gets a surprise.

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Season 2, Episode 14: The One with the Prom Video
Original Air Date—1 February 1996
Monica still can’t get a job, and money is becoming tight. Ross gets her to agree to ask her parents for money. Joey buys Chandler a hideous gold friendship bracelet, and overhears Chandler complaining about it to Phoebe. Ross continues to pine after Rachel, who Phoebe insists is his “lobster”, but she makes it pretty clear that its not happening. However, when an old home video of Monica and Rachel’s prom is discovered, Ross’s true feelings for Rachel are shown.

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Season 2, Episode 15: The One Where Ross and Rachel… You Know
Original Air Date—8 February 1996
Joey buys two armchairs and a big screen TV and they never want to get up from the armchairs again. Ross and Rachel have their first official date and sleep together at Ross’s museum. Monica is dating a friend of her parents who is 21 years older than her.

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Season 2, Episode 16: The One Where Joey Moves Out
Original Air Date—15 February 1996
Phoebe talks Rachel into getting a tattoo despite, or rather because of, Ross’s disapproval. At dad Jack Geller’s birthday party, Dr. Richard Burke has some trouble hearing comments about his unspecified date, Monica more hearing about hers and the worst when she’s accidentally in the bathroom while her parents get intimate. After a tiny row about using each-others stuff, even soap, Joey considers moving out of Chandler’s apartment to live alone for the first time now he has a good contract and another actor moves to an even posher one.

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Season 2, Episode 17: The One Where Eddie Moves In
Original Air Date—22 February 1996
Joey shows the friends his new apartment. Chandler and Joey miss each other and watch Baywatch in their apartments while talking on the phone together. Phoebe gets a chance to record “Smelly Cat” but can’t cope with the background singers. Ross is driving Monica crazy because he is so much at Monica’s and Rachel’s place Monica feels like 16 again living with her brother. Chandler finds a new roommate called Eddie. Chandler is shocked to find that Eddie doesn’t like fussball nor Baywatch…

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Season 2, Episode 18: The One Where Dr. Ramoray Dies
Original Air Date—21 March 1996
Chandler finds out Eddy is not only much less fun then Joey, but positively crazy and frighteningly suspicious and inconsistent. Ross is stressing out to learn Rachel has ‘animal sex’ with Paolo; Richard and Monica are uncomfortable to learn she is only his second lover, he the last in a long row; there’s a logistical dilemma for both couples’ make up-sex. After Joey told a TV digest he ‘rewrites some of his dialogs’, an insulted scenarist writes his character Dr. Drake Ramoray to fall to his death, ending his DOOL-career.

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Season 2, Episode 19: The One Where Eddie Won’t Go
Original Air Date—28 March 1996
Even accommodating gentleman Chandler loses it when he finds out Eddie has been sneaking in his bedroom to watch him sleep. When the girls read a pseudo-poetical hardcore feminist bestseller, it quickly stirs trouble between Rachel and Ross and amongst the three girls. Now Joey has lost his job, his two-envelope Visa-bill leaves him no other choice then to audition for a measly part beneath a former soap star’s dignity and standing by as unpaid stuff is carried off, except a porcelain dog which Ross ransoms after regretting having told Joey to do anything for material security, as he would. Since Eddie simply forgets his move marching orders, Chandler first spends a night at Monica’s but then finds the perfect way to solve both his and Joey’s problem.

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Season 2, Episode 20: The One Where Old Yeller Dies
Original Air Date—4 April 1996
Ross is upset that he misses so many of Ben’s first things. Phoebe finds out that her mum never showed her the ends of sad movies to shield her from the pain. Joey and Chandler take Richard to a game because it means a lot to Monica. They really like him so Chandler gets a mustache and Joey starts smoking cigars. Ben spends a whole weekend with Ross. Rachel isn’t very good with babies and freaks out when she hears that Ross pictures their future with 2 children living in the suburbs. Richard spends more time with the guys than with Monica. But Joey and Chandler really hurt Richard when they tell him he is like a cool dad. Rachel is the only one who hears Ben speak his first word.

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Season 2, Episode 21: The One with the Bullies
Original Air Date—25 April 1996
A bully at Central Perk steals Chandler’s cap. Monica has a job interview at a 50’s theme restaurant where she would have to cook in a costume and dance on the counter. Phoebe goes to see her father but a dog prevents her from doing so. The bullies at the coffee shop keep coming back to bully Ross and Chandler so they try to make their own coffee at home. Phoebe has the courage to go see her dad but he left his wife and son 4 years back. Monica loses all her money ($127) on the stock market so she has to take the job. Ross and Chandler are standing their ground at Central Perk and get into a fight with pickpockets - with the bullies on their side!

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Season 2, Episode 22: The One with the Two Parties
Original Air Date—2 May 1996
Planning Rachel’s surprise birthday party. To prevent Rachel’s parents to be at the same party they have half of the guests in the boys’ apartment with Rachel’s dad and the other half in the girls’ apartment with Rachel’s mum. Phoebe smuggles people from Monica’s boring party to the boys’ great party. Rachel can’t cope with their parents separation.

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Season 2, Episode 23: The One with the Chicken Pox
Original Air Date—9 May 1996
Ryan, a guy in the navy who Phoebe used to go out with is coming to the city for 2 whole weeks. Ben has chicken pox and everybody except Phoebe has had them. So of course Phoebe has the chicken pox now but unfortunately Ryan hasn’t had them but he wouldn’t let the pox stand between them. Chandler organizes a job as a processor for Joey and Joey does a little too much acting like he was a processor. Ryan and Phoebe both have the chicken pox and the itching drives them crazy. Joey is really annoying at work and always ratting Chandler out. They agree that Joey will quit. Monica is upset that Richard doesn’t have one thing he is obsessive about. Ryan leaves.

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Season 2, Episode 24: The One with Barry and Mindy’s Wedding
Original Air Date—16 May 1996
Joey has a problem: he has to kiss a guy for an audition and Warren Beatty told him he was a bad kisser. Joey wants to practice kissing a guy with Chandler. Rachel is maid of honor for Barry and Mindy’s wedding. She has to wear a horrible pink dress. Monica thinks about getting married to Richard. Richard tells her he sees a future with Monica but not with kids. Chandler has a relationship over the Internet. Turns out the girl is married. Ross, Rachel, Richard and Monica go to the wedding. Rachel feels uncomfortable because Barry’s parents told everyone she ran away from Barry because she was crazy after having had syphilis. Ross saves Rachel by making a speech about her courage to show up at the wedding. Richard tells Monica he’ll have a child with her if he has to in order not to lose her. Monica doesn’t want a child with someone who doesn’t really want to have one. Chandler’s meets his cyber space friend and they kiss.

*from IMDB website 

SEASON 1

 

Season 1, Episode 1: The One Where Monica Gets a Roommate
Original Air Date—22 September 1994
Rachel runs from her wedding and meets the friends in the coffee place. Ross is depressed about his divorce but he still has a crush on Rachel.

Season 1, Episode 2: The One with the Sonogram at the End
Original Air Date—29 September 1994
In this episode, Ross finds out that his ex-wife Carol is pregnant with his child. He’s stunned to learn she wants to give the baby her and her lesbian lovers last name. Ross and Monica’s parents come for dinner which makes Monica really stressed. Rachel decides to return her engagement ring to Barry, the man she left at the alter and learns that he didn’t let their honeymoon go to waste. He spent it with her maid of honor Mindy.

Season 1, Episode 3: The One with the Thumb
Original Air Date—6 October 1994
Monica is reluctant to introduce her new boyfriend, Alan, to her friends because they’ve mocked all of the boyfriend they’ve met before. To her surprise, they love Alan. However, she realizes she doesn’t feel a spark with Alan and breaks up with him. Her friends take the news very hard, but Alan is relieved (since he couldn’t stand her friends). Chandler resumes his smoking habit. Phoebe encounters a problem with her bank account, when a bank error in her favor nets her $1,000. She gives the money (and a complementary football phone) away to a homeless friend, who in turn buys her a soda. When Phoebe opens it, she sees a thumb, so the soda company gives her $7,000.

Season 1, Episode 4: The One with George Stephanopoulos
Original Air Date—13 October 1994
Joey and Chandler take Ross to a hockey game to keep his mind off of the anniversary of his first time with Carol. Monica, Phoebe and Rachel get George Stephanopoulos’ pizza by mistake, and spy on him from Monica’s balcony

Season 1, Episode 5: The One with the East German Laundry Detergent
Original Air Date—20 October 1994
Eager to spend time with Rachel, Ross pretends his building’s washroom is rat-infested so he can join her at the laundromat. Chandler points out this could be a ‘date’ and the first time she’ll see his underwear so it shouldn’t be dirty! Rachel, the spoiled ‘laundry virgin’ feels managing this domestic chore is a real step to independence, but despite Ross’s good advice she leaves a red sock in the machine. The real accomplishment comes where she has to stand up as no-nonsense-New Yorker against a rude, aggressive woman who invents rules to pretend it’s not Rachel turn to do her laundry. Joey realizes he regrets dumping foxy Angela when he learns she is dating Bob. He proposes a double-date, then needs a girl stat. Monica agrees to be Joey’s date but when she sees hunky Bob and realizes he’s not Angela’s brother she starts to enjoy the evening. Chandler drinks too much espresso while desperately trying to break up with neurotic Janice.

Season 1, Episode 6: The One with the Butt
Original Air Date—27 October 1994
The friends attend Joey’s new musical, Freud. At the theater, Chandler meets a beautiful women named Aurora. Joey gets hired to be Al Pacino’s butt double. Chandler learns that Aurora is married, AND has another boyfriend.

Season 1, Episode 7: The One with the Blackout
Original Air Date—3 November 1994
When a power-cut blacks out most of New York City, Chandler, to his delight finds himself trapped inside an ATM vestibule with Victoria’s Secret model Jill Goodacre. She lets him use her cell-phone, and offers him gum which he instantly regrets refusing. He accidentally spits out her gum which he finally accepted, then picks up some to put back in his mouth and begins to choke when he realizes it wasn’t the original gum. The others kill time in Monica’s apartment, lit by the light from a Menorah, telling stories of the weirdest places they ever had sex. Joey tells Ross he waited too long moving onto Rachel and is now too far into the ‘friend’s zone.’ Ross still tries to make a move on Rachel while stargazing on the balcony. Joey keeps the other girls inside by pretending Ross prepares a birthday surprise party for Monica. A wandering cat scratches Ross. Rachel and Phoebe go knocking on their neighbor’s doors to find the cat’s owner, seeing through odd neighbor Mr. Heckles’s who lies about being the owner. On their mission, they bump into the hunky, and actual cat-owner, Paolo, who only speaks Italian. Rachel brings him back back to the apartment where he outstrips Ross’s flirting, even not being able to speak English.

Season 1, Episode 8: The One Where Nana Dies Twice
Original Air Date—10 November 1994
Chandler is shocked to learn that people he works with think that he is gay. He asks his friends why, and they tell him that they also thought that he was gay when they first met him. Monica’s Grandmother dies, and Ross falls down the open grave, and gets high on pain killers.

Season 1, Episode 9: The One Where Underdog Gets Away
Original Air Date—17 November 1994
With their parents away Monica and Ross decide to have Thanksgiving dinner alone together at Monica’s. However, one by one the other friends join them. Rachel says that she can’t afford to buy a ticket for Vail to be with her family. Joey confesses that his fairly thinks that he has V.D. because he appeared in an ad campaign. Chandler recalls his story of how he doesn’t eat thanks giving food because of bad family memories. Phoebe brings her Grandmother, confesses that she observes Thanksgiving in December because her Grandma’s boyfriend is Lunar. As the Macy’s parade passes by, the Underdog balloon gets loose. The friends rush onto the terrace for a better view and get locked out, so the dinner burns. Chandler is happy because everyone eats grilled cheese sandwiches.

Season 1, Episode 10: The One with the Monkey
Original Air Date—15 December 1994
It is almost New Years and lonely Ross adopts capucin monkey Marcel. All the friends adore Marcel - except Monica. The friends agree not to bring dates to the New Year’s Eve party, however everyone but Ross breaks the promise. However, things go wrong again; amongst all of the madness, Joey kisses Chandler at midnight.

Season 1, Episode 11: The One with Mrs. Bing
Original Air Date—5 January 1995
Chandler’s popular, best-selling author mom, Nora Tyler Bing, announces on Jay Leno’s show that her book tour’s next stop is New York, and she gets the chance to see her son. Turning up in the Big Apple, she takes all the friends to a restaurant and encourages fan Rachel to try writing similarly cheap-steamy ‘romantic formula’ novels. She observes Ross’ frustration about Rachel, assures him Paolo is not a hero that stays in the story to the end, unlike him, and somehow they kiss. Joey observes this who feels obliged to defend his mom Gloria’s sex-appeal as equal, if you imagine her before producing seven children. Joey shames Ross into confessing the kiss to Chandler, who is irate and reads the riot act. Meanwhile Phoebe encouraged Monica to whistle to a hunk they saw walking on the street, which causes him to be hit by an ambulance and fall into a coma. They fantasize about him being the perfect boyfriend and compete to be the one to take care of him, hoping he’ll wake up like a fairy tale prince.

Season 1, Episode 12: The One with the Dozen Lasagnas
Original Air Date—12 January 1995
Paolo and Rachel prepare for a weekend getaway, but before they go Pheobe gives him a massage. He hits on her and the friends debate whether or not to tell Rachel. Chandler and Joey purchase a foozball table. Carol is having a boy.

Season 1, Episode 13: The One with the Boobies
Original Air Date—19 January 1995
Chandler inadvertently sees Rachel’s breasts as she comes out of the shower, which in turns starts a whole chain of peeking. Phoebe dates a shrink who has an annoying habit of analyzing everyone. Joey finds out his dad has a mistress.

Season 1, Episode 14: The One with the Candy Hearts
Original Air Date—9 February 1995
It is Valentine’s day and only the boys have got dates. After an opening line about an egg that Joey and Chandler recommended, Ross gets his first date since his divorce with the ladylike Kristen. However Carol and her lesbian partner Susan end up in the same restaurant. Susan gets called away to work so Ross makes everyone shift seats to let Carol sit with him and his date. Alas their conversation gets a bit too exclusive. Joey insists that Chandler comes to a restaurant as his foxy date Lorraine demanded a double-date. Her unknown friend turns out to be Chandelr’s ex Janice. When Joey and Lorraine leave early, Chandler and Janice use his credit card to order the best champagne. The two bottles contain so much alcohol they wake up together. Meanwhile the date-less girls take Phoebe’s advice to perform a cleansing ritual: burning in a keepsakes from boys they want to forget. Paolo’s grappa contains so much alcohol the ebullient effect requires calling three hunky firemen to the apartment.

Season 1, Episode 15: The One with the Stoned Guy
Original Air Date—16 February 1995
Phoebe’s friend Steve is looking for a new chef for his restaurant. Phoebe takes Steve over to Monica’s place so she can impress him with her culinary skills. But there is a problem: Steve is behaving in a peculiar manner.

Season 1, Episode 16: The One with Two Parts: Part 1
Original Air Date—23 February 1995
Chandler’s boss orders him to tell his foxy junior co-worker Nina that she’s fired but he can’t and ends up dating her instead. He tells the boss she’s in therapy as she is unable to handle or even remember her sacking. Chandler even promises her a rise! Ross’s monkey Marcel has become systematically troublesome, yet he’s the only one who masters the TV control’s foreign language channels in Monica’s apartment. Ross joins Carol and Susan in Lamaze class which turns into a disaster when Carol can’t come and he has to play her part! A birth video makes Carol decide ‘not to go through’ with the birth anyway. Chandler and Joey find Phoebe’s twin sister Ursula working in a bar. Joey asks for Phoebe’s blessing to date her sister which is reluctantly given.

Season 1, Episode 17: The One with Two Parts: Part 2
Original Air Date—23 February 1995
Following an accident in the apartment, Rachel is admitted to hospital where she meets cute doctors. Rachel, who has no insurance, swaps identities with Monica which causes problems when two doctors take them out on a date.

Season 1, Episode 18: The One with All the Poker
Original Air Date—2 March 1995
The friends play poker together.

Season 1, Episode 19: The One Where the Monkey Gets Away
Original Air Date—9 March 1995
Rachel loses Ross’s monkey, and everyone looks for him.

Season 1, Episode 20: The One with the Evil Orthodontist
Original Air Date—6 April 1995
The friends are angry to discover someone watches them by telescope, until they phone her and she compliments them. Chandler is ecstatic after a date with Danielle, but Joey and Ross agree he should not call her that day to avoid seeming desperate. However, the girls persuade him to call. When Ross finally gets Rachel to tell her ex Barry that it is inappropriate for him to declare his love for her as he’s about to marry her friend Minday. However Barry and Rachel end up having sex in his dentists chair. Mindy meets her friend Rachel as bridesmaid while confiding she suspects Barry to have an affair.

Season 1, Episode 21: The One with the Fake Monica
Original Air Date—27 April 1995
Monica becomes friends with a woman who stole her credit card. Ross has to get rid of his monkey.

Season 1, Episode 22: The One with the Ick Factor
Original Air Date—4 May 1995
Rachel had a dream about her and Chandler having sex and Ross is jealous. Monica’s boyfriend Ethan is a senior at college but their age difference is no problem because Monica told him she was 22. Phoebe fills in for Chandler’s secretary but tells Chandler that nobody likes him. Ethan and Monica have sex after Ethan tells her he is a virgin and Monica confesses to being 26. Ethan then tells her that he is a senior in high school and Monica freaks out. Rachel has another dream about Chandler - but this time Joey was there too. Chandler accompanies Phoebe to a party with people from work even though he was not invited but they still don’t like him. Monica tells Ethan she loves him but can’t be with him. Rachel has a dream about Ross while Ross is there and she yells out his name. They share an almost intimate moment when Ross gets beeped that Carol is in labor. Everybody leaves for the hospital.

Season 1, Episode 23: The One with the Birth
Original Air Date—11 May 1995
When Ross’ ex wife Carol is rushed to the hospital to have their baby, all the friends come along, but prove less then helpful. Rachel only has eyes for the unmarried obstetrician; Chandler and Monica worry if time is passing by for them to find partners and become parents. When Joey has an argument with a single pregnant woman, he finds himself the only available birth coach. After Carol throws Ross and her lesbian life-partner Susan out for bickering, Phoebe manages, while lecturing the pair, to lock all three of them in a janitorial closet.

Season 1, Episode 24: The One Where Rachel Finds Out
Original Air Date—18 May 1995
Joey is taking part in a fertility study and he really likes his girlfriend Melanie but can’t have sex during the study which lasts another week. The friends are having a barbecue for Rachel’s birthday but without Ross because he has to go to China for the museum. Rachel unwraps the gift from Ross and its an antique pin exactly like the one her grandma used to have. Chandler lets it slip that Ross is in love with Rachel. Rachel goes to the airport to speak to Ross but he’s already gone. Rachel decides to give her and Ross a chance and goes to pick him up at the airport.

DID YOU KNOW THAT…?

In the last few months of shooting Friends, Courteney Cox became pregnant, but, seeing as Monica wasn’t supposed to be able to have a baby, they covered up her pregnancy by making her wear baggy clothes while shooting the show so no one could tell.

At one point, Jennifer Aniston was shooting this series, Bruce Almighty (2003) and Along Came Polly (2004) at the same time.

30-second commercial spots to take place in the final ever episode sold in the UK for 1.2 million GB pounds (approx $1.8 million), the most expensive commercial slots of any TV program in England with the exception of sports.

No Friend ever made more money doing the show than any others. They started out making $22,500 per episode and ended up making $1million per show. All negotiations were done in unison. Kudrow said, “The six of us are far stronger than just one person.”

The refrigerators in Monica’s and Joey’s apartments actually worked. Monica’s was filled with water and other drinks for the cast and crew. Joey’s was usually virtually empty, unless the inside of the fridge was going to be seen in a specific scene.

Before the show was cast, the main love interest was intended to be Monica and Joey.

In the first couple of episodes Chandler and Joey’s apartment number was #4 and Monica and Rachel’s apartment number was #5. However, in the later episodes, they are 19 and 20 respectively because the producers noted that 4 and 5 corresponded to apartments on lower floors and the Friends’ apartments were higher up the building.

THINGS YOU NEVER KNEW !

1- When Matt Le Blanc turned up to audition, he had a scab on his nose and forehead: the result of the previous night’s booze bender. He also had a mere $11 left in his bank account. A perfect Joey, then.

2- Matthew Perry says he hates it when the theme tune gets played when he goes to sporting events. He says, “They put the camera on me and play the song and there’s nothing I can do except smile a stupid smile.”

3- Jennifer Aniston was terrified of Matt Le Blanc when she first met him. She recalls, “He was dressed in leather head to toe - one of those guys - and all you’re thinking is, ‘Oh, he’s going to try to get me into bed.’” And she was nearly right…

4- David Schwimmer had doubts. “I figured it was just another temporary thing,” he admits.

5- The stylish frame around the peephole in Monica’s apartment was not the result of creative design. Originally a mirror hung on the door, but someone smashed it by accident during filming.