You could even go as far as calling it a “pivot.”īest part of the episode: The episode opens with Phoebe desperately in need of an atlas because she’s going on a date with a UN diplomat, but she can only sort of remember the name of his country. It’s not until the next episode that we get Ross’s pleading (and soon-to-be running gag) “we were on a break!” during their next fight that truly ends things between them, but what happens in this episode sets the series up for seasons to come. The episode ends in classic “To Be Continued” fashion. For Ross that means blowing off steam by getting drunk with Joey and Chandler and spending the night with a woman he barely knows. A fight ensues with Rachel concluding they need to take a break. Ross does the really-good-guy-bad-idea thing of bringing the anniversary festivities, and his loud food prepping, to Rachel’s office and it blows up in his face. It’s Ross and Rachel’s anniversary, but she’s stuck late at work. The One Where Ross and Rachel Take a Break Sometimes the best course of action is to ignore the morons. You know who they are, the ones for whom even air hockey is a bad idea.īest part of the episode: Rachel, Phoebe, Chandler, and Joey leave Ross and Monica behind at the park to go eat their turkey dinner after neither of the Gellers will budge on a game-deciding fumble. Then there’s Monica and Ross’s sibling rivalry during what’s supposed to be a friendly game of pigskin that will remind you of the worst instincts of the competitive people in your group of friends. One group of people is focused on cooking, while the other is focused on watching football on TV. If you celebrate Friendsgiving this episode will really hit home. It’s funny, still sad, and much more realistic than what you would expect from a sitcom. U2’s “With or Without You” begins to play and this has all the trappings of a classic rom-com scene where she takes the idiot back, but instead Rachel calls the radio station and they quickly cut off the song because of how appalling Ross’s actions are. Ross ultimately decides to break up with Julie because “she’s not Rachel.” Of course Rachel finds the list and is immediately, and rightfully, angry about it.īest part of the episode: Rachel won’t accept any of Ross’s apologies, so he tries to dedicate a song to her on the radio as a last-ditch effort (how quaint). And how does someone in Ross’s impossible situation solve such a predicament? By listening to Chandler’s horrible suggestion that he make a pros and cons list for each woman. There’s just one tiny problem: Ross is still dating Julie, who’s great. Ross’s long-held dream of being with Rachel is finally about to come true after they had their first magical kiss. The seeds for Ross’s woe-is-me attitude, Phoebe’s quirkiness, or any of their other idiosyncrasies are planted in the first episode and you start to learn why they’re all friends - but we can get the full history later. Think of how many shows have pilot episodes that bend over backwards to introduce you to people. ![]() Rachel moves in with Monica and off we go.īest part of the episode: Six characters are introduced right away without dwelling on the back story. Rachel grew up with Monica and Ross and she escaped to New York City on her wedding day upon realizing she wasn’t in love with her husband-to-be Barry. ![]() The gang is enjoying an afternoon at their favorite nearby coffee shop, Central Perk, when a wedding dress-clad Rachel Green (Jennifer Aniston) frantically runs in to disrupt their hangout. It’s here where we first meet the iconic group: siblings Monica (Courteney Cox) and Ross Geller (David Schwimmer) and their three closest friends Phoebe Buffay (Lisa Kudrow), Chandler Bing (Matthew Perry), and Joey Tribbiani (Matt LeBlanc). The One Where Monica Gets a RoommateĮvery binge watch, whether of the 200-episode variety or an abridged one, must start at the beginning. But do it fast - we all know by now that Friends is in fact leaving Netflix sometime next year. For those of you new to the show, consider the following list of 10 essential episodes the CliffNotes version so you’ll no longer be entirely out of the loop when someone drops a reference about pretending to move to Yemen or “ugly naked guy.” (Spoilers ahead, but you’ve had forever to watch.) For those of you who have binged Friends so often the show lives in your top five “Keep Watching” Netflix queue, feel free to debate us on these 10 episodes. In honor of the TV show’s 25th anniversary of its premiere (that’s right, this show is likely as old as Rachel, Monica, and the gang were supposed to be when the show started), we’ve put together a list of the episodes every fan, new or returning, needs to watch. ![]() The list of 236 episodes over 10 seasons may appear daunting at first, but that’s where we come in. If by now you haven’t caught any episodes of Friends - even by accident - then you are one of the few.
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