The Pilot
The One With The Sonogram At the End
The One With The Thumb
The One With George Stephanopoulos
The One With The East German Laundry
Detergent
The One With The Butt
The One With the Blackout
The One Where Nana Dies Twice
The One Where Underdog Gets Away
The One With The Monkey
The One With Mrs Bing
The One With The Dozen Lasagnas
The OneThe One With The Boobies
The One With The Candy Hearts
The One With The Stoned Guy
The One With Two Parts, Part One
The One With Two Parts, Part Two
The One With All The Poker
The One Where The Monkey Gets Away
The One With The Evil Orthodontist
The One With The Fake Monica
The One With The Ick Factor
The One With The Birth
The One Where Rachel Finds Out
The Pilot- The first episode of Friends. Monica is going out with Paul the Wine Guy, who tells her he can't perform sexually since his wife left him, which turns out to be a lie. Ross is upset because Carol has just moved out. Rachel has just left Barry at the alter and turns up at Central Perk where Monica introduces her to everyone. Rachel moves in with Monica. Rachel cuts up her credit cards and gets a job at Central Perk. Ross tells Rachel he used to have a crush on her.
The One With The Sonogram At The End - Rachel goes to see Barry and finds he's been on their honeymoone with Mindy, Rachel's maid of honour. Pheobe mentions her twin sister, Ursula. Monica complains about her parents. Carol tells Ross she's pregnant with his baby and he can be involved if he wants. Carol, Susan and Ross go to the doctor where they argue about the baby's name then see a sonogram of the baby.
The One With the Thumb - Chandler starts smoking. Phoebe keeps getting money accidentally given to her from her bank so she gives it to a homeless woman, Lizzy. Lizzy buys her a soda in return and Phoebe finds a dtached thumb in the can. Phoebe receives $7000 from the soda company which she gives to Chander so he'll stop smoking. Monica introduces her new boyfriend Alan to her friends, who all love him. Monica decides to break up with him and they are all devestated. Alan says he'll miss Monica but not her friends.
The One With George Stephanopoulos - Phoebe, Monica and Rachel have a slumber party. The pizza delivery guy tells them their order has been switched with George Stephanopoulos, who lives across the street. They rush to spot him through binoculars. Being slightly drunk, the women confess secrets to each other. Meanwhile, the men are at a hockey game where Ross gets hit in the nose by a puck and has to go to hospital.
The One With The East German Laundry Detergent - Chandler wants to break up with Janice so Phoebe decided to join him and break up with her boyfriend, Tony. Phoebe dumps Tony easily and calmly while Chandler struggles so Phoebe does it for him and she calmly walks out. Joey wants an old girlfriend back but she has a new boyfriend. He tells her that Monica is his girlfriend then convinces Monica that they are brother and sister. They go out on a double date where Monica is disgusted with the couple, thinking they are brother and sister, then realises Joey has tricked her. Joey and Monica decide to break up the couple and keep the pieces for themselves. Rachel and Ross have a laundry date where Ross offers Rachel his Germany detergent. They battle a horrible woman, Rachel winning their laundry cart and kissing Ross in victory.
The One With The Butt - Chandler meets a woman, Aurora, who he goes out with until he finds out she is married and has other boyfriends. The gang tell Monica how anul she is. Joey gets to be Al Pacino's butt double in a shower scene but has an argument with the director and loses the job.
The One With the Blackout - During a blackout, Chandler gets stuck in an ATM vestibule with model Jill Goodacre. Chandler embarasses himself by choking on gum she gives him but eventually bonds with her and she leaves giving him a kiss. At the apartment, the other five friends discuss the weirdest place they've ever had sex. Later, Ross is about to tell Rachel his feelings outside on the balcony when a cat jumps on him. Rachel and Phoebe look for the cat's owner who turns out to be Paulo. Rachel brings him back to the apartment. The lights come back on and Rachel is kissing Paulo.
The One Where Nana Dies Twice - Chandler's coworker thinks he's gay and it turns out that the women used to think he was too. He thinks that if he was gay, Brian, from work, would be a better choice, but is told that Brian is out of his league.Ross and Monica find out that their Nana is dying. At the hospital, they talk about Nana then when Ross and Monica go to say goodbye, she suddenly revives briefly, then dies. Ross falls in an open grave at the funeral and later at the reception, tries to tell Rachel he loves her again after taking painkillers.
The One Where Underdog Gets Away - It's Thanksgiving. Rachel plans to go skiing with her family but can't afford it until the gang buy her the plane ticket. Ross and Monica usually have Thanksgiving with their parents but they are going away with this year, so Monica offers to make dinner for everyone. Joey gets a job modelling for poster for the City Free Clinic. He meets a girl and things are going great until she spots Joey's poster in the subway, saying 'You Never Know Who Might Have VD'. He has to spend Thanksgiving with the others as his family think he has VD too. Ross finds out that Carol and Susan have been talking to the unborn baby so he wants to too. While having a long conversation to Carol's stomach, the baby kicks for the first time. Before dinner, everyone rushes out to see the Underdog float that has broken free and end up getting locked out of the apartment. By the time they get back in, the dinner's burnt and Rachel's missed her flight. Ugly Naked Guy is having dinner with Ugly Naked Girl so they cheer up a bit and have grilled cheese sandwiches.
The One With The Monkey - The gang make a pact to be dateless on New Year's Eve. Ross gets his monkey, Marcel and starts bonding with him. Phoebe meets David, a physicist while singing at Central Perk. They go out for a while then David's partner, Max says that he and David have got a grant to go to work in Minksk for three years but David doesn't want to leave Phoebe. Phoebe wants to bring David to the party and Rachel, Monica, Joey and Chandler have all invited someone too. At the party, Chandler breaks up with Janice again, Paulo misses his flight, Fun Bobby isn't fun, Phoebe makes David go to Minsk and Joey's date goes off with Max.
The One With Mrs Bing - Monica and Phoebe see a goodlooking guy who gets run over by an ambulance. They go and see him in hospital but he's in a coma. They imagine him to be an ideal man and compete for him but when he comes out of coma he doesn't appreciate what they've done for him. Chandler's mother, a famous romance writer, comes to town and everyone goes out for a meal. Paulo is there so Ross gets drunk and ends up kissing Nora Bing. Chandler finds out and is mad with Ros, but forgives him eventually.
The One With The Dozen Lasagnas - Monica makes a dozen meat lasangas for her Aunt Syl, but it turns out Syl wanted vegetarian so Monica is left with a dozen spare lasagnas. Paulo hits on Phoebe when he's having a massage. Phoebe tells Rachel who breaks up with him. Chandler and Joey's table collapses so they go to buy a table and come home with a fooseball table. Ross goes to see Carol and Susan who know the sex of the baby, but Ross doesn't want to know. Rachel accidentally tells him the baby is going to be a boy.
The One With The Boobies - Chandler wanders in to the girls' apartment and sees Rachel getting out of the shower. Joey's dad, Joey Sr, comes to stay with him. Joey finds out he's been having an affair and his dad's girlfriend turns up and stays with them. Joey makes his dad confess to his mum. She is annoyed about this as she already new but was ok with it. Phoebe's new boyfriend, Roger, a shrink, analyses all her friends so they hate him and Phoebe has to break up with him. Rachel wants to make things even by seeing Chandler's 'pee-pee' so goes to see him in the shower, but ends up seeing Joey's instead. Joey, looking for revenge goes to see Rachel's boobies but sees Monica's instead. Monica goes to surprise Joey in the shower but finds his dad there! He is quite happy to see her.
The One With The Candy Hearts - On Valentines Day, Joey and Chandler go out on a double date with a girl that Joey likes and her friend, who turns out to be Janice. When Joey and his date leave, Chandler and Janice get drunk and sleep together. He ends up breaking up with her again although she's sure he loves her really. The women have a boyfriend bonfire, burning old boyfriend memorabilia, but the bonfire explodes. Three fireman arrive to put out the fire and the women get dates with them.
The One With The Stoned Guy - Chandler quits his job but a career counselor tell his he's perfectly suited to a career in data processing so he gets his job back. Ross has a date who wants him to talk dirty so Joey tries to coach him. Chandler walks in and is amused at what he sees. Monica has a job at a new restaurant and has to ask Rachel to waitress for her. The restaurant owner turns up stoned and ruins it for Monica.
The One With Two Parts, Part One - Joey goes out with Ursula but Phoebe isn't happy about it. She goes to tell Joey but finds Ursual at his apartment in just his shirt. Chandler is told he has to fire his employee Nina but he ends up asking her out instead. He tells his boss he fired her but she hasn't left because she's mad but has to tell Nina the truth in the end. Ross goes to classes with Carol and Susan where she admits she's worried about giving birth. Rachel falls of the balcony whilst taking down the christmas lights.
The One With Two Parts, Part Two - Rachel and Monica go to the hospital. Rachel has no insurance so pretends to be Monica. They meet two doctors who ask them out but they have to keep pretending to be each other on the date. Chandler and Ross play Scrabble and Marcel swallows a 'K', trying to spell 'MONKEY'. They rush him to hospital where he is given surgery. When he wakes up, Ross finally feels like a dad. Joey takes Ursula out for her birthday but forgets its Phoebe's too, which upsets Phoebe. Ursula doesn't turn up and Joey is upset so Phoebe goes to see her and she says she doesn't want to go out with Joey any more but isn't going to tell him. Phoebe pretends to be Ursula and breaks up with Joey. He kisses her then realises its Phoebe not Ursula.
The One With All The Poker - The girls find out that the guys are having a poker game and ask to be taught how to play. The game turns out to be a mess so Monica's aunt comes over to teach the women how to play properly. The guys still win the next poker game. Rachel gets a job interview at Saks and is really excited when it goes well. At the poker rematch, Rachel gets good and it ends up with just Rachel and Ross left. Rachel finds out she didn't get the job and reacts by raising the stakes on one hand. Ross lets Rachel win to make her happy.
The One Where The Monkey Gets Away - Rachel loses Marcel so phones Animal Control. She has to tell Ross eventually and he gets upset, because Marcel is not really allowed in the city. Luisa arrives from Animal Control and she turns out to be an old classmate of Monica and Rachel. Unfortuantely, she hates them so won't let Ross keep Marcel. Luisa finds Marcel in the boiler room and tries to shoot him with a tranquilizer gun but Phoebe dives in front of him and gets hit instead and Marcel runs off. They threaten to turn Luisa in for shooting Phoebe so Luisa has to let Marcel stay. Marcel turns up, in a dress, at Mr Heckles apartment. Barry appears and tells Rachel he still loves her just as things start to go well with Rachel and Ross.
The One With The Evil Orthodontist - Rachel gets back with Barry until she talks to Mindy, who asks Rachel to be her maid of honour. Rachel finds out that Barry had had an affair with Mindy when Rachel had been engaged to him so they both go to break up with him. Mindy forgives him. Someone is spying on the gang and Joey finds him eventually but he's so nice to Joey and Monica that they forget about it.
The One With The Fake Monica - Someone finds Monica's credit card and spends loads of money with it. Monica goes to tap class to find the thief but ends up making friends with the fake Monica, saying her name is Monana. The fake Monica makes Monica do wild fun things so she doesn't want to turn her in to the police but she is arrested eventually. Joey wants a new stage name so Chandler jokingly suggests 'Joseph Stalin'. Joey loves the name. Marcel has begun humping everything so Ross has to put him in a zoo. Everyone, except Monica, goes to the airport and says goodbye to Marcel. Joey auditions using his new stage name, Holden McGroin.
The One With The Ick Factor - Phoebe goes to work for Chandler while her business is going badly. She tells him that nobody at work likes him because he's the boss. He tries to make them like him but it doesn't work as he's still the boss. Monica goes out with a younger man who tell her he's a senior at college. She tell him she's 22. They sleep together, but afterwards, she tells him the truth and he tells her that he's really a senior in high school. She decides not to go out with him anymore becasue 'it's.... icky'. Rachel has a dream where she has sex with Chandler then another where Joey's there too. Ross is in the apartment when she has another dream where she is having sex with Ross. She wakes up then Ross' beeper goes off and he realises his baby is on the way. They all rush out of the building.
The One With The Birth - At the hospital, Joey ends up meeting a woman, Lydia, who's partner isn't there. he stays with her whilst she gives birth.The baby's father turns up at the end. Rachel flirts with Carol's doctor. Ross argues with Susan and Carol about the baby's name and Carol throws them out of the delivery room. They continue aruging so Phoebe pushes them in to a utility closet and they all get locked in. Phoebe puts on overalls she finds which have a name tag that says Ben, and climbs in to the air vent. A janitor lets Ross and Susan out and they get to be there for the birth. They name the baby Ben.
The One Where Rachel Finds Out - Joey is contributing to a fertility study. He meets a woman who really wants to have sex with him but he's not allowed to for another week. Monica suggests he just satisfies her. Ross has to go to China for work and rushes off to the airport. Its Rachel's birthday and the gang give out presents. Rachel is moved by Ross' gift, which is an antique pin that she'd told him reminded her of one her grandmother once had. Chandler accidentally lets it slip that Ross loves her. Rachel rushes to the airport to see him but she just misses him. Monica tries to persuade Rachel to go out with Ross and she finally agrees. A week later, Rachel has changed her mind but during a boring date, she starts thinking about Ross and an imaginary Ross appears. He tells her he loves her and they kiss. Rachel rushes to the airport just in time to see Ross with his new girlfriend, Juile, who he met in China.
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