REVIEW EPISODE 4!!
episode 4: a review of friends!!
Introduction
Welcome or welcome back to my blog. Here I review the world's best series called friends. ‘friends’ shows the formation of a family who will stick with you till death apart. This is the Monalisa in new this era. This show even holds the heart of 13 year old even in 2021. So, let's begin before it's too late. Let's see the progress of Monica's and chandler's wedding since MONICA is getting married.
If you haven't read season 5 and season 6
Check it out: episode 3
If you haven't read season 3 and season 4
Check it out: episode 2
If you haven't read season 1 and season 2
Check it out: episode 1
In the end, I will suggest you one of my favourite episodes, so read till the end.
Facts
Season 8 was originally scheduled to premiere on Thursday, September 20, but it was cancelled due to the September 11 attacks, which caused entertainment to be postponed. Consequently, this season was pushed back until Thursday, September 27, 2001, and the promotion campaign was toned down almost to the point of abandonment.
1. Friends weren't originally called Friends
2. Filming was never in New York
3. Ellen DeGeneres could have been in Friends
4. Marcel was played by two monkeys
5. Jennifer Aniston intended to leave Friends during season one
6. Bruce Willis didn't get paid for his role
7. Gunther was a real barista
8. Central Perk's sofa wasn't originally orange
9. Jennifer Aniston was NOT keen on 'the Rachel' hairstyle
10. David Schwimmer did not audition for Ross
11. Lisa Kudrow was afraid of the duck
12. In 1997, they banded together to negotiate a salary increase to $100,000 per episode. It was the first time in TV history that cast members had done this.
Season 7
Season Seven begins with Monica and Chandler over the moon after getting engaged, but even then a few things get in the way. The gang celebrates Monica's engagement night. Rachel, feeling lonely, kisses Ross (and considers doing more). Everyone thinks it's a big deal and Monica accuses Rachel of stealing her thunder. Phoebe asks if she can play at the wedding, and won't let up until she's convinced, they'll really let her. Joey prepares to audition to play the part of a 19-year-old. Phoebe eats Joey's candy bar. Chandler is unable to perform in the bedroom.
As the happy couple attempt to plan their dream wedding, Monica discovers her parents have spent her wedding fund, Chandler's bonding with his new father-in-law doesn't go well, they struggle to take a good engagement picture, but it seems impossible because Chandler can't seem to smile properly when there's a camera involved. Phoebe and Ross date a couple who's getting divorced. They constantly argue about their dates' bad qualities. Ross ponders starting a divorced men's club. Rachel arranges for her assistant, Tag, to spend time with Joey, so he can't go out with women at the store. But Joey hooks him up with a lot of women. Joey keeps staining his shirts.
Monica worries Chandler will leave her, the couple cannot decide who should marry them (leading to a rather unexpected decision), Monica has trouble getting the perfect wedding dress, writing wedding vows proves to be a challenge and finally, Monica meets Chandler's highly unusual father.
Joey's new show Mac and C.H.E.E.S.E. isn't the hit he expects it to be and it's quickly cancelled, however, he gets his job back on Days of our Lives (albeit, now playing a woman whose brain is transplanted into Dr Drake Ramoray's body). But his newfound stardom goes to his head and he walks out. Since his TV show stinks, it gets cancelled and he has to come crawling back to Days. Monica and Chandler decide they shouldn't have secrets from each other, but it backfires on upsets them both, and Ross as well.
joey also manages to get a part in a World War I movie, causing him to almost miss Monica and Chandler's wedding.
The gang all play a game where they have to try to list all 50 states; Ross gets so involved in it that he misses Thanksgiving dinner. Chandler and Monica find out that Phoebe is keeping a dog in the apartment; Chandler reveals his fear of dogs. Rachel invites Tag over for Thanksgiving dinner. He's depressed because he and his girlfriend just broke up. Rachel tries to decide whether to comfort him as a friend or to make a move. She decides to just be a friend, but Joey lets the secret slip out.
Phoebe and Rachel's apartment is repaired following the fire, however, they find the two bedrooms have been turned into one (it emerges Phoebe's grandmother erected a wall separating the two rooms). As a result, Phoebe starts living alone while Rachel remains with Joey.
At Christmas, Ross has his son, Ben, for the holiday and decides to teach him about Hanukkah. Ben can't handle the idea of no visit from Santa, so Ross tries at the last minute to find a Santa costume. The rental shop is all out so he rents an Armadillo costume instead. Things go from bad to worse but in the end, he finally gets to give Ben Hanukkah and Christmas. Phoebe's apartment is finally done being rebuilt after the fire. Worried that Rachel won't want to move back in with her, she tries to drive a wedge between Joey and Rachel by giving Joey a drumset and a tarantula. It backfires, but Rachel wants to live with Phoebe anyway. The apartment looks great but no longer has two separate bedrooms. Phoebe likes the spaciousness, so Rachels keeps living with Joey. Chandler tries to master the art of smoothing slipping someone money during a handshake
Rachel also gets a huge promotion at work, while also dating her attractive young assistant for a while (although the relationship fizzles out when Rachel finds she cannot get past their age difference).
In preparation for the wedding, Ross has the "big brother" talk with Chandler, telling him that if he ever hurts Monica, he'll kick Chandler's ass. This amuses everybody. Monica stresses that Rachel will forget one of her responsibilities. Joey gets a part in a World War I movie (Over There), with an actor (Richard) who teaches him that great acting means enunciation, and enunciation means you spit. The wedding rehearsal dinner is held; Chandler's parents feign civility. Chandler freaks out about becoming "the Bings" and disappears; Ross goes to look for him. The Geller parents stop by the coffee shop; Mrs Geller takes a liking to Gunther. While Rachel and Phoebe wonder how to keep Monica from finding out Chandler is missing, Phoebe finds a positive pregnancy test in Monica's bathroom. Joey finds out he's scheduled to work the day of the wedding.
Rachel and Phoebe decide to keep their knowledge of Monica's pregnancy a secret. Joey tries to get out of filming, but can't. He only has one scene to do, but it drags on all day because the star is drunk. Ross and Phoebe find Chandler at his office and convince him to come back, one step at a time. Rachel stalls Monica but is just about to reveal that Chandler is missing when Ross and Phoebe return with him. Joey still can't leave the set, so Rachel finds another minister, a Greek Orthodox Priest. Chandler is still a bit flighty, but then he overhears Phoebe mentioning Monica's pregnancy, and that brings him back to reality. Joey kidnaps the star so he can leave the set and barely makes it to the ceremony in time. Chandler tells Monica he knows about the baby, but she tells him there is none.
As the season draws to a close, Chandler gets nervous about marrying Monica and the impact on their future, but ultimately the season concludes perfectly, with a huge bombshell dropped up at the altar...
season 8
Everyone is confused as to who is pregnant. Monica realizes the truth, and Phoebe pretends to be her to cover for Rachel. When Chandler reveals that he's taking dancing lessons, he gets a surprise from Monica.
The day after the wedding, everybody checks out of the hotel. While there are unexpected bills, such as food and porn charges, Chandler forgot to bring the disposable cameras with him. He and Ross go to another wedding, where they will pretend to be taking photos.
On their honeymoon, another couple beats them up to the last free upgrade. Ross and Rachel finally tell each other that he's the father.
After making friends with another couple, they discover that the number they gave them was the wrong one.
Rachel tells the story, and Ross is the one who made the first move. Later, he explains that he had a sexual "dry spell", and that Joey helped him tell a story about how he went back to western Europe.
Phoebe starts dating Monica's new assistant chef (Tim). But when he doesn't work out either as a chef or a boyfriend, they fight over who's going to dump him first. Chandler (whose middle name turns out to be Muriel) blocks the promotion of Bob, who is under a 5-year mistaken notion that Chandler's name is Toby. Joey introduces Rachel to his Days of Our Lives co-star (Kash), and they go out on a date. This bothers Ross, who is concerned with whom his unborn child is spending time. Her date doesn't go well because Kash doesn't react well to the news that she is pregnant. Ross helps her understand how great it will be to have a baby and invites her to have a cup of coffee. She declines, so he goes to the coffee shop on his own. Rachel, realizing how great Ross is, changes her mind, but she reaches the coffee shop only in time to see Ross hook up with Mona (from Monica's wedding).
Chandler and Monica plan a Halloween party. Phoebe bumps into Ursula and learns she's getting married. She invites Ursula and her finance (Eric) to the party, where she learns Ursula's been lying to him, about everything. Monica chooses Catwoman for her costume and a big pink bunny for Chandler's. Phoebe is Supergirl; Joey is Chandler; Ross is Spudnik (or is he doody?). Rachel is Rachel. Chandler and Ross's arm wrestle to see who's toughest. It's a draw, but Chandler lets Ross win so he can impress Mona, his date. Rachel gives away all the candy to trick-or-treaters, then money insults.
Chandler hires a maid (Brenda), but Monica isn't sure she wants anyone else cleaning the apartment. She becomes convinced that the maid is stealing clothes - her stained jeans and her bra. Eric breaks up with Ursula and starts seeing Phoebe. The relationship starts a little weird because Eric (upset from the break-up) gets angry when he sees Ursula... or her twin. It crosses the line when Ursula comes by and he has sex with her, thinking it's Phoebe. Rachel looks for a new apartment so she can have her own place once the baby comes. Ross helps Rachel stake a claim to an apartment in his building, occupied by a woman (who only speaks Dutch) on the verge of death. But Rachel decides not to move.
Rachel tells her dad she's pregnant and Ross is the father. Mr Green reacts harshly when he finds out Rachel isn't getting married, so she tells him Ross refused to marry her. Phoebe lets slip that Monica had a bachelorette party, upsetting Chandler and Joey, who hadn't been allowed a bachelor party. To make up for it, Monica hires Chandler a stripper, who turns out to be a prostitute. Rachel's dad accosts Ross while he's on his date with Mona, almost causing Ross to lose her.
Monica announces there will be no turkey for Thanksgiving because not enough people eat it; Joey convinces her to make it anyway, and he'll finish it off. Monica also invites an old friend from high school (Will), not knowing he hates Rachel for how she treated him. Will reveals that in high school, he and Ross formed the "I hate Rachel Green Club," and spread a rumour that she was a hermaphrodite. Rachel is quite upset until she's reminded that she spread the news that Ross made out with the 50-year old librarian. Joey does eventually finish the turkey, then has some pie.
Monica spends a fortune on a pair of boots; She decides to keep them, over Chandler's objections. But the longer she wears them, the more pain she's in. Joey's sister Dina wants to talk to Rachel -- supposedly about the fashion industry -- but it turns out she's pregnant and actually wants advice on how to handle being a single mom. Phoebe finds out that Ben goes to the same private school as Sting's son. She poses as Susan and tries to use Ben to get tickets to Sting's concert.
Rachel's pregnancy has her hormones running wild, and she tries to find some action. Ross and Mona get photos back from their date at Rockefeller Center, and Mona wants to send one out together as a holiday card. Ross agrees but is actually freaked out, and he's forced to consider where the relationship is going. To prove he's ready for the next step, he gives Mona a key to his apartment. Later he has second thoughts and gets the lock changed. Because Monica doesn't like Chandler's recently divorced Boss, Chandler tries to cancel a dinner date with him. His boss gets suspicious, so Chandler says he's cancelling because he and Monica broke up. But it backfires when his boss insists on taking him out to some strip clubs. When Rachel explains her sexual frustrations to Joey, it occurs to them that they could get together for the night. But that would just be too weird.
Joey tries unsuccessfully to believe that he's not feeling anything special for Rachel. He tries to discuss his dilemma with Chandler and Monica, but he can't discuss it intelligently because he's worried about giving himself away. They figure it out anyway... only they think he likes Phoebe, rather than Rachel. Monica introduces Chandler to the art of relaxing baths. Ross and Rachel discuss possible names for the baby; later, after a visit to the doctor, they learn that the baby is a girl. Phoebe tells Joey that his affection for Rachel is just a passing crush; it sounds good, but it doesn't change the way he feels.
Phoebe's wedding gift for Chandler and Monica finally arrives A video arcade game machine, Ms Pac Man. Chandler plays all day, fills the top scores, and spells dirty words with the initials. Then they have to try to clear them off because Ben's coming over to play. Rachel misses dating, so Joey offers to take her out and show her a good time. They have a great date, and at the end of the night, Joey realizes he's starting to fall for her. Ross begins teaching a graduate seminar, which starts 10 minutes after his regular classes but is clear across town. Rachel watches Cujo and gets scared, so Joey keeps her company. Joey tries unsuccessfully to believe that he's not feeling anything special for Rachel. He tries to discuss his dilemma with Chandler and Monica, but he can't discuss it intelligently because he's worried about giving himself away. They figure it out anyway... only they think he likes Phoebe, rather than Rachel. Monica introduces Chandler to the art of relaxing baths. Ross and Rachel discuss possible names for the baby; later, after a visit to the doctor, they learn that the baby is a girl. Phoebe tells Joey that his affection for Rachel is just a passing crush; it sounds good, but it doesn't change the way he feels.
Phoebe is upset after catching Monica for using a different masseuse. Monica finally agrees to let Phoebe massage her, and really enjoys it. But Monica's pleasure sounds are too much like sex noises, which makes Phoebe uncomfortable. Joey dreams of being with Rachel and continues to struggle with his feelings for her. Rachel's baby starts kicking for the first time. Ross is upset about missing pregnancy stuff, so he tells Rachel to page anytime anything happens. This interrupts Ross's dates with Mona and even makes him completely forget about her now and then. Chandler discovers Monica has a secret closet that is always locked. When he finally gets it open, he discovers a terrible, messy pile of junk. Because Ross is missing too much of his child's pregnancy, Joey suggests that Rachel move in with Ross. Rachel likes living with Ross, except for all the documentaries on the Discovery Channel. Joey's yearning for Rachel worsens. Phoebe brings over a friend's dog to cheer Joey up. Soon even the dog is bummed out. Mona gives Ross salt-water taffy, and Ross reveals his knowledge of boring taffy trivia. Valentine's Day is ruined for Chandler after he watches a child-birth video (which he mistook for porn). Monica doesn't understand why he's so bothered by it until she watches it as well. Then Rachel (for whom the video was intended) gets a bit freaked out, too. Ross prepares just the right way to tell Mona that Rachel has moved in with him. But Mona comes over to his apartment early and finds out ahead of schedule. Then she dumps him. Ross, sensing Joey's mood, gets him to talk about his "girl trouble." Joey reveals (to Ross) his feelings for Rachel.
Ross comes to grips with the knowledge that Joey is falling in love with Rachel. Phoebe meets a guy who she thinks is "Monica's other half," and she introduces them, much to Chandler's dismay. They get along great, and they both really like cheese. Joey takes Rachel out to dinner and tells her he's falling in love with her; Rachel can't return his feelings. Joey and Rachel live the awkward aftermath of the announcement of his feelings. To give them something to talk about, Rachel invents a story that her boss wants to buy her baby. This backfires when Joey visits the office and confronts him. Phoebe reads the group's tea leaves to tell their fortunes. Her own leaves tell her she's about to meet the man of her dreams. She does meet someone (Jim), but she turns out to be a creep. But then she meets another guy (Parker) who seems more promising. Ross realizes he's left his favourite shirt at Mona's apartment. He tries to retrieve it when she's not there but gets caught. Monica discovers that Chandler doesn't put the CDs back in the right cases, so a project to organize them is undertaken. Ross and Monica's parents have their 35th-anniversary party in Massapequa. Phoebe brings Parker, who turns out to be annoyingly positive about everything. Monica tries in vain to give a toast that will hit everyone emotionally and make them cry. Mr and Mrs Geller have told all their friends that Ross and Rachel are married, so they have to make up stories about their engagement and wedding. Ross' story about how he proposed to Rachel touches her.
Joey's interview with Soap Opera Digest is punctuated with flashbacks of Joey's previous acting experiences, spare time, activities, eating habits, sexuality, romances, and his friends, who hover nearby to make sure he doesn't say anything stupid. Joey, preparing to audition for a new game show, gets help rehearsing from Ross and Chandler. The complex rules are confusing at first, but after a while, the guys really take a liking to it. Monica and Phoebe throw Rachel a baby shower but forget to invite her mother until the last minute. Mrs Green offers to live with Rachel and Ross for a couple months, to help with the baby. Rachel becomes convinced that it is necessary, but Ross doesn't share her feelings. When Joey finally goes for his audition, he learns that the game show has been simplified to a basic question and answer format. Monica's restaurant gets a bad review by someone who teaches at a local school. After she and Joey confront the critic, they participate in a beginning cooking class so she can feel better about herself. The teacher (Sarah) is quickly impressed by her talents. Ross and Rachel buy baby furniture, and the saleswoman (Katie) asks Ross out. Rachel is terribly jealous and wants Ross to be with her at all times to help her out (which he is happy to do). Phoebe helps Chandler prepare for a job interview, so he can control his tendency to make jokes about everything. He almost makes it.
Joey's war movie (Over There) comes out, and he plans to take the gang to the premier. Later he finds he can only take one, so he chooses Chandler, who falls asleep during the screening. Rachel's due date comes but the baby doesn't. She becomes horribly irritable and desperate to try anything to induce labour... including sex with Ross. Monica and Phoebe bet on when the baby will come; Monica always loses. Ross rushes Rachel to the hospital using his specially tested route, but they still end up being the last ones there. They get put in a semi-private room and see couple after couple come and go, while Rachel's own labour progresses very slowly. Monica and Chandler decide to have a baby and want to start trying right away -- at the hospital. Ross's mother stops by with her mother's engagement ring and a suggestion that Ross proposes to Rachel. Ross refuses the idea but takes the ring to satisfy Mrs Geller. Phoebe meets a nice guy (Cliff) at the hospital and sends Joey in (posing as Dr Drake Ramoray) to find out more about him. The rotation of Ross and Rachel's roommates are disgustingly friendly; horribly rude; having unbelievably mild contractions; giving birth upon arrival; and... Janice.
Janice's annoying laugh is surpassed only by the noises she makes during labour. Luckily for Janice's new husband (Sid), he's mostly deaf. Monica and Chandler, preparing again to attempt conception, stop when they hear Janice next door. Phoebe gets to know Cliff better; when he finds out she had Joey pretend to be a doctor to pump him for information, he's upset... but he gets over it. Rachel finally delivers the baby, breech. The names they had in mind don't sound right to Rachel anymore, so Monica lets her use a name she had planned for her own daughter: Emma. Phoebe is very persuasive in convincing Ross to propose to Rachel; but before he can get back to the room, Joey stumbles upon Ross' grandmother's ring and shows it to Rachel. She mistakes it for a proposal and accepts.
Episode's list
Seventh Season
Num Title Original Air Date _____________________________________________________________________
7.01 The One with Monica's Thunder 10/12/2000
7.02 The One with Rachel's Book 10/12/2000
7.03 The One with Phoebe's Cookies 10/19/2000
7.04 The One with Rachel's Assistant 10/26/2000
7.05 The One With The Engagement Picture 11/02/2000
7.06 The One With The Nap Partners 11/09/2000
7.07 The One With Ross's Library Book 11/16/2000
7.08 The One Where Chandler Doesn't Like Dogs 11/23/2000
7.09 The One With All The Candy 12/07/2000
7.10 The One With The Holiday Armadillo 12/14/2000
7.11 The One With All The Cheesecakes 01/04/2001
7.12 The One Where They're Up All Night 01/11/2001
7.13 The One Where Rosita Dies 02/01/2001
7.14 The One Where They All Turn Thirty 02/08/2001
7.15 The One With Joey's New Brain 02/15/2001
7.16 The One With The Truth About London 02/22/2001
7.17 The One With The Cheap Wedding Dress 03/15/2001
7.18 The One With Joey's Award 03/29/2001
7.19 The One With Ross And Monica's Cousin 04/19/2001
7.20 The One With Rachel's Big Kiss 04/26/2001
7.21 The One With The Vows 05/03/2001
7.22 The One With Chandler's Dad 05/10/2001
7.23 The One With Monica and Chandler's Wedding, Part 1 05/17/2001
7.24 The One With Monica and Chandler's Wedding, Part 2 05/17/2001
Eighth Season
Num Title Original Air Date _____________________________________________________________________
8.01 The One After "I Do" 09/27/2001
8.02 The One With The Red Sweater 10/04/2001
8.03 The One Where Rachel Tells... 10/11/2001
8.04 The One With The Video Tape 10/18/2001
8.05 The One With Rachel's Date 10/25/2001
8.06 The One With The Halloween Party 11/01/2001
8.07 The One With The Stain 11/08/2001
8.08 The One With The Stripper 11/15/2001
8.09 The One With The Rumor 11/22/2001
8.10 The One With Monica's Boots 12/06/2001
8.11 The One With Ross' Step Forward 12/13/2001
8.12 The One Where Joey Dates Rachel 01/10/2002
8.13 The One Where Chandler Takes a Bath 01/17/2002
8.14 The One With The Secret Closet 01/31/2002
8.15 The One With The Birthing Video 02/07/2002
8.16 The One Where Joey Tells Rachel 02/28/2002
8.17 The One With The Tea Leaves 03/07/2002
8.18 The One In Massapequa 03/28/2002
8.19 The One With Joey's Interview 04/04/2002
8.20 The One With The Baby Shower 04/25/2002
8.21 The One With The Cooking Class 05/02/2002
8.22 The One Where Rachel is late 05/09/2002
8.23 The One Where Rachel Has a Baby, part 1 05/16/2002
8.24 The One Where Rachel Has a Baby, part 2 05/16/2002
Outro
Trivia
Are you a fan of friends? Let's find out, so gather your friends and test your knowledge on all things Ross, Rachel, Chandler, Monica, Joey and Phoebe with the ultimate Friends trivia test.
1. Which character did we discover was pregnant?
Rachel
Monica
Phoebe
Emily
2. Whom did Monica forget to invite to Rachel’s baby shower?
Ross
Rachel’s Mom
Her Mom
Janice
3. Of the six of them, who was the last to know who the father of Rachel’s baby was?
Ross
Joey
Monica
Phoebe
4. “__ __, pick up dry cleaning…don’t let Phoebe in.” What two words are missing from Chandler’s ‘to-do list?
Cook Dinner
Feed Birds
Buy Stamps
Clean Balcony
5. Monica said her second favourite game was Pac Man. What was her first?
Vending Machine
Squash
Foosball
Soccer
6. How old was Monica when her parents bought a beach house?
15
18
20
23
7. Rachel teaches Joey how to sail, she tells him to step to the port side. What is the port side?
right
left
front
back
8. Rachel gets promoted at Ralph Lauren. What is her new job title?
sales associate
division leader for men's sportswear
assistant buyer
merchandising manager for polo retail
9. What is the nickname of the guy Pheobe meets at the coffee house who is going through a divorce?
hums while he pees
lingers in the bathroom
hot coffee house dude
stud muffin
10. What is the name of Chandler's camp girlfriend?
Kelly
Ronda
Julie
Valerie
11. Monica runs into Janice at her restaurant and Janice sees Monica's engagement ring. Janice tells Monica she is seeing someone and the two of them plan to go on a double date. What is Janice's boyfriend's name?
Clark
Josh
Sid
Dave
12. What is described as "little drops of heaven"
coffee
mints
cough drops
candy
13. Who dresses up as Santa?
Ross
Joey
Chandler
Jack
Thank you
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Author’s note
Now onwards blog will be in the storyline.
Standout episode
season 7: ep 6, ep 10, ep 19.
season 8: ep 3, ep 4, ep 21.
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