Chandler, Monica, and Phoebe listen through the thin walls as Ross makes out with Charlie and Joey makes out with Rachel. Before things go too far, Ross decides he better talk to Joey about Charlie. Joey decides he better talk with Ross about Rachel. Monica gets corn rows put in her hair to overcome the frizziness caused by the humidity. Ross talks with Joey about Charlie on the flight home, but Joey can’t bring himself to talk about Rachel. Mike reveals that he has a girlfriend (named Precious), and tells Phoebe he’ll break up with her at dinner. Pheobe waits for MIke at his apartment; Precious shows up there by mistake, so Phoebe breaks the news to her. Monica’s hair causes her problems at home, so she agrees to get rid of the corn rows.

(74 votes, average: 4.15 out of 5)

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Ross is clearly freaked out by Rachel and Joey’s relationship, but keeps insisting he’s fine. He arranges for Rachel and Joey to have dinner with Charlie and him, where he’s an emotional wreck and very drunk. Chandler and Monica, frustrated by the complexity of adoption, visit Phoebe’s friends (Bill and Colleen) who have an adopted son (Owen). Chandler mistakenly reveals to the boy that he’s adopted. Phoebe gets a visit from Frank Jr. and the triplets. Frank is totally overwhelmed by the responsibilities of fatherhood, having not slept in four years. He asks Phoebe to take one of the kids, but then realizes he could never give up any of them.

(38 votes, average: 4.61 out of 5)

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Joey and Rachel have their first official date, but when it comes to getting physical, they just don’t feel at ease. Ross likes Monica’s sprayed-on tan, so he decides to get one. But confusion about the instructions (and whether to count “Mississippily”) lead to multiple doses on his front and none on his back. An old friend (Amanda) of Monica’s and Phoebe’s moves back into town from England. They try to cut her out of their lives by ignoring her, without success. It comes out that years before, Phoebe tried to do the same to Monica. Joey and Rachel realize their relationship is not going to work.

(36 votes, average: 4.50 out of 5)

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Ross and Rachel have a party for Emma’s first birthday. They insist that everyone be there, which strains all their plans: Chandler and Monica are trying to get away for the weekend; Phoebe has a massage appointment; Joey has an audition. The party gets underway, but drags on because Emma is napping and Rachel won’t wake her up. Joey didn’t know he was supposed to get Emma a present, so where he hears that Phoebe has written Emma a song, he decides to do a dramatic reading. His last minute effort out-does Phoebe’s song. The bunny-shaped cake with Emma’s picture is mistakenly replaced with a novelty cake shaped like a penis (still with Emma’s picture on it). Rachel goes to get it replaced, tempting everyone else to leave.

(21 votes, average: 4.14 out of 5)

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Monica and Chandler ask Rachel to write a letter of recommendation to their adoption agency; Joey feels left out because they didn’t ask him, so they do. After a botched attempt to write a good letter, he does a re-write and drops it off without showing it to them first. The adoption agency thinks it’s wonderful that they had a “child” write their recommendation. Phoebe unknowingly ridicules every idea Mike has for proposing to her. He finally does it the right way - he gets down on one knee and opens his heart. On Rachel’s advice, her sister, Amy, breaks up with her fiance (whom she doesn’t love), and temporarily moves in with Rachel. Rachel wants to help Amy be a better, more responsible person, so when Emma’s nanny gets sick, Rachel decides to let her take care of Emma for the day. Emma ends up with pierced ears, and Rachel realizes Amy is beyond help.

(16 votes, average: 4.44 out of 5)

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Chandler’s ad agency gets a new account and Joey wants Chandler to get him in the commercial. Chandler doesn’t think he’s right for the part, so Joey gives him a video tape containing a sample of his commercial work. Chandler doesn’t watch it, but lies that he did. Joey realizes the truth because Chandler never says anything about his Japanese “Ichiban: Lipstick for men” commercial. Ross is applying for a paleontology grant and finds out Charlie’s old boyfriend (Benjamin) evaluates the applicants. Charlie introduces them, and Benjamin immediately starts pressuring Ross to break up with her, so he can get her back. Ross doesn’t give in, but eventually Charlie decides to get back together with Benjamin anyway. Phoebe is clearing stuff out of her apartment to make room for Mike; she decides to get rid of some hideous artwork she created, and tries to give it to Monica and Rachel, who had been pretending to like it.

(16 votes, average: 4.69 out of 5)

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Phoebe and Mike, stunned by the expenses involved with a wedding, decide they’ll get married in City Hall and give the money to charity. Once they donate it, Phoebe changes her mind and they ask for it back. But Phoebe is still unsure. The adoption agency sends a woman (Laura) to evaluate Chandler and Monica and their home. They want everything to go perfectly, so when it turns out that Laura had a bad dating experience with Joey, they pretend not to know him. Joey manages to turn the situation around and make Laura think she wronged him. Rachel freaks out when Ross wants to take Emma to the playground, due to her childhood hair-related playgound accident. Ross convinces her it will be okay, so they all go together. Ross gets kicked in the head by a kid on the swings.

(18 votes, average: 4.06 out of 5)

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Monica doesn’t want to host Thanksgiving until Phoebe suggests that she see it as a competition with herself, to top her previous year. Phoebe convinces Rachel to enter Emma in a baby beauty pageant. Joey gets tickets to a hockey game and he and Ross go, even though it could conflict with the Thanksgiving dinner. Rachel, Phoebe, Joey, and Ross are all late for dinner, angering Monica and Chandler, who didn’t want to host the dinner anyway. At the height of the conflict, Monica gets a call from the adoption agency telling them they’re getting a baby.

(22 votes, average: 4.27 out of 5)

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Chandler and Monica go to Ohio to be interviewed by the birth mother (Erica) of their prospective child. Due to a mix-up, she thinks Chandler is a doctor and Monica a reverend. Monica wants to let the illusion continue, but Chandler insists on telling the truth, which almost costs them the baby. Joey persuades a reluctant Phoebe to set him up with her friend, Sarah. Joey is hesitant to call Sarah for a second date, because during dinner she took some fries from his plate (Joey doesn’t share food). Ross seeks fashion advice from Rachel and Phoebe for an upcoming date (with Joan), so they take him shopping. Their bags get mixed up; Ross ends up wearing a womens blouse — the same blouse Joan is wearing.

(25 votes, average: 4.08 out of 5)

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Rachel and Phoebe spot Chandler with a blonde stranger; Phoebe thinks he’s having an affair. They follow the pair to a house outside the city. They tell the rest of the gang, and then confront Monica and Chandler, forcing the revelation that Monica and Chandler are trying to move to a house outside the city to raise their child. In attempts to convince Chandler and Monica to stay, their friends remind them of all the great memories they’ve had in their apartment in the city (shown as clips from previous episodes).

(39 votes, average: 4.26 out of 5)

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