Chandler and Rachel can’t stop eating someone else’s cheesecakes, which are mistakenly delivered to Chandler’s apartment. Monica is upset that she wasn’t invited to her cousin’s wedding, but the rest of her family was. Phoebe chews out Joey for cancelling their plans together so he can go on a date; then she does the same to him when her old flame David (Scientist Guy) shows up in town for a day.
(16 votes, average: 4.81 out of 5)
Loading ...After watching for a comet on the roof of their building, the gang goes their separate ways; but all end up staying up all night. Joey and Ross get stuck on the roof and spend the night trying to get down. Rachel and Tag spend the night trying to find some important documents that were supposed to get sent earlier that day. Phoebe is kept awake by the smoke alarm that won’t die. Monica and Chandler can’t get to sleep and spend the night reading, talking, coupling, and cleaning.
(20 votes, average: 4.60 out of 5) Loading ...Rachel breaks Joey’s chair (Rosita) so she buys him a new one; meanwhile Chandler thinks he broke it, so he replaces it with his own identical chair. Joey believes the chair miraculously healed itself, so Rachels keeps the new chair. But Joey is jealous, so he breaks “his” chair so he can have Rachel’s. Mr. and Mrs. Geller are selling their home so Ross and Monica go to pick up their childhood things. Ross’s are fine, but Monica’s have been ruined by flood water. To make it up to her, Mr. Geller gives her his Porsche. Phoebe takes a job as a telemarketer and her first contact (Earl) doesn’t want to buy anything because he’s planning to kill himself. Phoebe convinces him to keep living.
(11 votes, average: 4.64 out of 5) Loading ...Rachel’s struggles with turning thirty prompt the rest of the gang to remember their thirtieth birthdays. Monica got drunk just before her surprise party; Phoebe tried to reconcile with Ursula and found out she was actually 31; Ross bought a sportscar, but couldn’t get it out of it’s parking spot; Chandler just turned 30; Joey cried and blamed God. Rachel decides that in order to accomplish her goals in life, she needs to find the man she’s going to marry. So she breaks up with Tag.
(18 votes, average: 4.33 out of 5) Loading ...While arranging the wedding, Monica and Chandler learn that Ross has a surprise in store: He’s planning to play the bagpipes. His playing leaves much to be desired. Joey’s comatose character on Days of Our Lives gets a brain transplant from the dying star, so he goes to her for advice. Rachel and Phoebe find a cell phone left behind by a cute guy, and wait for him to call so they can make a date with him. Unfortunately, the cell phone really belongs to the cute guy’s elderly boss.
(19 votes, average: 4.63 out of 5) Loading ...Rachel watches Ben while Ross has a meeting, and she teaches him all about practical jokes. Ross doesn’t like it, but he eventually turns the tables on Rachel. Chandler and Monica try to find a minister for their wedding, but don’t like their options. They decide to let Joey (who’s being ordained over the Internet) perform the ceremony. Monica gives Phoebe some pills for her headache. When Phoebe finds out about the possible side-effects, she fears the worst. While discussing how they first got together in London, Chandler finds out that on the fateful night when Monica first came to his hotel room, she had been planning to hook up with Joey. Phoebe can’t help wondering what things would have been like if Joey and Monica ended up together, prompting an alternate-storyline flash-forward of Monica cooking lots of fried food for a very fat Joey.
(14 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5) Loading ...While searching for the right wedding dress, Monica meets Megan, another woman engaged to be married. Monica tells her about a great wedding dress sale the next day. Not only do they both go to the sale, they both grab the same gown. After a brief struggle, Monica previals. However, Megan books the band the Monica and Chandler want for their wedding, and blackmails Monica into returning the dress. Ross and Joey both meet and begin dating a pretty woman who is moving into the neigborhood. Once they find out that they’re both dating the same woman, the competition gets fierce. Chandler, Ross, and Joey give themselves facials for their T-zones.
(12 votes, average: 4.83 out of 5) Loading ...Joey gets nominated for a “Soapie” award for his return as Drake Ramoray in Days of Our Lives. He loses, but he steals a trophy from one of his costars (Jessica) who doesn’t appreciate it. Rachel, Phoebe, and Joey practice receiving awards. Ross makes Dinosaur sounds for his class. A male student (Ned) reveals he’s in love with Ross, claiming that’s why he’s doing so poorly in class. Ross sympathizes and decides to change Ned’s grade for the better, until he finds out it’s just a scam. Phoebe’s new romance with Jake makes Monica realize that once she’s married, she’ll never have another “first kiss” or be with anyone else.
(12 votes, average: 4.92 out of 5) Loading ...Joey is up for a leading role in a movie, but the director is looking for an uncircumcized male to do a nude scene. Joey claims he’s not circumcized, and then Monica helps him by making a variety of attachments to choose from. (He chooses Silly Putty.) But the piece falls off during Joey’s final audition. Rachel and Phoebe realize they’re expected to throw Monica a bridal shower, so they quickly put one together. Ross and Monica’s cousin Cassie comes to visit for a few days. She’s so drop-dead gorgeous that Chandler can’t stop staring; Ross makes a move on her; and Phoebe considers her options as well.
(15 votes, average: 4.93 out of 5) Loading ...Rachel runs into a former college sorority sister (Melissa) with whom she made out once, while drunk. Melissa claims not to remember the event, until Rachel kisses her again (just to prove a point); then Melissa reveals she’s been in love with Rachel ever since. Monica discovers Joey has invited his parents to the wedding, so she has to re-arrange the guest seating. Chandler and Ross get celebrity tuxedos through Rachel at Ralph Lauren, but Chandler doesn’t want Ross’s Batman tux to out-shine his 007 tux.
(12 votes, average: 4.75 out of 5) Loading ...