James Michael Tyler
Ross’s lesbian ex-wife, Carol, is pregnant with his child, and he doesn’t like her choice of last name for the baby. Rachel finds out that her ex-fiancé went on what…
Monica finds it difficult to break up with her latest boyfriend whom everyone likes; Chandler is reunited with his beloved cigarettes; Phoebe receives a large sum of money.
While the men attend a hockey game and end up at a hospital, a delivery man accidentally brings a pizza meant for George Stephanopoulos, who lives across the street from…
While Chandler and Phoebe decide to break up with their significant others on the same night, Ross helps Rachel do laundry and considers the evening a first date. Joey has…
Monica’s first Thanksgiving dinner for the gang goes horribly wrong when they all run to the rooftop to see the runaway Underdog balloon from the parade.
The gang makes–then breaks–a pact to celebrate New Year’s Eve without dates. Ross compensates for his loneliness by getting a roommate, a monkey named Marcel.
Chandler’s romance-novelist mother comes to New York to visit him, and Joey catches her and Ross kissing.
Everyone knows the sex of Ross’s baby, except for Ross, who doesn’t want to find out until it’s born. Monica gives Paolo one of the dozen lasagnas she made for…
Monica cooks a gourmet meal for a restaurateur looking for a new chef but, unfortunately, he’s stoned. After working as a data processing permanent temp for five years, Chandler gets…
Joey falls for Phoebe’s twin sister, Ursula, making Phoebe feel neglected. Ross has doubts about parenthood when he attends Lamaze classes with Carol and Susan. Meanwhile, Chandler finds himself between…
When Rachel sprains her ankle and has no insurance, she cajoles Monica into trading identities so she can use Monica’s coverage. When Phoebe’s twin sister, Ursula, breaks Joey’s heart, Phoebe…
Tired of being referred to by customers as ”Excuse me” Rachel interviews for a job as an assistant buyer at Saks Fifth Avenue. She also sees another side of the…
The gang searches frantically for Marcel, who slipped out of the apartment while Rachel was baby-sitting him. Just as it looks as though Rachel and Ross might actually spend a…
Rachel and Barry start dating again, which is kind of awkward since he’s now engaged to Mindy, who wants Rachel to be her maid of honor. Meanwhile, Chandler goes nuts…
When Monica’s credit card is stolen, she, along with Phoebe and Rachel, decide to catch the thief. Joey enlists his friends to help him come up with a less ethnic-sounding…
After losing his virginity to her, Monica’s boyfriend reveals that he’s a high school senior. When Phoebe temps as Chandler’s secretary, she finds out a secret.
The guys are uncomfortable with the thought of Carol’s breast milk while Rachel is upset by Monica’s growing friendship with Julie. Meanwhile, Joey competes with a fellow cologne spritzer for…
The gang is amazed to learn that Phoebe married a gay Canadian ice dancer to help him get his green card. And Ross seeks relationship advice from Rachel.
When a sexy woman calls the wrong number, Chandler seeks to make the most of the situation. And income issues divide the friends. Monica, Ross and Chandler have money, while…
Chandler and Joey lose Ross’s son, Ben and while checking out women on a bus. Phoebe loses her Central Perk singing gig to a professional singer. And Ross has an…
A drunken Rachel is persuaded to call Ross and reveal her feelings for him on his answering machine. Now, Ross must make a decision between her and Julie. Meanwhile, Monica…
Ross enlists Joey and Chandler to help with his decision to choose Julie or Rachel by making a list of the pros and cons of each. Big mistake. Meanwhile, Monica…
It’s Christmas time and Monica tries tipping with cookies, rather than cash, with mixed results. Phoebe tries to track down her real father. And Chandler and Joey wait too late…
Phoebe is discovered by a record producer who wants to make ”Smelly Cat” a video. Ross’s new relationship with Rachel makes Monica feel like she’s living with her brother again……
Chandler learns more about his new roommate, Eddie. Ross is stressed out to learn that Rachel had ’animal sex’ with Paolo. Richard and Monica are uncomfortable to learn what their…
Creeped out by his bizarre new roommate, Chandler demands he move out; Eddie agrees… but won’t go. Joey has trouble coming to grips with the death of Dr. Drake Ramoray…
Monica is broke and decides to gamble on the stock market, while Chandler and Ross run into a couple of bullies in Central Park. Rachel and Joey help Phoebe locate her…
Monica decides to hold a surprise birthday for Rachel, but everything goes wrong when Rachel’s estranged parents turn up unexpectedly. The party then splits into two factions, but complications inevitably…
Phoebe dates a man who thinks he’s stalking her twin sister. Ross and Rachel give Chandler ”boyfriend” lessons. Monica decides the best way to get over Richard is to keep…
Phoebe poses as Joey’s agent and has some success in getting him auditions. Ross panics when he sees his son with a Barbie doll. Chandler is advancing in his relationship…
Phoebe’s half-brother visits, but they have trouble bonding. Joey attempts to build an entertainment center. Ross is challenged to name the five celebrities he’d like to sleep with most.
When Janice asks the gang if any of them have ever slept together, the friends flash back to a time three years before.
Monica buys a new bed from Janice’s soon-to-be-ex-husband, ”The Mattress King”, but the wrong one is delivered. Rachel’s attempts to have her father and Ross bond fail, until she stops…
When Phoebe believes she’s killed the ugly naked guy across the street from Rachel and Monica, Joey constructs a long poking device. Joey and Monica catch Janice kissing her ex-husband;…
Rachel makes a rash decision after Gunther tells her she needs to be retrained. Phoebe tries to help Joey when he gets a job selling Christmas trees. And Ross accidentally…
Ross is suspicious about Rachel’s possible job offer from a good-looking stranger. And a drunken Chandler fools around with one of Joey’s sisters, but he can’t remember which one.
Ross becomes increasingly jealous of Rachel’s new colleague, Mark, and spies on her. Monica hooks up with a co-worker, who writes her a poem with a hidden meaning. One of…
Monica’s willpower is tested when she runs into Richard at the video store. Rachel agrees to read The Shining if Joey reads Little Women. Phoebe’s athletic date has a problem…
Phoebe is reunited with her former singing partner who thinks ”Smelly Cat” has hit potential; Chandler dates a woman with a prosthetic leg who also has some history with Joey….
Wanting more time to focus on her new job, Rachel suggests that she and Ross take a break from their relationship. Ross later seeks solace at a party. Phoebe dates…
Ross tries to prevent Rachel from learning his disturbing secret. She finds out anyway and they go back to her apartment to have a fight. The other four friends are…
Monica receives a tip from an admirer worth a small fortune then goes out with the guy. A hypnosis tape intended to assist Chandler to stop smoking has a rather…
Rachel goes on her first date after splitting from Ross…and it’s with Mark, her former colleague. Joey is cast in a play and develops a crush on his costar. Monica…
Monica inherits a beautiful dollhouse that is too elaborate to play with, so Phoebe makes her own. Joey thinks he’s found his true love, and Rachel’s boss dates Chandler, placing…
Monica considers a dream job as head chef in Pete’s new restaurant, but Phoebe fears there is more to the deal. Ross makes a sacrifice to help Rachel, who may…
When Rachel finds out that Ross is bringing a date to the premiere of Joey’s big play, she finds one of her own. Ross alone concludes that her date is…
Afflicted with a mysterious skin condition on his butt that doctors cannot identify the cause of, Ross seeks advice from Phoebe’s herbalist. Phoebe finds herself in a dilemma when she…
Phoebe invites everyone to stay at her massage client’s beach house for the weekend. In search of her father, Phoebe meets someone who knows details about her family. Rachel expresses…
Ross chooses between Rachel and his bald-headed girlfriend Bonnie. Phoebe struggles to deal with the revelation that her mother’s friend is actually her mother. Monica gets stung by a jellyfish,…
Phoebe believes that her adoptive mother’s spirit resides in a cat that jumped into her guitar case in Central Perk. Monica goes on a date with Rachel’s hunky high-school boyfriend,…
Chandler hits on a woman at Central Perk, not realizing she is Joey’s new girlfriend. He soon realizes he is very attracted to, possibly in love, with her. Ross and…
Ross’s new girlfriend seems nearly perfect until he visits her house and discovers that her apartment is incredibly dirty. Chandler helps Joey pick out a thoughtful present for Kathy’s birthday….
Chandler must decide between the girl of his dreams and his best friend when he and Kathy share a passionate kiss. Needless to say, Joey is not happy when he…
Chandler agrees to spend Thanksgiving in a shipping crate as penance for kissing Kathy. The gang decides to give each other Secret Santa gifts. After Monica gets ice in her…
Chandler and Ross’s college friend Gandalf is planning to come to town. Gandalf is ”the party wizard.” Ross and Chandler are very excited until Gandalf cancels. However, they decide to…
Ross must decide whether to continue dating a girl he must travel two-and-a-half hours to see. Chandler sets Rachel up with a co-worker who misunderstands her intentions. Monica is being…
Phoebe considers her options when her brother visits with his new wife and asks her to carry their child. Joey works as a tour guide at Ross’s museum and tries…
After seeing Kathy’s play, Chandler becomes convinced she is cheating on him with her co-star. Rachel develops a crush on one of her customers. Monica becomes jealous when she realizes…
After a three-day fishing trip with his dad, Joey is in a jam when he doesn’t have time to take a shower before going to the set of Charlton Heston’s…
Chandler runs into Janice, and finds her more irritating than ever. Meanwhile, Ross attempts to learn how to play rugby to impress Emily and Monica obsesses over an electric switch…
With two days left until Emily’s departure back to England, Rachel throws a fake party for her, just so that she can see Joshua outside of work. And a pregnant…
Ross proposes to Emily. Monica and Rachel try to win their apartment back from Chandler and Joey.
Chandler takes Joey to a sleep clinic when he starts snoring. After Ross asks Monica to pick up Emily’s wedding dress, she tries it on and can’t stop wearing it….
As Ross and Emily send out wedding invitations, he and Rachel each look back on their relationship together while Joey and Chandler look for a purpose in life.
Joey convinces Ross to pick him as his best man instead of Chandler. He throws a great bachelor party, but the next morning he’s shocked to find out that the…
Ross continues to try and mend his marriage to Emily. When Chandler accidentally kisses Monica in front of everyone before leaving for work, he tries to recover by kissing Rachel…
Joey lands a job with a PBS telethon, which ignites an old hatred Phoebe has towards the network. Meanwhile, Monica tries to convince Rachel that she’s dating someone from work…
Monica and Chandler plan an Atlantic City getaway in order to have an intimate weekend away from their friends. Meanwhile, Ross prepares himself to tell Rachel that he can’t see…
Emily decides that the only way to continue her marriage with Ross is to have him get rid of all traces of Rachel in his apartment. Meanwhile, Rachel and Monica…
Chandler and Joey let Ross move in with them once his marriage to Emily falls apart. Meanwhile, Phoebe gets involved with the local health inspector and Rachel becomes convinced that…
Joey starts to get uncomfortable with protecting Monica and Chandler’s secret, especially when it places him in embarrassing situations with the rest of the group. Meanwhile, Ross becomes enraged at…
Joey teaches Ross how to be unemployed. Phoebe is working for the Salvation Army during the holidays. Monica is tired of Rachel’s obsessing about Danny and asks him to go…
With the New Year, the friends make New Year’s resolutions. Ross resolves to try a new thing every day. Chandler resolves to not make fun of his friends for a…
Monica begins to hang out with Chandler during his work functions, since they don’t have to keep their relationship a secret among his coworkers. However, she learns that Chandler has…
Phoebe’s grandmother dies, and Phoebe is shocked when her father turns up at the funeral. Meanwhile, Rachel gives Joey a ”man’s bag” for an audition, and Chandler is scared to…
When the friends discover that Ugly Naked Guy is moving out of his apartment, Ross leaps at the opportunity to get his own place again. Phoebe finds out about Monica…
Joey starts dating Katie, a little girl who packs a mean punch. When Ross refuses to contribute to the retirement fund of the building’s maintenance man, he winds up offending…
Joey has a dream about Monica and becomes convinced he is in love with her. Meanwhile, Phoebe finds a police badge in Central Perk and uses it to go on…
Monica becomes jealous of Phoebe and Gary. Rachel has an awkward encounter when she interviews for a new job. Joey tries to meet a girl living in Ross’s building, but…
Rachel decides to start smoking in order to avoid missing important meetings with her boss. Meanwhile, Ben gets offered an audition for a soup commercial, and Joey auditions to be…
While the guys go on a ride-along with Gary, Rachel accidentally deletes a message from Emily on Ross’s answering machine.
Phoebe learns that Gary is going to ask her to move in with him and thinking this is way to fast, she tries to get Chandler to talk him out…
Joey seems to have finally hit big when he gets offered a lead part in a movie shooting outside of Las Vegas. However, when Chandler begins expressing doubts about the…
Ross and Rachel experience the world’s worst hangover when they realize they’ve gotten married. Chandler and Monica back away from their own altar plans. Phoebe and Joey head back to…
Monica and Chandler decide to move in together, leading Rachel to believe that all three of them will be roommates, and Monica doesn’t want to tell her the truth. Meanwhile,…
Monica and Chandler disagree over how to redecorate Rachel’s old room. Joey advertises for a ”non-ugly” roommate. Ross is unwilling to accept that he still has feelings for Rachel.
Joey’s health benefits lapse just as he develops a hernia. Ross is asked to give a lecture at NYU and eager to impress his students, he puts on a fake…
Ross and Rachel try to get an annulment, but run into some legal obstacles. Joey finds keys to a Porsche in Central Perk and discovers some perks of being a…
Ross goes too far while trying to impress a date by over-whitening his teeth. Rachel uses gossip to get her boss to like her after Phoebe supposedly makes out with…
It’s Thanksgiving and Monica’s parents are coming to visit, which is a problem because, not only they do not like Chandler, they also don’t know that he and Monica are…
Janine gets an invitation to dance on ”Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve” and she invites Joey, Monica and Ross to join her. Being huge fans of the show, Monica…
Rachel orders an apothecary table from Pottery Barn, which is a problem because Phoebe hates the mass-producing company. After Janine and Joey double date with Chandler and Monica, Janine tells…
After a joke gets published in Playboy, Chandler and Ross have an argument about who came up with it first. Meanwhile, a wayward remark of Phoebe’s leads to trouble between…
Joey gets in trouble for giving attractive female customers free food at Central Perk. A sick Monica desperately tries to convince Chandler that she’s not sick. After her father cuts…
Chandler admits that he hasn’t cried since he was a child. Phoebe discovers that Ursula is starring in porno movies using her name. Rachel desperately tries to stop Ross and…
Barry and Mindy’s impending divorce prompts the gang to fantasize about what their lives might be like if they’d all taken different courses. Ross is still married to Carol, and…