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The One Where Joey Speaks French

[ComedyFan2010 · 8/10 · 15 September 2011]

A pretty decent episode. Rachel's father having a heart attack and Ross going with her to the hospital was pretty good. I liked how he woke up Dr. Green by putting his feet on his bed. It was a great scene, they both acted very well and there were great lines

Later it is also good when Ross goes to "Rachel Green's room", he acts like he is still in high school

I also liked the story of Erika not being sure who the father is: the guy who went to college or the one who went to prison for killing his father. Chandler freaking out was just great

The story of Joey speaking french is neither great nor bad. It bis pretty silly and made me laugh, but it wasn't very well thought through

Oh de foof.

[heyitsadam · 8/10 · 8 October 2020]

The 10th season of FRIENDS was running on fumes creatively, and I was not a fan of Joey's descent into madness since Las Vegas, but his pure butchering of the French language as he tries to learn basic French phrases from Phoebe is comedy gold and might be his funniest individual moment since he explained "a moo point." I also thorough enjoyed Chandler rediscovering NY as a tourist, buying I LOVE NY shirts and Statue of Liberty crowns and realizing how awesome the city is. I think at some point, we all kind of have an epiphany about our towns when we discover a restaurant or club or bar that has been where it's been FOREVER and we just discover it. And of course, Ross and Rachel coin another phrase - "off the table" - about having sympathy sex. I thinking back over all the seasons and realize how much Ross and Rachel taught EVERYONE about the rules of relationships and POST-RELATIONSHIP interactions. "Bonus night" being one of them. "On a break" naturally. I'd have to say this episode is a highlight of season 10. "Good job, little buddy."

10 seconds !!!

[tomronning50 · 9/10 · 19 April 2019]

Classic scene where Joey drinks a gallon of milk in 10 seconds . . .

The downfall of Joey

[lewisboyd22-692-382732 · 3 February 2022]

Remember when Joey was witty, streetwise, and deliberately funny? Way back in the earlier years of the show?

Yeah not any more. He's made to look almost braindead stupid in this episode. Hate it.

The rest of the characters storylines are good. Joey's isn't and it seriously drags down the episode as a whole.

Joey needs to learn his lines in french

[Lady_Targaryen · 8/10 · 14 May 2009]

Joey asks Phoebe's help to learn his lines in french, since he has an audition and his résumé tells he's fluent in the language. Since Phoebe is fluent in french, she tries to help Joey to learn, but he is too stupid and doesn't understand a single word Phoebe says.

Erica is coming to New York since she wants to see the tourist spots and Monica and Chandler want to know her better. They also are curious to know who is the baby's father, and when Erica says that there is a possibility to be a prisoner who killed his father, Chandler stays paranoid.

Rachel arrives late to bring Emma to Ross, and tells that her father had a heart attack. Ross goes with her to the hospital to make her company, but sadly, for him, he needs to see Rachel's dad. (Ross doesn't like Rachel's father and vice versa)

Later, when they both go to Rachel's old house, she tries to kiss Ross, but he refuses it, since he doesn't want problems with Rachel.

Finally

[GeraltTargaryen · 8/10 · 27 August 2020]

Ross and Rachel finally had some progress..... That's basically the only thing that kept me watching this show for the last three seasons. And for that reason, I give this episode a 8/10.

As for Joey, I just want to say I agree with Phoebe: he does seem retarded. But Joey's stupidity has long since stopped bothering me anymore. Just don't care that much about him.

Wee wee

[bevo-13678 · 10/10 · 12 November 2020]

I like the bit where Joey speaks French. Or something like that

What have they done to Joey?

[agumarinangeli · 3/10 · 27 November 2018]

Joey was never the brightest, but at least on the first seasons he was kinda clever. And they somehow managed to turn him into a complete idiot. That's something I can't look away from. I give it three stars just because the rest of the cast's stories were good.

Joey isn't that dim surely?!

[studioAT · 4/10 · 21 August 2017]

I think the writers of 'Friends' do the character of Joey a massive disservice in this episode. He's always not been the brightest bulb in the circuit, but here they present him as being a total idiot. It's sadly a trait that would rear its ugly head again throughout LeBlanc's probably doomed from the start 'Joey' spin-off.

The Monica and Chandler story line was good fun, with Monica being toned down from how she was in the previous episode.

As we are now winding down towards the end of the show outright the Ross and Rachel relationship (or the potential of there being a relationship)rumbles back into life, in a sweet story.

Sometimes 'Friends' did stories that were beneath them, the Joey one in this episode is a good example.

Ridiculous Joey Storyline

[GB65 · 2/10 · 23 May 2019]

What could have been a good episode was completely ruined by the ridiculous subplot of Joey thinking he is speaking French. In the whole process from writing to shooting, surely someone could see how farcical that was. Five stars for the others.

They made Joey a complete idiot but he's not

[rozhchalakr · 2/10 · 9 July 2021]

We all know that Joey is not smart because he is not thinking enough

but come on, he couldn't repeat what Phoebe was saying And he thought that he is saying the same thing.

No Comment

[ihala-39114 · 1/10 · 14 January 2020]

My least favorite episode, Joey speaking French was the stupidest episode of the show, it was just a filler for a character!

Jumped the shark

[ldavis-05250 · 1/10 · 19 June 2022]

Well actually the show jumped the shark long before this , but this one is unbelievably DUMB!!!

Not funny, just stupid. The earlier seasons Joey was just a cool guy. A good friend with a good heart. Yeah he was a little dumb, sure. But this is over the top stupid.

SERIOUSLY JOEY?!?

[RACY1987 · 1/10 · 7 March 2021]

1 Star for this.

How did Joey end up this STUPID? It's not funny.

Joey = No actual character development

This really is that bad

[jpapanone · 3/10 · 30 June 2021]

Another episode that I rated before reviewing.

Rewatching again...trying to see why I rated it a 3.

3 is actually extremely generous. This was absolutely horrendous. I don't think there was even a single redeeming line in the entire thing.

DO NOT WATCH THIS EPISODE.

SPOILER ALERT. DO NOT WATCH THIS EPISODE.

You will be disappointed.

You should not laugh.

This will taint the show. This will put a stink on the show...the characters...the writers...the actors.

joey! joey!

[sudarshan-52058 · 1/10 · 21 January 2020]

They made joey so much stupid. like he has a mental disability.