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The One with Frank Jr.

[ComedyFan2010 · 9/10 · 25 June 2011]

In this episode we see Phoebe meeting her brother again. I really liked that part of the episode. Giovanni Ribisi is just perfect in the role of Frank Jr. And it is so much fun watching them becoming more like brother and sister. Starting with Phoebe not connecting with him at all and at the end being a step further.Plus the character is very funny, one can see that he is related to Phoebe.

Joey building the entertainment unit was a hilarious story as well. Especially in the scene where he almost gets Chandler with an electric drill or when he checks out Monica's tile

And then we also get the story of The List, which is a real classic of the show.

The One with Frank Jr.

[Lady_Targaryen · 8/10 · 13 May 2008]

Joey makes a new furniture for his house, but it is much bigger then expected,making difficult to enter in his and Chandler's room.

Phoebe and her half brother Frank, stay some days together to know each other a little better. Phoebe's original plan was to have some good time with Frank, but their meeting went to different ways, since Frank only knows to melt stuff. (The fact that he thought that Phoebe and the other masseurs were hookers, doesn't help very much either)

Ross and Chandler decide to do a list of the 5 celebrities they are allowed to sleep with. Ross even prints his list! When he tries to hit on Isabela Rosselini in the end of the episode, his printed list gives him trouble.

A Much Improved Episode

[slightlymad22 · 8/10 · 17 December 2014]

A Much improved episode after a cliché ridden last one.

Plot In A Paragraph: Joey goes all DIY and decides to build an entertainment unit for his and Chandlers apartment. When Chandler reveals he and Janice have a list of five celebrities they are each allowed to sleep with should the chance arrive, Ross sets out to make the definitive list before laminating it, and then right on cue one of his picks walks in the room. Elsewhere Phoebe spends some time with her long lost brother Frank Jr.

The Phoebe storyline is the weak part here, I liked the lists and the DIY Joey parts though, as they were more in line with classic Friends.

The one with Isabella Rusolini

[arnaut-44532 · 10/10 · 28 April 2021]

One of my favourite episodes of season 3. I love the dynamic between Joey and Chandler, Phoebe and Frank and Ross's story is also pretty fun.

Episode of Monica

[mrpattinson-07689 · 10/10 · 9 February 2021]

Of all the episodes, I like Monica the most in this episode. I mean she's funny, charming, cute, lovely, sophisticated and her expression when Phoebe sings the two lines "build the unit cinderellie, lay the tiles cinderellie", Monica's jaw dropping expression is priceless.

The One Where Phoebe Meets Her Brother...

[taylorkingston · 9/10 · 3 April 2015]

I really love this episode. It's just so funny.

In this episode, Phoebe meets her half-brother Frank Jr. He's a pretty funny guy. He seems like he's always stoned or high or both. Wait, don't they mean the same thing? I'm getting off topic. Anyway, she meets him and they have a pretty funny first time meeting interaction. Meanwhile, everyone makes a list of which celebrities they'd sleep with. Chandler even goes with a cartoon character, but I'm not going to say which one. You'll have to watch it for yourself to figure that one out.

Overall, I give this episode a 9 out of 10.

The One With The Sex List

[devashishparnami · 8/10 · 24 February 2018]

When Joey starts working with his tool belt, Chandler admires his sexy macho air, but fears for his life from the tools in a child's hand. Phoebe's weird brother Frank Jr. visits, and demonstrates his hobby is melting whatever you let him get his hands on. Learning she's a masseuse, Frank eagerly asks to get a treatment, from a colleague- who isn't amused he assumed that's a euphemism for sex. At Central Perk, several friends make individual lists of five super hot celebrities, which may even be dated without being considered infidelity by the real-life partner. Ross's included Isabella Rosselini, but at Chandler's suggestion she's "international", hence too unavailable, he dropped her from the laminated draft; then she walks in the bar for real.

"You get me, you kill me!"

[studioAT · 6/10 · 5 May 2017]

I really enjoyed the fact that the writers gave Joey so much to do in this episode. Matt Le Blanc is a great comedic actor, and this episode showed that off.

His interplay with Matthew Perry as ever was great, and this dynamic really carried episodes where the other plots perhaps weren't as great.

The Phoebe and her brother story line was well intentioned and had some heart as well as humour, while the Ross and Rachel story line was standard sitcom fare.

A good episode overall.

Skip it.

[rockshubham-58125 · 6/10 · 4 September 2020]

Why are people laughing even on some serious stuff. One of the wost episode of the show.