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The One with Rachel's Phone Number

[ComedyFan2010 · 8/10 · 9 September 2011]

I really like the story with Chandler and Joey. It was very funny. Actually serves Chandler right for deceiving his friend like that and not making plans with him. I liked how Joey was sitting outside the door with a baseball bat. And it had lots of great moments, like when Joey talks to Chandler on the phone and hears a man talking in his apartment, how Monica puts cushions on the bed and of course the ending was great

Ross and Mike's evening together was absolutely great. It was also acted out very well, you can feel the awkwardness. And it becomes so hilarious when Mike comes back and also tries to pick up the phone!

And we get some more happening in the complicated Ross and Rachel relationship.

I must also note that Phoebe was dressed so not like her character. I guess they really are showing how she changes from being a fun, original character into a boring relationship woman

Rachel is going out again...

[Lady_Targaryen · 7/10 · 9 March 2009]

Joey invites Chandler to see a Knicks game in a very privileged place, and to make things better, he also bought their tickets. The problem is that the game is in the same day that Monica is going to stay home to see Chandler, and she doesn't want to lose the day with him. Monica tells Chandler to give Joey an excuse, but he doesn't know what to say, since nothing would convince Joey enough. He decides to tell Joey that he is going to stay in Tulsa, but this becomes a problem when Joey listens to a man's voice in Monica's apartment and thinks she is cheating Chandler.

Rachel and Phoebe are going out. It will be Rachel's first night distant from Emma, who is going to stay with Ross. Ross stays surprised how beautiful Rachel is,since he doesn't see her dressed for the night for a long time. They have a ''moment'' before Rachel goes out from the apartment.

Ross invites Mike, Phoebe's boyfriend, to stay with him in the apartment and to drink some beers while they know each other better. But the problem is that they don't have much things in common, and a boring night for both of them is arriving.

Rachel and Phoebe have success with two guys in the bar they go, but Phoebe tells the guy who flirted with her that she is dating someone, while Rachel ends up giving her phone number to the guy who flirted her. The problem is that she is not interested in him, and now is worried that Ross can pick up the phone.

Beer? Or Lager?

[studioAT · 6/10 · 8 August 2017]

This is another good fun episode of 'Friends' from the 9th series.

We have developments in the complicated Ross and Rachel story, and although I may not have totally agreed with Ross's actions at the end, I can understand why he did it.

The Joey/Chandler/Monica story line was funny too, and it was nice to see Monica in on the fun. I miss the early days of the show when there were more Joey/Chandler story lines.

All the awkward silences in the Ross/Mike (guest star Paul Rudd) were funny too.

This is an episode that gets repeated an awful lot, but that's a testament to its quality, and it's still funny today.

Girls' Night Out

[vivianla · 30 December 2020]

Rachel is all dressed up in the lowest cut dress I have seen on her yet. She looks beautiful. Phoebe comes and off they go to the bar.

Mike and Ross stay at Ross's and it is very awkward between them.

Rachel and Phoebe meet two guys and they ask for their phone numbers. Rachel caves in and gives hers to Bill the blonde man.

They call Mike asking him to intercept all the calls so Ross will not find out about Bill.

Ross answers Bill's call after everyone has come home and are out in the hall. He slips the note in his pocket and doesn't tell Rachel.

Absolute borefest

[puzgolac · 1/10 · 5 August 2023]

This is an episode about nothing, but not just that. It is an episode about nothing that feels like being in hell and being punished by infinite boredom.

None of the stories are interesting nor funny. Chandler/Joey/Monica's is also completely ridiculous and unbelievable.

Ross and Mike's should have been boring and tedious for the characters but funny for the viewers, but instead it is boring for the characters and an absolute nightmare for the viewer.

And Rachel and Phoebe's story is unfunny and off putting. They go to a bar and then Phoebe, who is supposedly so madly in love with her boyfriend, the first serious boyfriend in her life, suggests that they should spend the night leading men on because that is, apparently OK, plus they can score some free drinks. Then again, throughout the whole series Phoebe has basically been a (I can't use the appropriate word, because "ice crystals" on this website consider it a "profanity or offensive word", but you can guess what it is) with a seemingly endless line of men hopping on her, having a ride, and then leaving forever, as if she was an amusement park attraction.

One of the worst, most boring episodes of the show.

What a boring episode

[jpapanone · 5/10 · 26 June 2021]

Like an episode of Seinfeld...an episode about nothing...except not entertaining at all.

There were plots and lines...but instantly forgettable.

No uncontrolled laughs or smiles.

So...this can't get a 7 or a 6. Gonna be a 5. Don't want to make the mistake of ever watching this episode again...unless I can't sleep.