Rare episode in which no scenes take place in Monica's apartment.
In the uncut DVD version, Chandler reveals what the Maxim things are. It has something to do with the method that Ross used to get attention as a child.
When Ross is videotaping the "time-capsule messages" for Emma, her grandparents Jack and Judy tell her, "This message could be coming to you from beyond the grave". Both Elliott Gould & Christina Pickles were alive in 2020 when Emma would be 18 years old and see the taped messages.
Monica mentions that Jack pretended to be a Quaker to get out of Korea. Elliott Gould played a doctor stationed in Korea in M*A*S*H (1970).
At some point Jennifer Aniston has suffered an injury to her left hand, in this and some subsequent episodes, the nails on her middle and ring finger are blackened.