Friends (TV Series) The One with the Embryos (1998) User Reviews

The One with the Embryos

[ComedyFan2010 · 10/10 · 4 August 2011]

The continuation of Phoebe's pregnancy story goes on as great as it started. Now we get to witness her trying to get pregnant. It is a huge pressure because there is a big chance that it won't work out. It is great how Frank comes up with the ideas to make sure that it works out. Put like thousands of them in her, or for her to get drunk because it worked for some girls from his high school, haha! I also loved the part of Phoebe lying feet up and singing a song for the fetus. We can see that this story will bring a lot of fun in the future.

The great thing is that the other story of the episode didn't get overshadowed by the embryo one at all, it was just as good if not even better. The game Rachel and Monica play against Joey and Chandler for the apartment is genius. The questions are great and we learn a bit more about the characters, and the outcome is just perfect!

My favorite Friends episode of all

[BovieMuff-91 · 10/10 · 26 May 2011]

TOW the Embryos was one of the earlier Friends episodes I watched, and it went a long way in getting me to watch every episode ever since. This episode is in my opinion the best candidate for "laugh-out-loud" moments in what is probably the greatest "laugh-out-loud" show ever made.

Some of my favorite moments were: Chandler's imitation of "Michael Flateley, Lord of the Dance"; that wonderful entrance of Chandler and Joey on that dog; "I can't believe we live here!" (told by two poles-apart situations by people in two vastly different ways); and, probably the best of all, the priceless reaction by the four competitors after time's up!

The only thing I'd have changed is to somehow get Phoebe into the competition. She had severely little to do. But the other five more than make up for the absence.

According to me, nothing beats this episode of Friends. TOW Everybody Finds Out is the only one that comes close.

Just awesome !

[fernandoluzuriagaa · 10/10 · 6 March 2015]

Absolutely my favorite Friends episode, the question game was amazing, and well, Chandler and Joey are my favorite characters so I was glad they won, but Monica was also very funny in her full competitive form, Ross was the "host, and the girls just couldn't guess Chandler's job, the great entrance of the guys at the end never fails to crack me up.

Now I wish that Pheobe would have been there too, but the episode indeed was incredible, recommended for everyone who considers him/herself a fan of the show and good comedy. Heard its a cast favorite episode too, my best wishes for all the show cast and god bless David and Martha for creating such a wonderful and hilarious comedy show

Fantastic!

[klier_leon · 10/10 · 14 September 2018]

The best episode so far, everything you love about the show is in this episode.

One of the best

[studioAT · 9/10 · 16 June 2017]

This is one of the all time classic episodes of 'Friends', and deservedly so.

Not only does it allow the actors to really shine, there are also some brilliant lines in it along the way.

It also manages to combine both humour and heart, with the contest scenes being hilariously funny, and yet the scenes regarding the surrogacy being particularly heartfelt.

'Friends' is one of a few sitcoms that manage to combine both genres so effortlessly, and this is a fine example of that.

A great episode.

Simply one of the best

[ashkalani · 10/10 · 14 March 2019]

From the Phoebe's sweet story line to the tense contest between others and some of the real funny trivia about their personality which it reveals, this is without a doubt one of the top episodes ever....

Classic episode

[kellielulu · 10/10 · 12 August 2022]

Beyond spectacular! The show was firing on all cylinders in this one . Every character rocks.

Phoebe all their eggs are in my basket .

Ross I wanna play!

What is Chandler's job?

Upon learning how many embryos they are implanting in her Phoebe asks " so where am I giving birth in a hospital or in a box under the stairs?"

My sister's gonna have my baby!!!!!

It just goes on and on.

YEAH!!!

[charmanderselol · 10/10 · 16 July 2021]

I couldn't stop laughing at this chapter. They are beautiful, the fight between Rachel, Monica, Chanlder and Joey. With iconic moments from the show.

The One with the Embryos - 9.8/10

[theoffice-20996 · 10/10 · 16 July 2021]

One of the best chapters of the show. So fun and trained that I could watch it over and over again.

MONICA

[scottwilliam-11107 · 10/10 · 16 August 2021]

In my opinion one of the funniest lines in the ENTIRE series is when Monica tells Rachel...'I hate this as much as you. But if it makes you feel any better, this is all your fault'. Of course it was actually Monica that was almost 100% at fault for betting the apartment in the first place. Classic!

A Very Important Episode

[NatashaJAmos2015 · 10/10 · 14 August 2021]

If your watching or rewatching this series every fan should know this episode can't be skipped. If you skip it you'll be sorry later and confused as to why they've suddenly switched apartments and why Phoebe has become pregnant in later episodes.

My Sister is gonna have my baby!

[sabian-36199 · 10/10 · 15 March 2022]

If you had to pick just one episode of the entire series, after a long debate, this is the one.

The writing and the Actors are perfectly blended. It was beyond clever and laugh out loud funny.

I run a Friends trivia game at a local Bar, and I found this episode to be the most trivia I pull from.

It's a total classic, like Seinfields "The Contest"

The One Where Flats Are Swiped

[devashishparnami · 10/10 · 5 November 2018]

Phoebe has accepted to host in her uterus the artificially inseminated child(ren) of her brother Frank and his older wife Alice Knight Buffay; the anxious wait for a pregnancy is rewarded. Meanwhile a display by Chandler and Joey how well they know Monica and Rachel by guessing the items in their shopping bag leads to a large-scale bet on a quiz, for which Ross makes the questions. It goes close, but the team captains pride and sense of competition brings Monica to accept Chandlers dare to up the stakes: either the boys' birds are ousted, or the girls must exchange their master apartment for the boys measly rooms- Rachels error in the last round enables a triumphant entry of the victors.

WoW!

[elirlandes · 10/10 · 16 July 2021]

A great classic episode of Friends, which will always remain in our memory. I love Friends.

Por qué tiene tanta calificación este episodio

[hecws · 8/10 · 16 August 2019]

En lo particular no me gusto tanto,es a little aburrido

Vitro Fertilization and Switching Apartments

[vivianla · 5 December 2020]

Phoebe is off to the doctor's to get checked and Chandler says he can do that lol. Then Joey comes in saying Monica is wearing granny panties and Chandler says he can check that.

At the doctor's Phoebe is ready to get implanted. The couple is placing all their hopes on this one time because it costs 16000 dollars each time.

The girls and guys make a bet to see who knows the other pair better. Ross makes up the questions. Ross asks the girls how old was Chandler when he touched a girl's breast for the first time and the answer is 19.

The guys win because the girls forgot what Chandler's job even is. They switch apartments and Rachel complains that this is a girls' apartment where it is clean with purple walls. The guys' apartment is smelly is dirty.

Phoebe comes back and takes a pregnancy test the couple gifts her. She announces she is pregnant and then there is a group hug.