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Best and worst Friends episodes

119 replies

StillCoughingandLaughing · 19/05/2019 16:26

Because we all love a Friends thread Grin

Best episode - Rachel puts beef in the trifle.

Worst episode - Ross and Joey secretly nap together.

Yours?

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PushkarKali · 19/05/2019 20:47

Best The One Where Everyone Finds Out (about Monica and Chandler). I just love Phoebe turning it on and Joey not being able to follow who knows what.

Worst - not sure, but I’m not a fan of the early ones. Maybe the one where Monica tap dances with the woman who stole her identity. Just feels forced.

PushkarKali · 19/05/2019 20:49

I actually like the flashback ones as I can’t get enough of Fat Monica. Courtney Cox dancing (as is or in a fat suit) is hilarious.

planesinthesky · 19/05/2019 22:22

Worst episode - Ross and Joey secretly nap together.

This is actually one of my favourites. I loved Joey and Ross napping (the bloopers are great too) and Rachel and Phoebe competing to be maid of honour.

Another one I really enjoyed was The One That Could Have Been, with Phoebe as a stockbroker and Chandler as Joey’s assistant.

And also The One With Unagi. Ross is hilarious in this, and I also love the bit with Joey’s ‘identical twin’, particularly when he walks into Monica and Chandler’s apartment pretending to be Joey.

My least favourite was perhaps The One Where Joey Can’t Speak French. Not just because of the terrible title storyline, but there’s also the adoption stuff which I didn’t like.

Outofinspiration · 19/05/2019 22:25

Best:

The one where they watch the old prom video.

Worst:

The one with Bruce Willis in the holiday house.

Outofinspiration · 19/05/2019 22:27

Also, like others have said, any of the ones with Ross's mishaps: fake tan, teeth, dirty talk, leather trousers.

Outofinspiration · 19/05/2019 22:28

Are the best I mean.

Among the worst as well is the one where Rachel and Joey 'come out' to Ross about their (ridiculous) relationship.

But there are no 'bad' episodes of friends really.

EnglishRose13 · 19/05/2019 22:37

My favourite is the one where Ross and Rachel break up. It gets me every time.

The "one that could have been" is my least favourite.

7Days · 19/05/2019 22:46

What's the unagi one? I just can't place it.

LimeKiwi · 19/05/2019 23:08

@7Days - where Phoebe and Rachel go to self defence classes and Ross tells them how they need to learn the art of Unagi.
Rachel - "ah, salmon skin roll!" Grin

Bluestitch · 19/05/2019 23:10

And then Ross goes and asks the instructor if they can attack some women together!

Bluestitch · 19/05/2019 23:14

Ross is definitely the best character. I think he was treated really crappily with the whole Carol/ Susan and the baby stuff. I hate the episode where Susan tells him it's her baby too. It's like he was supposed to suck up his marriage falling apart, having to share his kid with the OW and be the butt of everyone's jokes because his ex is a lesbian.

HeronLanyon · 19/05/2019 23:18

All the clothes - commando - lunge.
Where the girls lose the apartment. It’s so funny makes many other episodes just look really lame.

Dinosaursdontgrowontrees · 19/05/2019 23:24

The bit where Ross plays the bagpipes is absolute genius.

Hate the compilation episodes.

Crazycatlady10 · 20/05/2019 07:36

Best - the one where no one’s ready
Worst - season 8. All of it.

Funkyslippers · 20/05/2019 08:52

The one where Ross is fine is one of my faves as it also has the hilarious bit where Chandler tells that boy he's adopted and he didn't know. Also love the Princes Leia fantasy one and the one with the fake party for Emily where it's really a way to get Joshua to like Rachel

Hate most of the others with Emily though, her character is appalling, and I don't like Janine either. Some of the early episodes I could give a wide berth too as well

Funkyslippers · 20/05/2019 08:53

But I love the episode where no one's ready!

Funkyslippers · 20/05/2019 08:54

And I love the one with Bruce Willis where he's "the man"

PaddingtonBearHardStare · 20/05/2019 22:22

I know it's not real life but the whole storyline with Frank Jr and Alice was just awful. She was his teacher FFS Confused

LeukaeLucky · 20/05/2019 22:27

I love the one where Ross gets a fake tan
Not so keen on the one when Ben and joey go to an audition

LeukaeLucky · 20/05/2019 22:29

What are you?
I'm Puerto Rican 😂

LimeKiwi · 20/05/2019 23:00

@FunkySlippers
"I too am just a love machine!"
(does dance)
Grin

GlitterGlassEye · 20/05/2019 23:16

The bagpipes episode is hilarious.
Monica: “Why, is your family Scottish?!”
Chandler: “Why, is your family Ross?!”
Grin

FurrySlipperBoots · 20/05/2019 23:16

@LimeKiwi

I LOVE Rhonda. My favourite quote ever is 'You not in a perfect world - you in a museum now!'

It flashes into my head whenever I'm feeling fed up about something.

FurrySlipperBoots · 20/05/2019 23:18

My favourite episode is TOW the football, my worst is TOW Joey speaks French. They made Joey a caricature in season 10.

TheTitOfTheIceberg · 20/05/2019 23:29

My favourite is the baby on the bus. "What kind of scary ass clowns came to your birthday parties??"

Least favourite is Joey speaking French, closely followed by the hand twin. For someone who could "fashion a poking device" in an early series, they certainly dumbed him down to a ridiculous degree later on.