This is the one where it all began… Rachel leaves Barry at the altar, meets the gang, and moves in with Monica. Monica, meanwhile, sleeps with Paul the Wine Guy, and Ross is reeling from his divorce from Carol, who has become a lesbian.

Carol, Ross’s lesbian ex-wife, tells him at work that she is pregnant with his child, Monica nearly has a breakdown when her parents come for dinner, and Rachel finds out that Barry and her maid of honor Mindy, went on her honeymoon.

This is the one where everyone likes Monica’s new boyfriend way more than she does, Chandler starts smoking again, and Phoebe finds a thumb in a can of soda.

This is the one where Ross mourns the anniversary of losing his virginity to Carol while at a hockey game with the guys. Rachel gets her first paycheck, the girls have a slumber party, and George Stephanopoulos’s pizza is delivered to Monica by mistake.

This is the one where Joey tries to make an old girlfriend jealous and tricks Monica into posing as his new girlfriend, Ross teaches Rachel how to do laundry, and Chandler recruits Phoebe to break up with Janice for him.

Chandler starts dating a beautiful woman, who is not only married, but has another boyfriend. Chandler is thrilled at the prospect of having all the fun but none of the responsibility, but eventually learns that it’s not all it’s cracked up to be. And, speaking of cracks, Joey gets cast as Al Pacino’s butt-double and [...]

There’s a blackout in the city, Chandler gets stuck in an ATM vestibule with Jill Goodacre, and Ross attempts to tell Rachel that he has feelings for her.

Nana dies twice, Monica and her mother come to an understanding, Ross falls into an empty grave, and everyone at Chandler’s office thinks he’s gay.

Chandler’s romance novelist mom comes to New York to visit him and he’s not sure how he feels about it, especially after Joey catches Mrs. Bing and Ross kissing. Meanwhile, Monica and Phoebe compete for the attention of Coma Guy, who gets hit by an ambulance after Monica woo-woo’s at him on the street.

Everyone knows the sex of Ross’s baby except for Ross, who doesn’t want to find out until it’s born. Rachel’s relationship with Paulo hits a snag when he makes a pass at Phoebe. Monica makes a dozen lasagnas for her aunt, only to discover that her aunt doesn’t eat meat.

First aired: 2/9/1995 Production Code: 456667 Ross’s first date in nine years is on Valentine’s Day with a beautiful neighbour. Susan and Carol, also out on a romantic date; end up at the same restaurant. Joey sets Chandler up on a blind date – with Janice. And Phoebe, Rachel and Monica decide to spend the [...]

Monica cooks a gourmet meal for a restaurateur looking for a new chef. Unfortunately, he’s stoned and would just as well eat taco shells as her haute cuisine. After working as a data processing permanent temp for five years, Chandler gets promoted to data processing supervisor, then quits. And Ross has a date with a [...]

Joey falls for Phoebe’s twin sister, Ursula, making Phoebe feel neglected. Meanwhile, Chandler finds himself between a rock and a hard place, when he is told to fire an employee he is attracted to. And Ross has doubts about parenthood when he attends Lamaze classes with Carol and Susan.

After weeks of procrastinating, Rachel finally takes down the Christmas light on their balcony, only to fall off the balcony and sprain her ankle. At the hospital, Rachel – who has no insurance – cajoles Monica into trading identities so she can use Monica’s coverage.

Tired of being referred to by customers as Excuse me, Rachel interviews for a job as an assistant buyer at Saks Fifth Avenue. She also sees another side of the usually docile Ross when the girls face the boys during a not-so-friendly game of poker.

The gang searches frantically for Marcel, who slipped out of the apartment while Rachel was baby-sitting him. After Marcel is found and safe, Ross finally gets up the courage to try to woo Rachel. But just when it looks like the two might actually spend a romantic evening alone together, Barry, the ex-Mr. Potato Head, [...]

Rachel and Barry start dating again, which is kind of awkward because he’s now engaged to Mindy, who wants Rachel to be her maid of honour. But when Rachel finds out that Mindy and Barry had an affair while she was engaged to Barry, the two women decide to give Barry what for. Meanwhile, Chandler [...]

When Monica’s credit card is stolen, she, along with Phoebe and Rachel, decide to catch the thief. Joey enlists his friends to help him come up with a less ethnic-sounding stage name. And when Ross finds out that Marcel has reached sexual maturity and needs to be with other monkeys, he tries to get him [...]