Friends

Season 1

The One Where Monica Gets a Roommate

1. Matt LeBlanc had a fever and flu the first day. He was at 102 degrees during the pilot and had to repeatedly use a variety of remedies to attempt to cure it.
2. According to the producers, a questionnaire regarding Monica's promiscuity was passed out at the taping of "The Pilot" at the request of NBC. Apparently NBC considered Monica a slut for sleeping with Paul the Wine Guy on their first date.
3. The interstitial music and city scene after Rachel is shown sitting at the bay window to her preparing coffee for Joey and Chandler originally featured a shot of the Brooklyn Bridge with the World Trade Center towers prominently in the background. After the September 11 attacks, the interstitial scene was changed to a shot of the exterior of the building where Monica. Joey, and Chandler lives. However the original scene can be seen on DVD releases published prior to the attacks.
4. The inside of Joey and Chandler's apartment isn't seen until the third episode.
5. Joey and Chandler pour their Rachel made coffee into the plant on the table. At the end of the episode, the plant on the table is dead.
6. When Joey is comparing women to ice cream he says that "You can get them with jimmies or nuts or whipped cream". In New York, jimmies are called chocolate sprinkles. But Matt LeBlanc is from Newton, Ma., where they are called jimmies.
7. The idea of the six lead actors negotiating as a single unit has been credited by the rest of the main cast, especially Matt LeBlanc, as the brainchild of David Schwimmer. Ironically, Schwimmer later annoyed the other regulars because on two occasions the rest of the cast all agreed to sign long-term deals to continue the show but he hesitated and both time was (by a fair margin) the last cast regular to agree to continue; however, the decision to make a Season 10 the last one was a prompt and unanimous one from all six that was made late in Season 9.
8. One of the credit cards that everyone convinces Rachel to cut up is actually a library card.
9. Matt LeBlanc said after the show was finished with its run that the idea for the six regular cast members to negotiate their salaries as a unit came from David Schwimmer, who has noted that he got the idea from how his Lookingglass Theatre company had undertaken similarly difficult negotiations and succeeded as a group.
10. Throughout the series we meet Ross and Monica's parents, Chandlers parents, Joeys parents, Rachel's parent, and Phoebes birth parents. Two of Joeys Grandmothers, Monica and Ross' grandmother, Phoebes grandmother.
11. First episode with Monica's name in the title
12. The barista in Central Perk who asks Rachel if she can get her anything when Rachel comes in in the wedding dress is Jasmine, the woman who works with Pheobe at the massage parlor in later episodes. Jasmine is Gunther's roommate, who told Gunther about Ross sleeping with Chloe. Gunther then told Rachel about Ross and Chloe. She is also the massage therapist that Frank Jr mistakes for a Hooker.
13. Throughout the series, Rachel is the only leading female to have retained some sort of relationship with all three leading men at some point or another. She and Ross of course dated at different times throughout the series and had a baby together, she and Joey date very briefly in season 10 after making out in Barbados, and it is revealed in a flash back that she made out with Chandler whilst at a college party with Monica when they went to visit Ross at school.
14. After Monica finds out that Paul lied to her in order to sleep with her, she asks if she has a "beacon that the only dogs and men with severe emotional problems can hear" She ends up marrying Chandler, who has severe emotional problems.

The One with the Sonogram at the End

1. This (29 September 1994) is the first time that Phoebe tells anyone that she has an identical twin sister, who is a waitress. However, later in the series (23 February 1995), it is revealed that the sister is Ursula, who had previously appeared on several episodes of Mad About You (1992) and was then also played by Lisa Kudrow. Lisa played Ursula 22 times in Mad About You, from 7 October 1993 to 24 May 1999 and 7 times in Friends from 23 February 1995 to 1 November 2001, meaning her role as Ursula lasted almost as long as her role as Phoebe. During the two series' five-season overlap from 1994 to 1999 she never appeared in Mad About You as Phoebe.
2. The character of Carol Willick first appeared in this episode and was played by Anita Barone. For the rest of the character's 16 appearances over the life of the series, the character was portrayed by Jane Sibbett.
3. In the scene where Rachel meets Barry at his clinic, he is called away by a nurse saying "Jason Greenspan is gagging" on the intercom. "Jason Greenspan" is Jason Alexander's original name.
4. First reference to "Ugly Naked Guy." Chandler points out to the friends that Ugly Naked Guy got a Thighmaster.
5. Courteney Cox and Christina Pickles (who play daughter and mother) were in Masters of the Universe (1987).
6. First appearance of the Geller parents, Jack and Judy Geller
7. At the end of the episode Rachel tells Mindy that she hopes her children get her old nose. It is revealed through flashbacks in later episodes that Rachel also had a nose job to change her old nose. She also worries that her daughter Emma will recieve her old nose
8. First mentioning of Monica being heavy as a young person. Her father states that she was "Chubby" but later in "The One with the Prom Video" we learn that this is an understatement.

The One with the Thumb

1. First appearance of Gunther, although he doesn't speak.
2. First time we see the guys apartment.
3. Chandler is shown at his office, trying to hide the fact that he was smoking. In the background, a Toronto Blue Jays baseball hat is visible. Perry holds both Canadian and American citizenship (his mother was a journalist in Canada and eventual Press Secretary to Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau) and was raised in Canada's capital city of Ottawa. He is also a Toronto Blue Jays fan.
4. After Rachel serves the drinks in Central Perk, the correct recipients are as follows: Monica- Decaf Cappuccino Joey- Latte Chandler- Coffee Black Ross- Iced Tea

The One with George Stephanopoulos

1. When Phoebe, Monica and Rachel were out on the balcony, Rachel knocks her pillow over the edge. That wasn't really supposed to happen, but they left it in anyway.
2. Matt Leblanc named his favorite all-time "Joey" moment in this episode when Joey childishly pretends at the hospital that the hockey puck is repeatedly coming straight at his head.
3. It is almost impossible that Chandler would not know that Carol was the first (and only) woman Ross slept with because during college they were roommates and also best friends.
4. The man of the title is George Stephanopoulos.

The One with the East German Laundry Detergent

1. The first time Janice laughs at one of Chandler's jokes, Wheeler slipped up and let out a shrill, annoying laugh. This was later added to Janice's character.
2. First appearance of Maggie Wheeler as Janice.
3. The first words that Janice utters are "Oh my God" which later became her catch phrase.
4. This is the first on-screen kiss of Ross and Rachel in the series.
5. Ross's detergent Überweiss is German for "very white".
6. In the introduction scene, Ross is stating how amazing it is for a woman to take her bra off through the sleeve of her shirt. This is later used in The One With The Fake Going Away Party when Rachel is trying to seduce Joshua and Joey tells her to do this technique.
7. Jack Armstrong, who plays Bob, will later appear in the real Days of Our Lives (1965). Later in Friends (1994), Joey will be cast as Dr. Drake Ramoray in the "Friends (1994) universe" version of the series.

The One with the Butt

1. When Joey is in the shower supposedly naked, you can clearly see that he's wearing baggy trunks in the shadow against the shower wall.
2. This is the first episode where the opening scene doesn't take place in Central Perk.
3. The interior of Chandler's room changes through the series, in this episode it appears to be bigger.
4. The little round vacuum attachment with bristles that Rachel says she doesn't know what it's for is an Upholstery Tool to help get dust out of upholstered furniture.
5. The Al Pacino film closest to the timeline, that Joey could be butt-doubling for, is "Two Bits" in which Al Pacino plays a senile old man.
6. The director in the scene where Joey is filming for Al Pacino's movie is James Burrows who is one of the creators of Friends (1994).

The One with the Blackout

1. This episode ties in with episodes of Seinfeld (1989) and Mad About You (1992). All three aired the same night on NBC and featured the same black out.
2. Matthew Perry's favorite episode.
3. Jill Goodacre is a former Victoria's Secret model; she is married to Harry Connick Jr..
4. David Schwimmer is actually allergic to cats.
5. The joke about how Monica had had a crush on Joey when they first met was a reference to the plans the show's producers had during the initial development of the show. Before final casting was completed, the producers had planned for Joey and Monica to be the first couple on the show. After Jennifer Aniston was cast as Rachel, it was decided that Ross and Rachel would fill that role instead.
6. In this one the term 'friend zoned' was used for the 1st time.
7. First appearance of Mr. Heckles.
8. Many of the cast member's favorite episode.
9. When Ross is talking to Paolo about his feelings for Rachel, he says "ceviche?" Ceviche is a classic seafood dish in Latin America and Caribbean cuisine
10. The name of the Bank that Chandler is caught inside is called Emerson Bank. It has a purple logo. Executive Producer Kevin Bright is a graduate of Emerson College in Boston, MA. The college also has a purple logo.
11. Chandler's account number is 7143457.
12. "The Rachel", Jennifer Aniston's popular hairstyle, made its debut.
13. First appearance of Paolo

The One Where Nana Dies Twice

1. "The Rachel", Jennifer Aniston's popular hairstyle, made its debut in this episode. The cut became very popular among fans. When Marlo Thomas guest starred as Rachel's mother in the second season, Rachel was upset that her mother wanted to be more like her and was planning to leave her father, and said "couldn't she just copy my haircut?", a joke about the large number of people who had copied her haircut.
2. The scene outside in the cemetery is the first in the series to be filmed off the set, on location.
3. Another idea for the name of the coffeehouse was "Java Joe's". This idea was later reused in this episode, when, on the picture of Nana and her own friends, Nana wrote, "Me and the gang at Java Joe's."
4. Unofficially, this is also known as "The one when Chandler denies he's gay"
5. After the establishing shot of a graveyard, once they show the actors, the Church Spire and other buildings in the background of their graveyard scene appear to be vaguely familiar buildings on part of either of the Warner Bros. back lots. This would make logistical sense as WB would have accumulated decades of gravestone set dressings in stock, and a real graveyard would probably not want the Ross fall gag shot on their land.
6. It was still not revealed at this point in the series if this Nana is Monica and Ross' grandmother that moved to Florida that also had the apartment Monica lives in, or if this is their other grandmother. However, when Monica and Ross are speaking, she says her mother meaning her mother's mother. Then we find that the grandmother who died is Monica and Ross's mom's mother.

The One Where Underdog Gets Away

1. First appearance of Jane Sibbett as Carol, Ross's ex-wife.
2. The owner of Central Perk is Terry (no surname). He is seen once more in Friends: The One with the Baby on the Bus (1995) and he is mentioned once more in a later episode where Gunther tells Rachel that Terry wants her to do the waitress training again.
3. Unofficially, known as "The one with the Thanksgiving Lockout".
4. It is revealed in this episode that Ross became a paleontologist because he was dared to major in it in college, although stories they recall and flashback episodes show that Ross was always interested in fossils and dinosaurs.
5. The song that Ross sings to the baby is the theme song for The Monkees (1966-1968).

The One with the Monkey

1. Phoebe's boyfriend David goes to Minsk to do research. Minsk, Belarus, happens to be the place where the relatives of Lisa Kudrow, the actress who plays Phoebe, are from.
2. At 14:38 and 15:08 the same scene is repeated. Monica makes a face at Janice's comments at the new year's eve party.
3. First appearance of Marcel, Ross' monkey.
4. The original theme song from the pilot, "Shiny Happy People", is played in the beginning of the New Year's Eve party scene.
5. First appearance of David.
6. In this episode, David gets his infamous grant to go to Minsk and disappears from Phoebe's life. The grant is supposed to be for three years, but he ends up staying there for eight years, nine seasons, almost the entire course of the series.

The One with Mrs. Bing

1. At the very beginning, Monica and Phoebe cross the street and the poster of Joey promoting VD awareness is seen in the background (featured in Friends: The One Where Underdog Gets Away (1994)).
2. Chandler comments that his mother is a "Freudian nightmare." Subsequently, Ross and Chandler both get into one Freudian Slip each: Ross refers to Mrs. Bing and Chandler refers to Ross.
3. Joey says to Ross that you should never kiss your friend's mom but sisters and hot aunts are okay. But in a later episode, S3E11 (The One Where Chandler Can't Remember Which Sister), Joey gets mad at Chandler for kissing his sister.
4. When Chandler's mom was being interviewed she said that she bought her son's first condoms. In a later episode, when Chandler and Monica were planning to get married, Chandler mentioned that he had an old condom in his wallet that he had since he was twelve. This means Chandler's mom got him a condom when he was twelve.
5. Joey says to Ross that you should never kiss your friend's mom. But he kisses Rachel's mother in later episode (S2E22-TOW the two parties)

The One with the Dozen Lasagnas

1. The song the friends are humming in the beginning of this episode is the theme to The Odd Couple (1970). Ross tries to continue with the I Dream of Jeannie (1965) theme when Chandler stops him.
2. In the opening sequence, the friends started humming the theme song to The Odd Couple (1970), with Ross starting then all the others joining in. Matthew Perry now stars in the new version of The Odd Couple (2015). Another fun fact, Thomas Lennon (Joey's identical hand twin in Vegas several seasons later) is Matthew Perry's co-star in The Odd Couple (2015), playing roommate Felix Unger.
3. After Ross finds out about the sex of the baby, the girls rush over to him to give him a hug. As they do, the elusive closed closet door is slightly open revealing a neat closet.
4. When Monica is talking on the phone after the opening credits, she mentions that she is not a caterer. In later seasons, Monica and Phoebe start a catering business.
5. This episode has "Dozen" (12) in its title and is the series' 12th episode.
6. In this episode, Carol and Susan find out the gender of the baby but Ross doesn't want to know. We don't find out the gender until later but throughout the episode there are blue items everywhere hinting that the baby is a boy.

The One with the Boobies

1. Mr. Tribbiani asks Phoebe what happened with the "Puppet Guy". He is referring to an ex-boyfriend of Phoebe's, who is expanded upon in later episodes by the friends.
2. Robert Costanzo and Lee Garlington who play Joey Sr. and Ronni respectively, both appear as an on screen couple. They will then go on to play another on screen couple 9 years later, Annette and Paul D'Angelo, the parents of Will Truman's boyfriend, Vince, in the 'Will & Grace' episode 'Queens for a Day'.
3. With one and only appearance and a very notable one, in this episode, Joey's parents have made the least appearances on the show out of all the other friends' parents. All others have made more than a single appearance. Phoebe's mother Phoebe Abbott makes three appearances in "The One At The Beach" (S3:E25), "The One With The Jellyfish" (S4:E1) and The One With Phoebe's Uterus (S4:E11); whilst her father Frank Buffay appears in "The One With Joey's Bag" (S5:E13). Chandler's mother Nora Tyler Bing appears in "The One With Mrs. Bing" (S1:E11) and also in a flashback in "The One With All The Thanksgivings" (S5:E8), whilst his cross-dressing father Helena Handbasket is seen in "The One With Chandler's Dad" (S7:E22). Both appear in "The One With Monica and Chandler's Wedding" (S7:E23/24) and Nora also appears in "The One After "I Do"" (S8:E1). Rachel's mother Sandra Green makes three appearances in "The One With The Lesbian Wedding" (S2:E11), "The One With Two Parties" (S2:E22) and "The One With The Baby Shower" (S8:E20); her father Leonard Green also appears in "The One With Two Parties", and makes three subsequent appearances in "The One With The Race Car Bed" (S3:E7), "The One With The Stripper" (S8:E8) and "The One Where Joey Speaks French" (S10:E13). Rachel's father is the last of the friends' parents to make an appearance on the show.

The One with the Candy Hearts

1. Phoebe mentions having a friend named Abbey who is bald. In season three, Phoebe sets Ross up with her (formerly) bald friend, but her name is now Bonnie.

The One with the Stoned Guy

1. Jon Lovitz improvised several of Steve's lines.
2. Jon Lovitz appeared in Friends (1994) twice: the first time in this episode and the second time in the Season 9 episode Friends: The One with the Blind Dates (2003), where it is revealed that he lost his restaurant due to a drug problem.
3. Melora Hardin and Matthew Perry would go on to co-star in 17 Again (2009).
4. The very enthusiastic studio audience's reaction to guest star Jon Lovitz entering the apartment, for the first time, gives a good baseline indication of why later decisions were made to re-shoot "distracting" audience reactions to certain bigger guest stars' first appearances, and why some additional shots were later re-shot without a studio audience.

The One with Two Parts: Part 1

1. The bar in which Joey and Chandler first see Ursula is the same bar used in How I Met Your Mother (2005).
2. Ursula Buffay, Phoebe's twin sister, is a waitress in the TV show Mad About You (1992). In this "crossover" episode between the two sitcoms, Fran (Leila Kenzle) and Jamie (Helen Hunt) visit Central Perk and mistake Phoebe for Ursula.
3. This appears to be the only episode where two characters, Ross and Mr Heckles, separately break the fourth wall by seemingly staring directly at the camera, in a "Laurel and Hardy" style homage.

The One with Two Parts: Part 2

1. George Clooney and Noah Wyle appear in this episode as the "cute doctors" which aired during the time they played doctors on the show ER (1994).
2. In the episode, Ross mentions that he had a dream that he had to use his newborn son as a football against the Tampa Bay defense. In the episode before, at Carol's Lamaze class, he picks up a baby doll and mimics throwing it, telling Susan to go deep.
3. When Drs. Rosen and Mitchell come to the apartment for the date with Monica and Rachel, they bring a bottle of wine. Dr. Mitchell jokes, "It's from the cellars of Ernest and Tova Borgnine, so how could we resist?" Ernest Borgnine would later appear in an episode of ER (1994), in 1999, a performance that earned him an Emmy nomination.
4. Gunther appears in the background of this episode, at Phoebe's surprise party.
5. Matt LeBlanc reportedly revealed that there was a rejected ongoing series sub-plot proposal that Joey and Phoebe would have been having casual sex together throughout the entire series. With that in mind, this episode takes on a totally different feel.

The One with All the Poker

1. In the beginning of the episode the Friends are whistling a tune, the same one whistled by the main cast of the Breakfast Club.
2. In some syndicated versions the scene where Aunt Iris teaches Monica, Rachel, and Phoebe how to play poker is cut out.

The One Where the Monkey Gets Away

1. David Schwimmer could not stand working with Marcel the monkey and refused to spend any more time around him than was necessary to finish a scene. The cast and crew agreed with Schwimmer, and when a storyline had Marcel briefly return to the city (during the Season 2 Super Bowl ad) they made sure to get those scenes out of the way before filming anything else.
2. According to this episode, there are four floors to the Friends apartment building. In episode 3:11, the One Where Chandler Can't Remember Which Sister, Monica and Rachel have a neighbor directly above them. According to episode 2:3, the One Where Mr. Heckles Dies, Mr. Heckles lives directly below them. That would put Monica and Rachel's apartment either on the 2nd or 3rd floor and Mr Heckles' apartment on the 1st or 2nd. This means in this episode, if Monica and Phoebe are searching for Marcel on the 3rd and 4th floors, it should have been Chandler and Joey who approached Mr. Heckles door, having been searching the 1st and 2nd floors.
3. Ms. Universe 1989 (Holland) Angela Visser plays Samantha in this episode.
4. Mr. Heckles dresses Marcel in a dress and calls him Patty. This is ironic because Marcel was played by two female monkeys.

The One with the Evil Orthodontist

1. Guest star Jennifer Grey (Mindy) played Jeanie Bueller in the film Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986). Jennifer Aniston played Jeannie Bueller in the short lived spin-off TV series Ferris Bueller (1990).
2. In an earlier episode Rachel calls Mindy and tells her that she hopes any of her future children have Mindy's old nose. In this episode Mindy is played by Jennifer Grey, who had a distinctive nose early in her career and had a nose job prior to filming this episode, making her unrecognizable.
3. Christopher Miranda is the same kid who appeared in episode 2 Friends: The One with the Sonogram at the End (1994) but played a different character.
4. The Russian Tea Room is mentioned in episode 19 in reference to Ross' monkey, Marcel, going there since he's new in the city and then again in episode 20 as a place where Rachel went with her ex-fiance that she left at the altar.

The One with the Fake Monica

1. When the episode returns from commercial, Ross has just told Joey and Chandler that he has to give away Marcel. The 3 guys are shown on the couch mimicking the infamous "see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil" statue often portrayed by 3 monkeys.
2. When Monica tells Fake Monica her name is Dutch, Fake Monica says: "Mag ik deze dans van u?" It is one of the few instances in which Dutch is used correctly in an American motion picture (as it is commonly substituted with German). Translated to English the line is: "Can I have this dance with you?"
3. Fake Monica spoils the ending of Dead Poets Society (1989).
4. When Ross is dropping off Marcel at the airport, he's wearing a banana pin on his lapel.
5. Fake Monica tells the real Monica they are going to audition for "Cats" by singing "Memories. "Cats" has the song "Memory", not "Memories"--which itself is the incorrect title for "The Way We Were". Later on when fake Monica is in jail the real Monica makes the same goof.
6. Ross wears 2 vests in this episode and Chandler also wears 2.
7. Monica tells the Fake Monica that she wouldn't recommend her the film Mrs. Doubtfire, which is starred by Robin Williams. Williams would appear later as an uncredited Central Perk customer on The One With The Ultimate Fighting Champion.

The One with the Ick Factor

1. The actor who played Young Ethan, Stan Kirsch, was almost 27 at the time this aired. Kirsch is actually a year older than Jennifer Aniston and Matthew Perry, both born in 1969.
2. Monica says that she is 25 years and 13 months old. Given that this episode aired 4 May 1995, she was likely born early in April of 1969.
3. This is the first time of many that one of the Friends has had a age difference relationship. The other friends also joked about the age difference when Ross dates Elizabeth and Rachel with Elizabeth's dad in season 6, Rachel dates Josh in 'The one with Joey's new Girlfriend' and Monica again with Richard.

The One with the Birth

1. Guest-performer Leah Remini auditioned for the role of Monica.
2. June Gable (Estelle Leonard) appeared in in Friends: The One with the Birth (1995), as the nurse.
3. Ross mentions that Cody and Dylan were options for the name of Carol and Ross's son. The child who ends up playing their son, Cole Sprouse, plays Cody on the hit Disney show The Suite Life of Zack and Cody, and Dylan is the name of his twin brother, Dylan Sprouse who was also on the same Disney show. He also mentions Julian. Cole and Dylan Sprouse are both in Big Daddy (1999) playing Julian.
4. During the episode Rachel hits on Carol's obstetrician, who is played by Jonathan Silverman. Later in the series, Rachel's favorite movie is announced as Weekend at Bernie's (1989), which stars Jonathan Silverman.
5. The nurse who tends to Leah Remini's character in this episode is played by June Gable. She will later play Estelle, Joey's agent, in future episodes.
6. Three days before the 16th anniversary of this episode's original air date, 'David Schwimmer' became a father in real life.
7. Monica mentions wanting a baby and eventually comments on her jealousy of some woman with twins. In the series finale, she adopts newborn twins.
8. Chandler and Monica fight about Monica not being married. Later in the series, the two marry.
9. It could be argued that Ben is actually named in honor of Phoebe, due to the clothing she wears at a key scene in this episode.

The One Where Rachel Finds Out

1. First title to include Rachel's name.
2. The Scrabble board game that Chandler bought as a birthday gift for Rachel is the "Deluxe Travel Edition".
3. When Ross asks if the guys knew somebody named Carl, Chandler jokingly lists the men he knows as "Alvin, Simon, Theodore..." - the main characters from Alvin & the Chipmunks (1983).
4. Chandler and Phoebe wear vests in this episode.
5. As Ross and Julie enter the terminal behind them you can see Bill Lawrence, a writer for the first season, walk in behind them. He has dark brown hair and is talking to a fellow passenger.