Friends

Season 9

The One Where No One Proposes

The One Where Emma Cries

1. Although in this episode Ross says his birthday is October 18th, in episode 4x05 "The One with Joey's New Girlfriend", when Gunther says he is writing down his friends' birthday dates Ross says his is in December, we don't get to hear which day because he is then interrupted by Gunther
2. Ross says his birthday is October 18th while talking to Joey.
3. Although in this episode Joey claims to Ross he does not get the "quotation mark/inverted comas" gesture, in Season 8 in The One with Rachel's Date, when Ross refers to Kash as "an actor" accompanying it by the same gesture, Joey takes offense and - clearly understanding the gesture -makes it himself. It is one of the many inconsistencies in the friends' mythology and character bios.

The One with the Pediatrician

1. First appearance of Paul Rudd as Mike Hannigan.
2. Paul Rudd and Jennifer Aniston were co-stars in the 1998 romantic comedy The Object of My Affection (1998).
3. Lisa Kudrow and Elaine Hendrix (who plays Sally, the woman Ross meets in the pediatrician's office) appeared together in Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion (1997).
4. During an earlier episode in season 8 Phoebe is reading tea leaves for the group. Monica's leaves indicate either a job promotion or violent death. She states that as the head chef at her job she cannot get a promotion. In this episode she gets an offer for a new job at a better restaurant therefore she did earn a promotion.
5. Ross and Monica's pediatrician's name is Dr. Gettleman. The is the also name of the pediatrician on I Love Lucy (1951)
6. Paul Rudd has starred as the love interest to two of the three Green sisters. He starred as Jennifer Aniston (Rachel Green)'s husband in Wanderlust and Reese Witherspoon (Jill Green)'s love interest in Overnight Delivery.
7. There are some highly plausible reasons why Rachel did not/would not ask her Dad to help her find a Pediatrician. Although Rachel's own father is a Doctor, he is a Cardiologist. He may well have colleagues in the Medical Profession that work as Pediatricians that Rachel didn't know about. Or she knew about Daddy's colleagues, and chose to avoid using Daddy's connections. Also, he has been described as "Depicted as being a very unpleasant and also rather amoral individual, he is an overbearing perfectionist who demands that anything his children do reap instant, flawless results." Extra pressure that the audience can safely presume Rachel doesn't want on her or her child Emma.

The One with the Sharks

1. Chandler had to move to Tulsa to cover for Matthew Perry's addiction treatment.
2. Katja Kean is seen dancing on TV in the background, in Chandlers hotel room.

The One with Phoebe's Birthday Dinner

1. The waiter tending to Phoebe and Joey is Dan Bucatinsky who is an actor, writer, producer and director of 'Web Therapy' which stars Lisa Kudrow (Phoebe). Dan plays her assistant Jerome Sokoloff.
2. In this episode, Monica says Chandler used to tell girls he was a Kennedy to get them into bed. Matthew Perry would later go on to play Ted Kennedy in The Kennedys After Camelot (2017)
3. Chandler admits to smoking 3 cartons of cigarettes in 2 days. That amounts to 600 cigarettes (3 cartons=30 packs, 1 pack=20 cigarettes) in 48 hours. This would imply that Chandler smoked a cigarette every five minutes for two days straight.

The One with the Male Nanny

1. As Chandler is leaving for Tulsa, he tells Monica to have Geoffrey (who Monica claimed was the funniest person she ever met) email him with funny Oklahoma jokes at www.hahanotsomuch.com. This was a real web page with various quotes from that episode which has since been removed.
2. The 200th episode of the series
3. One of the episodes that was submitted from the show at the Emmys for outstanding comedy series.
4. Monica quotes Goodfellas by claiming chandler is a funny guy.

The One with Ross's Inappropriate Song

1. The voice Phoebe uses when speaking to Mike's parents is an impersonation of Katharine Hepburn's distinctive accent.
2. Every time Ross or Rachel sings "Baby Got Back" to Emma, they always stop right before an inappropriate part in the song.
3. In this episode it's revealed that Monica made a tape with Richard and Chandler says 'listen to the judgement from the porn star!' However in the fifth season Monica and Chandler get caught with a video camera set up, and in the third season Monica tells the group that she made a tape with Pete. Meaning she filmed herself during all three major relationships of the series.
4. Although Tom Selleck's character, Richard, is very important to the plot of this episode, he does not appear.
5. Monica mentions that the fed just lowered housing rates. In the following six years the American housing market would collapse.
6. When Chandler and Ross are looking at the videos on Richard's shelf, the first video Chandler names is "Magnum Force." While it is a Clint Eastwood movie, Tom Selleck is famous for his role as Magnum on "Magnum PI."

The One with Rachel's Other Sister

1. Christina Applegate won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for this episode.
2. Matt LeBlanc played Christina Applegate's boyfriend in three episodes of Married with Children (1986).
3. The original plan for this episode was to bring back Reese Witherspoon as Jill Green, however Witherspoon was unavailable so the writers re-wrote the role as Amy Green and cast Christina Applegate in the role.
4. This is the first Thanksgiving episode where there is no mention of Chandler's aversion to all Thanksgiving food.
5. Matthew Perry played Christina Applegate's boyfriend in the TV movie Dance 'Til Dawn (1988).
6. One of the episodes that was submitted from the show at The 55th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (2003) for Outstanding Comedy Series.
7. Christina Applegate and Matt Leblanc also appeared on the sitcom "Top of the Heap" together, along with "Married With Children". So when she appeared on "Friends" as Rachel's sister Amy in the Thanksgiving themed "The One With Rachel's Other Sister" that was actually the third time they had appeared together.
8. It's interesting that Ross and Rachel claim Chandler could not be Emma's guardian without Monica since Ross says in Season 5 Episode 18, way before Monica and Chandler get married, that Chandler is Ben's godfather.
9. This episode tells reveals that Joey could possibly be ambidextrous, because he wrote on both arms, meaning he would have to use opposite arms. However, someone else could have written it on Joeys arm or he could have poorly written it.

The One with Rachel's Phone Number

1. The lager that Ross and Mike are drinking is actually Foster's, but the name on the label was changed to Father's.
2. The show never directly stated what religious background Rachel Green had (if any) but strongly implied she had Jewish grandparents at least in an episode where a young man who was interested in her mentioned he liked talking to her grandmother who was nicknamed "Spuds". Rachel cheerfully said "That's my bubbe!" Bubbe is a Yiddish word that means grandmother.

The One with Christmas in Tulsa

1. The title song that runs on the holiday episodes is the extended version of the song.

The One Where Rachel Goes Back to Work

1. The security guard that chases Phoebe in the end of this episode, is the same security guard that threw her out of the casino in Vegas during the end of season 5.
2. The definition of Chandler's job has been a running gag throughout the show, as none of his friends knew what exactly it is. In this episode, it is finally revealed to be "Statistical Analysis and Data Reconfiguration".
3. Joey does some of his Days of Our Lives scenes with an actor named Paul Logan, who has been on the show in real life.
4. Steve (Phill Lewis), the man talking to Chandler about advertising, was on the Disney show The Suite Life of Zack and Cody (2005). The character of Cody is played by Cole Sprouse, the actor who plays Ben, Ross's son.
5. In response to being asked to handle a "code brown situation", Ross tells Rachel's that she's "going to have to do one some time". As Rachel claimed to be about 2 months pregnant at Monica and Chandler's Halloween party in season 8, Emma would have been born in about May/June the next year. Since Pheobe's birthday dinner a few episodes before was on Halloween, this would put Emma at around 6 months of age, meaning that Rachel would yet to have changed a single poopy diaper in the first 6 months of Emma's life.
6. In the beginning, Ross mentions peasant shirts. Rachel and Monica then each wear a peasant shirt in the episode.
7. When Rachel meets Gavin in her office, on the nameplate on the door her last name is spelled "Greene". In most of the other episodes (except "The One With The Invitation" and "The One With Phoebe's Rats"), her last name is spelled "Green".

The One with Phoebe's Rats

1. Melissa George, who portrays "Molly" (the hot nanny), also played cheerleader "Cleo Miller" who was obsessed with Conan O'Brien in Sugar & Spice (2001). Lisa Kudrow ("Phoebe Buffay") had a real long term relationship with him before they both became stars.
2. With this episode, Rachel celebrates her birthday the most out of the main six cast members.
3. In the episode, Ross says "Wassup!" And Chandler says "Seriously dude. Three years ago." Chandler is referring to the Budweiser commercial that popularized the phrase.
4. Melissa George, who portrays "Molly" (the hot nanny), also played cheerleader "Cleo Miller" in Sugar & Spice (2001). Her costar in that film was Alexandra Holden who also played "Elizabeth Stevens" (Ross Geller's girlfriend) in season 6.
5. Melissa George, who portrays Molly, also starred in Alias (2001), along Michael Vartan, who in previous seasons played Richard Burke's son, Timothy Burke.

The One Where Monica Sings

1. The fake eyebrows on Matt Le Blanc melted several times due to the lighting and had to be replaced.
2. Not Joey's first time being waxed. The episode The one with the morning after in season 3, Phoebe puts wax on Joey's arm and tells him to pull it off.

The One with the Blind Dates

1. This is the second episode Jon Lovitz guest starred (in this same series) as a character named Steve who was a stoner. The previous one was Friends: The One with the Stoned Guy (1995).
2. This is the second time Sam Pancake plays a waiter in the series. The first time was in the episode TOW Joey tells Rachel. Although this time he's working in a different restaurant
3. One of the episodes that was submitted from the show at the Emmys for outstanding comedy series.
4. Jon Lovitz is well known for a character he played on Saturday Night Live who frequently claimed to be married to Morgan Fairchild. Morgan Fairchild played Chandler's mother on this series.

The One with the Mugging

1. Kyle Gass played his guitar to entertain the crowd in between takes.
2. At the internship, Chandler makes a joke about not being as old as Bob Hope. Bob Hope passed away at age 100 five months after the episode was aired.
3. This is the second time Joey mentions his "family name." He also brings it up in season 4, episode 18, The One With Rachel's New Dress, when phoebe is trying to choose a name for one of the triplets. Chandler tries to tell him that Tribbiani is his family name, but apparently he didn't learn.
4. Rachel only got a few seconds of scene in this episode.
5. The slogan "Got Milk?" was first dreamed up in 1993 for the California Milk Processor Board by the ad agency Goodby, Silverstein & Partners. The first ads featured a man with a mouthful of peanut butter trying to answer the question "Who shot Alexander Hamilton?" on a radio call-in show. No one understood his cries of "Aaron Burr!" because he didn't have a glass of milk to de-stick his palate. MilkPEP then licensed the phrase in 1995 and launched the celebrity posters, for which an array of stars and athletes, from the Olsen twins to Reggie Bush, shared why they drank milk. About 300 different celebrity ads were generated.
6. In Episode 7.02, ("The One with Rachel's Book"), Ross claims to have come up with the original idea for Jurassic Park (1993). In this episode, Joey auditions for a character played by Jeff Goldblum, who appeared in that film.
7. Joey's "southern" voice sounding Jamaican is a reference to earlier episode.

The One with the Boob Job

1. The magna-doodle in Joey and Rachel's apartment has the picture of a cat.
2. At the end of the episode when Joey finally manages to open the refrigerator, the 6 pack of Corona extra he picks up was changed to read Coron extra instead, presumably to avoid copyright issues.
3. When Chandler asks Joey for money, Joey has a huge plate of donuts in front of him.

The One with the Memorial Service

1. Retrospectively, alternatively known as "The One with the Start of Social Media Networking".
2. Jonathan Slavin and Ernie Grunwald both appeared on "My Name Is Earl".
3. In Friends: The One with the Memorial Service (2003), Monica stands in front of some Coat Hooks and it looks like she has Bug Antenna.
4. Pheobe calls Monica, Monica Geller-Bing when Monica is taking Pheobe's phone away from her. We later find out that Monica never changed her name because she didn't want to be a Bing forever.

The One with the Lottery

1. One of the episodes that was submitted from the show at the Emmys for outstanding comedy series.
2. When this episode was filmed and subsequently aired, Powerball was not sold in the state of New York. In 2010, the New York Lottery started selling Powerball tickets so residents no longer have to travel to adjacent states to buy tickets.
3. When chandler is talking on the phone, he hears the bad news about losing the second position, he says good bye but his lips don't move.

The One with Rachel's Dream

1. The "Days of Our Lives" script Rachel is holding while reading lines with Joey, is the actual script for the episode. If you pause and look really closely at the top of the page, you can see the title "The One With Rachel's dream," and the dialogue belongs to "Joey as Drake"
2. One of the episodes that was submitted from the show at the Emmys for outstanding comedy series.
3. When Ross and Chandler check in at the counter, Ross grabs three apples, but when the camera angle changes, he is clearly holding six.
4. When staying in the Inn Ross states that they are 4 apples short of a bushel. This would mean they stole approximately 122 apples.

The One with the Soap Opera Party

1. The cafe that Ross is having lunch with the other two professors, is the same cafe set from the Friends "Days of Our Lives". It was shown in the previous episode S9 E11 "The One Where Rachel Goes Back to Work". In the scene Phoebe is an extra.
2. Four stars of the real version of the NBC daytime soap opera Days of Our Lives (1965) had cameos, attending Joey's rooftop 'Soap Opera' party as themselves; Kyle Lowder who played Brady Black from 2000 to 2005 and Matthew Ashford who played Jack Deveraux from 1987 to 2012. Also, in the background, are Farrah Fath who played Mimi Lockhart, and Alexis Thorpe who played Cassie Brady.
3. The magna doodle has a drawing of Hello Kitty.
4. Fleetwood Mac's "Throw Down" is playing at the end of the episode and when Rachel finds Joey and Charlie kissing the lyrics "Maybe now he could prove to her that he could be good for her and they should be together".

The One with the Fertility Test

1. When Joey is asking Ross for advice on dating someone as smart as Charlie, he says he doesn't want her to think he is stupid. Ross looks down and comments that Joey is wearing 2 belts. There was a similar exchange in TOW Chandler and Monica's wedding between Joey and Gary Oldman because he was drunk. The writers have said they simply forgot that they had done the joke before.
2. One of the episodes that was submitted from the show at the Emmys for outstanding comedy series.
3. In the scene of Joey talking to Charlie about exploring the city, when Joey opens the door for Charlie, in the Magna Doodke board reads: "Happy Birthday Gizzy 5-1-91"
4. In the first season, Ross states that the doctors thought his and Monica's mom was infertile (which is why Ross is a medical marvel). In this episode, we find out that Monica herself is infertile.
5. Stockholm actually is the capital of Sweden.

The One with the Donor

The One in Barbados: Part 1

1. Jennifer Aniston cut her arm while filming the episode so Rachel has a bandage on her arm throughout a portion of it.
2. When Rachel and Joey pretend to be pharmacists, Rachel picked up a name tag for Kate Miller. This is the same name as the actress Joey falls in love with in season three.
3. One of the episodes that was submitted for the show at the Emmys for outstanding comedy series and for Matt LeBlanc for outstanding lead actor in a comedy series.
4. Chandler infects Ross' computer with a virus when he's checking his e-mail. At that time one of the most notorious e-mail viruses was the one that promised the recipient a nude photo of Anna Kournikova.
5. Last appearance of David.

The One in Barbados: Part 2

1. When Chandler and Mike play ping-pong, you can see Chandler's final shot bounce off the table, off an arcade cabinet behind the table, then off the back of Mike's head.
2. Since Aisha Tyler is 6' tall, David Schwimmer had to use small lifts in his shoes, to make Ross taller than Charlie for their scenes together. Schwimmer is barely 6'1".
3. When playing table tennis with Monica and losing a point, Mike tells about a rule where you forfeit the point you just won if your non-racket bearing hand touch the table. Monica accepts this and forfeit the point. Later, when Mike wins the match point, he breaks this rule in play. Nobody say anything, and Mike wins the match.
4. One of the episodes that was submitted from the show at the Emmys for outstanding comedy series.
5. When Joey and Rachel crash the pharmaceutical convention, Rachel steals a name tag with the name Kate Miller on it. Kate Miller was the name of Joey's love interest from season 3; they were cast in a play together and Joey fell in love with her, but she moved to California and broke his heart.
6. Right before Monica and Mike begin to play ping-pong, Chandler warns him about Monica's competitiveness. He points to his forehead and says, "See this scar? That's from Pictionary!" This is in reference to the "Pictionary incident" from season one when Monica threw a plate out of anger.