The One Where Ross Hugs Rachel: Ross hasn’t gotten the annulment yet… but he has gotten a little crazy. It seems the idea of a 3rd failed marriage has pushed him over the deep end. Phoebe (and her panel of women) decide Ross is still in love with Rachel. Ross is in such denial about this that to prove them wrong he goes to his lawyer (Russell) to take care of the annulment… but finds that it’s more complicated than expected, and Rachel will have to be told the truth. Chandler and Monica break the news of their live-in plans, first with Joey (who is happy for them, but sad to be losing Chandler) and then to Rachel (who doesn’t seem to have much of a reaction at all… until she takes it seriously). Rachel is so sad that Ross still can’t tell her the truth. Phoebe foretells the future marriages of the entire group.
The One With Joey’s Porsche: Rachel and Ross go to a judge to get their annulment, but they air too much dirty laundry. The judge decides they don’t qualify for an annulment, so they go to Ross’s lawyer for a divorce. Ross makes it pretty obvious that he still loves Rachel. Rachel reveals that it was her drunken idea to get married. Joey finds the keys to someone’s Porsche. He decides to wait by the car until the owner shows up. He gets mistaken for the owner, and likes the attention he gets so much that even after the owner takes the car away, he keeps up the charade. Phoebe, Monica and Chandler take care of Frank and Alice’s babies. Chandler gets a toy stuck in his throat and Monica takes him to the doctor. Phoebe has to take care of the babies by herself.
The One With Ross’s Teeth: Phoebe visits Rachel at work and makes out with Kenny the copy boy, thinking it’s Ralph Lauren. She tells Rachel, who gossips to her boss (Kim), who eventually becomes convinced that Rachel is having an affair with Ralph Lauren in order to get Kim’s job. Ross goes too far when he whitens his teeth in preparation for a date with Hillary, Monica’s co-worker. Chandler tries to convince Joey that he’s letting Janine make him and the apartment too girly.
The One With The Routine: Janine gets highered to dance at the pre-taping of Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve; she invites Joey, Monica, and Ross to come along. This is a dream come true for Ross and Monica, but they have a hard time getting on camera, because they aren’t as good as they think they are. Joey hopes to kiss Janine at “fake midnight.” Rachel and Phoebe convince Chandler to help them search for the Christmas presents Monica is giving them.
The One Where Chandler Can’t Cry: Unable to handle the idea of Ross and Jill together, Rachel asks Ross to stop seeing Jill. Jill is upset and throws herself at Ross, attempting to use him to get back at Rachel. Chandler doesn’t cry in sad movies… or for any other reason. The gang discovers that Ursula is making porn movies in Phoebe’s name.
The One That Could Have Been, part 2: In the continuation of the alternate reality: Ross and Carol have a threesome with Susan, but Ross feels left out. Phoebe goes stir-crazy in the hospital, and sneaks back to work, only to find our she’s been fired, and promptly has another heart attack. Rachel spends the evening at Joey’s, but gets drunk and sick, and passes out. Monica decides it’s time to have sex with Dr. Roger, but he gets paged and leaves. Chandler and Monica decide to have a one-night stand, but afterwards Chandler convinces her to dump the doctor and be with him. Rachel, relieved that she didn’t cheat on Barry, returns home and find Barry in bed with another woman… their neighbor’s dog walker. She returns to the city to hook back up with Joey, but runs into Ross. They console each other on their bad marriages and Rachel helps Ross realize that Carol is a lesbian. Phoebe goes back to singing at the coffee house.
The One With Joey’s Fridge: Joey’s refrigerator breaks down, so he tries to manipulate his friends into paying for part of it. Plus he has to eat all those perishables by himself. Rachel is looking for a date to a charity ball; Phoebe finds a guy for her, but so do Monica and Chandler; things get competitive. Ross and Elizabeth continue their “secret” romance. When Elizabeth announces she’s going away for Spring Break, Ross misunderstands and thinks she’s asking him to go with her. When he finds out she’s going away without him, he starts to worry about how much “partying” she might be planning.
The One With The Ring: Chandler picks out an engagement ring for Monica, with Phoebe’s help. Unfortunately, someone else buys the ring before Chandler has a chance to. He has to convince the other buyer to trade rings with him. Meanwhile, Joey and Ross are feeling brushed-off because Chandler isn’t hanging out with them. Phoebe makes matters worse by suggesting that Chandler is angry with them. Rachel tries to get Paul to open up and express his feelings. She gets more than she expects and can’t turn it off… so she dumps him.
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The One With The Thumb: Ross discovers the fate of his childhood pet, Chichi. Chandler starts smoking again; when the group complains, he diverts their attention to their own faults. Phoebe gets money she doesn’t want; she complains and gets more; she gives it away and gets a can of soda in return… which contains a thumb. The beverage company gives her $7000. Monica’s new boyfriend (Alan) is a hit with her friends, but Monica’s not too sure.
The One With George Stephanopoulos: Ross, upset about it being the anniversary of his first time with Carol, goes to a hockey game with Chandler and Joey and gets a puck in the face; they end up at the hospital, where Ross reveals that Carol is the only woman he’s even been intimate with. Rachel gets a visit from her old friends, which depresses her about her life. The women have a slumber party, which isn’t very fun until they spy on George Stephanopoulos.
The One With The Blackout: New York City is blacked out (due to a mishap on Mad About You). Chandler is trapped in an ATM vestibule with Jill Goodacre. The rest of the gang hangs out at Monica and Rachel’s apartment. Ugly Naked Guy lights a bunch of candles and has a slight accident. While trying to share his feelings with Rachel, Ross is attacked by a cat. While searching for the cat’s owner, Rachel and Phoebe meet “the Weird Man”, known in later episodes as Mr. Heckles. He tries to claim the cat, but it obviously isn’t his. The cat turns out to belong to Paolo, an Italian hunk who lives in the building and doesn’t speak much English.
The One With The Dozen Lasagnas: Everyone hums the theme from The Odd Couple. Monica is stuck with a dozen lasagnas because she didn’t know they were supposed to be vegetarian. Paolo and Rachel prepare for their first weekend away together; Paolo makes a pass at Phoebe, which ends his relationship with Rachel. Phoebe makes the best oatmeal-raisin cookies in the world. Joey and Chandler have to get a new table, but can’t agree on which one; they end up with a foosball table; Monica rules the foosball field. Carol finds out the gender of the baby, but Ross doesn’t want to know… even though everyone else knows.
The One With The Boobies: Chandler accidentally walks in on Rachel after a shower and sees her breasts, leading to a series of shower peepings. Phoebe’s new psychiatrist boyfriend, Roger, depresses and angers everyone. Joey finds out his dad has been having an affair with Ronni, a pet mortician, for six years; he insists his dad either break it off or confess, but it turns out his mom already knew–and didn’t want it to stop.
The One With Two Parts, part 1: Chandler and Joey meet Ursula, Phoebe’s twin sister; Joey begins dating Ursula, but that bothers Phoebe, who doesn’t get along with her sister very well. Ross attends Lamaze class with Carol and Susan; Carol isn’t sure she can go through with the delivery; Ross realizes he’s really going to be a father. Chandler can’t bear to fire an employee he’s attracted to, so he starts to date her and tells everyone else she’s mentally unbalanced, so it isn’t safe to fire her; she begins to notice people treating her oddly, so Chandler has to come clean. Ross has trouble controlling his monkey, Marcel, who switches Monica’s TV into Spanish mode; no one can figure out how to switch it back. Mr. Heckles could have cats. Jamie and Fran (from Mad About You) make an appearance in Central Perk. Rachel finally gets around to taking down the Christmas lights, but falls off the balcony in the process, and ends up hanging upside down outside Mr. Heckles’ window.
The One Where The Monkey Gets Away: Rachel finds out Barry is engaged to Mindy, her former bridesmaid; she begins to show interest in dating again, so Ross decides to ask her out. However, before he gets the chance, she loses Marcel while monkey-sitting, which temporarily drives a wedge between them. Mr. Heckles is missing a waffle and saw Regis Philbin once. Rachel, not knowing Marcel is a illegal exotic animal, calls Animal Control; the animal-catcher turns out to be Luisa, who went to high-school with Monica and Rachel. Luisa’s memories of high school aren’t favorable toward Rachel, so she decides not to cut them any breaks. While looking for Marcel, Joey and Chandler meet some hot girls (Samantha and Tia) with a broken radiator. Luisa tries to shoot Marcel with a tranquilizer but hits Phoebe instead. A delivery of bananas leads everyone to Mr. Heckles apartment; he claims the monkey as his own until Luisa shows up. Rachel pleads with Luisa to let Ross keep Marcel, but it’s only the threat of reporting her for shooting Phoebe that convinces her. Ross and Rachel finally sit down for some wine, but before Ross can ask Rachel out, Barry barges in, saying he’s still in love with her.
The One With The Birth: Everyone arrives at the hospital for Carol’s delivery. Ross and Susan fight; Rachel flirts with the doctor… for a while; Phoebe sings and makes a lot of sense; Joey helps a single mother (Lydia) give birth; Monica yearns for a baby of her own; Chandler tries to comfort her, but isn’t totally successful. The baby is named Ben, after Phoebe.
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The One With The Cat: Joey and Chandler agree to sell their oversized entertainment center; they have a hard time selling it but and easy time being robbed by a prospective buyer, thanks to Joey. Monica goes out with Chip, Rachel’s high school prom date; unfortunately, Chip hasn’t grown much since Lincoln High. Ross and Rachel continue to bicker about their break-up. Phoebe finds a cat and is convinced it’s her mother reincarnated; a poster is found for a missing cat, but no one has the heart to tell Phoebe… except Ross.
The One With The Dirty Girl: Ross dates a fantastically beautiful paleontologist (Cheryl); everything is going great until he finds out she’s incredibly messy. Chandler buys a rare copy of Kathy’s favorite book for her birthday, but then has to make sure that Joey’s gift is good, too. Phoebe lends Monica money so she can make a more serious attempt to get her catering business going; Monica has a little trouble collecting payment from a client. Rachel strives to finish a crossword puzzle all by herself.
The One Where They’re Going to PARTY!: Phoebe and Monica buy a van (with a mural, flashing nipples, and other “extras”) for their catering business; Monica fills in for a food critic in a small local newspaper; after she gives a restaurant a scathing review, they offer her a job as the new head chef; she has to chose between it and the catering business. Ross and Chandler make plans to party with Gandolf, the party wizard; Gandolf cancels and Ross and Chandler are left bored, until Joey convinces them that they can party themselves. Rachel tries for a new position at work, but her boss doesn’t quite cooperate.
The One With Phoebe’s Uterus: Frank Jr. and Alice have eloped, and they ask Phoebe to be a surrogate mother for them; Phoebe asks advice of her birth mother, who gives her a puppy for only three days so she’ll know what it’s like to give up something you love. Ross gets Joey a job as a Tour Guide at the museum; Joey is hurt when Ross won’t sit next to him at lunch (the white coats don’t sit with the blue blazers); this prompts Ross to stand up and make some changes in the cafeteria, but it works a little too well. Chandler is nervous about being intimate with Kathy since she used to be Joey’s girlfriend; feeling his performance is only adequate, he asks advice from Monica and Rachel; Kathy is very grateful.
The One With Joey’s Dirty Day: Joey goes fishing and comes back smelly… and doesn’t get a chance to shower before he goes to work on a new movie with Charlton Heston; he gets caught cleaning up in the only shower on the set–in Mr. Heston’s dressing room. Joshua invites Rachel to a club opening but she’s already agreed to take her boss’s niece (Emily) to the opera; Ross agrees to fill in for her with the niece, and they hit it off much better than first impressions would indicate; meanwhile, Rachel’s date falls through when a rain storm smears her name off the club’s guest list. Chandler continues recovering from his break-up with Kathy, but can’t move on to phase two, because there’s no one with which to go to a strip club… except Monica and Phoebe.
The One With The Free Porn: Joey and Chandler unexpectedly receive an “adult” movie channel. Monica urges Ross to express his true feelings to Emily before she leaves the country, but things don’t go as well as expected–it turns out there’s another man. Ross goes to London to prove his love for Emily, but she returns to the states to tell him she’s chosen him. Phoebe finds out she’s carrying triplets; Frank, Jr. considers dropping out of refrigerator college to get a job; Phoebe tries to come up with ways to make money so he won’t have to give up his “dream.”
The One With All The Wedding Dresses: Joey’s snoring forces Chandler to insist he go to a sleep clinic; while accompanying Joey at the clinic, Chandler meets (and begins dating) Marjorie, who talks in her sleep. Ross tries to talk with Rachel about her feelings, but she just pretends she’s fine. However, while feeling kind of desperate she tries to move way too fast with Joshua and ends up scaring him off. Monica picks up Emily’s wedding dress for her, and finds she just can’t resist wearing it… a lot. Phoebe and Rachel catch the spirit as well, and soon they’re all wearing white. Ross and Emily set a wedding date just one month away. Rachel talks with Monica and Phoebe about her unresolved feelings for Ross.
The One With The Worst Best Man Ever: Phoebe suffers from a small bladder, mood swings, kicking babies, false labor, and other pregnancy woes. Ross has to choose whether Joey or Chandler will be his best man; he chooses Joey, which seems okay until after the bachelor party when the wedding ring is missing. Believing the stripper (whom Joey slept with) took it, they mistakenly confront her; however, it turns out it was taken by a different bird. Monica and Rachel plan a baby shower for Phoebe, but decide not to give her baby-stuff because she won’t be keeping the babies; unfortunately, this plan doesn’t go over very well.
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