222 The One With Two Parties

Rachel's surprise birthday party is split in two to keep her divorcing parents from running into each other. Monica makes flan instead of cake. Phoebe smuggles guests out of Monica's boring party and into Chandler and Joey's raging celebration.

Original Airdate:
05/02/1996

Other Info:
• When Chandler is herding all the male guests into Monica and Rachel's apartment and all the women into his and Joey's apartment, Monica complains that he's hoarding all the women. However, when you look at the guests in both apartments, there is a fairly even split.
• This episode runs 22:45 on DVD (a typical sitcom runs about 22:00).

Credits:
Written by Alexa Junge
Directed by Michael Lembeck
Marlo Thomas as Sandra Green
Rob Leibman as Dr. Leonard Green
James Michael Tyler as Gunther
Nancy Rubin as Guest
Lewis Dix as Man