Season
4
Ross (David Schwimmer) dumps Bonnie, which takes all
night ... she leaves in the morning. In the mean time, Rachel (Jennifer
Aniston) writes a long letter to Ross that she needs him to read before
they get back together he tries to read it, but falls asleep. When Rachel
asks him what he thought of the letter, Ross acts as though he read it and
agrees with whatever the letter says. Once he discovers that the letter
asks him to take full responsibility for the breakup, Ross isn't sure if
he can keep up the charade. The burden of revealing Ross' true feelings
causes the couple to break up once again. Meanwhile, Phoebe (Lisa Kudrow),
upset that her real mother never tried to contact her, tells Phoebe Sr.
that she never wants to see her again. Ultimately, the two reconcile. Monica
(Courteney Cox) , Joey (Matt LeBlanc) , and Chandler (Matthew Perry) spend
the day at the beach. When Monica gets stung by a jellyfish, Joey insists
that peeing on the wound will lessen the pain. Monica, unable to "bend
that way," asks Joey to do the honors. In the end, Joey gets "stage
fright" and Chandler hat to do the deed.
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Monica runs into Chip Matthews, Rachel's prom date and
the popular boy in high school. When he calls to ask Monica out, Rachel
thinks he's calling for her and makes a fool of herself in front of Ross.
Unfortunately, Chip hasn't changed much since high school - while he's still
cute, he also still happens to live with his parents and work at the local
movie theater. Nonetheless, Monica fulfilled her dream of dating Chip ...
and dumping Chip. Meanwhile, Joey and Chandler place an ad in the paper
to sell their entertainment center. When a prospective buyer asks Joey to
demonstrate the spaciousness of the unit, Joey finds himself locked away
while the apartment gets robbed. Phoebe finds a stray cat and is convinced
that it's her mother reincarnated. A poster depicting the missing cat is
found, but no one has the heart to tell Phoebe ... except for Ross.
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Chandler runs into Rachel's boss Joanna and the two end
up having quite a fling. When Rachel sneaks into Joanna's office to scope
out the bonus list, Chandler just happens to be handcuffed naked to a chair.
Chandler, completely humiliated, begs Rachel to free him. But, after doing
so, Rachel realizes that she has tote-handcuff Chandler or else her boss
will know she has a key to her office. She's no better off after handcuffing
Chandler to the filing cabinet. Finally, after Chandler threatens to bust
Rachel, she sets him free, but under the condition that she tell Monica
and Phoebe that he's well endowed. Thanks to Joey's big mouth, Chandler's
exalted reputation lasts all of five minutes. Meanwhile, Monica "pulls
a Monica" when she caters a party for her mother and accidentally loses
a fake nail in one of the quiches. A salesman tries to sell Joey a set of
encyclopedias, but Joey can only afford to buy the "V" volume.
The boys furnish their apartment with a canoe and some patio furniture.
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When Joey chews out Mr. Treeger, the superintendent,
for making Rachel cry, he nearly gets the girls evicted. To make up for
it, Joey agrees to be Mr. Treeger's practice ballroom dancing partner. Mr.
Treeger needs Joey's help so as to attract the attention of a certain female
at the Superintendent's Ball. Ultimately, the two make great dancing partners.
Meanwhile, Chandler takes Ross with him to the gym for moral support when
he cancels his membership . Instead, -Ross ends up joining as well. Phoebe
breaks her masseuse's oath and gets physical with one of her clients - she
ends up being fired and he turns out to be married.
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Chandler meets a very attractive girl, only to discover
that she's dating Joey. As he gets to know Kathy better, Chandler's feelings
grow deeper. Even though Joey appears to have no strong attachment to his
new girlfriend, Chandler cannot help but respect that Kathy's his best friend's
girl. Meanwhile, Rachel and Ross go out of their way to make each other
jealous by mentioning their new love interests. Josh, Rachel's much younger
beau, ends up stealing from her while Ross turns out to be nothing more
than a baby-sitter for his new girlfriend Amanda. Phoebe's cold has turned
her singing voice from high-pitched and whiny to sexy and sultry. When she
recovers, she desperately tries to catch another cold.
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Chandler buys Kathy a rare copy of her favorite book
"The Velveteen Rabbit" for her birthday. When Joey shows everyone his
gift for Kathy, a pen that tells time, Chandler T that he can't let Joey give
her a gift that's not as great as the one he got for her. Ultimately, Chandler
has Joey give Kathy the book, but she knows who really bought her the special
gift. Meanwhile, Monica borrows money from Phoebe so as to get her catering
business off the ground. When she has trouble collecting the payment, Phoebe
confronts the client for Monica -- the two realize that they make a great team.
Rachel strives to finish a crossword puzzle all by herself, but really gets her
answers by asking the gang random questions. Ross falls for a beautiful
paleontologist -- that is until he discovers that she's a slob.
When Chandler accidentally catches a glimpse of Kathy getting out of the shower, his frustrations reach their limit. When Joey's late for a date with Kathy because he's on another date with someone else, Chandler makes his move - the two kiss. Riddled with guilt, Chandler re-furnishes the apartment. When Kathy breaks up with Joey, he suspects there's another guy. Chandler admits that he's the other guy, which creates tension between the two friends. Meanwhile , Ross rediscovers his musical "sound," but he's actually not as talented as he and Phoebe seem to believe. Phoebe doesn't want to perform became she feels dwarfed but Ross' musical gift.
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The One With Chandler In A Box
Joey, still upset with Chandler because he kissed Kathy,
decides to move out. When Chandler offers to make it up to Joey in any way
possible, Joey makes him spend Thanksgiving day in one of the left-over
furniture crates. When Kathy drops by to say that she's leaving because
she doesn't want to be responsible for breaking up Joey and Chandler's friendship,
Joey has a change of heart and lets his friend go after his girl. Meanwhile,
Monica injures her eye, but doesn't want to see Richard again. She arranges
to see the on-call doctor, who happens to be very cute and Richard's son.
When the gang decides to draw names for secret Santa, it triggers Ross'
pent-up feelings regarding Rachel's habit of exchanging gifts. Rachel makes
Ross eat his words when she shows him all the momentos she kept from their
courtship.
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Rachel decides to interview for a position as an assistant
buyer, but Joanna, her bitter boss, ruins any chances Rachel had by lying
about her character. When Rachel threatens to quit, Joanna creates an assistant
buyer position for Rachel in her department instead. When she arrives at
work the next day all ready to start her new position, Rachel discovers
that Joanna died the night before ... of course the paperwork validating
Rachel's promotion never went out. Meanwhile, Monica winds up getting a
position as head chef at a local restaurant. Although Phoebe and Monica
already bought a van for their catering business, Phoebe decides that Monica's
happiness is more important than their joint business venture. The guys
are all amped to party with their old buddy Gandolf, but he cancels at the
last minute. When Joey suggests that they party without him, the evening
ends short because everyone's too tired.
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Monica hires Joey to work for her at the restaurant so that she can fire him and show everyone who's boss. When Joey decides he likes the tips, he screws up Monica's plan. When he witnesses the other waiters ganging up on Monica, Joey jumps into action and gets himself fired, all the while gaining respect for Monica. Meanwhile, Rachel asks Chandler to set her up with someone from work. When Chandler's co-workers discover that Rachel isn't looking for a commitment and she's hot, everyone begs for her number. Phoebe racks her brain trying to write a song for her friends as a Christmas/Hanukah gift. Ross dates a girl from Poughkeepsie, but decides that the distance is a problem. When he takes the train to break up with her, he falls asleep and wakes up in Montreal ... with a girl from Nova Scotia.
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Frank Jr. and Alice, having just eloped, ask Phoebe to
be a surrogate mother for them. When Phoebe asks her birth mother for advice,
Phoebe Sr. gives her daughter a puppy for a few days so she can see how
difficult it is to give up something you love. Phoebe can't decide whether
she's going to go through with the surrogacy - that is, until she gives
Frank and Alice the puppy and sees how happy they are. If they're that happy
over Phoebe giving them a puppy, how happy will they be when she gives them
a child. Meanwhile, Ross gets Joey a job as a tour guide at the museum.
At lunch Ross won't sit with his friend (the white coats don't sit with
the blue blazers). Ross and Joey take a stand in the cafeteria, but they
end up starting something that was better off left alone. Chandler, nervous
about getting intimate with Kathy after she's been with Joey, asks the girls
for advice and ends up hitting a home run.
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Phoebe goes to the hospital to get fertilized with Frank and Alice's embryo. Because Frank and Alice can only afford to pay for the one session with the doctor, they decide to up their chances by implanting all five embryos. Feeling the pressure to conceive, Phoebe spends the rest of the day with her legs in the air. That night, a pregnancy test confirms that Phoebe is indeed expecting. Meanwhile, the guys challenge the girls to a trivia contest where the subject matter is ... each other. With the game tied, Monica ups the stakes by betting and losing their apartment to the guys.
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Ross and Chandler go to see Kathy perform in a play,
but they didn't expect to see her physically "perform." A jealous
Chandler begins to wonder if there's something going on off stage between
Kathy and her handsome co-star. When Joey theorizes that poor chemistry
on stage translates to major chemistry off stage, Chandler accuses Kathy
of cheating, even though he can't really prove anything. When everyone laughs
at Chandler for listening to Joey' s theory, he goes to Kathy's apartment
to make up with her, only to find her in bed with her costar. She explains
that nothing was going on, but since Chandler dumped her, she figured what
the hell. Meanwhile, Rachel wants to desperately date a client at work.
The guys tell her to entice him with something he can't refuse ... like
tickets to a basketball game. When she tells him she has tickets, the client
accepts them and takes his nephew instead of Rachel.
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When Rachel's boss asks her to take his niece to the opera, she suddenly finds herself in a bind because Joshua, her crush, just moments before finally asked her out. Desperate, Rachel begs Ross to take Emily to the opera for her. Upon meeting her, Ross falls head-over-heels for the British beauty and the two find themselves spending the weekend together at a bed and breakfast in Vermont. Unfortunately, when Rachel tries to hook up with Joshua at his club that night, she gets turned away at the door. Meanwhile, exhausted from a recent fishing trip, Joey oversleeps for his big day acting on a Charlton Heston movie. Not having time to shower, Joey heads to the set and figures that he'll shower there. It just so happens that the only shower on set is the one in Charlton Heston's trailer. Joey goes for it and gets caught in the act by Chuck himself Monica and Phoebe take Chandler to a strip club to help him get over his break-up with Kathy.
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Ross and Emily run into a couple of her friends from
London - they invite Ross to partake in a "friendly" game of rugby
the next day. Because one of the guys makes a point of mentioning his past
fling with Emily, Ross feels determined to play and kick ass (particularly
his ass!) While Emily warns Ross of the dangers of rugby, he goes for it
anyway and nearly dies in the process. With a couple of pointers from his
girl, Ross pulls some smooth moves and ends up proving himself with a vengeance.
Ross realizes more than ever that he truly adores Emily and would do anything
for her. Meanwhile, Chandler runs into a divorced Janice and she immediately
assumes her old post as his obnoxious girlfriend. In an effort to get rid
of her once and for all, Chandler lies and says he's relocating to Yemen
for work. When Janice sees him off at the airport, Chandler must do one
of two things: either fess-up or fly to Yemen ... he boards the plane. Monica
tears the apartment apart while tracking an electrical wire that leads to
a switch without an outlet.
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In an act of desperation, Rachel hastily throws together
a going away party for Emily as an excuse to invite Joshua over. Even though
Ross has a romantic evening planned for his last night with her, Emily enjoys
the party and doesn't want to leave. Rachel spends the evening persuading
Joshua to stay by performing one humiliating stunt after the other. When
Rachel confesses to Joshua that she's only trying to seduce him he reveals
that the feeling is mutual ... except for the fact that he's just getting
over a divorce and it's too soon for him start dating again. When Joshua
leaves, Rachel sulks to Ross who is also disappointed - his big night with
Emily was ruined. Rachel reminds Ross that the night is still young. Just
then, Joshua reappears and Rachel invites him in for coffee and... Meanwhile,
Phoebe is convinced that the baby needs meat because all other foods are
making her nauseous. When she can no longer resist the temptation, Phoebe
makes a deal with Joey if he abstains from eating meat for the rest of her
pregnancy, than Phoebe can cat his meat and it won't be so wrong.
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Emily must go back to London, and Ross doesn't know what
to do. When Monica convinces him to dash off to the airport, meet Emily
at the gate, and pledge his love to her, the plan backfires on Ross -- Emily
replies "thank you" and then gets on the plane. Monica, being
the romantic that she is, encourages her broken-hearted brother not to give
up hope. But, when Emily calls Ross, she reveals that there's "another
man" in London. On a whim, Ross flies to London to fight for his girl.
In the meantime, Emily shows up at the boys' apartment in search of Ross.
While waiting outside of Emily's flat, Ross overhears a message playing
on Emily's answering machine. As it turns out, Emily calls herself knowing
that Ross may be listening and pledges her love for him as well. Ross calls
Emily from a pay phone and says 'thank you." Meanwhile, the boys discover
an X-rated channel on cable and decide not to turn the TV off, for fear
of losing the free peep show. Phoebe learns that she's carrying triplets.
Frank and Alice, who are initially thrilled at the idea, begin to panic
when Phoebe reminds them of the great financial burden this will pose. In
an effort to help, Phoebe contrives a plan for her and Frank to make extra
money -- she'll massage people in the back of her old catering van while
Frank drives-, hence, the "relaxi taxi."
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The One With Rachel's New Dress
In an attempt to sweep Joshua off his feet, Rachel serves her new beau a romantic dinner cooked by none other than Monica for their third date. The night is off to a wonderful start ... that is until the duck and the rooster appear. Joshua, traumatized by a childhood encounter at a petting zoo, suggests that they move the party over to his parents house, which is vacant for the time being. When Rachel decides to slip into "something a little more comfortable," Joshua's parents appear out of nowhere - their trip out of town was cut short. They make Rachel's acquaintance when they find her sprawled out on the couch in nothing more than a skimpy nighty. Trying to save face, Rachel insists that her outfit is actually a dress -- working in fashion, she's required to try out potential trends. And from the expressions on Joshua's parent's faces, Rachel knows this particular dress won't be a trend any time soon. In the end, a humiliated Rachel returns home to her apartment ... alone. Meanwhile, Alice asks Phoebe to name one of the male triplets. When Chandler decides to change his name after Joey convinces him that it's dumb, Phoebe encourages him not to when she decides to name the baby after him. Emily shows Susan a good time when she's in London shooting a commercial. A paranoid Ross convinces Carol that history may be repeating itself... are Emily and Susan an item?
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The girls are desperate to get their apartment back.
When they offer the boys season tickets to the Nicks, Chandler decides that
that's not enough (although it's tempting). Rachel throws out the idea of
holding one more contest, but this time it's all or nothing. When the score
is still tied at zero/zero after numerous rounds of silly games, the girls
call it off and offer the boys one last chance at taking the tickets and
giving them back their apartment. When Chandler and Joey appear to be content
with watching the Nicks game on TV in their apartment, a frantic Monica
suggests that not only will the boys get the season tickets if they so choose,
but she and Rachel will indulge their lesbian fantasy and kiss in front
of them. The boys move out of the apartment with enormous smiles on their
faces. Meanwhile, Ross can no longer contain his deeply felt love for Emily.
When he admits to the guys that he has an impulse to ask her to marry him,
Chandler and Joey talk him out of it and encourage him to fight the urge.
Finally, Ross can't stand it anymore and he proposes to a surprised Emily,
who eventually says "yes." When Ross breaks the news to the gang,
everyone immediately looks to Rachel for a reaction. Rachel,. doing a fine
job of hiding her shock and disappointment, congratulates Ross to everyone's
relief.
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When sending out the invitations for their wedding, Emily
questions Ross' notion of including Rachel-, after all, won't it be awkward
for the ex-lovers? While reminiscing about his past with Rachel (with help
from clips), Ross concludes that he must invite her - she's been a huge
part of his fife. When everyone receives their invitation, Phoebe begins
to feel a bit left because she's too pregnant to fly anywhere. Rachel uses
Phoebe's pregnancy as an excuse for her to stay home, too _ Phoebe may need
her help. When Monica confronts her about the real reason she won't go,
Rachel confesses that it would be too painful to watch Ross get married.
Monica sympathizes with her friend, but encourages Rachel not to be too
hasty in making her decision. After reminiscing about her past with Ross
(with help from clips), Rachel decides against going to the wedding.
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