Welcome to a brand new segment of this blog where I will recommend several TV shows that are definitely worth your time to binge-watch throughout the entire drama series. Unlike the past movie reviews that I have done so far, I will not be reviewing these TV shows, but rather just provide a summary of the entire TV series, from the very first to the last episode.
The purpose of this page is to let you have an overview of the entire TV show so that you can decide for yourself if this particular TV show suits your preference and worth your time to binge watch. Even if you don’t like the TV show, at least you have some background knowledge of the story in the TV show so that you don’t have FOMO during a casual chat with your friends/colleagues.
Before we get started with the summary, I would like to say that this page will also cover a wide variety of TV shows from many different countries, mainly the U.S. and Korean TV shows, and also features a few drama series from Netflix. I will try my best to cover most of the storyline in the TV series and I look forward to your support and feedback. If you have any suggestions on any interesting TV shows, please do leave a comment and do let me know. Thank you very much. 🙂
Chernobyl miniseries (2019)
I believe many people would have heard of the Chernobyl disaster, one of the world worst man-made disaster in history. For those who don’t, the Chernobyl nuclear accident happened on 26 April 1986, which caused 31 deaths directly from the accident and thousands projected deaths due to the disaster’s long-term health effects. The accident was the result of a flawed nuclear RMBK reactor design that was operated with inadequately trained personnel, which caused huge steam explosion and fires being released at least 5% of the radioactive reactor core into many parts of Europe.
Before I proceed further, this is not a documentary but a TV drama miniseries with 5 episodes. The 5 episodes cover the events leading to the Chernobyl nuclear accident and also the impact on the citizens living near the city of Pripyat in the north of the Ukrainian SSR after the accident. Prior to watching this drama series, I do not have any idea as to how big of an impact the Chernobyl accident had on the country, given my limited knowledge on the situation taken from several news articles and videos covering the accident. After watching the entire series, I sympathize with the citizens living in the area while raging at how the Soviet Union’s authorities were trying to cover up the story. Without any further delay, allow me to introduce some of the main characters and later on the story in each episode.
| Total no. of seasons | 1 |
| Total no. of episodes | 5 |
| Running Time for each episode | 59–72 minutes |
| Production Company | HBO |
| Premiere Date | May 6 2019 |
| Available on | HBO, HBO Go, Amazon Fire TV, Fire TV Cube, Android TV, Apple TV, Roku |
Now, let’s take a look at the main characters.
Valery Legasov – He was the Deputy Director of the Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy. He was assigned to investigate the Chernobyl accident. After the accident, many people tried to cover up what happened in the plant but Legasov was one of the few people who was open about the events.
Friends (1994-2004)
Let’s keep start this whole segment with the No. 1 American sitcom (short for situational comedy) television series in the 90’s era, entitled “Friends”, which has brought us so much fun and laughter throughout the entire 10 seasons.
Created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman, Friends features the life of 6 working adults, Monica Geller, Chandler Bing, Rachel Green, Ross Geller, Phoebe Buffay and Joey Tribbiani. Each of them are really close friends with one another as they talk about issues that every working adult, aged from late 20s to early 30s, would face such as finding love, finding the desire job and starting a family. Before we get to the introduction of the characters, allow me give you some basic information about this sitcom.
| Total no. of seasons | 10 |
| Total no. of episodes | 236 |
| Running Time for each episode | 20-22 minutes |
| Production Company | Warner Bros Television |
| Start to End Released Date | September 22 1994 to May 06 2004 |
| Available on | Netflix, HBO Max, TBS , Nickelodeon, Amazon Prime |
Now, let’s take a look at the main characters in this sit com.
Monica Geller – The OCD one. Monica is a very well-organized person and a clean freak. She is also a very competitive lady who aspired to be a head chef. She has a brother, Ross Geller, and is close to Rachel and Phoebe. She is like a “mother” among the group of friends.
Rachel Green – The Loyal one. Rachel is a spoil turn independent lady who has many guys chasing after her. Her most notable chaser would have to Ross, who has been chasing her since high school. She has a passion in fashion and offered her empathy and loyalty to all her friends.
Joey Tribbiani – The Ladies’ man. Joey is an soap-opera actor who aspires to be a famous movie star. His famous role would be Dr. Drake Ramoray from “The Days of our Lives”. He dates multiple ladies throughout the entire series and his favourite pick-up line is “How you doin’?”, which worked all the time.
Chandler M. Bing -The Funniest one. Chandler is a funny joker who likes to make sarcastic jokes to every possible situation as a form of a defence mechanism. He has a room mate/ close friend named Joey who he enjoyed playing pranks with. His job and middle name remains as a mystery to his friends.
Ross Geller – The Arrogant one. Ross is a paleontologist who is obsessed with Dinosaurs and Rachel. He is Monica’s big brother whom his family doted him more than Monica. His love life was probably the worst among the group of friends with 2 failed marriages and an on-and-off relationship with Rachel.
Phoebe Buffay – The Eccentric one. Phoebe is a massage therapist who also works in Central Perk as a guitarist. She thinks very differently from the rest sometimes but she is definitely not crazy. It was her weird actions that make her so funny and lovable to everyone.
Supporting Characters
Besides the main characters, there are several supporting characters and special guest appearances throughout this series, such as Brad Pitt , George Clooney and Julia Roberts. In this section, I’m just going to focus on the some iconic supporting characters.
Janice -The obnoxious one. Janice is Chandler’s long-time on-and-off girlfriend. She has this annoying laughter that make her so hilarious. I laughed a lot whenever she laughed. She is quite devoted to Chandler and whenever she met Chandler, her iconic catchphrase “OH MY GOD!” can be heard.
Gunther – The shy one. Gunther is lovable character despite playing a minor role as coffee shop worker at Central Perk. He appeared in almost every episode where the group of friends were in the coffee shop. He has an unrequited love for Rachel and always do whatever he can to confess his love to Rachel. Sadly, it wasn’t a happy ending for him.
Alright, so now that I have finished introducing the characters, it’s time for me to summarize the seasons from 1 all the way to 10. I will summarize each season which includes the main storyline in each episode and funny moments in that particular season. Furthermore, I will include some of my personal favourite episodes to watch. Enjoy.
Season 1
Episode 1(The One where Monica gets a roommate)
The series began with a coffeetalk at the Central Perk with the group of friends; Monica, Phoebe, Chandler and Joey. Just as they finished talking about Chandler’s mum calling Chandler and Monica’s upcoming date with Paul “the wine guy” (John Allen Nelson), Ross came in to and began to rant about his ex-wife, Carol (Anita Barone) being a lesbian. In the midst of the conversation, Rachel dashed into the coffeehouse with her wedding dress, talking about her escape from her wedding with Barry (Mitchell Whitfield). Rachel then decided to stay with Monica for the time being. The first date between Monica and Paul ended really well but turns out Paul was cheating on Monica. Rachel couldn’t stop relying on her parents for money so the group of friends decided to help her overcome this issue and encourage her to find a job. Rachel managed to find a job as a waitress in Central Perk.
Episode 2 (The One with the Sonogram at the end)
Carol dropped by Ross’s workplace to drop him the big news about her pregnancy. Back in Monica’s apartment, Rachel lost her engagement ring and the group of friends helped her searched for it. At the same time, Monica’s parents dropped by her apartment and they knew about Carol’s pregnancy and her being lesbian. Ross and Rachel confided to each other’s about their failed relationships and also began to develop some kind of love spark happening between them. Rachel went to find Barry to give him back the engagement ring while Ross accompanied Carol and her new wife, Susan (Jessica Hecht) for a sonogram.
Episode 3 (The One with the Thumb)
Chandler was teaching Joey how to smoke for an act which triggered Chandler to smoke again, 3 years after he quit smoking. Phoebe shared about her fortunate incident about receiving extra $500 from her bank accidentally. Her luck got even better as she began to receive more money than the previous time. Monica introduced her new boyfriend Alan (Geoffrey Lower) to her friends and they totally adored Alan. However, Monica didn’t like Alan despite her friends’ approval of Alan as her boyfriend. The rest of the friends began to persuade Chandler to stop smoking which prompted him to expose all their flaws in front of everyone. On the other hand, Monica decided to break up with Alan and the rest of the friends were devastated.
Episode 4 (The One with George Stephanopoulos)
Joey and Chandler bought an extra ticket for a hockey game and decided to bring Ross along to the game. At the same time, Rachel received her first pay check for her waitress job and her group of rich friends decided to pay her a visit at Central Perk. Rachel got demoralized from the small talk with her friends and Monica and Phoebe decided to cheer her up. Back to the hockey game, Ross’s nose got hit by the pluck from the game and was sent to the hospital by Joey and Chandler. Instead of cheering Rachel up, Monica and Phoebe also felt demoralized about their lack of plan in life. George Snuffleupagus came to the rescue to bring some happiness to the ladies.
Episode 5 (The One with the East German Laundry Detergent)
It’s a big night for Chandler as he decided to break up with Janice. On the other hand, Angela (Kim Gillingham), Joey’s ex-girlfriend, dropped by Central Perk for a cup of coffee and Joey wants to get back together with Angela. Unfortunately, Angela has a new boyfriend, Bob (Jack Armstrong). As his desperate attempt to get Angela back, Joey arranged a double date with Angela, Bob and Monica. At the end of the date, Joey got Angela and Monica got Bob. Ross and Rachel arranged to do laundry together which brought them closer. Now back to Chandler’s big breakup with Janice, Phoebe decided to help Chandler as he didn’t know how to bring up the breakup. When Chandler finally muster the courage to breakup with Janice, Janice did not take the news well and she became emotional. After some assistance by Phoebe, Janice calmed down and she moved on.
Episode 6 (The One with the Butt)
The group of friends attended Joey’s soap opera and after the show, Chandler met a gorgeous italian lady named Aurora (Sofia Milos) and asked her out for a date. At the same time, Joey was introduced to Estelle Leonard Talent Agency and he landed a minor role in a big movie as Al Pacino’s butt double. Back to Chandler’s date with Aurora, he got into a very complicated relationship with Aurora which was mainly sexual. As the group of friends entered Monica’s apartment, Rachel cleaned up the apartment and rearranged the green ottoman which got to Monica’s nerves. She claimed that she was a kook but her claim was quickly shot down by her friends. During the shooting of Joey’s butt scene, he acted “too much” with his butt and got rejected for the role. Chandler and Aurora discussed about their relationship going forward and sadly, the relationship ended.
Episode 7 (The One with the Blackout)
A massive blackout occurred in the city of New York and Chandler was trapped in a ATM vestibule with Jill Goodacre (Jill Goodacre herself) as for the rest of the friends, they stayed at Monica’s apartment. Rachel and Ross’ relationship got more close with a heart-to-heart talk which prompted Ross to confess to Rachel. Unfortunately, before he had a chance to confess, a cat showed up and scratched Ross. During the search for the owner of the cat, Rachel came across an attractive Italian guy called Paolo (Cosimo Fusco) who doesn’t speak much english. Later on, Paolo and Rachel kissed and got together while Ross missed the chance to confess. Back to the ATM vesttibule, Chandler was acting all weird in front of Jill and Chandler got choked over a gum. Jill went over to help Chandler and from there, both started a conversation and had a great time stuck in the vestibule. In the end, the power is back up.
Episode 8 (The One where Nana dies twice)
Chandler was mistook as a gay at work during lunch. While they discussing about the gay vibe that Chandler possessed, Monica received a call from her parents with a sad news of her nana’s (Althea) passing. As Monica and Ross gave their final goodbye, nana woke up and slapped Ross in the face. Shortly after, nana passed. The group of friends attended nana’s funeral and while they walked through the cemetary, Ross accidentally fell into a hole for a coffin. During the reception, Ross got drunk while Joey watched a football game and got caught by Ross’s father, Jack Geller (Elliott Gould) which later on, joined in to watch. Monica and her mum Judy Geller (Christina Pickles) had a chat and opened up to each other for Judy being critical to Monica.
Episode 9 (The One where underdog gets away)
Just days away from Thanksgiving, Rachel wants to go back to her parents’ place and she was eager to raise money for her trip to Vail. On the other hand, Monica and Ross’s parents were out during Thanksgiving and Monica decided to organise a Thanksgiving dinner at her apartment. Phoebe joined in the dinner while Chandler doesn’t want to celebrate Thanksgiving due to the unfortunate incident back when he was 9 years old during Thanksgiving. Joey was hooking up a lady in the subway but things did not go exactly as planned as she can across Joey’s awareness about VD (Venereal Disease which is a type of contagious sexually transmitted disease). Joey is embarrassed and his family did not allowed him to go back for Thanksgiving. As Monica prepares the Thanksgiving dinner, Phoebe, Ross and Joey came up with ridiculous demands for their mashed potatoes. Rachel packed up and was about to leave for Vail, thanks to the contributions from the group of friends, when Chandler asked everyone in the apartment to check out a 80 foot inflatable balloon of a cartoon character in the street. They left the apartment without the keys and when they returned, they were stucked outside the apartment. Rachel and Monica began to argue about the keys which later on led to a bigger argument about the Thanksgiving dinner being ruined. So now with nothing to eat and an irate group of friends, the ugly naked guy across the Monica’s apartment saved the day and they had a simple Thanksgiving dinner.
Episode 10 (The One with the monkey)
Ross arrived at Monica’s apartment with his new partner, a monkey called Marcel. After Thanksgiving, New Year is coming and the group of friends are struggling to find a partner before New Year and decided to make a pact to have no date on New Year. As Phoebe was performing her song at Central Perk, she was interrupted by David, the scientist guy (Hank Azaria). Later on, they got together. However, their romance was short lived as David had to go to Minsk to work. During New Year’s eve, the group of the friends brought a partner and broke the pact except Ross who couldn’t find a partner so he brought Marcel instead. However, in the end, the pact returned. Joey and Chandler kissed at the stroke of midnight.
Episode 11 (The One with the Mrs. Bing)
Monica and Phoebe encountered a handsome guy at the newspaper stand and wanted to get his attention through whistling. Unfortunately, at the moment, an ambulance drove by and knocked him over. Feeling guility, Monica and Phoebe took care of him at the hospital. Back at Monica’s apartment, Chandler’s mum, Nora Bing (Morgan Fairchild) was heading to New York to visit Chandler while promoting her new book. During the dinner with Nora and the group of friends, Nora and Ross had a casual chat about Rachel’s relationship with Paolo. Slowly, one thing turned into another and they began to kiss. Just then, Joey walked past and caught them in action. Ross panicked and warned Joey about not telling Chandler about the kissing incident. Eventually, Ross confessed to Chandler about the incident. Chandler became furious at Ross and Joey and left the apartment. The handsome guy woke up eventually and Monica and Phoebe were competing to take credits over taking care of him while he was unconscious, hoping to get the interest of the guy. However, he did not have any interest in dating either Monica or Phoebe. Back to Chandler’s apartment, Chandler confronted his mum about her incident with Ross. In the end, Chandler forgave Ross and they made up.
Episode 12 (The One with the Dozen Lasagnas)
Monica was making a dozen Lasagnas for her Aunt Syl’s party but Aunt Syl doesn’t want the Lasagnas because she didn’t make vegetarian Lasagnas. Just as Joey and Chandler brought back one of the Lasagnas back to the apartment, their dining table broke and had to get a new dining table. Ross dropped by Carol’s apartment and Carol (Jane Sibbett) got the news about the baby’s gender. However, Ross does not want to know about the sex of the baby until he/she was born. Phoebe had a new massage client which was Paolo, and as he was getting the massage, he got a little handsy with Phoebe. Phoebe discussed this matter with the rest of the friends, except Rachel and later on, told her about the incident. Rachel then decided to break up with Paolo. Ross went to comfort Rachel, hoping to make a move on her. After going for table shopping, Joey and Chandler decided to go for a foosball table instead. Finally, Ross knew that he was going to have a son.
Episode 13 (The One with the boobies)
As Chandler dropped by Monica’s apartment to steal food, Rachel came out of the shower without clothes and dropped her towel. At Central Perk, Phoebe got a new boyfriend, Roger (Fisher Stevens). He was a psychiatrist and he analysed every friends member which pissed them off one by one. Just then, Joey’s dad, Joey Tribbiani, Sr. (Robert Costanzo), dropped by the coffee shop and also decided to stay over at Joey’s house for a few days. Later on, Joey found out about his father’s long-term extra-marital affair with another lady, Ronni (Lee Garlington). Rachel tried to get back on Chandler by sneaking in while he showered. Unfortunately, it turned out to be Joey. Joey’s mum, Gloria Tribbiani (Brenda Vaccaro), came by his apartment to visit him and told him off about exposing the extra-marital affair and told him to remain everything as it was initially. Phoebe dumped Roger eventually after Phoebe couldn’t take it anymore.
Episode 14 (The One with the candy hearts)
It was the day before Valentine day and Joey arranged a double date for Chandler and him with Joey’s girlfriend, Lorraine (Nancy Valen) and her friend which turned out to be Janice whom he broke up with twice previously. At Monica’s apartment, Phoebe wants to get back with Roger but was told not to by Monica and Rachel. They decided to do a cleansing ritual by burning the stuff left by their exes. The ritual did not turned out well and caused a fire in the living room. Back to the double date, Joey and Lorraine decided to leave early to make love and abandoned Chandler with Janice. On the way out, Joey handled Chandler his credit card and told him that the dinner was on him. Chandler decided to purchase champagne and they drank. Fast forward, they woke up in bed together. The rest of the friends found out about Janice staying over at Chandler’s place. Chandler had to break up with Janice yet again but Janice was in denial and did not break up with him. On the other hand, Ross also had a date with a lady, Kristen (Heather Medway) at a Japanese Teppanyaki restaurant and met his ex-wife Carol and Susan eating at the same table opposite of Ross. Susan had to leeave early due an urgent work call and Ross pitied Carol for being abandoned. He decided to invite her over to eat together with Kristen. After the dinner, Kristen abandoned Ross with an excuse. Ross and Carol then had a chat and talked about getting back together. However, it did not happen.
Episode 15 (The One with the stoned guy)
Chandler shared the big news about his promotion to be processing supervisor, but he decided to quit the job totally. Phoebe wanted to introduce the job of a head chef to Chandler but he wasn’t interested. Monica interviewed for the head chef job instead. Ross got a new date named Celia (Melora Hardin) whom he met at work and decided to bring her home on the first date to introduce her to Marcel, the monkey. Despite Marcel dislikes over Celia, the date went well but Ross couldn’t talk dirty and the date ended. Back at Monica’s apartment, she was busy preparing a dish for the owner of the restaurant, Steve (Jon Lovitz), to impress him when he comes over for a dinner. Ross approached Joey for help over dirty talk which caught the attention of Chandler. Chandler’s boss called again to persuade Chandler to take up the promotion and he eventually took up the promotion. Steve arrived at Monica’s apartment but little did Monica knows, Steve turned out to be a drug addict and behaved like a fool at Monica’s place.
Episode 16 (The One with the two parts: Part 1)
Chandler and Joey were having lunch at the Riff’s and encountered Phoebe’s twin sister, Ursula Buffay (Lisa Kudrow). They told Phoebe about Ursula and Phoebe wasn’t happy to hear about her. Ross had to leave the coffeeshop for the lamaze class with Carol and Susan. While Chandler was at work, he encountered a cute staff, Nina Bookbinder (Jennifer Grant) which he was attracted to. However, later on, he had to fire her due to company’s decision to lay off employees. Back at Monica’s apartment, Marcel was playing with the remote and accidentally changed the TV audio from English to Spainish. Joey arrived and wanted to ask Ursula out. Given that Ursula was Phoebe’s twin sister, Joey asked Phoebe for permission and she allowed. Joey liked Ursula and wanted to take her out again, but this time, Phoebe wasn’t happy and disapproved about Joey going out again with Ursula. Rachel was taking down the Christmas lights at the balcony and she slipped and fell. Thankfully, the Christmas lights saved her from the the fall but she injured her ankle in the process. To be Continued…………………
Episode 17 (The One with the two parts: Part 2)
Rachel and Monica went to the hospital for Rachel’s injured ankle and Monica found out that Rachel didn’t have medical insurance which was going to cost her a bomb. Rachel didn’t want to pay the hefty hospital bill so Monica and Rachel engaged in an insurance fraud. Back at Central Perk, Ross shared about his dream involving him and his kid with Joey and Chandler. Joey had plans to celebrate Ursala’s birthday but was caught in the middle of choosing between his girlfiend Ursala and his close friend Phoebe, who were both twin sisters by the way, to celebrate the birthday with. In the end, he chose Ursala. Fast forward to Phoebe’s birthday celebration, Phoebe arrived at the birthday party with a ruined lemon cake and later knew that Joey wasn’t in the party.
Rachel invited 2 cute doctors, Dr. Michael Mitchell (George Clooney) and Dr. Jeffrey Rosen (Noah Wyle), over to Monica’s apartment who attended to her injured ankle. It was a pretty stupid idea as Rachel and Monica had to swap their identities in order to not get into trouble for insurance fraud. They did not put up a good show in front of the doctors and ended up exposing each other’s dirty secrets. Ursala stood Joey up (fly kite on Joey) after her birthday, and told the group of friends, including Phoebe, who later on, found Ursala to talk about the matter. Rachel and Monica went to the hospital again as they forgot to sign one of the admission forms, but decided to redo the admission form again with the right identity.
Back in the apartment, Marcel the monkey accidentally swallowed an alphabet piece from the crossword puzzle game and was immediately sent to the same hospital as Monica and Rachel. Disappointed about the break-up, Phoebe pretended to be Ursala to provide some comfort to Joey. Joey and “Ursala” later kissed as a form of a goodbye kiss. They later went to the hospital to check on Marcel who later woke up and grabbed Ross’s finger, which made him had the “feel” about being the father.
Episode 18 (The One with all the poker)
Rachel was determined to find another job as she engaged the group of friends to help her with her resumes. As the groups of friends gathered at Central Perk, Joey came in and was made fun of by Ross and Chandler for mistaking 3 as 8 over a poker game. The girls were jealous that they weren’t invited to the poker game even though they did not know how to play. Later on, the guys decided to teach the ladies how to play poker. After playing several rounds, the ladies lost. Rachel and Ross began to argue about Ross not being a gentlemen when playing poker.
The next day, Rachel got an interview as an assistant buyer. At the same time, Monica invited Aunt Iris over to Monica’s apartment to teach them on how to play poker before another poker game with the guys. After the second round of poker, the girls lost terribly again. Rachel and Ross engaged in a word of war again about the Ross being harsh to Rachel.
The ladies invited the guys over to Monica’s apartment for a final round of poker. During the game, Rachel got a call about her job interview as an assistant buyer. Unfortunately, she did not get the job. Devestated over the sad news, Rachel began to play big in the poker game. While the rest of the friends folded their cards, Ross continued to play with her. Later on, they continued to raise the stakes till the point where they went all-in. When it was time to show hand, Ross lost and Rachel became happy again.
Episode 19 (The One where the monkey gets away)
As Rachel read through the country club newsletter, she found out that Barry, her ex-fiance and Mindy (Jennifer Grey), her close friend, were going to get married. Ross cheered her up and Rachel promised to take care of Marcel for Ross for a night. As Ross was thinking of a plan to confess to Rachel, Rachel was taking care of Marcel. Marcel pooped in Monica’s shoe and while Rachel took care of Marcel’s dirty “business”, she left the door opened and Marcel escaped. The rest of the friends came back to Monica’s apartment to help Rachel find Marcel.
While the search for Marcel was ongoing, Ross came by the apartment and began his confession to Rachel with a bottle of wine. Rachel could not keep the news about Marcel’s disappearance to Ross and later confessed to Ross. Ross got furious and the animal control officier, Luisa Gianetti (Megan Cavanagh) was called in by Rachel, which made the problem worse, as Marcel was an illegal exotic animal which was not allowed to keep in possession. The officier was determined to find Marcel which made the search for Marcel more intense. Monica and Phoebe went to the electrical supply room down at the basement and to their surprise, Marcel was there! As Phoebe went to grab Marcel, Luisa came in and was preparing to shoot Marcel with a tranquillizer. Phoebe jumped in to Marcel’s rescue and was shot by the tranquilizer instead. Marcel escaped and fell into a banana trick. Ross and Rachel began to quarrel outside the street and they spotted a delivery man delivering a bunch of bananas. They traced the recipient of the bananas which led to Monica’s neighbour downstairs, Mr. Heckles (Larry Hankin) and decided to confront him. During the confrontation, Marcel jumped around and landed in Luisa’s cage. As Luisa closed the cage and was about to leave, Ross and Rachel stopped her. Rachel saved the monkey by threatening Lusia by reporting her to her supervisor for shooting the tranquilizer at Phoebe. Ross and Rachel later made up and Ross continued his love confession to Rachel. Just then, Barry rushed in and told Rachel that he wants to get back with Rachel.
Episode 20 (The One with the evil orthodontist)
During a casual chat at Central Perk, Chandler was telling the friends about how he kept his date, Danielle (Lynn Clark), on the hook by not calling her back. Rachel came in after talking to Barry outside the coffeeshop and told the friends about getting back with Barry. She was immediately shot down by that idea from the group of friends and told them that she will tell Barry to put an end to this. However, instead of ending it, Barry and Rachel ended up having sex in the patient’s chair. On the other hand, Chandler went desperate about Danielle’s not calling him back. Back to Monica’a apartment, Mindy called Rachel for a meetup the next day at Central Perk. Rachel thought Mindy knew about Rachel’s affair with Barry and was going to confront her. Instead, Mindy was asking Rachel to be her maid-of-honor for her wedding with Barry. Later on, Rachel found out that Barry was having affair with Mindy before Rachel and Barry’s wedding. Feeling cheated by Barry, they decided to confront Barry at his clinic. The confrontation did not went well as Mindy decided to forgive Barry and continued with the wedding. Chandler and Danielle finally met up and arranged for a second date.
Episode 21 (The One with the Fake Monica)
Monica found out through her monthly bank statement that her credit card has been stolen and used by someone. Monica then decided to find this “Fake Monica” (Claudia Shear) by attending Tap class with Rachel and Phoebe whom that lady attended using Monica’s credit card. Turns out, that lady who was using her credit card has the exact same name as Monica and they had a fun time at the Tap class. Back in the coffeehouse, Joey was thinking of a cool stage name, with the help of Chandler whom pulled a prank on Joey. Ross entered the coffeehouse after visiting the vet. He was told that he had to give up Marcel due to its aggressive behaviour.
Fake Monica was invited over to Monica’s apartment for dinner and told Monica to join her on an open audition for CATS and made a fool out of themselves. Monica said no intially but with some persuasion by the other Monica, Monica eventually said yes. Fast forward to the next day, Ross had a meeting with a circus manager but thankfully, Joey and Chandler dashed in to bring the news that a zoo in San Diego Zoo is willing to take Marcel in. Monica arrived back at her apartment drunk and the phone rang. Apparently, the fake monica was arrested for credit card fraud. Monica was then told to get back to her real life. Finally, it’s time to send Marcel off to San Diego and Joey found a new stage name : Holden McGroin.
Episode 22 (The One with the Ick Factor)
Rachel shared with the bunch of friends at the coffeehouse about her weird dream of having sex with Chandler at the coffee table last night. On the other hand, Phoebe was trying to find a new job as the number of her massage clients dropped due to her “Massage at home yourself” workshop. Just then, Chandler’s secretary was on leave and had a vacancy for a temporary job which Phoebe took. Ross had a new beeper for emergency whenever Carol is in labor. Monica decided to take off to meet her new boyfriend Ethan (Stan Kirsch), who was a senior.
Monica invited Ethan over for dinner while at the coffeehouse, Ross’s beeper beeped for the 3rd time for all the wrong reasons. Phoebe and Chandler dropped by at the coffeehouse and shared with them Phoebe’s first day as Chandler’s secretary. Turns out Chandler’s colleagues disliked him which got to Chandler’s nerve. Back at dinner with Ethan, Monica had a great time with him and they made out. After the session, Monica confessed to Ethan about her real age and Ethan did the same too. Little did we know, Ethan was actually younger than he proclaimed. He was actually a senior in high school. They broke up shortly afterwards. Phoebe was invited to a birthday party with Chandler’s colleagues. Chandler found out and wanted to tag along to get back together with his colleagues. He did went and the next day, he was sharing with Phoebe about the fun he had with his colleagues. However, they still disliked him, according to Phobe. Ross came out with a new system to end the nonsense and Ethan dropped by at the coffeehouse where Monica was at. They sat down and Ethan told Monica that he lied about his age. He was actually 30 but Monica found the relationship icky. Back at the apartment, Rachel fell asleep and shouted Ross name while sleeping just as Ross was about to leave after putting on a blanket on Rachel. Ross got excited and woke up Rachel. Just as they stared romantically at each other, the beeper rang and it was time for Carol to deliver her baby.
Episode 23 (The One with the Birth)
Ross was waiting anxiously for Carol and Susan to arrive at the hospital with the bunch of friends. As they made fun of the situation, Carol and Susan eventually arrived. As they prepared for Carol’s labor, Rachel dropped in to deliver some ice chips for Carol. That’s when she met Dr Franzblau (Jonathan Silverman) and had a chat. Outside the delivery room, Monica was intrigued by the new born babies as they were being carried out of the delivery room. On the other hand, Joey was watching the Knicks basketball game when a pregnant lady named Lydia (Leah Remini) , who was a fan of the Celtics. Just as they argued which team was better, Lydia’s water broke and she was about to have her own baby. Joey panicked and offered to help her.
As Phoebe was singing her own song, a nurse holding a twin babies walked past and got Monica jealous. Rachel came in all well dressed, waiting to impress Dr Franzblau. In the delivery room, Carol was having a contraction while Ross and Susan were having an argument about the baby’s name. It pissed Carol off and she kicked both of them out of the delivery room. Ross and Susan continued their argument outside which got Phoebe’s attention and brought them into the Janitor’s room. After Phoebe settled their argument, the 3 of them found themselves trapped in the janitor’s room. Ross and Susan panicked as Carol and Lydia were delivering their babies. On the other hand, Rachel and Dr Franzblau were flirting with each other but it did not went well for the both of them. Lydia’s baby was born and Joey wanted to celebrate with her but Lydia’s husband was there, so he did not went in. Back at Janitor’s room, they decided to get Phoebe up the vent and come down on the other side to unlock the door. Just as Phoebe was up at the vent, the janitor unlocked the door and both Ross and Susan dashed out to find Carol, leaving Phoebe hanging at the vent. In the delivery room, Carol’s baby finally came to this world and was named Ben.
Episode 24 (The One where Rachel find out)
As the group of friends looked over the baby pictures of Ben at the coffeehouse, Joey asked Chandler to borrow him some money for the food as he was involved in a research which he had to donate his sperms. Back in Monica’s apartment, the group of friends were busy preparing for Rachel’s birthday party. Joey’s new girlfriend Melanie (Corinne Bohrer) called to tell Joey that he will be late for the birthday party. Later during the day, Ross dropped by and told the bunch of friends that he is travelling to China for work. He wanted to tell Rachel about it but she was hanging out with Carl (Louis Mandylor).
Fast forward to Rachel’s birthday party, Rachel was unwrapping all the birthday presents. As she opened up Ross’ birthday gift, she realised he gave her a pin that she really loved, which resembled the one that her grandmother had when she was little. Just as she was admiring the pin, Chandler leaked out a secret which made Rachel found out about Ross’s love over Rachel. Rachel couldn’t stop thinking about it and decided to catch Ross at the airport before he departs for China. At the airport, Ross was about to board the plane while Rachel just managed to arrive after he entered the jetway. She pleaded the counter assistant to help her deliver her message to Ross but unfortunately, he did not receive the message. Rachel went back to Monica’s apartment and was still in a lost over her feelings towards Ross.
One week later, Ross was going to come home but Carl dropped by and had a drink with Rachel. As they were drinking, Rachel couldn’t stop thinking about Ross and was hallucinating. After several serious thinking, Rachel decided to go to the airport and pick up Ross. However, Ross did not came back alone. Stay tuned for Season 2 for more exciting stories.
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