Friends and Family: Recent Episodes
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Each week listen to Troy and his nieces Katie, Ashton and Kenna as they rundown and breakdown every episode of friends.
This week we talk about friends season 2 episode 16: The One Where Joey Moves Out. Joey decides to move to a bigger place causing problems in his friendship with Chandler, Monica and Richard try to hide their relationship during Jack Geller's birthday party, while Rachel and Phoebe decide to get tattoos.
Guest star alert!!
Audrie Neenan as Emily
Warren Berlinger as Bob
Josie DiVincenzo as Tattoo Artist
This week we are discussing Friends season 2 episode 15 The One Where Rachel and Ross...You Know. We also have a bonus episode for you where we talk about Matthew Perry.
Ross and Rachel have their first official date, Phoebe helps Monica cater an event for an old family friend and Joey surprises Chandler with two reliners and a big screen TV.
Guest Star Alert!
Tom Selleck as Dr. Richard Burke
Monica finds an old VHS tape of her and Rachel getting ready for the prom and they discover what lengths Ross is willing to go for Rachel. Meanwhile Chandler does not like the terrible gold bracelet Joey gave him as a gift.
Guest star alert!
Patrick Kerr as Restaurant manager
Michael Bower as Roy
Ross tries to spend time with Marcel, Chandler starts going out with an old classmate while Monica and Rachel compete for the attention of Jean-Claude Van Damme
Guest Star Alert!!
Julia Raberts as Susie
Jean-Claude Van Damme as Himself
Lisa Roberts Gilan as Cathy
This week we are talking about friends season 2 episode 12 The One After the Superbowl pt 1.
Ross tries to track down Marcel in Claifornia, Joey goes on a date with his super obsessed stalker and Phoebe is asked to sing her unique brand of songs for children.
Guest star alert!
Chris Isaak as Rob
Brooke Shields as Erika
Dan Castellaneta as The Zoo Janitor
Fred Willard as Mr. Lipson
Roark Critchlow as the Doctor
Lawrence A. Mandley as Security guard
D. Elliot Woods as Waiter
Jim Cummings as Monkeyshine Beer announcer
This week Troy and Katie are talking about Friends season 2 episode 11 The One with the Lesbian Wedding. Ross struggles learning that Carol and Susan are getting married. Rachel is struggling when her Mom visits and has some news. Phoebe is dealing with a client's spirit that entered her body after she died on her massage table.
Guest star alert!!
Marlo Thomas as Sandra Green
Phil Leeds as Mr. Adelman
Candace Gingrich as the Minister
Lea DeLaria as Wedding guest
This week we are talking about friends season 2 episode 10 The One With Russ. Rachel is dating a man that looks very familiar, Monica finds out why "Fun Bobby" is so fun and Joey gets offered a part on a famous soap opera if he's willing to sleep with the casting lady.
This week we are talking about Friends season 2 episode 9 The One With Phoebe's Dad. Phoebe tries to track down her real father but gets cold feet. Monica and Rachel try to throw a party after their radiator breaks.
Guest star alert!
Audra Lindley as Frances
James Michael Tyler as Gunther (yes he finally speaks!)
This week we are talking about Friends season 2 episode 8 The One with the List. Ross tries to decide wether to stay with Julie or Rachel by creating a pros an cons list with the help of Joey and Chandler. Meanwhile Monica is hired to create some Thanksgiving dishes using Mockolate.
Guest Star Alerts!
Michael McKean as Mr. Rastatter
This week we are recapping Friends season 2 episode 7 The One Where Ross Finds Out. When Ross and Julie announce they are getting a cat together Rachel makes a drunk phone call to Ross while she is on a date saying she's over him. Monica is helping Chandler lose weight while Joey tries to help Phoebe figure out why the guy she's dating won't sleep with her.
Guest star alerts!
Ayre Gross as Michael
Barry Diamond as Phone Guy
Marcus Jaques as Waiter
and Fritzi Burr as Woman
This week we are discussing friends season 2 episode 6 The One with the Baby on the Bus. Joey and Chandler are left to babysit Ben after Ross has an allergic reaction to Monica's pie, Meanwhile Phoebe loses her Central Perk gig to a professional and Rachel tries to get it back for her.
Guest Star Alert!
Chrissie Hynde as Stephanie
Max Wright as Terry
Victor Raider-Wexler as The Doctor
Catherine Bell as Robin
Hugh Dane as Jim
Jennifer Sommerfeld as Becky
Tony Mendez as Pedestrian
Giovanni Ribisi as Condom boy
Lea Thompson as Caroline Duffy
This week we are talking about friends season 2 episode 5 The One With Five Steaks and an Eggplant. When Monica gets promoted at her job and wants to celebrate tensions rise when the difference in salaries become apparent and it becomes 3 v 3. Meanwhile Chandler meets a beautiful woman over a case of mistaken identity.
Guest stars:
Brittney Powell as Jade
Chris Young as Little Stevie Fisher
Spence Cherashore as snarky waiter
This week we are talking about Friends season 2 episode 4 The One With Phoebe's Husband. The friends are shocked to discover that Phoebe has been secretly married this whole time, while Rachel decides to give Ross some bad advice to help with his relationship with Julie.
Guest stars
Lauren Tom as Julie
Steve Zahn as Duncan
Janice Davies as woman on bus bench
This week we are talking about Friends season 2 episode 3 The One Where Heckles Dies. After their downstairs neighbor dies Mr. Heckles the friends are forced to clean out his apartment. Chandler is convinced he is going to turn into Mr. Heckles while Ross tries to convince Phoebe that evolution is real.
We're back! This week we are talking about Friends season 2 episode 2 the one with the breast milk. Carol and Susan leave Ben with Ross who is disgusted when Phoebe tastes bottled breast milk. Meanwhile Joey has competition as the best cologne salesman.
We've started a new season! This week are talking about Friends season 2 episode 1 The One With Ross's New Girlfriend. Rachel is dis appointed when Ross comes back from China with a new girlfriend. Meanwhile Chandler has a very unpleasant experience with Joey's old tailor while Monica begs Phoebe to give her a new haircut.
Guest Stars:
Lauren Tom as Julie
Cosimo Fusco as Paolo
Buck Kartalian as Frankie
Tony Sagastizado as Airplane passenger
This week we talk about friends season 1 episode 24 The One Where Rachel Finds Out.
As Ross heads to China for a week, Chandler accidentally reveals his feelings towards Rachel. Meanwhile Joey is participating in a fertility study and is therefore unable to sleep with his new girlfriend so Monica suggests he just be there "for her"
Guest Stars:
Lauren Tom as Julie
Corinne Bohrer as Melanie
Tommy Blaze as Carl
Kerry Clark as The Flight Representative
and Jack Riley as Plane Passenger
This week we discuss and break down friends season 1 episode 23 The One with the Birth. Carol goes into labor while Ross and Susan continue to fight over everything. Rachel tries to flirt with Carol's Doctor. Chandler has a proposition for baby hungry Monica and Joey helps a random woman give birth.
This week we are breaking down and talking about friends season one episode 22 The One With The Ick Factor. Monica is shocked to find out her new boyfriends is a little younger than she thought. Ross got a new beeper so he knows when Carol goes into labor, meanwhile Chandler hires Phobe as his temporary secretary and finds out his coworkers don;t like him.
This week we are talking about and breaking down Friends season 1 episode 21 The One With The Fake Monica. Monica, Rachel and Phoebe try to find the person that stole Monica's credit card number. Chandler is trying to help Joey come up with a new stage name and Ross is having a hard time accepting the fact that he has to give Marcel away for his own good.
Guest stars:
Claudia Shear as Fake Monica
Carla Tamburrelli as The Teacher
Harry Shearer as Dr. Baldharar
This week we are breaking down and talking about Friends season 1 episode 20 The One with the Evil Orthodontist. Rachel and Barry start a relationship again even though he's engaged to her best friend, Chandler goes crazy waiting for a woman to call that he went on a date with and Joey discovers that they are being spied on from across the street. Okee Dokee?
Guest Stars:
Jennifer Grey as Mindy
Mitchell Whitfield as Barry
Lynn Cook as Danielle
Christopher Miranda as Bobby
This week we are breaking down and talking about friends season 1 episode 19 The One Where the Monkey Gets Away. Rachel accidentally lets Ross' monkey Marcel escape while watching him. They form a search party and try to find him. Rachel also learns that her ex-fiance is marrying her former best friend.
Guest stars:
Mitchell Whitfield as Barry
Megan Cavanagh as Luisa
Larry Hankin as Mr. Heckles
Angela Visser as Samantha
Elizabeth Sjoli as Tia
Katie as Marcel
Original air date March 2nd 1995
After being upset that the guys have never invited them to their poker games, the guys try to teach the girls how to play. Meanwhile Rachel is excited for the possibility of getting a new job.
Guest stars in this episode:
Beverly Garland as Aunt Iris
Rachel uses Monica's insurance and have to switch identities when they go on a double date with two cute doctors. Meanwhile Joey is upset that Ursula stood him up leading Phoebe to confront her twin sister. While Ross struggles with the fact that he does not feel like a dad yet as the due date gets closer.
Guest stars in this episode:
Alaina Reed-Hall as admissions woman
George Clooney as Dr. Michael Mitchell
Noah Wiley as Dr. Jeffery Rosen
This week we talk about and rundown Friends season 1 episode 16 The One With Two Parts: Part 1. Phoebe is upset when Joey starts to date her twin sister Ursula, Ross attends a Lamaze class with Carol and Susan, meanwhile Chandler struggles to fire an attractive co-worker.
This week we are talking about and breaking down Friends season 1 episode 15 The One With the Stoned Guy. Monica tries to impress a restaurant owner who is looking for a new head chef with the help of Rachel and Phoebe, Joey tries to help Ross improve his "dirty talk" after his date doesn't go well and Chandler quits his after he is offered a promotion.
This week we talk about and break down Friends season 1 episode 14 The One With the Candy Hearts. It's Valentine's Day and Ross goes on a date and ends up at the same restaurant as Carol and Susan, Joey accidentally sets up Chandler on a blind date with Janice and Monica, Rachel and Phoebe have a ritualistic ex boyfriend bon fire.
This week we are breaking down Friends season 1 episode 13 The One with the Boobies. Joey finds out his Dad is having an affair, Chandler accidentally sees Rachel topless kicking off a series of events where they all keep trying to catch each other in the shower, meanwhile Phoebe is dating a psychiatrist who keeps analyzing them.
This week we are discussing and breaking down Friends season 1 episode 12 The One with the Dozen Lasagnas. While planning a weekend trip together Rachel discovers that her Italian boyfriend Paolo hit on Phoebe while getting a massage. Ross doesn;t want to know the sex of his baby and Joey and Chandler go table shopping after Joey broke their old one.
This week we talk about and break down Friends season 1 episode 11 The One With Mrs. Bing. When Chandler's romance novelist mother comes for a visit Joey catches her and Ross in a compromising position. Meanwhile Monica and Phoebe fight for the affection of a man in a coma while Rachel tries her hand at writing a romance novel.
This week we talk about friends season 1 episode 10 The One With The Monkey. The friends decide to make a no date pact for new years but as the holiday gets closer they all end up breaking it except Ross who now has a pet monkey named Marcel.
Happy Thanksgiving! This week we are discussing and breaking down Friends season 1 episode 9 The One Where Underdog Gets Away.
After all their plans fall through the friends decide to have Thanksgiving at Monica's only to get locked out of the apartment. Meanwhile Ross is finding it difficult to talk to his unborn child.
We need to get rid of tipping, touching pregnant bellies and has a parade balloon ever gotten away in real life?
This week Troy and his nieces Katie and Kenna are talking about and breaking down Friends season 1 episode 8 The One Where Nana Dies Twice. Ross and Monica deal with the death of their grandmother while Chandler tries to figure out why everyone thinks he's gay.
This week Troy and his nieces Katie and Kenna talk about and break down Friends season 1 episode 7 The One with the Blackout. When New York suffers a city wide blackout Ross uses the opportunity to get closer to Rachel while Chandler tries to get closer to model Jill Goodacre that he is stuck in an ATM vestibule with.
Listen as Troy, Katie and Kenna breakdown friends season 1 episode 6 The One With the Butt. Monica's OCD is put to the test after Rachel cleans the apartment. Joey gets a film role as Al Pacino's butt and Chandler enjoys a relationship with all of the fun but none of the responsibility.
This week we are breaking down friends season 1 episode 5 The One With The East German Laundry Detergent. Ross pretends his washing machines in his building are broken so he can spend time with Rachel, Joey sets up a double date with Monica as his girlfriend but she doesn't know that, meanwhile Chandler struggles to break up with Janice.
This week we are breaking down friends season 1 episode 4 The One With George Stephanopoulos. Rachel gets her first paycheck. Joey and Chandler take Ross to a hockey game to cheer him up, meanwhile the girls spy on George Stephanopoulos who lives across the street after getting his pizza. We did waitress math, New York nurses are a different breed, 90's sitcom naked trope and much more!
This week we are breaking down Friends season 1 episode 3 The One With The Thumb. Monica is nervous about introducing her new boyfriend Alan, Chandler starts smoking again after helping Joey with an acting scene, Rachel is unimpressed with her first paycheck and Phoebe keeps getting free money. This episode feels like friends, have we ever received free money from a bank? Rachel is making nothing we did the math. They play softball? Rubber chickens, severed thumbs and can anyone be TOO Alan?
We rundown and break down Friends episode 2 The One with the Sonogram at the End. Ross finds out his ex wife Carol is pregnant, Rachel is returning her ring to Barry and Monica is stressing out about her parents visiting. This episode also marks the first appearance of James Michael Tyler as Gunther. Which Carol actress do you prefer? Ugly naked guy and The Thighmaster! We have a lot of issues with the OB/Gyn scenes. Why should the baby get to have Susan's last name at all? And we LOVE the kid in the dentist chair! Enjoy the episode and remember we'll be there for you cause you're there for us too.
Going all the way back to September of 1994 we rundown and breakdown the pilot episode of Friends. We talk about jokes and props we never noticed before, weird background extras, the fountain, the couch, Rachel's dress, a strange cookie jar, Monica's apparent obsession with chili peppers and at the end of every episode we decide who was the worst and best friend for that episode.