The best episodes of Friends

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01
S05E14 · February 11, 1999 · 30m
The One Where Everybody Finds Out9.5
Phoebe finds out about Monica and Chandler's romance; Ross plans to rent Ugly Naked Guy's apartment.
02
S06E09 · November 25, 1999 · 30m
The One Where Ross Got High9.5
Monica's parents come for Thanksgiving, which is a problem because, not only do they not like Chandler, they don't know where he's living. Rachel makes a dessert--with beef. Phoebe develops a crush on Mr. Geller. Joey and Ross can't wait for dinner to end so they can go to Janine's "Thanksgiving with models".
03
S06E24 · May 18, 2000 · 30m
The One With the Proposal, Part 19.5
Chandler plans to propose to Monica at dinner, but his plans go awry when Richard shows up. Phoebe and Joey join Rachel at a charity auction.
04
S09E08 · November 21, 2002 · 30m
The One With Rachel's Other Sister9.5
Rachel's self-centered younger sister, Amy, ruins everyone's Thanksgiving dinner with her uncensored observations.
05
S09E18 · April 3, 2003 · 30m
The One With the Lottery9.5
Hoping to win a huge jackpot, the friends pool their money and buy dozens of lottery tickets.
06
S06E15 · February 17, 2000 · 30m
The One That Could Have Been: Part 19.4
Barry and Mindy's impending divorce prompts the gang to fantasize about what their lives might be like if they'd all taken different courses. Ross is still married to Carol, and Rachel is married to Barry, but fawning over famous soap star Joey Tribbiani. Monica is still fat and dating a doctor. Chandler is an aspiring writer and Phoebe is a Wall Street shark for Merrill Lynch.
07
S06E16 · February 17, 2000 · 30m
The One That Could Have Been: Part 29.4
Carol and Ross decide to have a threesome to spice up their marriage. Rachel goes to Joey's and kisses him. Chandler and Monica have sex and end up together anyway. Susan meets Carol. Rachel catches Barry cheating.
08
S07E14 · February 8, 2001 · 30m
The One Where They All Turn Thirty9.4
When Rachel turns 30, the gang reminisces about their 30th birthdays. While trying to patch things up with Ursula, Phoebe discovers that she is 31. Ross buys a sports car to look cool. Monica gets drunk in front of her parents.
09
S08E02 · October 4, 2001 · 30m
The One With the Red Sweater9.4
Rachel won't tell anybody who the father of her baby is until she tells him. Joey tells Monica and Phoebe that a guy slept with Rachel a few weeks earlier, and left a red sweater behind. Ross and Chandler attempt to recreate the wedding pictures, after Chandler loses the disposable cameras. Monica opens all of her and Chandler's wedding presents.
10
S08E09 · November 22, 2001 · 30m
The One With the Rumor9.4
Monica invites an old friend from high school over for Thanksgiving dinner, unaware that Will started a "We Hate Rachel" club with Ross. Meanwhile, Joey vows to eat an entire turkey by himself, and Chandler and Phoebe pretend to watch football to avoid helping in the kitchen.
11
S09E24 · May 15, 2003 · 30m
The One in Barbados, Part 29.4
Charlie and Joey break up, Rachel finally tells Joey about her crush on him, and Monica and Mike compete at a game of ping pong.
12
S02E14 · February 1, 1996 · 30m
The One With the Prom Video9.3
Monica brings some things home from her parents' house, including a prom video; Rachel tells Ross that she doesn't think it will work out between them.
13
S03E06 · October 31, 1996 · 30m
The One With the Flashback9.3
The show flashes back to when the friends were acquaintances and pairing off was a possibility.
14
S04E12 · January 15, 1998 · 30m
The One With the Embryos9.3
Phoebe undergoes in-vitro fertilization; Monica and Rachel go up against Joey and Chandler to determine which pair know the other better.
15
S04E19 · April 9, 1998 · 30m
The One With All the Haste9.3
Ross proposes to Emily; Rachel and Monica demand their apartment back from the guys.
16
S05E02 · October 1, 1998 · 30m
The One With All the Kissing9.3
Rachel wants to tell Ross that she still loves him; Chandler must kiss Rachel and Phoebe to cover up a kiss with Monica; Phoebe's water breaks.
17
S07E24 · May 17, 2001 · 30m
The One with Monica and Chandler's Wedding, Part 29.3
Joey encounters problems trying to get off the movie set to officiate the wedding when the star turns up drunk. Meanwhile, Ross desperately searches for the missing Chandler as Rachel and Phoebe try to keep Monica from finding out. While the girls are searching, they come across a positive pregnancy test in a garbage can.
18
S08E23 · May 16, 2002 · 30m
The One Where Rachel Has a Baby, Part 19.3
Rachel and Ross arrive at the hospital. Monica and Chandler decide to have a baby and right away. Mrs. Geller turns up to give Ross her mother's engagement ring; she wants Ross to marry Rachel. Joey can't understand why somebody wouldn't want to be married to Rachel. Phoebe meets a handsome stranger, but can't quite get his room number, so she gets Dr. Drake Ramoray to get it.
19
S08E24 · May 16, 2002 · 30m
The One Where Rachel Has a Baby, Part 29.3
Drake reports to Phoebe. Chandler and Monica look for a room in the hospital to use for a tryst. After 21 hours of labor, Rachel's ready to have the baby. Joey blows it for Phoebe but fixes it just as quickly.
20
S09E07 · November 14, 2002 · 30m
The One With Ross's Inappropriate Song9.3
When Chandler's former romantic rival decides to sell his apartment, Chandler persuades Joey to help him inspect it on the sly.
21
S09E23 · May 15, 2003 · 30m
The One in Barbados, Part 19.3
Chandler gives David some bad advice, sparks fly between Ross and Charlie, and Rachel struggles with the idea of telling Joey that she's crazy about him.
22
S04E01 · September 25, 1997 · 30m
The One With the Jellyfish9.2
At the beach house, Ross and Rachel appear on the threshold of a new era; Phoebe gets to know her birth mother; Monica is stung by a jellyfish.
23
S04E24 · May 7, 1998 · 30m
The One With Ross's Wedding: Part II9.2
As Ross and Emily prepare to wed, Rachel makes a frantic attempt to reach London before the ceremony. Elsewhere, there is no love lost between Ross's and Emily's fathers.
24
S05E11 · January 7, 1999 · 30m
The One With All the Resolutions9.2
Rachel's New Year's resolution not to gossip is tested when she discovers Monica and Chandler's romance.
25
S05E15 · February 18, 1999 · 30m
The One With the Girl Who Hits Joey9.2
Chandler freaks out over the subject of marriage to Monica; Joey's girlfriend throws playful, but painful, punches; Ross alienates his new neighbors.

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