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(#2) The One with Christmas in Tulsa
- December 12, 2002
This is another of the famous Friends clips shows. This one is particularly bad, because the framing for it is that Chandler is stuck in Tulsa on Christmas, missing his friends and wife back home. Selma Blair guest stars as a former pageant girl, who, unhappy in her own relationship, decides Christmas is the best time to make a pass at her married boss. Meanwhile, at home in New York, Monica is convinced that Chandler is going to cheat on her. However, the silver lining here is that the come on encouraged Chandler to finally quit his job and return home to his friends.
Most uncomfortable moment: After Monica finds out Chandler is alone in the office with "the second prettiest girl in Oklahoma," her tone immediately changes, and she hangs up as quickly as possible.
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(#3) The One With The Joke
- January 13, 2000
This episode has its funny moments. Phoebe says she'd rather date Rachel than Monica, because Monica is so high-maintenance. It's adorable, later on in the episode when Chandler says it's okay that Monica is high-maintenance, becuase he likes "maintaining her." However, the majority of the episode is taken over by Ross and Chandler fighting over a joke that got published in Playboy. Each insist they wrote the joke, and neither will give in. Not only do we never even hear the joke in its entirety, but Monica eventually calls it offensive. So then they both claim they didn't write it.
Most uncomfortable moment: Joey, the new waiter at Central Perk, tries to take orders from his friends, and the entire cafe, by pretending he's doing so because he's going up to the counter anyway.
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(#14) The One Where Ross And Rachel Take A Break (1)
- February 13, 1997
The silver lining of this episode is Phoebe, Monica, Joey, and Chandler, who are trapped in Monica's room after Ross and Rachel's most dramatic fight breaks out. Monica and Phoebe have the guys try waxing their legs with supposed miracle product "Waxene!" to disastrous - and hilarious - effect. However, the rest of the episode is about whether or not Ross cheated on Rachel with his fling with the copy girl. Rachel believes yes, and the two break up, seemingly for good. It's a difficult pill to swallow for Ross and Rachel shippers.
Most uncomfortable moment: When Rachel asks Ross how Chloe (Angela Featherstone) was, and he says, "different." Chandler's response to Ross's answer is funny, but the moment overall is painful and sad.
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(#11) The One with the Cake
- October 23, 2003
The biggest sin of "The One With The Cake" is really just being boring. Rachel wants to plan the absolute perfect first birthday party for Emma. However, things go awry when she realizes that instead of a bunny cake with her daughter's face on it, the bakery had made a mistake, and given her a much more adult confectionary. As she and Ross drive to the bakery to rectify the situation, the rest of the friends try to figure out how to get out of staying the party.
Most uncomfortable moment: Rachel cries in the car after realizing everyone but Monica and Chandler have left the party, and it is too late to get to the bakery for a new cake.
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(#15) The One Where Chandler Gets Caught
- January 15, 2004
This is another of the oft criticized clips episodes. Phoebe and Rachel think Chandler is cheating on Monica after they see him with an unfamiliar blonde woman. They go as far as to tell Monica, before it's revealed that the blonde woman is actually their realtor. They've decided to move outside of the city, since they have a baby on the way, and the rest of their friends are not okay with it. This is the last of the six clips episodes of the series, and marks the beginning of the end of Friends.
Most uncomfortable moment: It pales in comparison to some others on this list - but when Chandler pulls a Michael Scott, saying he and Monica didn't get the house, only to reveal after the other friends leave that in reality, their bid had been accepted. They were moving to the suburbs.
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(#12) The One Where Rachel Has A Baby (2)
- May 16, 2002
There are silver linings to this two-parter, which features Rachel going into labor, and dealing with the painful waiting in this hospital to deliver her baby. Janice (Maggie Wheeler) makes an appearance, to Chandler's dismay. Monica and Chandler decide they want to have a baby... and get it on in the hospital. The cringeworthy part comes in the second half of the episode, when Ross's grandmother's ring falls out of his pocket, and Joey picks it up, leading Rachel to believe he had proposed to her. It only gets worse when Rachel says yes, leading to a host of problems between her, Joey, and Ross, and setting their relationship back another year.
Most uncomfortable moment: When Rachel says, "yes."
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