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Every season 3 episode ranked worst to best

I recently got my wisdom teeth removed so my attention was mostly on that, which lead to me forgetting to do this for season 3. I really like this season, it's not as good as the first two, or season 4 in my opinion, but it's still leagues better than season 5 to 10. Anyways here's the rankings! If you have any questions, feel free to ask them, I'd be happy to respond (If I can, I'm not always the best at it):

25 - TOW the Hypnosis Tape (s3e18) {this one isn't even close)

24 - TOW the Jam (s3e3)

23 - TOW Phoebe's Ex-partner (s3e14)

22 - TOW the Metaphorical Tunnel (s3e4)

21 - TOW Frank Jr (s3e5)

20 - TOW the Giant Poking Device (s3e8)

19 - TOW Monica and Richard are just friends (s3e13)

18 - TOW the Racecar Bed (s3e7)

17 - TOW Chandler can't remember which sister (s3e11)

16 - TOW the Chick and the Duck (s3e21)

15 - TOW all the Jealousy (s3e12)

14 - TOW no one's ready (s3e2)

13 - TOW the Princess Leia Fantasy (s3e1)

12 - TOW Ross and Rachel take a Break (s3e15)

11 - TOW the Tiny T-shirt (s3e19)

10 - TOW Rachel Quits (s3e10)

9 - TOW the Dollhouse (s3e20)

8 - TOW the Morning After (s3e16)

7 - TOW the Football (s3e9)

6 - TOW the Flashback (s3e6)

5 - TOW the Screamer (s3e22)

4 - TOW Ross's Thing (s3e23)

3 - TOA the Beach (s3e25)

2 - TOW the Ultimate Fighting Champion (s3e24)

1 - TOW-out the Ski Trip (s3e17)

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2024/12/12
17:57 UTC

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Why Phoebe was living on streets when she had her grandma? She could have lived there.

I am new here, so apologies if my question sounds ignorant. But wasn’t she living in her grandma’s apartment the whole time, so why she lived on the streets earlier?

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2024/12/12
17:24 UTC

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Quite possibly my favorite Rachel moment in the whole show

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2024/12/12
15:36 UTC

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Idea: Phoebe Spin off

I've always had this idea for a Phoebe spinoff show, but it's about her life pre- FRIENDS. It would be more of a dark, drama. Possibly dark comedy. Like an hour-long format. I think her backstory would make an excellent show, if even just a limited series.

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2024/12/12
15:02 UTC

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All Friends episodes will be deleted from the world except one. Which episode would you keep?

Today my best friend said to me, "All Friends episodes will be deleted from the world except one. Which episode would you keep?"

I couldn't answer this question. I wanted to say "The One Where They All Turn Thirty" but I can't give up on "Tow The Jellyfish" either...if I choose it, it would be unfair to the London episodes...I can't delete "tow The Football" either... it was unfair that he expected me to make such a decision!😅😅

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2024/12/12
14:03 UTC

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I like to decorate Twinkies. Latest design was Monica's iconic door.

4 Comments
2024/12/12
10:27 UTC

472

An image you can hear

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2024/12/12
09:48 UTC

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What scene/ ep am I thinking of?

I keep thinking of a scene from a movie/ TV show and I can't place where it's from. 99% sure it's from an episode of friends.

Two characters need to make up an alibi for something and so they pretend to have gone to see a movie. When quizzed on this, in perfect sync, they answer the movie they went to see, and then the time it started, etc. The answering in perfect unison makes the alibi seem even more fake and it's a really funny scene. I feel like maybe Rachel was one of the characters?

I've been trying to figure this out for three days, it's really bugging me. Was it Friends?

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2024/12/12
07:37 UTC

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What is your “we listen and we don’t judge” opinion about the show?

My pick would be Rachel should have not gotten off the plane.

We listen and we don’t judge.

51 Comments
2024/12/12
07:21 UTC

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Anyone feel like they dumbed down Chandler in some of the later episodes?

Chandler is my favorite character and in the early seasons it was almost always clear he and Ross were the smartest of the gang. But then for instance in the one with the holiday armadillo he mispronounces “betrothed” which seems so out of character for him. Remember in the first season Monica said he’s a lot more sophisticated than he lets on. Idk maybe it was just that one joke that felt so out of place to me for him. Thoughts?

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2024/12/12
06:38 UTC

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Joey’s fake Porsche

I wonder how long it took him to gather and assemble all those boxes in the proper shape. (The rounded ones must have been especially tricky.)

6 Comments
2024/12/12
04:38 UTC

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Smelly Cat is actually Phoebe. Her family didn't want her and she lived on the streets. Does everyone kinda know that? Just realized on the 5th watch. And it's pretty dark.

In S513 Phoebe meets dad who had abandoned them before her mom committed suicide.

Tells her about a lullaby he used to sing to her, which is smelly cat tune, with different lyrics.

"Sleepy girl, sleepy girl why won't you go to sleep.... You're keeping me up all night". It was about the child he couldn't take care of. And probably didn't want.

Smelly Cat is about a cat dumped by its family into the streets.

So, Smelly Cat is about Phoebe's childhood. About how everyone abandoned the "smelly cat" and was thrown to the streets. And we know that Phoebe was on the streets for a long time. Just a character back story nugget they dropped in season 5, without addressing it or making it dark.

Also, I think her extreme quirkiness is not a random trait, but scars from her past, being a part of her personality.

108 Comments
2024/12/12
02:56 UTC

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Chandler and Monica's Honeymoon

I've just been watching S7 E1 "The One With Monica's Thunder" and C&M are talking about their honeymoon - Chandler suggests Paris, where they'll walk in the Rue de la Blah Blah Blah - my question is, why didn't they honeymoon in Paris? Monica's got all those French posters and as a chef, presumably would want to try all the French cuisine... Why'd they end up in the Caribbean??

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2024/12/12
01:34 UTC

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Why does Gary have a picture of a black man and his daughter on his desk?

54 Comments
2024/12/12
00:57 UTC

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Do you think Monica and Chandler would have gotten together sooner if Joey and Rachel hadn't been in the picture?

I know this might seem like a weird question at first, but i was watching the flashback episode of s3 and Chandler and Monica seemed to be really close, but then Joey and Rachel became a part of their lives, and their respective best friends, which made each pair start to go on their own little adventures and side plots.

Also taking into consideration the fact that they already had crushes on each other when they were younger, so it's not like there was never something there before.

So I'm here wondering, do you think if Joey and Rachel hadn't been in their lives, or at least waited longer to be a part of them, that there is a chance Mondler would have gotten together earlier than they did in the show?

If not for that specific AU, do you think there is any other timeline variation where Monica and Chandler would have started dating sooner?

6 Comments
2024/12/12
00:29 UTC

249

What kind of glasses is Chandler wearing here?

Does anybody know the model or where to get those? Currently trying to buy them for a friend for christmas

46 Comments
2024/12/12
00:11 UTC

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Friends caring for each other

Here's an order of how much each friends cares about other friends (5 - cares the least, 1 - cares the most)

ROSS:

5.Phoebe

4.Joey

3.Chandler

2.Monica

1.Rachel

RACHEL:

5.Chandler

4.Phoebe

3.Joey

2.Monica

1.Ross

CHANDLER:

5.Phoebe

4.Rachel

3.Ross

2.Joey

1.Monica

MONICA:

5.Phoebe

4.Joey

3.Ross

2.Rachel

1.Chandler

JOEY:

5.Monica

4.Ross

3.Phoebe

2.Rachel

1.Chandler

PHOEBE:

5.Chandler

4.Ross

3.Monica

2.Rachel

1.Joey

10 Comments
2024/12/11
19:26 UTC

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Friends-based game show coming Dec 19

Not sure if anyone’s aware of this. I didn’t see it posted

104 Comments
2024/12/11
19:05 UTC

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Can Ross and Rachel be considered a tragic couple or could they be if they didn't get back together at the end?

A lot of conflicts, jealousy but a happy ending

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4 Comments
2024/12/11
19:05 UTC

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When they ask if you were really on a break…

14 Comments
2024/12/11
17:52 UTC

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The Writers should have made Joey land a major acting gig at the series finale.

Crazy how everyone at the end has something lined up.

Monica and Chandler moving and having kids.

Ross and Rachel moving and taking care of Emma.

Phoebe and Mike enjoying their new marriage.

Joey? He goes back to his empty apartment(eventually to LA).

I just can't understand why the writers just couldn't give Joey something big.

Sure, they and an idea of giving Joey his own spinoff but AT LEAST they could have given him something at the finale.

Throughout the whole series Joey was a struggling actor.

We see him scrapping for cash or being bailed out by Chandler.

It have would been super satisfying for the audience to see Joey at the final season building up to his big break.

The last season should have been Joey landing a big role that would have achieved his dreams.

I get why they didn't make Joey a successful actor during the shows run.

The big role would have him move to LA and the Joey show would have been struggling with the new fame and money.

It's sad because Joey is one of my favorite characters.

72 Comments
2024/12/11
15:45 UTC

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Am I crazy, or is this definitely not Matt LeBlanc ?

My cousin sent me this that his friend posted. I don’t think that is Matt LeBlanc

183 Comments
2024/12/11
13:37 UTC

139

Is it just me or Monica's "funniest guy I've ever met" doesn't sound that funny

37 Comments
2024/12/11
11:00 UTC

6

What are some plot holes you noticed?

or continuity errors

31 Comments
2024/12/11
11:54 UTC

2

Wait which sister di Chandler kiss?

Wrong answers only

42 Comments
2024/12/11
06:32 UTC

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