Chandler boycotts all “pilgrim holidays” because it reminds him of his parents divorce, and Phoebe reveals she is celebrates two Thanksgivings – one on the “lunar calendar” with her grandmother, and one on the actual day. Monica and Ross want to spend Thanksgiving at Monica’s because their parents are gone, Rachel’s salary doesn’t allow her to buy plane tickets to visit her parents and Joey’s VD poster causes his family to believe he actually carries the disease himself, causing him to spend Thanksgiving at Monica’s place as well. Unlike “The One with the Late Thanksgiving’s” trail of insignificant events that lead up to a redeeming ending, this episode offers substantial and humorous reasons for the characters making the Thanksgiving plans they do, while also aids character insight, being only the ninth episode of the series. The first ever Thanksgiving episode of Friends gives us a series of misadventures that fittingly and convincingly center around the Thanksgiving dinner. “The One Where the Underdog Gets Away” (Season 1)

The plot events are quite dry and the action seems forced, but the episode somewhat redeems itself at the end when Monica receives the call from the adoption agency, telling her she and Chandler have been chosen by a woman from Ohio to adopt her baby.Īt least we get some holiday cheer amidst this series of inconsequential events. There are a lot of weird things going on in this episode.īetween Rachel and Phoebe exploiting Emma in a baby beauty pageant, Chandler denying himself and the guys a premium Rangers game ticket, and Monica and Chandler locking everyone out, this episode is essentially revolved around the friends being in a quarrel over something as trivial as being a bit late to a Thanksgiving dinner- that Monica didn’t even want to prepare in the first place. “The One with the Late Thanksgiving” (Season 10) The effects of Monica’s concoction of the synthetic “mockolate” created for Thanksgiving on Rachel and Phoebe is definitely comical, but fails at fully rendering that collective holiday spirit the gang presents in other Thanksgiving episodes. Not only does this episode provide an unnecessary addition to this plotline, but the Thanksgiving-related aspect of this episode is minimal. In an easily expected plot twist, Rachel finds the list and becomes very upset Ross tries incessantly to apologize. Ross creates a list of Rachel’s faults so that he can make a decision between her and Julia - only to discover Julia’s one fault is that “she’s not Rachel.” The Thanksgiving facet of the episode revolves around Rachel’s excitement about her pretty-boy assistant, Tag, showing up to the crew’s Thanksgiving dinner, where by the very end of the episode they kiss.Ī very significant ending for a very unfaltering relationship.Īside from the fact that this is the only season not to feature a dedicated Thanksgiving episode, this feels like a forced addition to the Ross-Rachel plotline.

Monica and Phoebe move the dog to Ross’s place, but then sneak it back in. Phoebe secretly shelters a dog in her room, and everyone thinks Chandler is allergic to dogs when really he’s only feared them. True to the title, the episode centers almost solely around Chandler’s dislike of dogs. This line from Joey summarizes this Season 7 episode in the grand scheme of “Friends” Thanksgiving episodes, this one matters minimally. “This is all a moo point… it’s like a cow’s opinion, you know, it doesn’t really matter. “The One Where Chandler Doesn’t Like Dogs” (Season 7) Which one is the best? We rank all the “Friends” Thanksgiving episodes from worst to best. “Friends” gave us many memorable Thanksgiving episodes over its decade-long run.

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