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| Seventh Season 701 The One With Monica's Thunder The gang celebrates Monica's engagement night. Rachel, feeling lonely, kisses Ross (and considers doing more). Everyone thinks it's a big deal and Monica accuses Rachel of stealing her thunder. Phoebe asks if she can play at the wedding, and won't let up until she's convinced they'll really let her. Joey prepares to audition to play the part of a 19-year-old. Phoebe eats Joey's candy bar. Chandler is unable to perform in the bedroom. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 702 The One With Rachels's Book Monica begins to make wedding plans with Rachel's help; Chandler feels left out. Phoebe wants to give Monica and Chandler some time alone, so she moves in with Ross for a couple days. But Ross is not happy with her running the massage business from his apartment. While Phoebe is out, he agrees to give a massage, thinking the client is a beautiful young woman, but it turns out to be her old, overweight father. The duck gets sick after eating Rachel's face cream. Chandler and Monica find out that Mr. and Mrs. Geller have spent Monica's wedding fund. Chandler has enough savings to cover it, but isn't sure that's the way he wants to use the money. Joey finds an erotic book that Rachel's been reading, and won't let her live it down. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 703 The One With Phoebe's Cookies Chandler gets glasses but everyone thinks he had them all along. Phoebe decides to give Monica her grandmother's chocolate-chip cookie recipe as an engagement present, but discovers it was destroyed in the fire. She and Monica try to figure out the secret recipe, only to discover that they are Nestle Tollhouse cookies. Rachel tries to teach Joey to sail his boat; she turns into her Dad in the process. Chandler spends time with Mr. Geller, and keeps having embarrassing moments at the gym. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 704 The One With Rachel's Assistant Joey's TV show (Mac and C.H.E.E.S.E.) premiers. He gets called in to audition for the part of Stryker Ramoray (Drake's twin brother) on Days of Our Lives. But his new-found stardom goes to his head and he walks out. Since his TV show stinks, it gets cancelled and he has to come crawling back to Days. Rachel hires an assistant, and choses a pretty-boy (Tag) instead of a qualified woman. Monica and Chandler decide they shouldn't have secrets from each other, but it backfires on upsets them both, and Ross as well. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 705 The One With The Engagement Picture Monica and Chandler try to get a good engagement picture, but it seems impossible because Chandler can't seem to smile properly when there's a camera involved. Phoebe and Ross date a couple who're getting divorced. They constantly argue about their dates' bad qualities. Ross ponders starting a divorced men's club. Rachel arranges for her assistant, Tag, to spend time with Joey, so he can't go out with women at the store. But Joey hooks him up with lot of women. Joey keeps staining his shirts. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 706 The One With The Nap Partners Monica tells Rachel and Phoebe to decide who is going to be her Maid of Honor. They can't come to an agreement, so Joey and Ross hold "auditions" for the part. Someone overhears that Monica is marrying Chandler, and wishes a sarcastic "good luck." She turns out to be Julie Graff, whom Chandler dumped when he was 15 because she got fat. Monica convinces him to apologize to her. After watching Die Hard, Ross and Joey fall asleep on the couch and have a very good nap. At first they are very upset that it happened, but eventually they decide to try it again. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 707 The One With Ross's Library Book Joey has a one night stand and wants Rachel to dump the girl (Erin) for him. Not only can't Rachel do it, but she and Phoebe become friends with Erin and arrange for Joey to go out with her again. Joey decides he really likes Erin, but Erin decides there isn't a future in the relationship. Ross discovers that his Doctoral Thesis is in NYU's library. When he goes to visit it, he finds that it's in a remote corner frequented by couples engaging in sexual activities. He begins to patrol that area of the library, but ends up being a culprit himself. Monica runs into Janice, who invites herself to Monica and Chandler's wedding. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 708 The One Where Chandler Doesn't Like Dogs The gang all play a game where they have to try to list all 50 states; Ross gets so involved in it that he misses Thanksgiving dinner. Chandler and Monica find out that Phoebe is keeping a dog in the apartment; Chandler reveals his fear of dogs. Rachel invites Tag over for Thanksgiving dinner. He's depressed because he and his girlfriend just broke up. Rachel tries to decide whether to comfort him as a friend, or to make a move. She decides to just be a friend, but Joey lets the secret slip out. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 709 The One With All The Candy Monica decides to make candy for the neighbors so they can get to know them better. The candy is such a big hit with the neighbors that Monica is going crazy trying to keep up with the demand. Chandler finally has to put a stop to the candy making before Monica has a nervous breakdown. Ross buys Phoebe a bike when he learns she never had one as a little girl. The gang soon discovers that Phoebe doesn't know how to ride a bike, so he offers to teach her. Rachel fills out a "joke" job evaluation for Tag. Unaware that it was meant for his eyes only, Tag send it straight to Human Resources. They then try to figure out how to get the evaluation back without exposing their relationship. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 710 The One With The Holiday Armadillo Ross has his son, Ben, for the holidays and decides to teach him about Hanukkah. Ben can't handle the idea of no visit from Santa, so Ross tries at the last minute to find a Santa costume. The rental shop is all out so he rents an Armadillo costume instead. Things go from bad to worse but in the end he finally gets to give Ben Hanukkah and Christmas. Phoebe's apartment in finally done being rebuilt after the fire. Worried that Rachel won't want to move back in with her, she tries to rive a wedge between Joey and Rachel by giving Joey a drumset and a tarantula. It backfires, but Rachel wants to live with Phoebe anyway. The apartment looks great but no longer has two separate bedrooms. Phoebe likes the spaciousness, so Rachels keeps living with Joey. Chandler tries to master the art of smoothing slipping someone money during a handshake. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 711 The One With All The Cheesecakes Chandler and Rachel can't stop eating someone else's cheesecakes, which are mistakenly delivered to Chandler's apartment. Monica is upset that she wasn't invited to her cousin's wedding, but the rest of her family was. Phoebe chews out Joey for cancelling their plans together so he can go on a date; then she does the same to him when her old flame David (Scientist Guy) shows up in town for a day. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 712 The One Where They're Up All Night After watching for a comet on the roof of their building, the gang goes their separate ways; but all end up staying up all night. Joey and Ross get stuck on the roof and spend the night trying to get down. Rachel and Tag spend the night trying to find some important documents that were supposed to get sent earlier that day. Phoebe is kept awake by the smoke alarm that won't die. Monica and Chandler can't get to sleep and spend the night reading, talking, coupling, and cleaning. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 713 The One Where Rosita Dies Rachel breaks Joey's chair (Rosita) so she buys him a new one; meanwhile Chandler thinks he broke it, so he replaces it with his own identical chair. Joey believes the chair miraculously healed itself, so Rachels keeps the new chair. But Joey is jealous, so he breaks "his" chair so he can have Rachel's. Mr. and Mrs. Geller are selling their home so Ross and Monica go to pick up their childhood things. Ross's are fine, but Monica's have been ruined by flood water. To make it up to her, Mr. Geller gives her his Porsche. Phoebe takes a job as a telemarketer and her first contact (Earl) doesn't want to buy anything because he's planning to kill himself. Phoebe convinces him to keep living. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 714 The One Where They All Turn Thirty Rachel agonizes when the gang celebrates her 30th birthday and while they all reflect on their own goofy experiences on their previous 30th birthday parties -- including Monica's comic attempts to conceal her intoxication from her parents -- Rachel ponders how to meet her remaining life goals. Meanwhile, Phoebe remembers when she discovered sobering news from her sister Ursula on her 30th and Ross also recalls his embarrassing fling with a red sports car when he hit the magic number. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 715 The One With Joey's New Brain In a "Super-size" episode, Joey accidentally informs fellow "Days of Our Lives" castmate (Oscar-winning guest star Susan Sarandon, "Dead Man Walking") that she will be fired so that her character's brain can be implanted into his own -- and though the diva unloads on him, the odd couple quickly end up in each other's arms. Elsewhere, Rachel and Phoebe try to sabotage each other's chances to meet a cute guy who inadvertently left his cell phone behind while Chandler and Monica desperately urge Ross not to play his screeching Scottish bagpipes at their wedding. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 716 The One With The Truth About London Monica and Chandler grudgingly agree to let Joey perform their wedding ceremony -- once he's been "ordained" via the Internet -- and as the couple fondly recall how their relationship changed during their London trip years ago, Monica shares a startling revelation that leaves Chandler's head spinning. Elsewhere, Rachel becomes Ben's (guest star Cole Mitchell Sprouse) favorite babysitter when she teaches him practical jokes to play on his dad Ross. In addition, Phoebe panics when she notices the possible side effects of a headache medication she just swallowed. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 717 The One With The Cheap Wedding Dress Monica regrets telling a fellow bride-to-be (guest star Andrea Bendewald, "Suddenly Susan") about a cheaper bridal store when she later has to fight the woman tooth-and-nail for a unique wedding dress -- and later duels her for the right to hire Chandler's favorite band for the event. Down the hall, Ross also competes with Joey for the affections of the same lissome lass (guest star Gabrielle Union, "City of Angels"). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 718 The One With Joey's Award Joey is overjoyed to be nominated for a "Soapie" -- the third most-prestigious award in daytime dramas -- but when the results don't go his way, he's not above stealing one for himself, while the engaged Monica frets when she realizes she will never experience the thrill of a new relationship again. Elsewhere, Ross is more than curious when he spies Chandler sneaking out of a male strip club while Phoebe finds a cute guy. Alison Sweeney of NBC's "Days of Our Lives" and McKenzie Westmore of NBC's "Passions" guest-star. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 719 The One With Ross and Monica's Cousin When the alluring cousin (Denise Richards, "The World Is Not Enough") of Monica and Ross arrives for a visit after a long absence since their childhood, her irresistible beauty causes serious distractions for all the men who meet her -- including an uneasy Ross. Elsewhere, Rachel and Phoebe are hopelessly overmatched when they try to rush their plans for Monica's shower as is Joey when he foolishly tries to trick a casting director to secure an acting role. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 720 The One With Rachel's Big Kiss An embarrassed Rachel bumps into her old sorority sister (Oscar nominee and guest star Winona Ryder, "Little Women," "The Age of Innocence") and wonders whether she should confront her about a boozy incident from their college days when their friendship took a dramatic and passionate turn. In preparation for the wedding, Chandler and Ross try to out-suit each other by renting tuxedos once used by celebrities, while Monica struggles to accomodate unexpected invites, Joey's parents. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 721 The One With Chandler's Dad While reviewing her wedding-guest list, Monica learns that an embarrassed Chandler hasn't invited his estranged dad (guest star Kathleen Turner)-- so she arranges a face-to-face meeting between the two in hopes that father and son can patch up their differences before the ceremony. Elsewhere, wretched driver Rachel swipes the keys to Monica's Porsche and speeds off with a reluctant Ross aboard while the police are in hot pursuit, and Joey wants to prove to Phoebe that he is so secure in his masculinity that he can wriggle into women's panties and learn to love it. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 722 The One With Monica And Chandler's Wedding In the one-hour season finale, Monica and Chandler gather their offbeat families on the eve of their wedding, but there's just one problem -- Chandler is missing when he gets cold feet and bolts, and while Ross searches for him, Rachel and Phoebe desperately vamp to distract the unsuspecting bride. Elsewhere, Joey can't pry himself away from shooting a World War I film with a spit-and-polish actor (guest star Gary Oldman, "Air Force One") in time to perform the ceremony. |
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