Joey poses for a health poster, but later finds out he's become the V.D. poster boy. Ross finds out Susan is reading to the unborn baby and decides he must, too. Ross and Monica plan their own Thanksgiving dinner because their parents are away; Phoebe joins them, because she celebrates with her grandmother and her grandmother's boyfriend... in December... because he's lunar; Joey joins in because his family thinks he has V.D.; Monica has to make three kinds of potatoes. Chandler plans to boycott Thanksgiving because his parents announced their divorce on that day; Rachel has plans to go to Vail to be with her family. The Underdog balloon breaks free during the parade; everyone goes to the roof to watch but they get locked out of Monica's apartment; the dinner is burned and Rachel misses her flight. Everyone ends up eating Chandler's cheese sandwiches and Funyuns for Dinner. Ugly Naked Guy has Thanksgiving dinner with Ugly Naked Gal, and there's Ugly Naked Dancing.

Original air date: 17 November 1994

Written by: Jeff Greenstein & Jeff Strauss
Director: James Burrows

Guest stars:
Jane Sibbett as Carol
Max Wright as Terry
Jessica Hecht as Susan
Lara Harris as Obsession Girl

[ NOTE: This episode received an Emmy nomination for Writing (Jeff Greenstein & Jeff Strauss).
This episode runs 23:34 on DVD (a typical sitcom runs about 22:00). ]