Monica and Richard have a chance meeting in a video store and decide to see each other as friends--but it doesn't stop there. Phoebe dates Robert, a jock whose shorts are a little too revealing; Ross and Chandler don't know how to tell him. Joey and Rachel read each other's favorite books: The Shining and Little Women.

Original air date: 30 January 1997
Written by: Michael Borkow
Director: Robby Benson

Guest stars:
Tom Selleck as Dr. Richard Burke
James Michael Tyler as Gunther
Markus Flanagan as Robert
Gina Hecht as Richard's Date
Steven Harad as Clerk