The One That Could Have Been, Part 2

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"The One That Could Have Been, Part 2"
Friends episode

Season	6x16

Episode no.	137

Written by	David Crane Marta Kauffman

Directed by	Michael Lembeck

Guest stars	Jane Sibbett as Carol Willick Jessica Hecht as Susan Bunch Mitchell Whitfield as Barry Farber Paul Gleason as Jack Pat Finn as Dr. Roger James Michael Tyler as Gunther Larry Cox as Arthur Lisa Calderon as Phoebe's Co-worker

Original airdate	February 17, 2000

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"The One That Could Have Been" is a two part episode of the sixth season of Friends. Both parts aired on February 17, 2000.

[edit] Plot

In the Friends' continuing imagination, Carol shows Ross a list of women who are interested in the threesome and tells him that the threesome could wait for a while.

Monica and Chandler are visiting Phoebe in hospital when Ross comes over. It is revealed that Phoebe was, in fact, fired, without her knowing. The three tell her that she should think about getting a new job, such as playing the guitar or massaging people.

Joey is showing Rachel around his apartment and the realistic sculptures he has. Rachel decides to go to the bathroom, but not before saying she is happy to be in Joey's apartment.

Monica's date with Roger is a romantic dinner at her apartment. She shares a passionate kiss with him after talking to him about oysters being "aphodisiacs." She decides that she and Roger should eat couscous with their hands. However, the date is halted when Roger is called to tend to an emergency at the hospital.

Carol's friend, Susan, who she met at a gym, comes over for the threesome, and doesn't notice Ross as they come into the couple's bedroom.

Chandler comes over to have dinner with Monica and tries to act like Roger to make it better for her, with useless results. Monica says that the date was supposed to be the first time that she could have sex with Roger (despite having had sex with men 4 times). Chandler (who had sex with women 9 times) decides it could happen to her someday. Monica inadvertenly asks him to have sex with her and he says yes, much to her embarrassment.

Rachel is fascinated about how Joey can change between being Dr. Drake Ramoray and being himself. Joey tells her that she is beautiful, and he kisses her hands. Both of them share a passionate kiss, until Rachel has to throw up in Joey's bathroom!

Back at Monica's apartment, she and Chandler decide against having sex with each other because there would be pressure between the two. They change their minds and go for a one-night stand, but not before Chandler sits on the couch. After they have sex, they decide to do it again.

The next morning, Rachel wakes up on the couch, and feels terrible about having an affair with a famous person when she is, in fact, married. To cheer her up before she returns home, he gives her a ring to remind her that she is a good person and that she didn't cheat on her husband when she had the chance.

Joey and Ross come to visit Phoebe and she just pretends to be going out for a walk. However, after she leaves the room, she dumps the robe and is revealed to be going to surprise everyone at work.

Ross tells Joey about the threesome Susan had the previous night, but doesn't feel too good about it as he saw her and Susan have sex.

Chandler comes over to Monica's apartment and jokingly glows over the fact that he had sex with Monica. But Monica has another date with Roger, much to Chandler's dismay.

Rachel comes back home and sees Barry having sex with the neighbour's dog-walker and is angry.

Phoebe comes back to work, only to find out that she was fired because of the drop of sales before the heart attack. She realises that when she has another heart attack.

At Central Perk, Ross is getting coffee and Rachel enters, looking for Joey because she wants to have an affair with him and is not going to throw up again. She shouts at Ross about men being horrible because Barry did not follow his wedding vows and had sex with the dog-walker. Ross argues that there are men who are trying to make their marriages work and watch as their wives have sex with women they barely know from gyms, including him. Rachel finally guesses that Carol is, in fact, gay. Ross realises that she is right. The two realise that neither of their marriages are working and that some people are not as good as they seem.

Chandler comes over to Monica's apartment, as Monica's date has been cancelled because Roger has to tend to yet another emergency at the hospital. Chandler reveals that the "emergency" was a fake one planted by him to lure Roger away from Monica, who he is attracted to. He tells Monica that when he woke up, he wanted to hang out with friends, and while they had sex, he was with a friend. He reveals that he has never been in a serious relationship and Monica may not want to go out with him because he is not a "doctor." Monica is touched by this that she kisses him, marking the beginning of a new relationship.

The tag scene at the end of the episode shows Phoebe playing the guitar and performing a song in front of her friends at Central Perk. Her song is linked to the two heart attacks she had earlier and her anger at being fired from Meryl Lynch.

[edit] Cast and Crew

[edit] Main Cast

Jennifer Aniston - Rachel Green
Courtney Cox - Monica Geller
Lisa Kudrow - Phoebe Buffay
Matt LeBlanc - Joey Tribbiani
Matthew Perry - Chandler Bing
David Schwimmer - Ross Geller

[edit] Supporting Cast

Jane Sibbett - Carol Willick
Jessica Hecht - Susan Bunch
Mitchell Whitfield - Barry Farber
Paul Gleason - Jack
Pat Finn - Dr. Roger
James Michael Tyler - Gunther
Larry Cox - Arthur
Lisa Calderon - Phoebe's Co-worker

[edit] Crew

Directed By:
Michael Lembeck

Written By:
David Crane & Marta Kauffman

[edit] Trivia

In the alternate reality, Joey's apartment is the same apartment he lived in for part of season 2.
At the end of the episode, the outcome of the alternate reality is the same as the friends' reality. Ross's wife becomes gay with Susan, Monica & Chandler end up together, Rachel finds out her husband Barry is cheating on her, and Phoebe ends up playing at Central Perk.
This episode is one of the few titles that doesn't begin with "The One Where..." or "The One With..."
In this episode,all of the characters are different than what they're usually like.Monica is obsessed with food such as in the first part of the two-part where Phoebe says "Oh no!",to which Monica replies "What,did you sit on my KitKats?".Also,when she was going to tell Joey about her newly re-found friend Rachel,he says "I know" and hands her his plate with waffles on it.Rachel is a lot like what she was before she decided to leave Barry at the altar,and was still dreamed about having something with actors,such as going over to Joey's to sleep with him.Ross is more into karate than what he was in reality and Chandler wears casual clothes all the time instead of his usual suit or sweatervest outfits.He also works for the New Yorker instead his data job.However,Phoebe is the one who is different the most in the alternate reality.She changed at some point from being a masseusse to a stockbroker,she is the one who smokes instead of Chandler,even though he had smoked since he was 9 and never suffered a heart attack,she had two.Plus,she also gave up on playing the guitar at some point.

[edit] Goofs

In the alternate reality Phoebe works at Merrill Lynch, but when she goes to work the wall says Gehraman and Driscoll. It is however possible that she changed her job during the past years.
When Rachel wakes up in Joey's apartment, her bra strap keeps changing positions in between shots.
When Monica brings Phoebe tea in the hospital, the red spoon keeps changing positions in between shots.