The One Where Ross Got High

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"The One Where Ross Got High"
Friends episode

Season	6x09

Episode no.	130

Written by	Gregory S. Malins

Directed by	Kevin S. Bright

Guest stars	Elliott Gould as Jack Geller Elle Macpherson as Janine Lecroix Christina Pickles as Judy Geller

Original airdate	November 25, 1999

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"The One Where Ross Got High" is the ninth episode of the sixth season of Friends, which aired on November 25, 1999. Monica hosts Thanksgiving and Chandler uses the occasion to try and win her parents over. The episode involves a subplot where Rachel makes a trifle including a layer of beef.

It was written by Greg Malins and directed by Kevin S. Bright. It guest starred Elliott Gould as Jack Geller, Christina Pickles as Judy Geller, and Elle Macpherson as Janine Lecroix.

[edit] Plot

The Geller parents are coming over for Thanksgiving, but they don't know that Chandler and Monica are living together, or even dating for that matter. Chandler tries to charm the Gellers to get them to like him so that they can tell them the truth. Monica lets Rachel make the dessert this year, but the cookbook pages are stuck together and Rachel ends up making a trifle that is half trifle half shepherds pie. It comprises layers of ladyfingers, jam, custard, raspberries, more ladyfingers, beef sauteed with peas and onions, a little more custard, bananas, then whipped cream.

Ross finally figures out why the Jack and Judy don't like Chandler: in college Ross smoked pot in the dorm room and when his parents walked, in he blamed it on Chandler. Joey and Ross are also invited to spend Thanksgiving with Janine, Joey's roommate, and her hot dancer friends, but the girls make them stay. Ross finally tells his parents that it wasn't Chandler. Monica and Ross takes this opportunity to yell out secrets about each other they have wanted to say; Phoebe admits to being in love with Jacques Cousteau; Rachel realizes she wasn't supposed to put beef in the trifle; and Joey just wants to leave. The Gellers take a liking to Chandler and thank him for standing by Ross during his "drug problems" and for "taking on Monica as well".

[edit] Cast and Crew

[edit] Main Cast

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

[edit] Supporting Cast

Elliott Gould - Jack Geller
Elle Macpherson - Janine Lecroix
Christina Pickles - Judy Geller

[edit] Crew

Directed By:
Kevin S. Bright

Written By:
Gregory S. Malins

[edit] Trivia

[edit] General

The Magna Doodle shows a drawing of an astronaut standing on the moon with a spaceship and a view of Earth in the background.
On the DVD, one extra scene is at the end of the show where Janine comes to Monica and Chandler's place and Monica introduces her to her mom and dad.

[edit] Goofs

When they showed the inside of Rachel's old room there is not much furniture to sit on. There is just a small chair, but when Phoebe walked out of the room she told Rachel that she was just starting to take her Thanksgiving nap. What was she going to sleep on?
In this episode, everyone says that Rachel accidentally mixes the ingredients of an English Trifle recipe and a Shepherd's Pie recipe when making her dessert. Actually a Shepherd's Pie is made with lamb. Rachel's "beef-custard thing" is half a Cottage Pie, which is made from beef, and half an English Trifle.