The One With Russ
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| "The One With Russ" | ||||
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| Friends episode | ||||
 Russ and Ross meet. | ||||
| Season | 2x10 | |||
| Episode no. | 34 | |||
| Written by | Ira Ungerleider | |||
| Directed by | Thomas Schlamme | |||
| Guest stars | Lauren Tom as Julie Vincent Ventresca as Fun Bobby June Gable as Estelle Leonard Scott Stewart as Waiter | |||
| Original airdate | January 4, 1996 | |||
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"The One With Russ" is the tenth episode of the second season of Friends, which aired on January 4, 1996.
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Plot
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Monica is back with Fun Bobby, whom the guys find really funny. However, after a night hanging out together, the empty wine bottles standing on the table are too much to go unnoticed; the thing is that not one of the guys drinks more than two glasses, which leaves only Fun Bobby as the remaining drinker. This brings to the fore the fact that Fun Bobby has a drinking problem. When Monica points this out to him, he quits drinking, but his new, not-so-funny stories bring out a more serious problem in him - he's only funny when he drinks. Monica doesn't want to be with creepy, sober, serious Bobby, but at the same time she can't let him fall off the wagon, so she starts drinking herself.
Rachel starts going out with Russ, a guy who is in every way the identical copy of Ross. Everyone sees this in him, except for her and Ross, who classifies him as a complete jerk. Ross is at a loss to see what Rachel can ever see in him, unaware of the uncanny number of similarities there are between him and Rachel's date. When the two start bickering, Rachel becomes aware of the common features Ross and Russ share.
Following a bad review of a play he was in, Joey contacts Estelle to try and get some better work. She gets him an audition for a part on Days Of Our Lives. However, he confesses to her that he's under the impression of definitely getting the part if he sleeps with the network casting lady. She calls the network and confirms this to him. Joey mulls it over, fearing that his whole acting career could take the big step forward only because of this fling.
Fun Bobby tells Monica that she has a drinking problem, and that it's hard for him to stay with her. Chandler and Ross give money to Rachel and Phoebe as they have lost the "Monica-and-Fun-Bobby-won't-break-up" bet. Just a little later, Joey comes to tell everyone how he refused his part on Days Of Our Lives as he didn't want to sleep with the network casting lady. However, impressed by the amount of integrity he showed, the casting lady gave Joey an even bigger role on the show as recurring character Dr. Drake Ramoray, which he has accepted. He goes to shower, and Ross and Chandler win their money back from the girls.
At the coffeehouse, a devastated Russ tells the guys that Rachel dumped him, when Julie enters with a bunch of Ross' stuff. Russ notices Julie; she notices Russ, and a spark of passion flows between the two.
Cast and CrewEdit
Main CastEdit
Jennifer Aniston - Rachel Green
Courteney Cox - Monica Geller
Lisa Kudrow - Phoebe Buffay
Matt Le Blanc - Joey Tribbiani
Matthew Perry - Chandler Bing
David Schwimmer - Ross Geller and Russ
Supporting CastEdit
Lauren Tom - Julie
Vincent Ventresca - Fun Bobby
June Gable - Estelle Leonard
Scott Stewart - Waiter
CrewEdit
Directed By:
Thomas Schlamme
Written By:
Ira Ungerleider
TriviaEdit
- When reading the reviews about his last play Joey says "he's been doing this for ten years". In season 1, however, during the episode of The One With The Butt he says he's been acting for six years, so he should be acting for seven or eight years now.
- This is not the last time Phoebe has said Ross (or Russ in this case) reminds her of Bob Saget: in Vegas she thought Ross had dressed up as him.
- This is the last appearance of Julie and Fun Bobby in Friends.
- Despite being played by David Schwimmer, character Russ was credited as "Snaro" at the end of the episode.
- David Schwimmer is the second person from main cast to play two characters, first being Lisa Kudrow. However we don't know if Ross and Russ are family like Phoebe and Ursula.
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| Preceded by "The One With Phoebe's Dad" | "The One With Russ" | Followed by ""The One With The Lesbian Wedding"" |
