The One With The Boobies

"The One With The Boobies"
Season	1x13
Episode no.	13
Written by	Alexa Junge
Directed by	Alan Myerson
Guest stars	Robert Costanzo as Joey Tribbiani Sr. Lee Garlington as Ronni Fisher Stevens as Roger Brenda Vaccaro as Gloria Tribbiani
Original airdate	January 19, 1995
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"The One With The Boobies" is the thirteenth episode of the first season of Friends, which aired on January 19, 1995.

Plot

Chandler accidentally sees Rachel wandering around topless after her shower, an accident which makes Rachel distance herself from Chandler. The friends point out that the whole thing is an eye-for-an-eye situation which Chandler has to resolve by showing her his penis, which he refuses to do.

Joey gets a visit from his dad, who is not planning to tell Joey of Ronni and an affair he's having with her. But Joey, after intercepting a telephone conversation he believes his dad was having with his mother, finds out everything. Ronni meets Joey on her way to meet his dad, but Joey does all he can to prevent anything from happening between the two. Joey's mother then shows up to confess how she knows of the affair, and she also admits to Joey that she's okay with it because Joey Sr. can treat her better and with more attention out of guilt. Joey can do nothing except make his peace with the whole thing, albeit grudgingly. His affection for his mother is too much to show the slightest inclination to support his dad.

Phoebe has a new boyfriend, a shrink named Roger, who, initially bemused by the wacky, quirky, goofy personalities of the friends, eventually antagonizes them by displaying his analytical ability to correctly guess unpleasant facts about their backgrounds and lives, even when he hasn't actually been asked to demonstrate it at all. Eventually realizing he is actually a rather unpleasant person who enjoys the power over other people given to him by his ability to do this, Phoebe breaks up with him.

Chandler's peep on Rachel leads to a series of nudity eavesdrops during the episode - Rachel glimpses Joey, who walks in on Monica, who gets a glimpse of Joey's dad.

Cast and Crew

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

Supporting Cast

Robert Costanzo - Joey Tribbiani Sr.
Lee Garlington - Ronni
Fisher Stevens - Roger
Brenda Vaccaro - Gloria Tribbiani

Crew

Directed By:
Alan Myerson

Written By:
Alexa Junge

Quotes

• Chandler: No, she's still upset because I saw her boobies.
• Ross: You what? Wh- what were you doing seeing her boobies?
• Chandler: I'd like to believe that when the right woman comes along, you'll have the courage--and the guts--to say, "No thanks, I'm married."
• Phoebe: It's my friends. They have a liking problem...with you...in that, um, they don't.

Trivia

General

• With one appearance in this episode, Joey's parents have made the least appearances on the show out of all the other friends' parents:
  • Phoebe's mother Phoebe Abbott makes three appearances in "The One At The Beach" (S3E25), "The One With The Jellyfish" (S4E1) and The One With Phoebe's Uterus (S4E11); whilst her father Frank Buffay appears in "The One With Joey's Bag" (S5E13).
  • Chandler's mother Nora Tyler Bing appears in "The One With Mrs. Bing" (S1E11) and also in a flashback in "The One With All The Thanksgivings" (S5E8), whilst his crossdressing father Helena Handbasket is seen in "The One With Chandler's Dad" (S7E22). Both appear in "The One With Monica and Chandler's Wedding" (S7E23/24) and Nora also appears in "The One After "I Do"" (S8E1).
  • Rachel's mother Sandra Green makes three appearances in "The One With The Lesbian Wedding" (S2E11), "The One With Two Parties" (S2E22) and "The One With The Baby Shower" (S8E20); her father Leonard Green also appears in "The One With Two Parties", and makes three subsequent appearances in "The One With The Race Car Bed" (S3E7), "The One With The Stripper" (S8E8) and "The One Where Joey Speaks French" (S10E13).
    • Rachel's father is the last of the friends' parents to make an appearance on the show.
  • Monica and Ross's parents have appeared the most of all the parents during the show, featuring an appearance in various episodes through all seasons, starting from "The One With The Sonogram At The End" (S1E2) (this making them the first parents to appear on the show) and ending with "The One With The Cake" (S10E4). In total, Jack appeared in 20 episodes, while Judy appeared in 19.

Goofs

• When Joey's dad sees Ross he asks, "hows the wife?" but Joey found out that Carol was a lesbian shortly after he first met Ross, which was revealed in "The One With The Flashback" (S3E6) (Considering the Tribbiannis' demonstrated intellectual abilities, it is possible that Joey's father merely remembered learning that Ross had a wife without remembering the context of their relationship).
• Despite catching a glimpse of her breasts in this episode, Chandler later asks Joey what Rachel's breasts looked like when he caught her breastfeeding in "The One Where No One Proposes" (S9E1), although this may be attributed to the length of time that elapsed between now and then.
• The arrangement of Joey and Chandler's bathroom changes. In this episode the shower is opposite the door, but in other episodes, the sink is opposite the door.

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Preceded by "The One With The Dozen Lasagnas"

"The One With The Boobies"

Followed by "The One With The Candy Hearts"

1. "The Pilot"
2. "The One With The Sonogram At The End"
3. "The One With The Thumb"
4. "The One With George Stephanopoulos"
5. "The One With The East German Laundry Detergent"
6. "The One With The Butt"
7. "The One With The Blackout"
8. "The One Where Nana Dies Twice"
9. "The One Where Underdog Gets Away"
10. "The One With The Monkey"
11. "The One With Mrs. Bing"
12. "The One With The Dozen Lasagnas"
13. "The One With The Boobies"
14. "The One With The Candy Hearts"
15. "The One With The Stoned Guy"
16. "The One With Two Parts, Part 1"
17. "The One With Two Parts, Part 2"
18. "The One With All The Poker"
19. "The One Where The Monkey Gets Away"
20. "The One With The Evil Orthodontist"
21. "The One With The Fake Monica"
22. "The One With The Ick Factor"
23. "The One With The Birth"
24. "The One Where Rachel Finds Out"