The One With The List
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| "The One With The List" | ||||
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| Friends episode | ||||
 Rachel reads Ross' list. | ||||
| Season | 2x08 | |||
| Episode no. | 32 | |||
| Written by | David Crane Marta Kauffman | |||
| Directed by | Mary Kay Place | |||
| Guest stars | Lauren Tom as Julie Michael McKean as Mr. Rastatter James Michael Tyler as Gunther (uncredited) | |||
| Original airdate | November 16, 1995 | |||
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"The One With The List" is the eighth episode of the second season of Friends, which aired on November 16, 1995. This episode serves as the Thanksgiving episode of the year, but deviates from the tradition of the bottle episode focused on the six main characters.
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Plot
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Rachel and Ross tell the girls and the guys respectively of their kiss. Rachel thinks it was absolutely amazing, whilst Ross is still torn between her and Julie. Chandler tries to help him out with choosing one of Rachel and Julie by printing a list of flaws each of them have from his new computer. Ross lists every flaw he could think of Rachel, but when he comes to Julie, all he can manage is: "She's not Rachel". Chandler doesn't manage to print the list and phones the computer company to complain.
Monica has a job interview, for which she has to produce a number of recipes using Mockolate, a synthetic chocolate substitute. Monica finds difficulty integrating the bad ingredient in good recipes, but she tries anyway. She presents her recipes to the interviewer, who sadly informs her that the FDA approval for Mockolate didn't arrive, but gives her a check for her efforts anyway. He does, however, ask her if she experienced any side effects from eating Mockolate, including any burning sensation during peeing.
Ross manages to break up with Julie, having set his heart on Rachel. Rachel enters and asks Ross what's happening. With Joey's help, Ross finally gets with Rachel. He goes to grab her coat, but Rachel sees the list on the computer. Even worse, after several useless attempts, the printer manages to spit out the list. Rachel manages to obtain the list from the guys and reads her flaws out. She demands an explanation from Ross, who can't seem to put words together to explain everything to her, and when she reads Julie's flaws ("She's not Rachem" - a typographical error by Chandler), she thinks Ross is making fun of her.
Ross tries several more times to try and apologize to Rachel, climbing up the fire escape to read her pros list, but she doesn't want to hear a word. Ross tells her that if it were her who made the list, no flaws of his would stop him from wanting to be with her. She replies that she would have never made such a list, which she guesses is the difference between her and him. Ross dedicates a song to Rachel over the radio in a last desperate attempt at apologizing, but Rachel calls the radio station to tell the DJ what Ross did. This causes the DJ to stop playing Ross' song halfway, describing Ross' action "pretty appalling".
Monica meets her interviewer again, this time to be introduced to Fishtachios - pistachios of reconstituted fish bits and cat hair. As Monica is allergic to cat hair, however, she can't try any.
Cast and CrewEdit
Main CastEdit
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 CastEdit
Lauren Tom - Julie
Michael McKean - Mr. Rastatter
James Michael Tyler - Gunther (uncredited)
CrewEdit
Directed By:
Mary Kay Place
Written By:
David Crane & Marta Kauffman
TriviaEdit
GeneralEdit
- NBC told the show producers they wanted all the Thursday shows to have a Thanksgiving episode. The writers added the Mockolate storyline to meet the Thanksgiving guidelines, where Monica tries to incorporate Mockolate in Thanksgiving recipes.
- Ironically, this is the only Friends season not to feature a dedicated Thanksgiving episode.
- A break up scene was written for Ross and Julie. The writers decided not to use it because they feared the audience would side with Ross and Julie rather than with Ross and Rachel.
- When playing a song after Ross' desperate song dedication, the radio DJ says: "Avery, Michelle's sorry she hit you with her car." Avery Michelle is Marta Kauffman's goddaughter. Allegedly, her parents are the source of inspiration for the characters of Carol and Susan.
GoofsEdit
- Ross asks her to read Julie's flaws from the back of the paper. However, in previous shots, the back of the paper is clearly shown to be blank.
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| Preceded by "The One Where Ross Finds Out" | "The One With The List" | Followed by "The One With Phoebe's Dad" |
