The One With The Princess Leia Fantasy
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| "The One With The Princess Leia Fantasy" | ||||
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| Friends episode | ||||
 Ross and Rachel (as Princess Leia) | ||||
| Season | 3x01 | |||
| Episode no. | 49 | |||
| Written by | Michael Curtis & Gregory S. Malins | |||
| Directed by | Gail Mancuso | |||
| Guest stars | Elliott Gould - Jack Geller Christina Pickles - Judy Geller Maggie Wheeler - Janice | |||
| Original airdate | September 19, 1996 | |||
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"The One With The Princess Leia Fantasy" is the third season premiere. It aired on NBC on September 19, 1996. It was written by Michael Curtis & Gregory S. Malins and directed by Gail Mancuso.
Ross's secret fantasy doesn't stay secret for long after he confides in Rachel. Chandler begins to rekindle his relationship with ex-girlfriend Janice.
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Plot
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Added by Akram112Opening SceneEdit
The episode begins with the group walking into Central Perk and discovering that their couch is already occupied. They stand at the doorway for a moment, before slowly walking back out the door.
PlotEdit
Monica is still crushed by her break-up with Richard. She hasn't slept in days and keeps remembering him over things such as hair he left in the drain and a box of video tapes about the Civil War she picked up for him at the post office. Ross even picks her up from the Szechwan Dragon when she believes she works there. When her father Jack drops by to talk to her, he reveals to her that Richard is also a mess - much more than he was after his marriage - which is good enough for Monica to start getting some closure with him. She finally falls asleep.
Joey cannot stand that Chandler is dating Janice again. He tries to talk to the group about how to get rid of her, but they seem to have accepted her into the group more easily than he actually is. Eventually, Chandler finds out how Joey has a problem with Janice and tells her about this. Janice talks to Joey about this and drags him with her and hangs out with him for a whole day. Although Joey pretends to have had fun, he still can't stand the woman, but Chandler appreciates his gesture and his efforts to like her.
Added by BamboozledRachel tries to spice up Ross by requesting any sexual fantasies he might have. He recounts the Return Of The Jedi moment where Princess Leia is shown as Jabba's prisoner wearing her notorious gold bikini. She tells Phoebe about this, and whether it's worth going with, but Phoebe mocks Rachel about this in front of Ross while holding two buns to the side of her head to look like Leia. Although at first appalled that Rachel shared his private fantasies with her friends, Ross tries to do the same with Chandler, but Chandler scares him off when he tells him how he imagines his mother when he's having sex with a girl (something which Joey does too, albeit with Chandler's mom in his head and not his own mother).
Closing SceneEdit
Ross is about to fulfill his fantasy with a Rachel dressed exactly like Princess Leia, but Chandler's scary sexual fantasy kicks in and he start seeing his mother Judy in the Leia outfit. As Ross states about Chandler, "that bastard ruined my [his] life".
Cast and CrewEdit
Main CastEdit
Jennifer Aniston - Rachel Green
Courteney Cox - Monica Geller
Lisa Kudrow - Phoebe Buffay
Matt LeBlanc - Joey Tribbiani
Matthew Perry - Chandler Bing
David Schwimmer - Ross Geller
Supporting CastEdit
Elliott Gould - Jack Geller
Christina Pickles - Judy Geller
Maggie Wheeler - Janice Litman
CrewEdit
Directed By:
Gail Mancuso
Written By:
Michael Curtis & Gregory S. Malins
TriviaEdit
GeneralEdit
- In this episode it's noticeable that Jennifer Aniston did some exercise between seasons. Her face looks skinnier and overall she looks toned.
- When the gang walks into Central Perk, the couch is occupied by the writers of season three of Friends.
- The contestant on Wheel of Fortune is actually Michael Curtis, one of the writers of this episode.
- When Chandler and Ross are "sharing", Chandler mentions two important future characters: Elle Macpherson and "that girl at the Xerox place":
- In Season 6, Elle Macpherson, as Janine, becomes Joey's roommate and then his girlfriend. He breaks up with her when she keeps insulting Monica and Chandler.
- In The One Where Ross And Rachel Take A Break and The One The Morning After, Chloe kisses and sleeps with Ross, which leads to him and Rachel breaking up.
GoofsEdit
- Monica is supposed to be very depressed in this episode, because of her breakup with Richard. But in the very first scene she looks perfectly fine when walking into Central Perk discovering the people sitting in their sofa.
- In the scene where Janice tells Chandler about Joey and Janice's Day of Fun the position of her hair changes from in front of her shoulders to behind between shots.
- When Ross and Rachel come back to her apartment after he has found out she told Phoebe, Ross gets a chocolate bar out of the fridge and takes a bite, however when the shot goes back to him a few seconds later the chocolate bar is whole.
- When Rachel is dressed up as Princess Leia, she uses the legendary metal bikini, but she also is with the "cinnamon bun" hairstyle. In Return of the Jedi, Leia's hair while in the metal bikini was a pony tail.
ContinuityEdit
- At the end of the episode, Monica and Ross' father Jack smokes the cigar Monica left on the coffee table. As his wife is away on bridge night, Monica is asleep and Ross isn't there, this implies that he smokes secretly. This he does at least once again in The One Where Rosita Dies, where he lights up a cigarette out of guilt of ruining Monica's childhood memories by blocking the flood with her boxes.
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| Preceded by "The One With Barry And Mindy's Wedding" | "The One With The Princess Leia Fantasy" | Followed by "The One Where No One's Ready" |
