![]() ![]() Two things about that subplot: One, Rachel looks in the closet near the window, something that in a later episode has supposedly been locked shut since the start of the show. “The One With the Routine” is also more of a New Year’s Eve episode, as Monica, Ross, and Joey tag along with Janice to be background dancers on Dick Clark’s Rockin’ New Year’s Eve (or, as the Australian Janice calls it, Dickin’ Rockin’ Dickie Eve), even if there is a subplot in which the rest of the gang looks for the Christmas gifts Monica has hidden. “The One With the Routine” (Season 6, Episode 10) OFFICE CHRISTMAS EPISODES TVIt’s one of those TV episodes you have to consider a Christmas episode because there are garlands and fake snow on the set.Ħ. “The One With the Monkey” is more of a New Year’s Eve episode, as the gang wonder what to do when the ball drops and decide to make a “no-date” pact. I guess monkeys aren’t the funniest animal after all. It’s crazy how Chandler and Joey getting a chick and a duck worked flawlessly and lasted for most of the show’s run, but the monkey didn’t work at all and became annoying almost instantly. OFFICE CHRISTMAS EPISODES SERIESLuckily, it came very early in the series and was dropped after a handful of episodes ( David Schwimmer hated working with him). Here’s the show’s second-worst story arc: Ross getting that damn pet monkey, Marcel. “The One With the Monkey” (Season 1, Episode 10) (That’s not a euphemism, there was an actual baked ham there.) The episode ends on a nice, cozy, Christmassy note with the gang all together and the snow falling softly outside the window.ħ. ![]() It does redeem itself a bit by having a working-on-Christmas Chandler quit his job and come back to New York to spend the holidays with his friends, instead of sharing the ham with a hot co-worker in the Tulsa office. “The One With Christmas in Tulsa” could have been one of the better Friends Christmas episodes, but any episode filled with clips from earlier episodes automatically gets ranked relatively low. “The One With Christmas in Tulsa” (Season 9, Episode 10) Is this even a Christmas episode? Well, Monica does have a tree.Ĩ. It’s rather mundane and almost completely unfunny. 1 episode on this list, only replacing homemade cookies with homemade candy. The One With All the Candy” (Season 7, Episode 9)Īlthough the plot of Ross buying Phoebe the bike she never had as a kid is undeniably sweet, the rest of this episode seems like a rehash of the No. This is the episode that first hints at that insane plot and … you know what? Just thinking about it makes me angry enough to kick a puppy, so I’ll stop there.ĩ. ![]() Yes, I’m talking about Joey and Rachel becoming a couple. Worse than the Nikki and Paolo episodes of Lost, worse than the last two seasons of Sleepy Hollow, worse than whatever the hell happened to Toby in the last season of The West Wing. While the plot concerning Ross freaking out because Mona wants to do a joint Christmas card is funny and relatable (Chandler hanging out with his sleazy boss, not so much), “The One With Ross’s Step Forward” gets the bottom spot because it marks the beginning of what is not only the worst story arc in Friends history but possibly the worst story arc in television history. “The One With Ross’s Step Forward” (Season 8, Episode 11) In other words … they were on a break!Īll ten seasons of Friends are now streaming on HBO Max. Season seven had two Christmas episodes, but the last season didn’t have any because the show was on hiatus until January of the following year. ![]() So in the spirit of the season, we’re ranking all ten Friends Christmas episodes from the show’s ten-season run. The show had a gravitas - a smart, likable, solid quality that couldn’t be matched by all the Friends clones that came later or, indeed, that most sitcoms period couldn’t attain. But what makes the Friends Christmas episodes stand out are the same things that make every Friends episode stand out: a great cast, superior writing, genuine humor, and serious moments. Some are great ( Everybody Loves Raymond’s), while some make your teeth ache because they’re so sugary and fake and they take you out of the show’s world and make you vow never to watch that episode again. Of course, nearly every sitcom and drama, from I Love Lucy to South Park to This Is Us, has holiday episodes. We’ve all seen the rankings of the beloved Friends Thanksgiving episodes - for the record, the best one is “The One With All the Thanksgivings,” in which we see how Chandler met Monica and Joey put a turkey on his head - but the show had some memorable Christmas episodes, too. ![]()
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