19. The One Where the Monkey Gets Away
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19. The One Where the Monkey Gets Away
First aired: 3/9/95
Written by Jeffrey Astrof & Mike Sikowitz
Directed by Peter Bonerz
---Guest Cast:
Mitchell Whitfield as Barry Farber
Megan Cavanagh as Luisa Gianetti
Larry Hankin as Mr. Heckles
Angela Visser as Samantha
Elisabeth Sjoli as Tia
---Synopsis:
Ross’ attempts to ask Rachel out are prevented by a series of events that keep hampering him, not the least of which is Rachel’s loss of Marcel, which sends the gang all over the city looking for him, and which leads to run-ins with both Mr. Heckles and an old classmate of Monica of Rachel’s, neither of whom turns out to be helpful to them.
By Lee Jamilkowski (Ljamilkowski) on Tuesday, July 08, 2003 - 8:16 pm:The crossover doesn't happen in this episode, but it happened on Hope and Gloria on the same evening this episode aired. In the Hope and Gloria episode A New York Story, the two lead characters, Hope Davidson and Gloria Utz, visit New York City, and of course end up at Central Perk, where they meet one Phoebe Buffay.