11. The One With The Apothecary Table

Nitcentral's Bulletin Brash Reflections: Friends: Season 6: 11. The One With The Apothecary Table
First aired: 1/6/2000

Written by Brian Boyle
Directed by Kevin S. Bright

---Guest Cast:
Elle MacPherson as Janine

---Synopsis:
Now that Joey and Janine are dating, Chandler and Monica are happy to have another couple to go out on dates with, but Janine doesn’t share their feelings. Phoebe’s hatred of all things mass produced forces Rachel to lie to her when she buys furniture from Pottery Barn for their apartment.

---Notes:
This marks the final episode with Elle MacPherson as Janine.
By LUIGI NOVI on Friday, July 18, 2003 - 9:34 pm:

---Great Line: (I had to write this one from memory.)
(Discussing Phoebe’s hatred of Pottery Barn…)
Ross: “You know, it’s because she’s a twin! Twins are weird!”
Rachel: “Weird? Why, just because she likes everything to be one of a kind?”
Ross: “Hey, you know what’s not one of a kind? A twin!”
(I found this line hilarious, in part, because my mom is an identical twin, and I’m going to use it on her if I ever hear her expound the virtues of one of a kind things.)

---Good Line:
Chandler: “You okay?”
Joey: “Yeah. Yeah, I'll be all right.”
Ross: “You know what would cheer you up?”
Joey: “What?”
Ross: “I'm giving this lecture on erosion theories tomorrow night. I think you should come.”
Joey [laughing]: “You're right! That did cheer me up!”

This is the type of nit I tend to notice the least, but I spotted it in this ep: Near the end of Act 1, Ross takes out some sheets to cover the apothecary table from Pottery Barn. As he begins to unfold them, there are two bowls of food on the corner of the table closest to him. He hands the sheets to Rachel, who unfolds them, and in the next shot, they’ve both covered the table, and the two bowls are now on the end tables next to the sofa, without sufficient time for Ross to have moved them in between shots.

When Phoebe compliments Ross on the sheets, Rachel quickly tells her that they’re from a flee market too. Why does she do this? That Phoebe hates Pottery Barn shouldn’t matter, since it’s only the apothecary table that both Rachel and Ross have, so that’s the only item that Rachel has to cover up for.


By Rodney Hrvatin on Saturday, July 19, 2003 - 1:33 am:

When Phoebe compliments Ross on the sheets, Rachel quickly tells her that they’re from a flee market too. - Luigi

Is that where people run from the sellers screaming "AAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH"?


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