OOOOWWWEEEEEEEEE! It's Denise Richards! Yowza Yowza! And EVERYBODY is attracted to her in this one, it seems!

My favorite dialogue:

[Scene: Ross's apartment, there is a knock on the door and Ross opens it to Cassie.]
Ross: (shocked at her beauty) Cassie?!
Cassie: Hey Ross!
Ross: Hey!
Cassie: (hugs him) It’s been so long! Last time I saw you, you were setting up your tent in line to see Return of the Jedi.
Ross: Oh. Oh, that’s right. So-so you did see me that day, because it seemed like you didn’t.
Cassie: Ah yeah, sorry about that.
Ross: It’s okay. Come, come on in.
Cassie: Thanks for letting me stay here! I mean Monica’s place was nice, but her fiancée sure stares a lot.
Ross: Oh.
(She sets down her bag and we travel back to slow motion world. She once again whips her hair around in slow motion with the love doctor Barry White singing in the background. Cousin Ross is now staring.)
Cassie: Oh my God! You do a great Chandler!
Ross: Uh-huh. Yeah, I-I have a knack for impressions.
Cassie: Well, maybe after we get reacquainted uh, you can do me.
Ross: Yeah—No!!

HA HA HA! That was funny! And then came:

[Scene: Ross's apartment, Cassie and Ross are watching a movie and Cassie is pouring Ross some more wine, as Ross has his hands full with the glass and holding the bowl of popcorn in his lap.]

Ross: (in his head) She’s your cousin. She’s your cousin! If she knew what was going on in your head she’d think you were sick! (She grabs some popcorn.) Or would she? Let’s back up a second. She was the one who suggested opening a bottle of wine. She was the one who turned down the lights. She was the one that wanted to rent Logan’s Run, the sexiest movie ever. (She grabs the blanket from behind him and looks at him.) Oh, I know that look. Forget it. I want it. She wants it. I’m going in.

(They exchange looks, smile, and shrug their shoulders before Ross suddenly lunges forward in an attempt to kiss her, but she expertly backs away.)

Cassie: Hey! What the hell are you doing?! (They sit back up.)

Ross: (in his head) Say something clever! (Pause.) Okay, doesn’t have to be clever, it just has to be words. Say some words. (Pause) Any words will do. (Pause) Oh my God! This is the longest that anyone has not talked ever! (Pause) There is nothing you can say to make this worse!! So just say something!! (Pause.) (To her) I-I, I uh haven’t had sex in a very long time. (She leaves.) (In his head) Yeah, you really shouldn’t have said anything.

HA HA HA HA HA! That was REALLY funny! I loved it!

Uh, Ross, remember what I said before, you know, about how "blood relatives should not do it"? I guess you were not thinking too clearly at that moment, huh? Heh heh!

Oh, and remember Denise's small part on Seinfeld at the NBC President's nubile daughter? "Get a good look, Costanza?!" HA!

Another thing I noticed. Joey is circumsized, but the role he's up for is for an Italian Catholic immigrant who isn't. So what, I say? Why couldnt they just come out and say that word? Why did they have to be comical about it and only vaguely refer to the situation?

That sort of thing makes no sense to me. It's like on "Everybody Loves Raymond" where they referred to condoms as "the things" and contraceptive jelly as "the stuff". Why would they do that? How is that funnier than just calling them what they really are? That kind of thing in sitcom dialogue makes no sense to me at all.

Vagueness and pussyfooting around things and beating around the bush. I dont believe in those things, I believe in being blunt and direct and not utilizing euphemisms in daily conversation. That's pretty much all there is to it!

Because people actually do talk that way? Some people are much more comfortable with euphemisms, even if they know and use the terms professionally.

So because YOU like to be blunt, means others all have to be and it's a mistake in some way if they aren't? The comedy is in the way they avoid saying those words. Let's not also forget that there might be some of restriction on what they could say at that timeslot (I'm probably stretching a bit here but nevertheless, it is worth considering).

No, Rodney. I would *never* want to seem like I'm the kind of guy who wants everyone else to be exactly like me and behave and talk just like I do. What kind of world would this be if everyone was like me, anyway?

Now that is certainly open for debate. But I dont feel like doing that right now. Oh well!

What kind of world would this be if everyone was like me, anyway?

Check out this episode of The Twilight Zone to see. Or, to find out what the world would be like if everyone was like Shelley Berman.

D*mn, but Ross comes off REALLY creepy in this episode.

I agree.

Dude, she's your cousin!

Is he from Alabama?

Is he from Alabama?

No, but Courtney Cox is. Matthew Petty and Matt LeBlanc are from New England. Lisa Kudrow and Jennifer Anniston are Californians.

David Schwimmer is the only actual New Yorker among them.

Whoosh.

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/KissingCousins

To be honest, Ross became such an awful character in the last few seasons of the show with too many $tupid quirks and shouting at everyone. It's like they didn't really know how to develop his character further.

Worse still, he ended up with Rachel which he didn't deserve IMHO

Joey got it worse than Ross, IMO.

Look at Joey in Season One, and compare him to Joey in Season Ten. You're left to wonder just when he got a lobotomy.

Isn’t that the Flanderization trope, though?

Yes, it is.