2. The One Where Ross is Fine

Nitcentral's Bulletin Brash Reflections: Friends: Season 10: 2. The One Where Ross is Fine
First aired: 10/2/03

Written by Sherry Bilsing-Graham & Ellen Plummer
Directed by Ben Weiss

---Guest Cast:
Giovanni Ribisi as Frank Jr.
Allysyn Ashley Arm as Leslie
Sierra Marcoui as Chandler
Dante Pastula as Frank Jr. Jr.
Ayisha Tyler as Charlie Wheeler
Kelly Waymire as Colleen
Jim Meskimen as Bill
Daryl Sabara as Owen

---Synopsis:
In the continuation from the previous episode, Ross has just walked in on Joey and Rachel locked in a passionate embrace, but his insistence that he is okay with it causes problems for all of them. Phoebe refers Monica and Chandler to couple she knows for information on adoption, but Chandler creates a huge faux pas.

---Special Note:
---This episode features the return of Phoebe’s brother Frank Jr., his first appearance since The One With The Triplets(5.3), and the triplets, now age 5, their first appearance since The One With Joey's Porsche(6.5)
---Kelly Waymire, who plays Colleen, is familiar to Enterprise fans as Crewman Elizabeth Cutler, as is Daryl Sabara, who plays Owen, who is know to fans of the Spy Kids movies as Juni Cortez.
By LUIGI NOVI on Friday, October 03, 2003 - 2:07 pm:

--Great Phoebe Comeback:
(Discussing the difficulties of triplets…)
Frank Jr.: “Two I can handle. Two’s great. You just hold one in each hand. But what do I do when the third one runs at me with his bike helmet on? I got no more hands to protect my area! There’s three of them Phoebe! Three!”
Phoebe: “Yeah, I know, Frank, I counted them when they were coming out of my area.”

--Most Hilarious Moment of the Season So Far:
(As Chandler and Monica visit with Phoebe’s friends Bill and Pauline to talk about their experiences with adoption, Chandler runs into their son Owen in the hallway on the way to the bathroom..)
Chandler: “I gotta get back to talking to your parents. They’re telling us all about how they adopted you.”
Owen: (shocked) “WHAT???!!!”
Chandler: (horrified) “What?”
Owen: “I’m adopted??!!!”

---Great Follow-Up:
(As Chandler and Monica confess to Phoebe that they accidentally let Owen know that he was adopted…)
Phoebe: “Still, he had to find out sometime.”
Chandler: “Yeah, but how would you like it if someone told the triplets that you gave birth to them?”
(The triplets all look up at Chandler in shock.)
Chandler: “I’m gonna go tell Emma she was an accident.”

When are these guys gonna learn to lock their doors? Perhaps I should start a tote board to count the number of times a story that would be precluded if the roommates locked their apartment door.

Frank Jr. tells Phoebe that he hasn’t gotten any sleep in four years because of the triplets. But the triplets were born in The One With the Triplets(5.3), which was the third episode of the fifth season. This is the second episode of the tenth season. They’re five now, not four.

At one point during the gettogether at Ross’ apartment, the four of them are all drinking margaritas, but for some reason, Ross’ margarita glass is missing the salt around the rim. Then again, he is in pretty bad shape…


By Brian Fitzgerald on Friday, October 03, 2003 - 3:38 pm:

Some people like them without salt.


By Lee Jamilkowski (Ljamilkowski) on Wednesday, October 08, 2003 - 9:16 pm:

The beginning of the episode takes place at approximately the same time as the ending of The One After Joey and Rachel Kiss. Except, this time, Rachel doesn't do Joey's suggestion of using her sexuality when apologizing to Ross about the kiss with Joey.


By Lee Jamilkowski (Ljamilkowski) on Tuesday, November 04, 2003 - 11:28 am:

I think each episode varies chronologically, so we can't assume that each season occurs over one year.


By Dan Gunther on Tuesday, November 18, 2003 - 11:08 pm:

Luigi Novi: When are these guys gonna learn to lock their doors? Perhaps I should start a tote board to count the number of times a story that would be precluded if the roommates locked their apartment door.

Dan Gunther: Yeah, but honestly, who locks the door when they're home? That's just paranoia!


By LUIGI NOVI on Wednesday, November 19, 2003 - 9:25 pm:

I do. My family does.


By Dan Gunther on Thursday, November 20, 2003 - 12:24 am:

Sorry, sorry! See my post Wednesday, November 19, 2003 - 10:30 am on The One With the Late Thanksgiving.


By LUIGI NOVI on Thursday, November 20, 2003 - 10:29 am:

I wonder why Frank and Alice haven't told the kids upfront that while they were conceived by them, they were carried to term by Aunt Phoebe. Telling a kid they're adopted might be something you might want to keep secret, but since Leslie, Chandler and Frank Jr. Jr. are biologically their parents', I can't see the harm in telling them that Aunt Phoebe carried them in her tummy because Mommy was too sick, too weak, whatever, etc.


By Andre Reichenbacher (Amr) on Friday, August 03, 2012 - 10:48 pm:

One of my favorite videos on YouTube is a "Poop" (parody/sentence mixing compilation) called "The One Where Ross Goes Bats*** Crazy". I always laugh my a** off when I watch it. Basically its the compiled scenes from this episode of Ross not dealing with Joey and Rachel being together very well, with some Chandler dialogue mixed in for further comedic effect.

Check it out!


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