3. The One With Ross's Tan
Nitcentral's Bulletin Brash Reflections: Friends: Season 10: 3. The One With Ross's Tan
First aired: 10/09/03

Written by Brian Buckner
Directed by Gary Halvorson

---Guest Cast:
Jennifer Coolidge as Amanda
Luis Antonio Ramos as the tanning salon guy
Iris Bahr as Glenda

---Synopsis:
Joey and Rachel go out on their first date, but it ends in an unexpected way. Monica and Phoebe dread a visit by a pretentious old friend. Ross attempts to get an artificial tan, but suffers a mishap.

---Note:
Amanda reveals that in 1992, Phoebe was trying to cut Monica out by dodging her calls. This gives a clue as to how long they were roommates. If they were roommates until The One With The Flashback(3.6), which was one year before the pilot episode, which premiered in late September 1994, then they were roomies for one year.
By LUIGI NOVI on Friday, October 10, 2003 - 1:41 pm:

Every time Ross realizes that the wrong side of his is getting sprayed, rather than turning around immediately, he just stands in the same direction.

By Lee Jamilkowski (Ljamilkowski) on Thursday, October 23, 2003 - 2:02 pm:

I thought that the flashback in The One With the Flashback was to a year before the pilot.

By LUIGI NOVI on Friday, October 24, 2003 - 11:18 am:

I think Rachel mentioned to her friends how long it was until her wedding to Barry, but I don't recall. Did she say it was a year?

By Lee Jamilkowski (Ljamilkowski) on Tuesday, November 04, 2003 - 11:26 am:

Yeah, I recall her friend saying something to the effect of "one year you will be Mrs. Barry Farber."

By LUIGI NOVI on Wednesday, December 08, 2004 - 6:48 am:

I've since seen that episode again myself, and have changed the Note. Thanks. :)

By Andre Reichenbacher (Amr) on Monday, November 26, 2012 - 9:20 pm:

When Ross said "Hey I know this place, it used to be an X-rated vide...florist!" I immediately thought of a few things.

First of all, are the writers of this episode aware that the Sinister Six have already had a lot of exposure to pornography? Like when Joey shows the one he was in (but didnt have sex) in the second season? And the entire "The One With The Free Porn" episode in the fourth season? And when they watch "Buffay The Vampire Layer" in the Sixth season? These people are fully and well aware of the existence of and the pleasure derived from adult entertainment! Hell, even Ross and Rachel make one of their own in "The One with the Videotape" in the ninth season!

So why would Ross be hesitant to admit that he went to an X-rated movie store in this, an episode from the final episode of the series? The writers apparently were not aware that they were all fully familiar with porn and it's benefits and disadvantages!

That aspect of the tenth season dialogue makes no sense to me. In my opinion, the majority of the scripts here have the same feel as seventh season TNG. You know, where the actors are just phoning it in, giving mediocre, half-assed performances, and basically giving only fifty percent at any given time. And that is a real shame!

Also, I REALLY dont like Jennifer Coolidge. It seems like she gets larger and fatter every time I see her in something. Boy did she ever get typecast! First Sean Scott got forever typecast as Stifler, and then Jen here got totally typecast as his MILF mom! What a shame.

And yeah, she would play Joey's agent in his truly terrible spinoff, and as someone else already pointed out, Adam Goldberg, who played Eddie the psycho roommate in the second season, played Joey's nephew's dad on that same show! What was up with that crappy casting, anyway? I have to say, I just don't get!

That's all I got for this one.

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