The One with the Birth Mother (8 Jan. 2004)

After Rachel confirms Joey is more mature in relationships, Phoebe presents him to another friend as date, Sarah, who fails alas to respect his primordial rule by touching food in his plate... See full summary »

Director:

David Schwimmer

Writers:

David Crane (creator), Marta Kauffman (creator),

Stars:

Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow

Cast

Episode cast overview:
Jennifer Aniston	...	Rachel Green
Courteney Cox	...	Monica Geller-Bing (as Courteney Cox Arquette)
Lisa Kudrow	...	Phoebe Buffay
Matt LeBlanc	...	Joey Tribbiani
Matthew Perry	...	Chandler Bing
David Schwimmer	...	Dr. Ross Geller
Anna Faris	...	Erica
Jim O'Heir	...	Adoption Agency Worker
Annie Parisse	...	Sarah
Jorge Luis Abreu	...	The Waiter
Carla Toutz	...	Joan

Storyline

After Rachel confirms Joey is more mature in relationships, Phoebe presents him to another friend as date, Sarah, who fails alas to respect his primordial rule by touching food in his plate. Ross wants fashion advice for his date, so Rachel and Phoebe take him shopping, but after he left the choosing to professional buyer Rachel he accidentally ends up wearing her stuff, despite Joey's 'jealous' warning. Monica let the gang get her hopes up when Chandler and she fly to on adoption agency in Ohio. The pregnant mother, Erica, likes them- but only because their files got mixed up with a doctor and a female minister; Monica throws everything at playing the reverend part, but Chandler tells the truth, so Erica calls it off; Monica's pressing on only makes it worse, but Chandler explains privately...

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

8 January 2004 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Bright/Kauffman/Crane Productions, Warner Bros. Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

22 min 22 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Quotes

Joey: [shouts] Joey doesn't share food!

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Connections

References When Harry Met Sally... (1989)

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Soundtracks

"The Twilight Zone"
(uncredited)
Written by Marius Constant

User Reviews

Monica and Chandler go to Ohio!

Monica and Chandler are going to Ohio to the adoption interview, and they meet Erica, the lady who is pregnant. Erica said that she liked their application, but she thinks that Monica is a reverend and Chandler is a doctor. Monica wants to adopt this baby whatever it takes, but Chandler thinks it is wrong to lie to Erica.

Joey set up a date with Phoebe's friend, Sarah. Phoebe didn't like the idea of introducing them, since Joey always slept with her friends and never called them back, but Joey promises that Sarah will be different. Joey enjoys Sarah company, but he gets irritated when Sarah takes his food from his plate, since ''Joey doesn't share food''.

Ross wants to look cool for Joan, a woman he has a date. She works for Hugo Boss and already said that didn't like Ross' way of dress, so Phoebe invites him to go with her and Rachel to shop. Rachel helps Ross to buy some new clothes, but she took one of Ross' bags by mistake, making him wear a woman's shirt she bought for herself.