The Last One: Part 1 (6 May 2004)

Erica has gone into labor, three weeks early and Chandler has a hard time getting along with Erica when left alone in the delivery room with her. Meanwhile, Ross and Rachel slept together ... See full summary »

Director:

Kevin Bright

Writers:

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

Stars:

Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Jennifer Aniston	...	Rachel Green
Courteney Cox	...	Monica Geller-Bing (as Courteney Cox Arquette)
Lisa Kudrow	...	Phoebe Buffay-Hannigan
Matt LeBlanc	...	Joey Tribbiani
Matthew Perry	...	Chandler Bing
David Schwimmer	...	Dr. Ross Geller
Paul Rudd	...	Mike Hannigan
Anna Faris	...	Erica
John Rubinstein	...	The Doctor
James Michael Tyler	...	Gunther
Jim Rash	...	Nervous Male Passenger (credit only)
Carole Gutierrez	...	Nurse
Jason Kravits	...	Man in Cab (credit only)
Anthony Cistaro	...	Gate Attendant (credit only)
Manao DeMuth	...	Ticket Agent (credit only)

Storyline

Erica has gone into labor, three weeks early and Chandler has a hard time getting along with Erica when left alone in the delivery room with her. Meanwhile, Ross and Rachel slept together and Ross realizes that he still loves her and wants to be with her. Erica delivers, but there is one big surprise - there are two babies. After Erica delivers the second baby, Monica and Chandler decide to name the girl, Erica, and the boy, Jack. Ross chases Rachel to the airport with the help of Phoebe but they end up going to the wrong airport. Joey had bought Monica and Chandler a duck Jr. and chick Jr. as a going away gift. Monica finishes the packing.

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Plot Keywords:

series finale

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

6 May 2004 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Dijon Street, Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, 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?

Trivia

The final episode drew an audience of 52.5 million people, when it was first shown in the USA. This was the fourth most watched finale in US television history. Interestingly, "The One After The Superbowl", in season two (aired 28 January 1996), had higher figures with 52.9 million viewers.

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Goofs

When Ross is at JFK Airport and learns that he is at the wrong airport, you can see on the departure board a flight to Dallas and a flight to Ft Worth. Passengers flying to the Dallas/Ft Worth area would only be able to arrive at the shared DFW Airport, not each city's individual (smaller) airports.

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Quotes

[Erica has just given birth to the two babies that Monica and Chandler are going to adopt]
Monica: There's something that we wanna tell you. We decided to name the girl-baby Erica.
Erica: Oh my God, that's just like my name!
Monica: [pause] Son of a gun, it is!

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Connections

References The Sound of Music (1965)

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Soundtracks

"Don't Take No for an Answer"
(uncredited)
Performed by Lisa Kudrow

User Reviews

The Last One: Part 1

A great first parent of the finale! The delivery room was great. Chandler feeling awkward alone with Erika and asking her what she thinks hurts more: being in labour or hit in the crotch was awesome. The surprise of twins was also such a good idea and Chandler's reaction made me laugh so much!

Gunther proposing to Rachel was genius! I find it great, and also because it was right before Ross.

We also get to see Joey's ass covered in red paint that left a stain on Monica's couch and Phoebe making it a musical

And the end of this part is also great because Ross finally decides that he doesn't want to get over Rachel and goes after her!