The One Where Rachel Finds Out (18 May 1995)

Joey is taking part in a fertility study and he really likes his girlfriend Melanie but can't have sex during the study which lasts another week. The friends are having a barbecue for ... See full summary »

Director:

Kevin Bright

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
Lisa Kudrow	...	Phoebe Buffay
Matt LeBlanc	...	Joey Tribbiani
Matthew Perry	...	Chandler Bing
David Schwimmer	...	Dr. Ross Geller
Lauren Tom	...	Julie
Corinne Bohrer	...	Melanie
Tommy Blaze	...	Carl
Kerrie Clark	...	Flight Representative (as Kerrie Klark)

Storyline

Joey is taking part in a fertility study and he really likes his girlfriend Melanie but can't have sex during the study which lasts another week. The friends are having a barbecue for Rachel's birthday but without Ross because he has to go to China for the museum. Rachel unwraps the gift from Ross and its an antique pin exactly like the one her grandma used to have. Chandler lets it slip that Ross is in love with Rachel. Rachel goes to the airport to speak to Ross but he's already gone. Rachel decides to give her and Ross a chance and goes to pick him up at the airport.

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Plot Keywords:

airport | birthday gift | barbecue | reference to the three musketeers | bouquet of flowers | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

18 May 1995 (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 Scrabble board game that Chandler bought as a birthday gift for Rachel is the "Deluxe Travel Edition".

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Goofs

When Rachel is about to leave for the airport and Phoebe is holding up the picture, you can see what appears to be set lights in the corner of the room near the ceiling.

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Quotes

[talking to Ross]
Joey: ...I may only have a couple beers in me, but... I love you, man.
Chandler: I'm still on my first. I just think you're nice.

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Connections

References Sweet Charity (1969)

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Soundtracks

"Take a Bow"
(uncredited)
Written by Madonna and Kenneth 'Babyface' Edmonds
Performed by Madonna

User Reviews

The One Where Rachel Finds Out

This is the season finale and finally what we have been anticipation and waiting for happened: Rachel finds out that Ross is in love with her! It is pretty well done since they keep on making the viewers guessing if she will do anything about it or not. It is not very funny but it is interesting to see her worry about dating a friend and all the bad sides of dating a close friend. And it has a great cliffhanger which makes fans wait for the the next season

For the laughs this episode has the Joey story in which he participates in fertility study for which he doesn't only "donate his time". Because of this he can't sleep with his new girlfriend and needs to come up with solution. Just hilarious!