The One Where Rachel Smokes (8 Apr. 1999)

Joey is envious when Ross' boy Ben gets an audition for a commercial, but is delighted to hear there also is a part for the father, so he teams up with his godchild; both pass the first ... See full summary »

Director:

Todd Holland

Writers:

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

Stars:

Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow

Cast

Episode complete credited cast:
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
Joanna Gleason	...	Kim Clozzi
Jane Sibbett	...	Carol Willick
Megan Ward	...	Nancy
Judy Kain	...	The Casting Director
Jim Wise	...	Kyle
John Christopher Allen	...	Ben (as Jack Allen)
Charles Thomas Allen	...	Ben (as Charlie Allen)
Matt Weinberg	...	Raymond

Storyline

Joey is envious when Ross' boy Ben gets an audition for a commercial, but is delighted to hear there also is a part for the father, so he teams up with his godchild; both pass the first round. Everybody hopes on free stuff now Rachel starts her job with Ralph Lauren. Phoebe suggests to throw an intimate dinner as surprise birthday party for Rachel, a month in advance, but Monica quickly takes over in grand style- Phoebe insists to be in charge of something, so she gets cups and ice. Rachel quickly finds her boss Kim and collaborators tend to take all decisions on the balcony during smoking breaks, so after trying just to join them, which doesn't get her close enough, she adopts the terrible habit her dad, an MD, always warned against with true horror stories. After Ben and Joe are selected for the final cut, they hear the lack of physical resemblance means it will either be Joey and Ben's rival Raymond or Ben and Raymond's dad Kyle. Monica's nose and Chandler's experienced eye ...

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Plot Keywords:

soup | audition | ice | cup | party | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

8 April 1999 (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?

Goofs

Rachel tells Kim that her father is a heart surgeon who would lecture her on the evils of smoking even though in Season 2, Dr. Green was revealed to be a heavy smoker.

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Quotes

[Joey is trying to convince Ross to let him appear in a commercial instead of Ben]
Joey Tribbiani: Come on, Ross! I should be in this commercial! Even Chandler thinks so!
Ross: Is this true, Chandler?
Chandler: Uh.. .um... hey, who's that at the door?
[Chandler gets up and answers the door. No-one's there]
Chandler: Oh, hi, no-one!
[Chandler steps out]

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Soundtracks

"Never There"
(uncredited)
Performed by Cake

User Reviews

The One Where Rachel Smokes

What I liked the most about the show was the story of Joey's and Ben's audition. joey was very funny in it, both his jealousy of Ben who got a great agent just for going on the swings, also how he said that he looks more like Ben's father than Ross. And of course the "mmm noodle soup...." part. It was a great idea to make Joey and Ben rivals in this episode

When it comes to Rachel's surprise party I liked how Phoebe beat the annoying selfishness of Monica. She did it in a very funny way too, very creative and very Phoebe like

Rachel's smoking story was kind of annoying. But I did like Chandler sucking on Rachel's bosses cigarette