The One with Frank Jr. (17 Oct. 1996)

Phoebe meets her brother Frank for the second time. The friends make lists which celebrities they would sleep with.

Director:

Steve Zuckerman

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
Isabella Rossellini	...	Herself
Giovanni Ribisi	...	Frank Buffay Jr.
Cynthia Mann	...	Jasmine

Storyline

When Joey starts working with his tool belt, Chandler admires his sexy macho air, but fears for his life from the tools in a child's hand. Phoebe's weird brother Frank Jr. visits, and demonstrates his hobby is melting whatever you let him get his hands on. Learning she's a masseuse, Frank eagerly asks to get a treatment, from a colleague- who isn't amused he assumed that's a euphemism for sex. At Central Perk, several friends make individual lists of five super hot celebrities, which may even be dated without being considered infidelity by the real-life partner. Ross's included Isabella Rosselini, but at Chandler's suggestion she's "international", hence too unavailable, he dropped her from the laminated draft; then she walks in the bar for real...

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Plot Keywords:

belt | tool belt | bare chested male | massage | towel

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

17 October 1996 (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:

30 min 24 min (DVD) 22 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Winona Ryder is one of the five names on Ross' list; Ryder went on to play Melissa Warburton in 'The One with Rachel's Big Kiss'.

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Goofs

Phoebe mentions to her half-brother that her birthday is February 17th. Yet in the episode "The One With Phoebe's Birthday Dinner" she states she made dinner reservations for her birthday on October 31st.

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Quotes

Rachel Green: [reading Ross' new list] Uma Thurman, Winona Ryder, Michelle Pfeffer,Elizabeth Hurley, Dorothy Hamel? Honey you do know, she only spins like that on ice.

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Connections

References Blue Velvet (1986)

User Reviews

The One with Frank Jr.

In this episode we see Phoebe meeting her brother again. I really liked that part of the episode. Giovanni Ribisi is just perfect in the role of Frank Jr. And it is so much fun watching them becoming more like brother and sister. Starting with Phoebe not connecting with him at all and at the end being a step further.Plus the character is very funny, one can see that he is related to Phoebe.

Joey building the entertainment unit was a hilarious story as well. Especially in the scene where he almost gets Chandler with an electric drill or when he checks out Monica's tile

And then we also get the story of The List, which is a real classic of the show.