"Friends" The One with Rachel's Going Away Party (2004)

Director:

Gary Halvorson

Writers:

David Crane (creator) and
Marta Kauffman (creator) ...

TV Series:

"Friends" (1994)

Original Air Date:

29 April 2004 (Season 10, Episode 16)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Plot:

As Rachel prepares to move to Paris, Monica throws a going-away party for her. Rachel privately talks to everyone during the party except for Ross...

Plot Keywords:

Actor | Roommate | Paleontologist | Musician | New York City

Cast

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
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Anna Faris	...	Erica

Runtime:

USA:22 min | 22 min (approx.) | Argentina:30 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Certification:

Netherlands:AL | Mexico:B | USA:TV-PG | Argentina:Atp

Filming Locations:

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

Company:

Bright/Kauffman/Crane Productions

Quotes:

[Rachel is outside with Joey, leaving Ross the last one to say "good-bye" to]
Monica Geller-Bing: [to Ross] So, I guess you're next. You ready?
Dr. Ross Geller: I don't think so.
Chandler Bing: Oh, you're definitely not. I haven't cried like that in years.
Monica Geller-Bing: You cried yesterday at the six-o'clock news.
Chandler Bing: That old woman was being scammed by her mechanic!

Movie Connections:

References "Melrose Place" (1992)

Erica is going to have the babies!

*** This review may contain spoilers ***

Rachel is decided to go to Paris and already packed everything. She wants to say goodbye to all the Friends one by one. Ross stays upset that he is the only one who doesn't receive a personal goodbye, and he confronts Rachel about her attitude. She says that saying goodbye to him is the hardest thing to do, and they end up sleeping together.

Erica comes to New York, since in two weeks she will not be able to travel. Monica and Chandler are packing their things too, since they are moving to their new house very soon. While looking in the closets, Chandler finds handcuffs and stays upset thinking they are from Monica. They all stay thinking to who the handcuffs belongs, but they discover that they were from Monica's grandmother.

Erica starts to feel labor pains. The baby is coming and they run to the hospital.