The One with the Chick and the Duck (17 Apr. 1997)

Joey buys a chick for him and Chandler, Monica gets offered a restaurant by Pete, and Ross gives up being on TV for Rachel.

Director:

Michael Lembeck

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 (as Matt Le Blanc)
Matthew Perry	...	Chandler Bing
David Schwimmer	...	Dr. Ross Geller
Jon Favreau	...	Pete Becker
James Michael Tyler	...	Gunther

Storyline

After seeing chicks on television, Joey decides to buy one for him and Chandler. This leads to fights between them, so they decide to take it back, but end up adopting a duck too instead. Ross is supposed to be on television, on the Discovery Channel, but gives up the opportunity to help Rachel go to the hospital after she broke her rib. Pete is still in love in Monica, and he offers her a restaurant. She refuses at first, but they end up making out.

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

17 April 1997 (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 22 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

At the beginning of the episode Gunther brings Rachel a cocoa outside of Central Perk, even though it's against the rules. In "The One With Frank Jr." Gunther sends Rachel outside to get the cup Phoebe had outside, but of course he would break the rules for Rachel.

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Goofs

When Ross is asking Chandler and Joey for their opinion about the suit he should wear, he is holding a blue suit in his right hand and a brown one in the other hand; in the next shot the suits switch places.

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Quotes

Monica Geller: Can you believe he just offered me a restaurant?
Rachel Green: What a jerk! You want me to kick his ass?

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Connections

Features Baywatch (1989)

User Reviews

The One with the Chick and the Duck

This is the great episode. We do get introduced to the chick and the duck, who are both very cute animals. And it brings out the great Joey/Chandler dynamics where they are taking care of the animals and it is portrayed as if it is their baby. Plus it gives a great message to the people about getting to know how to take care of animals first before getting them and that animals in shelters may get killed if they don't find a home. And Chandler is just great in the scene towards the end where he yells "This is a BAD duck!"

The story of Ross and Rachel is great as well. It is not only very funny to see Ross putting make up on Rachel but it again shows what a great person Ross is