Friends (TV Series) The One with Ross's Step Forward (2001) User Reviews

The one Ross is frightened with the Holiday Cards!

[Lady_Targaryen · 7/10 · 16 April 2009]

Rachel is in her 4 month of pregnancy and also horny because of her hormones. Phoebe tells Rachel that this is normal and that she was horny all the time when she was in this month of pregnancy.

Ross and Mona get developed the pictures they took together in the Rockfeller center, and Mona give Ross the idea to send to their friends a Christmas card together. Ross stays frightened with the idea, since he thinks Holiday Cards are for married people. Ross tries to tell Mona what he thinks about the subject, but to avoid to talk about their relationship, he decides to accept to send the cards with her.

Doug invites Monica and Chandler to go out and celebrate his divorce and their wedding. Monica doesn't like Doug and doesn't want to go out with him, so Chandler, to avoid a bad situation with his boss, tells that he and Monica are separated. Doug tells Chandler that he needs to move on, and brings him to a lot of strip clubs.

8/10!

[AnnaPagrati · 8/10 · 23 December 2021]

A great Christmas episode for a great show! I love some other Friends holiday episodes a lot lot more, but this is definitely festive & really interesting!

Sam McMurray is so hilarious

[rich-fouts · 9/10 · 7 February 2023]

When Chandler's boss Doug invites the Bings to spend an evening with him Monica is adamant that she can't possibly get through an evening with this guy. Chandler tries to make excuses but when Doug won't take no for an answer, Chandler lies and says he and Monica broke up. Doug says, "I'm not surprised," then claims he could sense no love with the two, but on the contrary sensed lust from Monica.

Sam McMurray's Doug is splendid. A gifted actor at comedy.

The other episode stories are also funny, but I really thing the Doug storylines are really good. Schwimmer of course is superb .... as his relationship with Mona moves forward he freaks out at the idea of a joint-holiday card but ends up relinquishing a key to his apartment.

The One with Ross's Step Forward

[ComedyFan2010 · 6/10 · 3 September 2011]

Another episode that could have been much better than it ended up being

The idea of Rachel being horny was pretty funny. Actually this one ended up being the best. It was not a bad idea how Phoebe wanted to hook her up with some middle aged virgin she didn't know. And it also makes the first steps to the Rachel/Joey story

The story with Ross and Mona was not that great. Not a bad idea but it wasn't good enough. Their conversation didn't make me laugh much either. The only good thing is David Schwimmer's acting

And the Chandler and Monica story is irritating. She is just being selfish as usual and he has to suffer for it. And at the end she even dares to say that he smells bad while he says that his life with her is so great. Give me a break! If you were with someone else you wouldn't have to be in that situation!

A below average series 8 episode

[studioAT · 4/10 · 28 July 2017]

The standard of the 8th series of 'Friends' is very high, but it is not without the odd dud episode, and this one sadly is one of them.

Ross is just very annoying here. David Schwimmer does his utmost to make it work, but the character is just being silly, and the audience start to question why Mona is so keen to be with him in the first place.

The Monica/Chandler story line is a case of same old/same old, with Chandler again almost living in fear of his wife.

Matt Le Blanc must have been filming something else at the same time as this episode, because he is barely in it. His scenes do set up the direction the series will take regarding his relationship with Rachel, and that actually is the most interesting thing in the episode.

Strip Clubs and Pregnancy

[vivianla · 29 December 2020]

Chandler has to go to a bunch of strip clubs with his drunk boss. He asks Monica never to leave him. He experienced life without her and it was like It's A Wonderful Life with lap dances.

Rachel is in her fourth month and feels horny. Joey and Rachel wonder if they should have sex but decide not to.