The One with the Donor (8 May 2003)

When Joey hears that his girlfriend Charlie is an insecure shopper, he volunteers expert Rachel, who dreads being alone with her, so she makes sure Phoebe comes along, by saying she needs a... See full summary »

Director:

Ben Weiss

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 Bing (as Courteney Cox Arquette)
Lisa Kudrow	...	Phoebe Buffay
Matt LeBlanc	...	Joey Tribbiani
Matthew Perry	...	Chandler Bing
David Schwimmer	...	Dr. Ross Geller
Hank Azaria	...	David
John Stamos	...	Zack
Aisha Tyler	...	Charlie Wheeler
Andy Umberger	...	Dr. Connelly
Dan Desmond	...	Professor Sherman
Cynthia Newman	...	Jeanette
Kim Harris	...	the Cologne Spritzer
Tracy Silver	...	Dressing Room Woman

Storyline

When Joey hears that his girlfriend Charlie is an insecure shopper, he volunteers expert Rachel, who dreads being alone with her, so she makes sure Phoebe comes along, by saying she needs a dazzling outfit for the party she's going to just to save face as her ex Mike is coming too. Gynecologist Dr. Connelly tells Chandler and Monica they should keep trying the natural way, but realistically consider a surrogate mother -a nightmare for Monica- or donor sperm insemination, so Chandler invites his 'perfectly eligible' colleague Zach for dinner; they scare him with endless health and genealogy questions, yet Monica has another objection... Ross hopes to be the key note speaker at a paleontology convention on Barbados thanks to his spectacular theory, but it makes professor Sherman, who can get it for him, literally fall asleep. After embarrassing misunderstandings in the shop, Phoebe bumps into David, who is back from Minsk, for good...

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

8 May 2003 (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

The lady at the department store who sprays Phoebe with cologne is the same extra who played her "best friend from high school" in the one where Joey sets her up on a date with Mike and she's also the same actress who plays the owner of the bridal salon in the one where Monica buys the cheap wedding dress.

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Connections

References Working Girl (1988)

User Reviews

The One with the Donor

In this episode Rachel is being just as annoying as always when someone she likes is dating someone else. Now her dislike is directed to Charlie. And there is a fun spin on it when Charlie overhears Rachel and Phoebe talk about it, only she believes that it is Phoebe who likes Joey.

Monica and Chandler are thinking of getting a sperm donor and Chandler brings his co worker (John Stamos) so they can see if he is fitting. This was a pretty fun story

And what I liked the most was Ross trying to be the keynote speaker of a paleontology conference. Especially when he ends up sitting on the lap of that guy