The One with the Flashback (31 Oct. 1996)

The friends remember the events three years earlier, when several of them almost slept together.

Director:

Peter Bonerz

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
Larry Hankin	...	Mr. Heckles
John Lehr	...	Eric
Michele Maika	...	Kiki
Marissa Ribisi	...	Betsy
Maggie Wheeler	...	Janice Litman
Christy L. Medrano	...	Waitress

Storyline

After Janice asks about past relationships between the friends, we go back three years earlier. Phoebe and Monica live together, but Phoebe is moving out - without Monica knowing. Chandler is looking for a roommate, but his first choice, a photographer who works with models, is frightened away by Mr. Heckles, so Joey moves in instead. It turns out that living with Joey isn't that bad after all, and Monica fancies him, leading Joey to get naked in her apartment. Rachel is engaged to Barry, but she wants one last meaningless relationship, and Chandler is just the man she needs. Ross is happy his wife finally has a friend, until he finds out they are lesbians. Phoebe consoles him, and they almost sleep together.

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Plot Keywords:

roommate | flashback | pool table | broken marriage | new roommate | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

31 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

"The One With The Flashback" (episode #3.6), was partly the idea of the cast to see how audience responded to certain couplings, the main one of these being Rachel and Chandler. The audience didn't like seeing these two together, so they never were.

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Goofs

In this episode, Joey implies that he thinks that Chandler is gay, but in the episode "The One Where Nana Dies Twice" he and Ross say that neither of them thought Chandler was gay when they met him.

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Quotes

Dr. Ross Geller: [Ross and Phoebe are kissing] Wait, wait, wait, wait. My foot is stuck in the pocket. No I can't get it out.
Phoebe: Well, that's not something a girl wants to hear.
Dr. Ross Geller: Come on, don't start. Ow!
Phoebe: What?
Dr. Ross Geller: Stupid balls are in the way.

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Connections

Features Baywatch (1989)

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Soundtracks

"Time of the Season"
(uncredited)
By Rod Argent
Performed by The Zombies

User Reviews

The One with the Flashback

Janice stays curious to know about the past relationships between the Friends or, in good English, 'Who slept with whom''. The Friends start to remember three years earlier, when Phoebe still lived with Monica,When Chandler were choosing his new roommate and Monica were interested in Joey, ''the hot Italian guy''.

The Central Perk at that time was a Bar (and not a cafeteria!), Rachel still was engaged to Barry and was a rich spoiled girl. The funny thing is to see Chandler interested in Rachel and trying to hit on her !

Ross and Phoebe make out after the end of Ross' wedding and his discovery that Carol is a lesbian.