"Friends" The One with the Jam (1996)

User Rating:

7.9/10   

Director:

Kevin Bright

Writers:

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

TV Series:

"Friends" (1994)

Original Air Date:

3 October 1996 (Season 3, Episode 3)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Plot:

Monica makes tons of jam to take control of her life and to get over Richard. Monica abandons the jam plan and decides to have a baby instead...

Plot Keywords:

Actor | Paleontologist | Roommate | Musician | New York City

Cast

Jennifer Aniston	...	Rachel Green
Courteney Cox	...	Monica Geller
Lisa Kudrow	...	Phoebe Buffay / Ursula Buffay
Matt LeBlanc	...	Joey Tribbiani
Matthew Perry	...	Chandler Bing
David Schwimmer	...	Dr. Ross Geller
David Arquette	...	Malcolm
Maggie Wheeler	...	Janice Litman

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:

Warner Bros. Television

Trivia:

Joey's (Matt LeBlanc) arm is in a protective sling. In real life, LeBlanc had dislocated his shoulder on set attempting a sight gag. At the beginning of this episode, Chandler overhears Joey bouncing on his bed and falling off. This was written into the story line to explain why the character would be wearing a sling.

Goofs:

Boom mic visible: In the scene in Monica's apartment where Phoebe enters and they question her about 'the maniac', just as Phoebe kneels down and says "he's yummy, we did a little kissing", a boom mic is visible at the top of the screen just above Rachael's head.

Quotes:

Joey: I imagine you marrying a blonde guy with a pool named....Hoit.

The One with the Jam

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

Monica still is depressed because of the end of her relationship with Richard.Because of that, in this episode she decides to do a lot of Jam to occupy her mind and think about other stuff. Some days later, her idea is to go to a sperm bank to see the potential donors. ( And the friends see that Joey is also a donor!)

A stalker stays following Phoebe, thinking that she is Ursula. After she tells him her identity, she decides to help him to forget Ursula by stalking and going out with her.

Joey stays the entire episode eating Monica's Jam.

Chandler takes some tips with Ross about how to do the ''hug and role trick'' with Janice,since he is not a ''cuddle sleeper'' and wants to have his own space in bed.When Rachel discovers that Ross does that trick, she stays angry with him.