The One with the Lottery (3 Apr. 2003)

When everyone except Ross pools together to buy tickets for the lottery, Phoebe gets a prediction from her psychic that they will win. Ross, despite his skepticism, gets in on the action. ... See full summary »

Director:

Gary Halvorson

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
James Michael Tyler	...	Gunther
Phill Lewis	...	Steve

Storyline

When everyone except Ross pools together to buy tickets for the lottery, Phoebe gets a prediction from her psychic that they will win. Ross, despite his skepticism, gets in on the action. Meanwhile, Chandler is anxious to find out if he gets a coveted assistant job at his advertising firm, and Emma is due to say her first word.

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

3 April 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:

23 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

When Phoebe and Joey are holding the wishbone, the position of Joey's thumb changes between shots.

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Quotes

Ross: Although, if we're probably going to do that, we should probably call me daddy too.
Phoebe: I like that daddy.
Ross: I uh, I was just talking about Rachel.
Phoebe: Ooh is daddy getting angry? Is daddy gonna spank me?
Ross: Well that depends. Have you been a bad g- I can't.

User Reviews

The One with the Lottery

This episode had a great idea and many hilarious moments but it also gave me a bit of a bad feeling. I think they really exaggerated with the selfishness of all the friends (especially Chandler and Monica) and them caring more about money than their friends. I understand and love some "evil" humor, but Friends is just a show where it doesn't fit. Monica saying "money" when asked what matters more didn't make me laugh at all

But other than that I loved many things about it. For once, Phoebe was finally her old self. This is the Phoebe I loved for many seasons, her message from the pigeon is hilarious. So is her excitement about winning $3!

Joey was a sweetheart. Unlike Chandler and Monica he cared more about his friends than cash. This is seen when he wishes for chandler to get a job and not to win lottery in the bone game. Which by the way was a great scene. Phoebe saying how vegetarians still may love to play with carcasses and Joey's little argument with Monica

And at last, Emma's first word was also a great story. It was a pretty funny scene and a good idea