Friends (TV Series) The One Where Ross and Rachel Take a Break (1997) User Reviews

The One Where Ross is Wrong

[mattbeth79 · 8/10 · 31 January 2022]

Ross and Rachel have a lot of ups and downs in their relationship and in the series, but here Ross absolutely kills their relationship. Rachel made it clear that he could come to her office, and he ignores her. Ross then makes things worse at her office, prompting Rachel to kick him out. Rachel's character development comes full circle here as she finally gets to be a professional, and Ross ruins it. The fact that is is their anniversary is a moot point (or a moo point). Ross then is completely unreasonable when Rachel comes home, saying it's just a job. He doesn't listen to her, he ignores her boundaries, he makes things worse. He absolutely deserved the breakup. And then he sleeps with the Xerox girl that same day. This is Ross at his lowest. Phoebe is pretty low in this episode as well.

All of that being said, they were definitely on a break.

The One Where Ross and Rachel Take a Break

[Lady_Targaryen · 8/10 · 14 May 2008]

Phoebe meets a diplomat,Sergei, when she is doing free massage at the UN. She starts to date him, but she stays upset because the only way they can communicate is by Sergei's translator, what makes them feel very uncomfortable with many situations.

Chloe, the girl with the belly bottom ring from the Xerox, invites Joey and Chandler for a party. They both are attracted to her and imagine all types of situations.

Ross and Rachel have a terrible fight in Rachel's office, in their first anniversary together. When Rachel comes home, she asks Ross to take a break from their relationship. Ross goes to the same party that Chandler and Joey are, and when he talks to Rachel by phone, he listens to Mark's voice. Thinking that she is making out with him, Ross stays with Chloe, the Xerox girl, in the party.

The One With Copy Girl

[devashishparnami · 8/10 · 9 October 2018]

Phoebe dates an East European UN diplomat, Sergei, and asks Monica to join them at a restaurant to keep his translator company as Sergei cannot speak English. When Ross brings a picnic to Rachel's office, Rachel becomes fed up with Ross's neediness and suggests they take a break. Ross seeks comfort in the bar where Joey and Chandler are trying to impress Chloe, the copy girl they both have a crush on. Ross and Rachel are trying to make up on the phone when Ross hears Mark, who insisted he come over. Mark, knowing Rachel is on the phone with Ross, makes his voice audible to him so Ross assumes the worst and hangs up on Rachel. He then has one too many beers and sleeps with Chloe.

Aaagh, man

[arnaut-44532 · 10/10 · 10 May 2021]

This episode and the next one are so hard to watch. I always feel sorry for them.

HEARTBREAKING MUCH

[lalanot · 6/10 · 11 July 2023]

Oh my god!!! The break up scene is definitely heartbreakinggg and frustrating to watch!! How can Ross do that to Rachel after everything that they have been through??? I get it that they were technically on 'a break' but cheating right after Rachel asked for a break is too much (yes I know he was under the alcohol influence and frustration). In my pov, of course every woman who is stressed out with their partner that is constantly being jealous and doubtful would WANT to take a break a week or so to sort things out and sometimes, maybe, women don't even mean it. We just want them to realise how much we, women, have to sacrifice most of the time to cater their needs in a relationship urghhh. I really thought Ross would actually come back to Rachel that same night instead of getting drunk at a party. Oh how things would have changed for the both of them!!

The One Where Ross and Rachel Take a Break

[ComedyFan2010 · 7/10 · 2 July 2011]

I liked the scenes of Phoebe on the date with the diplomat. There were lots of funny moments there. Starting with his translator ruining their romantic moment, also the times when Phoebe was trying to get his attention while he was talking to Monica and especially when the translator left and they tried to communicate without him. Monica was kind of a selfish friend this time. Phoebe asked her to do a favor and she just ruined it all. But I am thankful for this, because this made the story funnier

Speaking of selfish. Rachel was unbearable this time. Yes, Rachel, it is indeed just a job. When your job ruins your relationship you need to think how to handle it better. Otherwise it just shows your priorities and how little you care about your partner. Ross never seems to have no time and his job is actually important. glad that at the end she at least started to recognize it

The girl from the copy shop was kind of irritating. I don't think I liked the acting, otherwise she wouldn't be that bad

A key episode

[studioAT · 5/10 · 28 May 2017]

After a few episodes of build up this is the episode where Ross and Rachel decide to take a break on their relationship.

Despite the dramatic implications of this there is still a lot of fun to be found in this episode along the way.

I liked the Phoebe story line, and Lisa Kudrow again is on top form. There are also some lovely Joey lines in this episodes, which Matt Le Blanc gleefully dispatches.

It's sad that Ross and Rachel's relationship didn't last, but they had become a little bit boring once they got together, and with it clear that the show was going to stick around for a while, in terms of story possibilities, breaking them up was the obvious thing to do.

a womans job less important than mans ? today that

[Gila1959 · 7/10 · 10 October 2020]

Epizode wouldnt have worked..if it was the other way around it would be concidered NORMAL for him to work endless hours . But Rachel would NEVER EVER would have gone visit his pkace of work. That Scene isnt believable. At all.

Cynthia Mann plays JASMIN.

What a bummer

[amirasafiyams · 5/10 · 11 July 2023]

I understand Ross just wanted to have a beautiful celebration with his girlfriend for their anniversary, but that does not justify the fact he came to Rachel's workplace with a picnic basket, trying to 'celebrate' with her. As for Rachel, I understand her frustration with the deadlines at work, and Ross suddenly came with his surprise, but I just hope she tries to acknowledge Ross's efforts for her. Other than that, I can see that towards the end of the scene, where they broke up, I feel like Ross was trying to run away, while Rachel is trying to reconcile their problem, which is sad to see...

The worst episode of friends

[ahmetesen · 1/10 · 20 April 2021]

I just hate this episode i had to skip most of the parts Friends.writers done a bad job.

Painful to see the writer made Rach this unreasonable

[jerryshiung · 1/10 · 18 January 2019]

Understand it may need the plot to go like this to add more twists but there are plenty of other ways to do it. Make Rachel a crazy busy woman does not make too much sense to the audience.