The One with the Blind Dates 

As they think Ross and Rachel should get back together with Emma, Joey and Phoebe, when asked to fix them up with blind dates, plan to make those so horrible they'll end up back with each ... See full summary »

Director:

Gary Halvorson

Writers:

David Crane (created by), Marta Kauffman (created by)

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 (as Matt Le Blanc)
Matthew Perry	...	Chandler Bing
David Schwimmer	...	Dr. Ross Geller
Jon Lovitz	...	Steve
Sam Pancake	...	The Waiter
John Bentley	...	Waiter #2

Storyline

As they think Ross and Rachel should get back together with Emma, Joey and Phoebe, when asked to fix them up with blind dates, plan to make those so horrible they'll end up back with each other. Phoebe does a great job: Steve is so unattractive he even makes himself cry; Joey found his own nightmare woman, a history teacher, not realizing she risks looking ideal to Ross; but she stands Ross up, making him the object of bets by the waiters on how long he will wait before leaving. Chandler and Monica agree to babysit Emma, but with him being bored without a job and she ovulating, their sex drive gets the better of them, so Joey finds the baby 'exposed to perversion' next to the bedroom...

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

6 February 2003 (USA)

Filming Locations:

USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Bright/Kauffman/Crane Productions, Warner Bros. Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

24 min 22 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

This is the second episode Jon Lovitz guest starred (in this same series) as a character named Steve who was a stoner. The previous one was Friends: The One with the Stoned Guy (1995).

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Goofs

Phoebe purposefully sets Rachel up on a miserable date with Steve (Jon Lovitz), who was introduced in the first season episode, "The One With The Stoned Guy" where Rachel waitresses for Monica's "audition dinner" for his restaurant. Rachel appears oblivious to the fact that when they had met before, he was stoned and the audition went horrible and makes no mention of their prior acquaintance. She goes forward with the date anyway, most likely to appear polite even though she may implicitly recall their first encounter.

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Quotes

Steve: I silkscreen T-shirts now.
Rachel Green: Really? What's that like?
Steve: It's really fulfilling doing something you hate for no money.

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Connections

References The Oprah Winfrey Show (1984)

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