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The One with the Flashback

  • Episode aired Oct 31, 1996
  • TV-PG
  • 22m
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Jennifer Aniston, Matthew Perry, Marissa Ribisi, and Michele Maika in Friends (1994)
ComedyRomance

The gang remember the events three years ago, when several of them almost slept together.The gang remember the events three years ago, when several of them almost slept together.The gang remember the events three years ago, when several of them almost slept together.

  • Director
    • Peter Bonerz
  • Writers
    • David Crane
    • Marta Kauffman
    • Wil Calhoun
  • Stars
    • Jennifer Aniston
    • Courteney Cox
    • Lisa Kudrow
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  • IMDb RATING
    9.0/10
    7.3K
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    • Director
      • Peter Bonerz
    • Writers
      • David Crane
      • Marta Kauffman
      • Wil Calhoun
    • Stars
      • Jennifer Aniston
      • Courteney Cox
      • Lisa Kudrow
    • 15User reviews
    • 4Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Jennifer Aniston
    Jennifer Aniston
    • Rachel Green
    Courteney Cox
    Courteney Cox
    • Monica Geller
    Lisa Kudrow
    Lisa Kudrow
    • Phoebe Buffay
    Matt LeBlanc
    Matt LeBlanc
    • Joey Tribbiani
    • (as Matt Le Blanc)
    Matthew Perry
    Matthew Perry
    • Chandler Bing
    David Schwimmer
    David Schwimmer
    • Dr. Ross Geller
    Larry Hankin
    Larry Hankin
    • Mr. Heckles
    John Lehr
    John Lehr
    • Eric
    Michele Maika
    Michele Maika
    • Kiki
    Marissa Ribisi
    Marissa Ribisi
    • Betsy
    Maggie Wheeler
    Maggie Wheeler
    • Janice
    Christy L. Medrano
    • Waitress
    • Director
      • Peter Bonerz
    • Writers
      • David Crane
      • Marta Kauffman
      • Wil Calhoun
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    10lottanorin

    Is that Tag?

    The guy who applies as Chandlers roommate with long hair and glasses. Is that Tag? Also the couch in Monicas apartment. Is that the "pivot" couch? If someone knows, give a thumb up.
    10bevo-13678

    Flash

    I like the bit about the flash back which must have occurred at an earlier period of time.
    7NatashaJAmos2015

    The One With The Major Continuity Error

    Ok so in the pilot Chandler meets Rachel for the first time. And yet in this episode he actually met her when she was engaged .

    I guess the writers don't know their own show !
    9slightlymad22

    Great TV

    A classic Friends episode.

    Plot In A Paragraph: After Janice asks about past relationships between the friends, we go back three years earlier. Phoebe and Monica live together, but Phoebe has moved out (without Monica knowing). Chandler is looking for a roommate, it seems his choice is easy, a photographer who works with models, or Joey who is "ok with the whole gay thing". It turns out Monica fancies Joey, and urges Chandler to pick him. Rachel is engaged to Barry, but she wants one last meaningless relationship, and Chandler thinks he is just the man she needs. Ross is happy his wife finally has a friend, "Susan something from the gym" until he finds out they are lesbians.

    I loved the scenes with Chandler comforting Monica and him bonding with Joey over 'Baywatch'

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    • Trivia
      There's a scene where Joey thinks that Monica is attracted to him. This is a partial nod to what the show's creators had planned before all of the casting of the roles had been completed. They had originally planned on Joey and Monica being the first couple to emerge from the group; but when Jennifer Aniston was cast to play Rachel the idea was changed to Ross and Rachel being the first couple.
    • Goofs
      Chandler and Rachel do not seem to know each other. However, they had already met several years earlier on Thanksgiving 1987 at Monica's parent's house in The One with All the Thanksgivings (1998). Moreover, Rachel and Chandler made out when Monica and she visited Ross in college. Finally, Monica introduced Rachel to Chandler in the pilot as if they have never met before.
    • Quotes

      Dr. Ross Geller: Hey, where is everyone?

      Phoebe: Oh, its already closed. Chris gave me the keys to lock up. What is wrong?

      Dr. Ross Geller: My marriage, I think my marriage is, um, kind of over.

      Phoebe: Oh no! Why?

      Dr. Ross Geller: Because Carol's a lesbian... and... and I'm not one.

    • Connections
      Featured in The 49th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1997)
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      By Rod Argent

      Performed by The Zombies

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    • Does Jennifer Aniston wear a nose prosthesis in this episode?

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    • Release date
      • October 31, 1996 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
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    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • Dijon Street, Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Bright/Kauffman/Crane Productions
      • Warner Bros. Television
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    • Runtime
      22 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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