The One with the Jellyfish 

Ross chooses between Rachel and his bald-headed girlfriend Bonnie; Joey, Chandler, and Monica have a perilous encounter with a jellyfish at the beach.

Director:

Shelley Jensen

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
Lisa Kudrow	...	Phoebe Buffay / Ursula Buffay
Matt LeBlanc	...	Joey Tribbiani (as Matt Le Blanc)
Matthew Perry	...	Chandler Bing
David Schwimmer	...	Dr. Ross Geller
Christine Taylor	...	Bonnie
Teri Garr	...	Phoebe Abbott Sr.

Storyline

The episode picks up exactly where the last one ended. Ross chose Rachel's room and they kiss. Ross breaks up with Bonnie. Phoebe learns that her real mother, her supposed mother and her father used to be together and Phoebe's real mother (also called Phoebe). Phoebe is mad at her for not trying to come find her before. Joey, Chandler and Monica are at the beach when Monica is stung by a jellyfish. Chandler had to pee on Monica's leg to relief her of the pain. Ross unintentionally takes full responsibility for everything that went wrong between him and Rachel. Phoebe's mum comes to apologize and to tell Phoebe she regrets giving her up as a baby. Ross and Rachel get into another fight because Ross says he doesn't believe he was the one who did anything wrong.

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Plot Keywords:

jellyfish | break up | beach | urine | sting | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

25 September 1997 (USA)

Filming Locations:

USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Bright/Kauffman/Crane Productions, Warner Bros. Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

22 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Previously, Matt LeBlanc has just done the voiceover work during the "Previously..." two part episode recaps. As he is now in vision in character as Joey for this episode recap, it could now be considered plausible that every "The one with..." is a dramatisation of Joey recounting a situation episode.

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Goofs

When Phoebe leaves her birth mother's house, her green purse is still visible in the background on the counter. But in the next scene back at the beach house, the green purse is on her shoulder as she walks past Chandler, Joey, and Monica and heads upstairs. - Phoebe comes back in with her hand over her eyes since she said she never wants to see her birth mother again, asking where her purse is. This scene was likely cut short for television broadcasts but explains why she has it coming back to the beach house.

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Quotes

Joey: Monica got stung by a jellyfish.
Monica: Alright, alright. I got stung. I got stung bad. I couldn't stand. I couldn't walk.
Chandler: We were two miles from the house. We were scared and alone. We didn't think we could make it.
Monica: I was in too much pain.
Joey: And I was tired from digging a huge hole!
Chandler: And then Joey remembered something...
Joey: I'd seen this thing on the Discovery Channel.
Ross: Wait a minute, I saw that, on the Discovery Channel. About jellyfish, and how if you... Eww! You peed on yourself?
Phoebe, Rachel: Eww!
Monica: You can't say that!...
[...]

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Connections

Featured in Friends: The One with Mac and C.H.E.E.S.E. (2000)

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Soundtracks

Fuschia and Mauve
(uncredited)
Performed by Lisa Kudrow

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