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There are many things synonymous with Thanksgiving: Turkey and stuffing.
The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade.
And, then, of course, there’s “Friends.”
All 236 episodes of “Friends” are streaming onMax.
Well, every season with one exception.
since no one actually eats Thanksgiving dinner, it doesn’t count.
Aaaand we’re back on, folks.
Season 7, Episode 8: ‘The One Where Chandler Doesn’t Like Dogs’
Clunkers!
Who doesn’t love an adorably shaggy dog named Clunkers?
Chandler, that’s who.
Its like a cows opinion.
Despite never having met baby Emma before (“Is this Emmett?")
Cheery subject for a sitcom, right?
The humor is broader, the characters more exaggerated versions of what they later become.
Remember when Rachel was a ditz and a terrible waitress, and her manager was a guy named Terry?
(He appeared in two episodes before making way for Gunther.)
skiing pantomime gets old fast).
But they’re mature grown-ups now, right?
What could go wrong?
(Upon learning that she and Ross dated for two years: “You went out with her?
We had a pact!")
(Co-creator Marta Kauffmansuggested to USA Todaythat she wouldn’t have done that storyline today.)
The next Thanksgiving, a slimmed-down Monica seeks revenge by awkwardly trying to seduce and dump Chandler.
Any scene with Monica in a fat suit is bound to be a little cringe.
Season 6, Episode 9: ‘The One Where Ross Got High’
Two words for you: Beef.
Monica pushes Ross to tell the truth, culminating in a glorious, breathtaking escalation of truth-telling as warfare.
(“Monica and Chandler are living together!”
“Ross married Rachel in Vegas and got divorced again!")
But let’s get back to the trifle.
But what are you going to do while gamely scarfing down a dessert that “tastes like feet”?
If you’re Joey, you eat it all anyway.
Thus was born one of the show’s most memorable Thanksgiving episodes, as well as a dessert legend.
That’s the case with this episode, set in the aftermath of Chandler kissing Joey’s girlfriend Kathy.
This is a weird concept, even for this show.
Yet somehow it works.
Joey urges Chandler to go after her, the friendship is repaired, and love wins in the end.
One couple that doesn’t end up together?
Is it creepy for Monica to lust after her ex’s son?
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