# Please spoil Friends last night for me! (29/04) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 30, 2004, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-spoil-friends-last-night-for-me-29-04/242849 "2004-04-30T13:56:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mr\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9dc877/32.png) [@Mr\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Jim)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2004, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-spoil-friends-last-night-for-me-29-04/242849/1 "2004-04-30T13:56:55Z")
Can someone pretty please with a cherry on top post a rundown for me? I had to work and forgot to set the vcr-grrrrrr! ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2004, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-spoil-friends-last-night-for-me-29-04/242849/2 "2004-04-30T14:01:11Z")
You should have watched it—that would have spoiled it good! (Do we actually have to wear black, rend our clothing and hire mutes to follow us next week when it goes off the air?) ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9dc877/32.png) [@Mr\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Jim)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2004, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-spoil-friends-last-night-for-me-29-04/242849/3 "2004-04-30T14:04:59Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > You should have watched it—that would have spoiled it good! > > (Do we actually have to wear black, rend our clothing and hire mutes to follow us next week when it goes off the air?) I don’t know about you but my mutes have been booked for months. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2004, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-spoil-friends-last-night-for-me-29-04/242849/4 "2004-04-30T16:08:35Z")
OK, I’ll be nice, I actually watched the darned thing: It was the “Rachel says goodbye to everyone” episode. The only “plot development” was that—surprise!—she and Ross wound up in a wild, passionate kiss at the end. Will Rachel go to Paris? Will Ross follow her? And what of Marion’s relationship with Mother Marcus? ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2004, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-spoil-friends-last-night-for-me-29-04/242849/5 "2004-04-30T16:17:35Z")
Also, the girl who is having Monica and Chandler’s baby went into labor at the end. Other than that, though, as **Eve** said, a pretty unremarkable episode. ---
**Author:** ![Judith\_Prietht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b19c9b/32.png) [@Judith\_Prietht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Judith_Prietht)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2004, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-spoil-friends-last-night-for-me-29-04/242849/6 "2004-04-30T16:19:07Z")
In addition, Monica and Chandler’s surrogate went into labor and they rushed off to the hospital, leaving Phoebe and Joey in charge of packing up the dishes. ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2004, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-spoil-friends-last-night-for-me-29-04/242849/7 "2004-04-30T16:20:29Z")
Short, non-detailed answer: Monica & Chandler were packing in preparation to move from the apartment, but before leaving, they decided to give a goodbye party for Rachel who was moving the next day. At the party, Rachel said “goodbye” to each friend individually, except Ross. She went home. Ross followed her, blew up at her about it, and stormed home. She went to Ross’s apartment and said that it hurt too much to say goodbye to him, blah, blah, blah…they start kissing… Meanwhile, the horribly miscast birth mother went into labor. And Chandler and Monica rushed her to the hospital… ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2004, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-spoil-friends-last-night-for-me-29-04/242849/8 "2004-04-30T16:26:09Z")
From the TMI dept.: Monica and Ross’s Nana liked bondage. The whole episode could have been edited down to 11 minutes, without cutting any commercials. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2004, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-spoil-friends-last-night-for-me-29-04/242849/9 "2004-04-30T16:33:42Z")
Best line of the evening: Joey: “(thinking)…I forgot to pick up my dry cleaning.” ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2004, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-spoil-friends-last-night-for-me-29-04/242849/10 "2004-04-30T16:38:07Z")
Oh and Joey got punched in the head and kneed in the nuts. That’s just about everything. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2004, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-spoil-friends-last-night-for-me-29-04/242849/11 "2004-04-30T16:47:38Z")
The funniest joke was Phoebe’s take on Nana’s fur-lined handcuffs. ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9dc877/32.png) [@Mr\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Jim)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2004, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-spoil-friends-last-night-for-me-29-04/242849/12 "2004-04-30T16:54:07Z")
Thanks guys, much appreciated. I have to work next thursday night too, maybe I should set the vcr now. ---
**Author:** ![Rex\_Fenestrarum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rex_fenestrarum/32/7265_2.png) [@Rex\_Fenestrarum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rex_Fenestrarum)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2004, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-spoil-friends-last-night-for-me-29-04/242849/13 "2004-04-30T18:24:31Z")
Or buy a Tivo. _(For the record I have a DVR box from my cable company, which is almost like Tvo but only costs $6.95/month.)_ I had forgotten that it was even Thursday (that’s unemployment for you!) until the missus and I came home from dinner around 9:15. No worries - we have _Friends_ programmed to record every first-run episode on Thursdays… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2004, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-spoil-friends-last-night-for-me-29-04/242849/14 "2004-04-30T18:37:38Z")
Do you know anyone who recorded it? My favorite part is, “Oh, Joey seems to be taking it well.” Then, “NO, JOEY! STOP HIM!” 😛 > [@Biggirl](#): > > Oh and Joey got punched in the head and kneed in the nuts “You kneed me in my Misters. :eek: Soldier down!” ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9dc877/32.png) [@Mr\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Jim)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2004, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-spoil-friends-last-night-for-me-29-04/242849/15 "2004-04-30T19:06:52Z")
> [@Rex Fenestrarum](#): > > Or buy a Tivo. _(For the record I have a DVR box from my cable company, which is almost like Tvo but only costs $6.95/month.)_ I wish! No tivo in Canada sadly and DVR’s are still really pricey here. ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2004, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-spoil-friends-last-night-for-me-29-04/242849/16 "2004-04-30T19:17:32Z")
where in Canada are you? ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2004, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-spoil-friends-last-night-for-me-29-04/242849/17 "2004-04-30T20:11:43Z")
I enjoyed much of the episode, but I have to say, despite the fact that I still really enjoy _Friends_, I’m just sick of Ross and Rachel. Mainly because the one really big stumble the show has made over the last 3 or 4 years, imho, is that Ross has gone from being a sweet, likable guy to being a shrill shrewish nutbag. He doesn’t _deserve_ Rachel, or any other non-felon, at this point. Joey and Chandler playing with the bubble wrap was quite funny, though. ---
**Author:** ![ShelliBean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@ShelliBean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShelliBean)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2004, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-spoil-friends-last-night-for-me-29-04/242849/18 "2004-04-30T21:24:48Z")
I’ve missed a few episodes. Can someone tell me why Rachel is moving? Did she and Ross discuss her taking Emma, or is she just taking her away? Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![yellowval](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/919ad9/32.png) [@yellowval](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowval)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2004, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-spoil-friends-last-night-for-me-29-04/242849/19 "2004-04-30T21:34:03Z")
Rachel got fired from her job at Ralph Lauren and was offered a job in Paris with Luis Vuitton (sp?). No, there hasn’t really been much discussion about Emma, which is pretty bad because didn’t Ross throw a fit a few years ago when Carol wanted to move far away with Ben? Oh, Ross did get Rachel’s job at Ralph Lauren back for her (twice) but then encouraged her to go to Paris anyway. I’ve been pretty disappointed the past two weeks. It just doesn’t feel like “wrapping up a series” material to me. Or maybe that’s the problem: they’ve run out of material. Or perhaps I’m pissed that there have only been about three new episodes in the past four months. Then we got that “top four episodes” crap. Next week’s epi had better be an hour long, because there are a lot of different issues to resolve; for instance: Ross and Rachel (yawn) Birth of Monica and Chandler’s baby Lead-up to “Joey” spin-off? ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2004, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-spoil-friends-last-night-for-me-29-04/242849/20 "2004-04-30T21:39:34Z")
> [@Rez](#): > > I’ve missed a few episodes. Can someone tell me why Rachel is moving? She got a job with Louis Vuitton in Paris. She interviewed for the position in a restaurant where her boss from Ralph Lauren happened (in convenient sitcom fashion) to be dining. Even though she was understandably fired from RL as a result of her disloyalty, Ross begged the boss (who thinks Ross’s name is “Ron”) to rehire Rachel so that she could stay in New York. After a series of re-signings and resignings, Ross finally realized Rachel really wanted the Louis Vuitton job and said something to the effect of “I won’t stand in your way if that’s your decision.” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-spoil-friends-last-night-for-me-29-04/242849.md?page=2)