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The One with the Flashback

[ComedyFan2010 · 10/10 · 25 June 2011]

This is a pretty awesome episode. Janice asks if any of them almost had sex with each other and we get their memories of the situations and a look at the past of the Friends.

It is absolutely funny! When we see how Phoebe moved out from Monica but didn't tell it to her and the scene when Monica finds out is really good!

We also see how Chandler looks for a new roommate and turns out that Joey wasn't even his first choice! Great appearance of Mr. Heckles who as it looks is to thank for the two great roommates ending up together

And we also get to see Ross finding out that his wife is a lesbian. The scene of him and Phoebe on the pool table is just great. Not only it is a great dialogue, but it is also funny because Ross and Phoebe are probably the two I would never imagine hooking up

Funny episode and full of surprises.

[abdelrhmansamy-15224 · 10/10 · 14 August 2019]

Thanks Mr. Heckles for making Joey, Chandler's new roommate.

The One Where Everyone Almost Slept With Each Other...

[taylorkingston · 10/10 · 16 April 2015]

I really love this episode. It's one of my all-time favorite episodes, and not just from Season 3, from the entire series.

In this episode, we flashback to three years ago, well at this point it's like twenty-two years ago, but that's the point. Anyway, we see lots of different aspects of the Friends' lives. First, Monica and Phoebe are living together, but Phoebe is slowly moving out, without Monica's knowledge. Chandler is looking for a new roommate, and finds a great one. Not Joey. A guy who is a photographer, and has lots of models over, so it's a no-brainer. But then Mr. Heckles lies by saying that Chandler offered the roommate spot to him, to Chandler had to go with his next choice, Joey. How rude of Mr. Heckles. That's why I didn't like him. Always lying. Anyway, Monica offers Joey lemonade, which he thinks means sex, so he gets naked in her apartment. Rachel is engaged to Barry, but she decides she wants a meaningless fling before she ties-the-knot. Chandler volunteers to be that fling. Central Perk is a bar, and it saddens Monica and Chandler to find out that they're turning it into a coffee shop. The line, "Where are we going to hang out now?" is probably my favorite of the episode. And Ross is happy in his relationship, until he finds out that his wife is a lesbian. So, Phoebe consoles him and they almost sleep together.

Overall, I give this episode a 10 out of 10.

The One Where Joey Moves In

[devashishparnami · 10/10 · 24 February 2018]

After Janice asks about past relationships between the friends, we go back three years earlier. Phoebe and Monica live together, but Phoebe is moving out - without Monica knowing. Chandler is looking for a roommate, but his first choice, a photographer who works with models, is frightened away by Mr. Heckles, so Joey moves in instead. It turns out that living with Joey isn't that bad after all, and Monica fancies him, leading Joey to get naked in her apartment. Rachel is engaged to Barry, but she wants one last meaningless relationship, and Chandler is just the man she needs. Ross is happy his wife finally has a friend, until he finds out they are lesbians. Phoebe consoles him, and they almost sleep together.

Great TV

[slightlymad22 · 9/10 · 17 December 2014]

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'

Almost

[arnaut-44532 · 10/10 · 29 April 2021]

Flashbacks arent my cup of tea, but they worked in this episode. When Janice asks the group who slept with whom and doesnt get an answer she likes, she asks who almost did it. And we got a great episode, what the gang was doing one year before. Instead of central perk there was a bar, and Im glad it is a coffe house now, they meet Joey for the first time and we can see the old Rachel again.

There was a cute moment between Monica and Chandler, before they, you know. And every story was funny.

Fun fact - one of the original ideas of the show makers was to make Joey and Monica a couple and main cast would be them with Rachel and Ross (also a couple) without Phoebe and Chandler, who will appear here and there. Im glad they didnt make it that way.

The One with the Flashback

[Lady_Targaryen · 8/10 · 13 May 2008]

Janice stays curious to know about the past relationships between the Friends or, in good English, 'Who slept with whom''. The Friends start to remember three years earlier, when Phoebe still lived with Monica,When Chandler were choosing his new roommate and Monica were interested in Joey, ''the hot Italian guy''.

The Central Perk at that time was a Bar (and not a cafeteria!), Rachel still was engaged to Barry and was a rich spoiled girl. The funny thing is to see Chandler interested in Rachel and trying to hit on her !

Ross and Phoebe make out after the end of Ross' wedding and his discovery that Carol is a lesbian.

As always Ross is awkward... to say the least

[hanscarstenstenzel · 8/10 · 28 June 2022]

There he is: on a pool table with a beautiful girl (phoebe), and his foot gets stuck in the table, and the balls (ha-ha) are in his way. It is like the writers want him to be an idiot. I know, he isn't, but Ross please try to be a man.

Flash

[bevo-13678 · 10/10 · 6 April 2021]

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

One of my favorite episodes

[packrat_10 · 9/10 · 30 March 2022]

While one of my favorite episodes, Janice asks if any of them have slept together. This was after Ross and Rachel have been dating for a while, so it was ironic for Ross to be the one that goofed and said "none of us". This was already after the Star Wars fantasy episode and their initial night together in the planetarium/museum.

Is that Tag?

[lottanorin · 10/10 · 21 March 2020]

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.

The One With The Major Continuity Error

[NatashaJAmos2015 · 7/10 · 29 July 2020]

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 !

Not Believable

[scottwilliam-11107 · 5/10 · 23 December 2021]

Joey taking his clothes off in Monica's apartment was not only not funny but it was actually quite disturbing. But what I can't forgive is Rachel having not seen Monica in a few years and NOT even mentioning or noticing Monica's weight loss. RIDICULOUS! It would have been more plausible if Rachel hadn't even of recognized Monica.

Before the start

[studioAT · 4/10 · 6 May 2017]

The first episode of the show to look back at the lives our our favourite six before the show began is a good one.

There's lots of funny moments, many of which concern Joey moving into the building.

The Chandler and Rachel story line wasn't as great, as it was quite unbelievable. It's also sad to see how thin Matthew Perry looks here, as his personal problems were around this time. The Phoebe and Ross scene at the end also didn't work for me.

A decent episode, though not a great one.