From touch football to fez-sporting turkeys, Monica, Chandler, Ross, Rachel, Joey, and Phoebe have made a lot of memories.
"The One Where Chandler Doesn't Like Dogs" (Season 7)
Premise: Phoebe is watching a friend's dog named Clunkers for Thanksgiving, but Chandler claims he's extremely allergic. In reality, he just hates dogs (puppies included) because "they are needy, they are jumpy, and [he] can't tell what they are thinking and that scares [him] a little bit." Phoebe and Monica decide to take the dog to Ross' for Chandler's sake, but then they sneak him back in. This dog schtick continues, but I needn't bore you with it.
In actual plot progression, Rachel's assistant Tag (Eddie Cahill) also joins them for Thanksgiving after his girlfriend breaks up with him. Rachel goes to talk to him, to offer advice on the balcony, but when Joey sees them hugging, he thinks they are mutually into each other, and calls out, "He likes you back!" Rachel comes clean about her feelings for Tag, but then says they should pretend like the conversation never happened. Instead of agreeing, Tag kisses her.
Best quote: "This is all a moo point ... It's like a cow's opinion. You know, it just doesn't matter. It's moo." —Joey
What they ate: Sweet potato–stuffed pumpkins, stuffing, green beans, and turkey.
Fun fact: When Chandler invites everyone to play the "name the 50 states" game, Ross is determined to finish. Hours later, he claims the one state he forgot was Delaware, but it turns out, he wrote Nevada twice. No word on what the actual state he forgot was, or why he loves Nevada so much.
Why it's No. 10: The dog storyline at the center of this episode doesn't even have a schmaltzy ending and there's really not much Thanksgiving fare besides the food. Sure, Tag was attractive, but really, that's all this episode had to offer. Basically, it doesn't matter. It's "moo."
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"The One with the List" (Season 2)
Premise: In the follow-up episode to Ross and Rachel's monumental rainy kiss at Central Perk, Ross realizes he has to choose between his longtime crush and his current girlfriend Julie. So, Chandler mocks him relentlessly ("This must be so hard. 'Two women love me. They're both gorgeous and sexy. My wallet's too small for my $50s and my diamond shoes are too tight!'") and then recommends he make a pro/con list for both women, using his new computer, which is oh-so 1995. Of course, Rachel later sees the lists on Chandler's computer and locks Ross out of her apartment. He desperately tries to get her attention, climbing up the fire escape in the rain (lots of precipitation this time of year) and reading out a long list of "pros" to no avail. The episode ends sadly with both Ross and Rachel starring out their respective windows as rain trickles in front of their reflections.
Best quote: "It's always been you, Rach." —Ross (though Chandler's above is a close second)
What they ate: Pumpkin pie with a mockolate cookie crumb crust, mockolate cranberry cake, and mockolate chip cookies "just like the Indians served," Monica jokes.
Fun fact: Michael McKean — who played a food entrepreneur hocking faux chocolate (called mockolate) that Monica was working for — was a cast member on Saturday Night Live from 1994–1995. Courteney Cox hosted the show during his tenure, and just before this Friends episode aired, David Schwimmer took on the honor as well. Lisa Kudrow and Matthew Perry each went on to host once and Jennifer Aniston has done so twice. Matt LeBlanc is the only Friends alum never to host SNL.
Why it's No. 9: Though this is not necessarily a bad episode of Friends, it includes very little Thanksgiving content (the only real acknowledgement comes from the mockolate C-storyline), not to mention the Rachel-Ross saga doesn't exactly offer a warm holiday feeling.
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