The One Where Monica Gets a Roommate

"TOW Monica Gets A Roommate" is an episode that I didn't enjoy too much on a first viewing, and since then, each additional viewing has been an improvement. It does exactly what a pilot should for a sitcom, whilst being a fairly relaxing episode. We begin to understand our main characters reasonably well, we see Ross's obvious crush on Rachel, Chandler's excessive use of sarcasm in everyday life, Phoebe's oddities and Rachel's spoiled behaviour.

The episode has a particularly nice scene towards the end with Ross and Rachel, a funny opening scene (albeit more in tune with "Seinfeld") and plenty of worthwhile moments throughout.

Worth a watch!

First episode with a few info about so much things ; now we know a glance about every character, Joey the actor, Chandler the funny guy, Monica the one with missed up relationships, Phoebe the simple one, Ross the man who has hard time facing a divorce and Rachel the girl who has uncertain decisions and she is just started to be independent; shall we have much fun with the gang? let's see.

I have to say, I think the new IMDb format for television shows is fantastic insofar that you can comment on individual episodes! (The rest of the format I will simply say is less pleasing, but hopefully bugs will be tweaked with later on down the road.) Anyway, this was the very first episode of "Friends" (the pilot), in which Monica gets a roommate, Rachel. Rachel was old friends with Monica and Monica's brother Ross. Ross had feelings for Rachel and is put in an awkward position when she returns.

As far as this episode compares to later ones - it's flat. The cast isn't confident - Jennifer Aniston in particular looks like she just stepped off the bus for Hollywood and is totally lost.

However, it is a fine setup for the series and any "Friends" fan will certainly derive some type of nostalgic entertainment from it!

The first episode of Friends certainly gives no indication of greatness following. It's a mile away from being one "Friends" best episode, but as a pilot episode it does a good job of setting the scene and introducing us to the characters

We are introduced to the six main characters room mates Joey Tribianni and Chandler Bing, brother and sister Monica and Ross Gellar, hippy Pheobe Boufay and runaway bride Rachel Green.

Some of the cast come off as awkward and seem to be trying to hard. Matt Le Blanc can be excuses because he was allegedly suffering with a heavy bout of flu.

This episode is a decent introduction to the characters and the show's concept. However, it might be a bit hard to get fully involved at the beginning.