The One with the Blackout

I like how this story has occurred on at least 5 different sit coms

Matthew Perry makes it three awesome episodes in a row. Again his story line is not the main one, but lied the last episode he steals the show.

Plot In A Paragraph: There is a blackout in New York City. Joey (Matt Le Blanc) Ross (David Schwimmer) Monica (Courtney Cox) Rachel (Jennifer Aniston) and Pheobe (Lisa Kudrow) head to Monica and Rachel's apartment, where Ross attempts to tell Rachel how he feels about her, despite Joey telling him he is in the "friend zone". Meanwhile across town Chandler (Matthew Perry) is trapped in his bank ATM Vestibule with model Jill Goodacre.

Once again, we get to meet a new character in Mr Heckles, a neighbour of Monica and Rachel. Another neighbour is cat owner Pablo. And I'd never heard of the expression "friend zone" till Joey said it. I know know it's harder to break out of than the Phantom Zone from Superman.

Whilst Ross lusting after Rachel is part of the bigger picture, the episode perks up whenever Perry is on screen.

This is the episode where you actually start to like Friends. Before this I was thinking of stop watching friends because it was not looking so great but this episode hold me. If I had watched all the 10 friends seasons 6 times, It wouldn't be possible without this episode.

Cracking and fresh script by Astrof & Sikowitz that outdoes their first offering by leaps and bounds (The One with the Thumb). A highlight episode that moves the Rachel/Ross story ark further along with an excellent twist while giving Matthew Perry more excellent material to stretch out his outstanding range, with a narrative overdub of his thoughts to boot. The actors are settling into their characters and it shows, Matt Leblanc is particularly compelling in a subtle and rather well done method fashion, delivering a fine balance of straight and slapstick with sincerity. The show had already given new viewers three stellar episodes in just the first seven, most shows are lucky to have that many brilliant episodes in an entire season. Friends has really hits its stride in record time.

Mathew perry is just awesome. You can relate his every lines to your own feelings. Great work by the writer of course but the way Mathew portrayed in the scene is excellent. He should have given the prestigious golden globe award for the scene. I'm just 20 watching now far from the actual release of the episode but still I'm enjoying it a lot. Hats off for the sense of humour in 90s, great work by all the FRIENDS Team. Joey Tribbiani and Phoebe Buffay are performing excellent in every episode, Joey's "How you doing" and Phoebe's "smelly cat" are the epic signatures that defines their character. Ross Gellers "Hi" is much funny than his occupation as a palaeontologist. Monica's fatty body is a worth laughing scene. Rachel is really cute and funny. Overall every friend of friends make it a worth watching this TV series.