The One with the Blackout
- Episode aired Nov 3, 1994
- TV-PG
- 22m
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8.9/10
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When New York suffers from a blackout, Ross tries to tell Rachel that he likes her, and Chandler gets stuck in an ATM vestibule with a model.When New York suffers from a blackout, Ross tries to tell Rachel that he likes her, and Chandler gets stuck in an ATM vestibule with a model.When New York suffers from a blackout, Ross tries to tell Rachel that he likes her, and Chandler gets stuck in an ATM vestibule with a model.
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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.
Oh, yes! The first episode that felt absolutely perfect in my eyes. The wonderful dynamic between Ross and Rachel blossoms in this episode and leaves us begging for more. Also, the NYC blackout as a plot backdrop works incredibly well. So many different backdrops could've been used but the blackout was just perfect.
10/10.
10/10.
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.
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.
Did you know
- TriviaMatthew Perry's favorite episode.
- GoofsWhen Chandler is choking on gum in the ATM vestibule, you can clearly see the actor Matthew Perry is storing the gum in the right side of his mouth so that he can spit it in a later shot.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The 47th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1995)
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