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The One with the Blind Dates

  • Episode aired Feb 6, 2003
  • TV-PG
  • 22m
IMDb RATING
8.0/10
4.6K
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Lisa Kudrow and Matt LeBlanc in Friends (1994)
Friends: The One With The Blind Dates
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Phoebe and Joey purposely set Ross and Rachel up on bad dates in the hopes they'll get back together. Monica and Chandler babysit Emma.Phoebe and Joey purposely set Ross and Rachel up on bad dates in the hopes they'll get back together. Monica and Chandler babysit Emma.Phoebe and Joey purposely set Ross and Rachel up on bad dates in the hopes they'll get back together. Monica and Chandler babysit Emma.

  • Director
    • Gary Halvorson
  • Writers
    • David Crane
    • Marta Kauffman
    • Sherry Bilsing
  • Stars
    • Jennifer Aniston
    • Courteney Cox
    • Lisa Kudrow
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  • IMDb RATING
    8.0/10
    4.6K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Gary Halvorson
    • Writers
      • David Crane
      • Marta Kauffman
      • Sherry Bilsing
    • Stars
      • Jennifer Aniston
      • Courteney Cox
      • Lisa Kudrow
    • 5User reviews
    • 3Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • Videos1

    Friends: The One With The Blind Dates
    Trailer 3:19
    Friends: The One With The Blind Dates

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    Jennifer Aniston
    Jennifer Aniston
    • Rachel Green
    Courteney Cox
    Courteney Cox
    • Monica Geller-Bing
    • (as Courteney Cox Arquette)
    Lisa Kudrow
    Lisa Kudrow
    • Phoebe Buffay
    Matt LeBlanc
    Matt LeBlanc
    • Joey Tribbiani
    • (as Matt Le Blanc)
    Matthew Perry
    Matthew Perry
    • Chandler Bing
    David Schwimmer
    David Schwimmer
    • Dr. Ross Geller
    Jon Lovitz
    Jon Lovitz
    • Steve
    Sam Pancake
    Sam Pancake
    • The Waiter
    John Eric Bentley
    John Eric Bentley
    • Waiter #2
    • (as John Bentley)
    James Michael Tyler
    James Michael Tyler
    • Gunther
    • (uncredited)
    Geoff Wingham
    • Cafe customer
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Gary Halvorson
    • Writers
      • David Crane
      • Marta Kauffman
      • Sherry Bilsing
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    10allweinz

    Underrated!

    You'd have to be the biggest joke snob not to have laughed multiple times during this episode. The character work and comedic chops were spot on in this one. The dialogue was full of wit and subtle humor and actually funny jokes. You can tell the writers didn't worry too much about moving the various arcs forward, and chose to focus on the scene work. My favorite was Phoebe and Joey kickin it in the kitchen while they hatched their plan. Also, the guest stars had great chemistry with the main characters. Lovitz was a great casting choice! Whole episode was thoroughly entertaining and is possibly one of my favorites of the entire series.
    3jpapanone

    This is one of the worst episodes of friends

    This is a great example to use to compare how friends gets it wrong....to contrast with a good episode of how friends gets it right.

    Episodes like this that make me happy it ended... Angry they did this to this once great show... And puzzled if whoever was responsible or involved in the making of it thought it was good.

    Stay away from this episode.

    The only bright spot was a young Sam Pancake popping up as the waiter.

    I love Lovitz, and even his role fell flat.

    Only funny thing was joey about how lazy chandler is having sex.

    Tartlets?

    Tartlets?

    Tartlets?

    Tartlets?

    Word has lost all meaning.

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    • Trivia
      This is the second episode Jon Lovitz guest-starred (in this same series) reprising Steve the stoner. The previous one was The One with the Stoned Guy (1995).
    • Goofs
      Joey has his regular fully-grown eyebrows in this episode, despite his statement that Rachel has been staying with him for just 5 days since he got his eyebrows waxed (in the previous episode: 'The One Where Monica Sings'). This is impossible: eyebrows take months to fully grow back after shaping.
    • Quotes

      Joey Tribbiani: You can't be having s-e-x while taking care of a b-a-b-i-e!

    • Connections
      Featured in MsMojo: Top 10 Best Joey & Phoebe Moments on Friends (2019)
    • Soundtracks
      Certain Smile
      (uncredited)

      Written by Joe Lervold

      Performed by Joe Lervold

      Courtesy of MasterSource

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    • Release date
      • February 6, 2003 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
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    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • USA
    • Production companies
      • Bright/Kauffman/Crane Productions
      • Warner Bros. Television
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    • Runtime
      • 22m
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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