The One with Monica's Thunder

Yeah, that comes later...but this episode foreshadows it.

This was the beginning of the downhill slide for this show. This show should have ended after 6 seasons, but of course, people were watching. They were making money etc etc etc.

The biggest reason for the slide was of course the monica character (and courtney cox's over-the-top screeching).

From Day 1 this character was annoying to say the least, but the other characters, clever writing, and comic portrayals by Matt and Mathew more than made up for it.

Perhaps the writers felt this was the best way to make this show successful; perhaps they felt this was a good offset for dingbat rachel and looney phoebe; but in retrospect, a guy like chandler would Never in a Million Years allow himself to be hogtied to a witch like monica...in fact its a stretch that the rest of the friends would manage to stay Friends with her thru 6 seasons... Regardless, this show just gets worse and by season 10, its an embarassment.

I've never really felt that S7 of 'Friends' was the show at its best, it seemed to have a bit of a lull before the 8th showed a bit of renewed vigour.

This is episode is fine, it has it's moments, but poor Matthew Perry looks terrible due to his sad ongoing struggles, and the character of Monica is at her most annoying.

The Joey storyline was fun though.