Friends Season 8

Friends Season 8 Episode 1

Episode 1 - [The One After I Do]
Details : The excitement of Monica and Chandler's wedding is diminished by the news that someone may be pregnant. Chandler's hopes of not embarrassing Monica on the dance floor are ruined by his slippery new shoes and Ross' attempts to flirt with an attractive wedding guest.
Guest Cast and Crew : Jim Piddock as Dennis Phillips | Morgan Fairchild as Nora Bing | Steffani Brass as Melinda | Christina Pickles as Judy Geller | Cole Sprouse as Ben Geller | Bonnie Somerville as Mona | Rachel Snow as Gert | Elliott Gould as Jack Geller | Director : Kevin S. Bright | Writer : Marta Kauffman | Writer : David Crane |
Air Date : Sep. 27, 2001 | Rating ★★★★★★★★

Friends Season 8 Episode 2

Episode 2 - [The One With The Red Sweater]
Details : Speculation regarding the father of Rachel's baby leads to a misunderstanding when Joey discovers a red sweater left behind in a one-night stand Rachel had. Meanwhile Chandler and Ross search for the disposable cameras left behind at the wedding and Monica goes on an opening-present binge.
Guest Cast and Crew : George Alan as Groom | Eddie Cahill as Tag | Teresa Parente as Woman at the Wedding | James Michael Tyler as Gunther | Phil Abrams as Anxious Wedding Guest | Director : David Schwimmer |
Air Date : Oct. 04, 2001 | Rating ★★★★★★★★

Friends Season 8 Episode 3

Episode 3 - [The One Where Rachel Tells]
Details : Chandler and Monica prepare to leave for their honeymoon as Rachel prepares to tell Ross that he's the father of her baby. Joey and Phoebe scheme to get inside the newlyweds' apartment after discovering that they don't have a key. Monica and Chandler become jealous of another honeymooning couple who get bumped to first class on the airplane.
Guest Cast and Crew : Evie Peck as Nurse | Lyn Alicia Henderson as Ticket Agent | Shane Nickerson as Man | John O'Brien as Airline Employee | Mike Hagerty as Mr. Treeger | Director : Sheldon Epps |
Air Date : Oct. 11, 2001 | Rating ★★★★★★★★

Friends Season 8 Episode 4

Episode 4 - [The One With The Videotape]
Details : Monica and Chandler return from their honeymoon with stories of a couple that they met on the flight back but soon discover that the couple gave them a wrong number. Ross and Rachel disagree over who came onto whom when they hooked up. He wants to prove it and accidentally reveals that he has the encounter on videotape.
Guest Cast and Crew : Lisa Thornhill as Kristen | Director : Kevin S. Bright | Writer : Scott Silveri |
Air Date : Oct. 18, 2001 | Rating ★★★★★★★★

Friends Season 8 Episode 5

Episode 5 - [The One With Rachel's Date]
Details : Phoebe begins dating a guy who works for Monica causing a problem when Phoebe wants to dump him on the same day Monica plans to fire him. Ross discovers that a coworker of Chandler's has been calling him Toby for five years. Joey sets Rachel up on a date with one of his co-stars. Ross worries about this and the fact that he doesn't see a future with Rachel anymore.
Guest Cast and Crew : Kevin Rahm as Tim | Johnny Messner as Kash | James Michael Tyler as Gunther | Chris Parnell as Bob | Geoff Pierson as Mr. Franklin | Bonnie Somerville as Mona | Writer : Brian Buckner | Writer : Sebastian Jones | Director : Gary Halvorson |
Air Date : Oct. 25, 2001 | Rating ★★★★★★★★

Friends Season 8 Episode 6

Episode 6 - [The One With The Halloween Party]
Details : Monica and Chandler decide to throw a costumed Halloween party. Phoebe runs into Ursula who's getting married next week and invites her and her fiancé to the party.
Guest Cast and Crew : Emily Osment as Lelani Mayolanofavich | Sean Penn as Eric | James Michael Tyler as Gunther | Daniel Wayne Smith as Boy in the Cape | Bonnie Somerville as Mona |
Air Date : Nov. 01, 2001 | Rating ★★★★★★★★

Friends Season 8 Episode 7

Episode 7 - [The One With The Stain]
Details : Chandler hires a maid whom Monica suspects is stealing her clothing. Eric has broken up with Ursula and is ready to date Phoebe except for one problem: he can't look at her without seeing Ursula. Ross tries to get Rachel an apartment in his building but the woman living there isn't in a hurry to die and Joey wants Rachel to stay with him.
Guest Cast and Crew : Arden Myrin as Brenda | Sean Penn as Eric | James Michael Tyler as Gunther | Director : Kevin S. Bright | Writer : R. Lee Fleming Jr. |
Air Date : Nov. 08, 2001 | Rating ★★★★★★★

Friends Season 8 Episode 8

Episode 8 - [The One With The Stripper]
Details : Rachel prepares to have dinner with her dad and tell him that she's pregnant. Meanwhile an unknowing Chandler discovers that Monica had a stripper at her bachelorette party causing her to try to make it up by getting him a stripper.
Guest Cast and Crew : Jackie Debatin as Hooker | Ron Leibman as Leonard Green | James Michael Tyler as Gunther | Fred Stoller as Waiter | Bonnie Somerville as Mona | Director : David Schwimmer | Writer : Andrew Reich | Writer : Ted Cohen |
Air Date : Nov. 15, 2001 | Rating ★★★★★★★★

Friends Season 8 Episode 9

Episode 9 - [The One With The Rumor]
Details : Monica invites an old friend from high school over for Thanksgiving dinner unaware that Will started a We Hate Rachel club with Ross. Meanwhile Joey vows to eat an entire turkey by himself and Chandler and Phoebe pretend to watch football to avoid helping in the kitchen.
Guest Cast and Crew : Brad Pitt as Will Colbert | Director : Gary Halvorson | Writer : Shana Goldberg-Meehan |
Air Date : Nov. 22, 2001 | Rating ★★★★★★★★

Friends Season 8 Episode 10

Episode 10 - [The One With Monica's Boots]
Details : Chandler is peeved when Monica splurges on an expensive pair of boots. Phoebe learns Ross' and Sting's children attend the same school she angles to meet the celebrity and get concert tickets. When Joey's sister Dina tells him she is pregnant he freaks out and goes to find the father to marry them. Rachel tries to calm him down.
Guest Cast and Crew : Trudie Styler as Trudie Styler | Marla Sokoloff as Dina Tribianni | Cole Sprouse as Ben Geller | James Michael Tyler as Gunther | Tammy Townsend as Teacher | Director : Kevin S. Bright | Writer : Brian Buckner |
Air Date : Dec. 06, 2001 | Rating ★★★★★★★

Friends Season 8 Episode 11

Episode 11 - [The One With Ross's Step Forward]
Details : Ross starts to panic when Mona gets an idea to send out a holiday card for the two of them thinking that their relationship is starting to move too fast. Chandler's newly divorced boss tries to get Monica and Chandler to come out to dinner with him but Monica can't stand him. Rachel's hormones start acting up due to her pregnancy causing her to hit on almost every guy she meets.
Guest Cast and Crew : Evie Peck as Nurse | Shawn Christian as Dr. Schiff | James Michael Tyler as Gunther | Sam McMurray as Doug | Bonnie Somerville as Mona | Writer : Robert Carlock |
Air Date : Dec. 13, 2001 | Rating ★★★★★★★

Friends Season 8 Episode 12

Episode 12 - [The One Where Joey Dates Rachel]
Details : Phoebe gets Monica and Chandler a Ms. Pacman arcade game for a wedding present which leads to some heavy competition between Monica Phoebe and surprisingly Chandler. Ross gets to teach an important class because of a retiring professor but soon learns that its on the other side of town and he doesn't have enough time to get there. Joey takes Rachel to dinner on a pretend date to make her feel better since she can't have a normal relationship due to her pregnancy.
Guest Cast and Crew : Krista Allen as Mable | Caryn Ward as Waitress | Cole Sprouse as Ben Geller | James Michael Tyler as Gunther | Director : David Schwimmer |
Air Date : Jan. 10, 2002 | Rating ★★★★★★★★

Friends Season 8 Episode 13

Episode 13 - [The One Where Chandler Takes A Bath]
Details : Monica turns Chandler on to the concept of a bath to relax complete with scented oils and candles. Ross and Rachel toss baby names back and forth while deciding whether to learn the baby's sex. Joey still likes Rachel a fact that Monica Chandler and Phoebe discover by a little detective work.
Guest Cast and Crew : James Michael Tyler as Gunther | Amanda Carlin as Dr. Long |
Air Date : Jan. 17, 2002 | Rating ★★★★★★★★

Friends Season 8 Episode 14

Episode 14 - [The One With The Secret Closet]
Details : Phoebe talks Monica into letting her give her a massage but becomes disconcerted when Monica begins making sexual noises. Joey dreams about being with Rachel and betraying Ross. Chandler realizes he's never seen what's in the closet by the bathroom and tries to break in. Rachel feels her baby kick for the first time.
Guest Cast and Crew : Richard Penn as Doctor | Director : Kevin S. Bright | Writer : Brian Buckner |
Air Date : Jan. 31, 2002 | Rating ★★★★★★★★

Friends Season 8 Episode 15

Episode 15 - [The One With The Birthing Video]
Details : Phoebe tries to cheer up a depressed Joey by lending him the world's happiest dog. Ross has yet to tell Mona that Rachel's living with him. Monica and Chandler's romantic Valentine's Day is interrupted when they watch a videotape of Phoebe's friend giving birth. After being dumped by Mona Ross gives Joey advice on his love life helpful until Joey reveals that he's in love with Rachel.
Guest Cast and Crew : James Michael Tyler as Gunther | Bonnie Somerville as Mona | Director : Kevin S. Bright | Director : David Schwimmer | Director : Matthew Perry |
Air Date : Feb. 07, 2002 | Rating ★★★★★★★★

Friends Season 8 Episode 16

Episode 16 - [The One Where Joey Tells Rachel]
Details : Ross has trouble understanding Joey's revelation as does Gunther. However he comes to his senses and convinces Joey to tell Rachel how he feels. Joey takes her out to dinner and tells her as she thinks it's a joke. She doesn't feel the same way but they pledge to remain friends. Meanwhile Phoebe meets Monica's soulmate.
Guest Cast and Crew : Harry Van Gorkum as Don | Sam Pancake as Waiter | James Michael Tyler as Gunther | Director : David Schwimmer | Director : Matthew Perry | Writer : Andrew Reich | Writer : Ted Cohen |
Air Date : Feb. 28, 2002 | Rating ★★★★★★★★

Friends Season 8 Episode 17

Episode 17 - [The One With The Tea Leaves]
Details : Joey has been hiding from Rachel so she invents a problem at work to draw him into conversation. Phoebe's tea leaves tell her that she's going to meet the man of her dreams except that the man she meets is a nightmare. Later on though she does meet a nice guy. Ross tries to retrieve his favorite shirt from Mona's interrupted when she returns home with a date.
Guest Cast and Crew : Alec Baldwin as Parker | James Le Gros as Jim Nelson | Mark Lutz as Mona's Date | Bonnie Somerville as Mona | Director : David Schwimmer | Director : Gary Halvorson | Director : Matthew Perry |
Air Date : Mar. 07, 2002 | Rating ★★★★★★★★

Friends Season 8 Episode 18

Episode 18 - [The One In Massapequa]
Details : Everybody prepares to go out to Long Island for the elder Gellers' 35th wedding anniversary party. Monica wants to write a toast to make everybody cry like Ross's toasts do. Ross and Rachel discover that his parents have told people they're married. Ross describes how he would propose to Rachel and she seems intrigued. Phoebe invites her new boyfriend Parker who is extremely enthusiastic.
Guest Cast and Crew : Alec Baldwin as Parker | Christina Pickles as Judy Geller | Elliott Gould as Jack Geller | Director : David Schwimmer | Director : Gary Halvorson | Director : Matthew Perry |
Air Date : Mar. 28, 2002 | Rating ★★★★★★★

Friends Season 8 Episode 19

Episode 19 - [The One With Joey's Interview]
Details : Joey prepares for an interview with Soap Opera Digest although he's afraid of appearing stupid so he enlists his friends to make sure things go well. During the interview he reminisces about his past acting experiences what he does in his spare time eating and exercising right his friends his homosexual tendencies and his romantic life.
Guest Cast and Crew : Sasha Alexander as Shelly | James Michael Tyler as Gunther |
Air Date : Apr. 04, 2002 | Rating ★★★★★★

Friends Season 8 Episode 20

Episode 20 - [The One With The Baby Shower]
Details : Rachel panics when she realizes that she is not ready to take care of her baby and reluctantly agrees for her mother to move in with her and Ross to help out. Monica tries desperately to get Mrs. Green to like her. Meanwhile the guys help Joey practice for his audition as the host of a wild game show called Bamboozled.
Guest Cast and Crew : Marlo Thomas as Sandra Green | Director : Kevin S. Bright |
Air Date : Apr. 24, 2002 | Rating ★★★★★★★

Friends Season 8 Episode 21

Episode 21 - [The One With The Cooking Class]
Details : Monica's restaurant gets a bad review in the Post. After confronting the critic who wrote it she decides to join a cooking class with Joey in tow. Ross goes on a date with a clerk from a baby store making Rachel jealous. Chandler prepares for a job interview after Phoebe tells him that he makes a bad first impression.
Guest Cast and Crew : Molly Hagan as Sarah | Tucker Smallwood as Mr. Tyler | Rena Sofer as Katie | James Michael Tyler as Gunther | Tim Maculan as Food Critic | Writer : Brian Buckner |
Air Date : May. 01, 2002 | Rating ★★★★★★★

Friends Season 8 Episode 22

Episode 22 - [The One Where Rachel Is Late]
Details : With the release of Joey's movie approaching he must decide which friend to invite to the premiere. Unfortunately his pick Chandler falls asleep during it. Monica and Phoebe bet on when the baby will be born as Rachel's due date comes and goes. The doctor tells Ross and Rachel that sex may help speed things along. Just as they start to do it Rachel's water breaks.
Guest Cast and Crew : June Gable as Estelle Leonard | James Michael Tyler as Gunther | Amanda Carlin as Dr. Long | Writer : Shana Goldberg-Meehan |
Air Date : May. 08, 2002 | Rating ★★★★★★★★

Friends Season 8 Episode 23

Episode 23 - [The One Where Rachel Has A Baby Part 1]
Details : Rachel and Ross arrive at the hospital; she's upset to get a semi-private room. Monica and Chandler decide to have a baby and right away. Mrs. Geller turns up to give Ross her mother's engagement ring; she wants Ross to marry Rachel. Joey can't understand why somebody wouldn't want to be married to Rachel. Phoebe meets a handsome stranger but can't quite get his room number so she gets Dr. Drake Ramoray to get it. She also gets him to find out some personal info from the guy. As Rachel waits for her own baby various other pregnant women come and go until Janice shows up.
Guest Cast and Crew : Maggie Wheeler as Janice | Sarah Rush as Nurse #3 | Tim DeKay as Marc | Christina Pickles as Judy Geller | Eddie McClintock as Cliff Burnett | Debi Mazar as Evil Bitch | Rachael Harris as Julie | Mark Daniel Cade as Doctor | Jo Nell Kennedy as Nurse #1 | Henriette Mantel as Nurse #2 | Laura Margolis as Woman Giving Birth | Amanda Carlin as Dr. Long | Director : Kevin S. Bright | Writer : Scott Silveri |
Air Date : May. 14, 2002 | Rating ★★★★★★★★

Friends Season 8 Episode 24

Episode 24 - [The One Where Rachel Has A Baby Part 2]
Details : Drake reports to Phoebe. Chandler and Monica look for a room in the hospital to use for a tryst. After 21 hours of labor Rachel's ready to have the baby. Joey blows it for Phoebe but fixes it just as quickly. The baby is in breach but comes out okay. After Ross and Rachel kiss the baby is named Emma Geller Green. Monica and Chandler find a janitor's closet. Janice convinces Rachel that she needs a guy who will be around. Ross still isn't interested but Phoebe talks him into it. Joey finds the engagement ring. Rachel thinks he's proposing and says yes as Ross walks down the hall with flowers.
Guest Cast and Crew : Maggie Wheeler as Janice | Maurice Godin as Sid | Eddie McClintock as Cliff Burnett | Amanda Carlin as Dr. Long | Director : Kevin S. Bright | Writer : Marta Kauffman | Writer : David Crane |
Air Date : May. 13, 2002 | Rating ★★★★★★★★