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Friends season five
September 1998 - May 1999
List of Friends episodes This article or section is missing needed references or citation of sources. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... The following is a list of episodes for the television show Friends. ...

Episodes:

  1. The One After Ross Says Rachel
  2. The One With All the Kissing
  3. The One With the Triplets (the 100th episode)
  4. The One Where Phoebe Hates PBS
  5. The One With the Kips
  6. The One With the Yeti
  7. The One Where Ross Moves In
  8. The One With All the Thanksgivings
  9. The One With Ross's Sandwich
  10. The One With the Inappropriate Sister
  11. The One With All The Resolutions
  12. The One With Chandler's Work Laugh
  13. The One With Joey's Bag
  14. The One Where Everybody Finds Out
  15. The One With the Girl Who Hits Joey
  16. The One With the Cop
  17. The One With Rachel's Inadvertent Kiss
  18. The One Where Rachel Smokes
  19. The One Where Ross Can't Flirt
  20. The One With the Ride-Along
  21. The One With the Ball
  22. The One With Joey's Big Break
  23. The One In Vegas, Part One
  24. The One In Vegas, Part Two

The One With the Ball is the 21st episode of season 5 of the sitcom Friends. The One After Ross Says Rachel is the 1st episode of season 5 of the sitcom Friends. ... The One With All the Kissing is the 2nd episode of season 5 of the sitcom Friends. ... The One With the Triplets is the 3rd episode of season 5 of the sitcom Friends. ... The One Where Phoebe Hates PBS is the 4th episode of season 5 of the sitcom Friends. ... The One With The Kips is the 5th episode of season 5 of the sitcom Friends. ... The One With the Yeti is the 6th episode of season 5 of the sitcom Friends. ... The One Where Ross Moves In is the 7th episode of season 5 of the sitcom Friends. ... The One With All the Thanksgivings is the 8th episode of season 5 of the sitcom Friends. ... The One With Rosss Sandwich is the 9th episode of season 5 of the sitcom Friends. ... The One With the Inappropriate Sister is the 10th episode of season 5 of the sitcom Friends. ... The One With All The Resolutions is the 11th episode of season 5. ... The One With Chandlers Work Laugh is the 12th episode of season 5 of the sitcom Friends. ... The One With Joeys Bag is the 13th episode of season 5 of the sitcom Friends. ... The One Where Everybody Finds Out is the 14th episode of season 5. ... The One With The Girl Who Hits Joey is the fifteenth episode of the fifth season of Friends. ... The One With The Cop is the 16th episode of season 5. ... The One With Rachels Inadvertent Kiss is the 17th episode of season 5 of the sitcom Friends. ... The One Where Rachel Smokes is the 18th episode of season 5 of the sitcom Friends. ... The One Where Ross Cant Flirt is the 19th episode of season five of the television situation comedy Friends. ... A sitcom or situation comedy is a genre of comedy performance originally devised for radio but today typically found on television. ... This article or section is missing needed references or citation of sources. ...


First Aired: May 6, 1999 May 6 is the 126th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (127th in leap years). ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Plot

The show opens in Central Perk. Gary, Phoebe's boyfriend, tells Monica that he's planning to ask Phoebe to move in with him. He swears Monica to secrecy; she agrees not to say - but also warns him not to buy her flowers, since Phoebe cries when they die. Central Perk logo. ... Lisa Kudrow as Phoebe Buffay in Friends Phoebe Buffay (later Buffay-Hannigan) is a fictional character on the popular US television sitcom Friends (1994-2004), played by Lisa Kudrow. ... Courteney Cox as Monica Geller from the title sequence of Friends Monica E. Geller was a fictional character on the popular US television sitcom Friends (1994-2004), played by Courteney Cox. ... Wildflowers A flower is the reproductive organ of those plants classified as angiosperms ( flowering plants; Division Magnoliophyta). ...


Of course, Monica can't keep the news to herself and tells Phoebe as soon as Gary leaves. Phoebe, worried that it's too soon for them to be living together, lines up someone to talk some "sense" into him - namely, "former" commitment-phobe Chandler. After swearing to Monica that he's not that much of a commitment-phobe anymore, he tells Phoebe he'll do it. Gary, however, will hear none of it and insists on asking her anyway. A reluctant Phoebe, afraid of hurting Gary's feelings, agrees to move in with him. Chandler Muriel Bing is a fictional character on the popular US television sitcom Friends (1994–2004), played by Matthew Perry. ...


Meanwhile, Joey and Ross start playing catch with a small rubber ball. An hour goes by before they realize how long they've been tossing it back and forth - Joey, uncharacteristically, even misses lunch. They then decide to see how long they can throw the ball back and forth without dropping it. Matt LeBlanc as Joey Tribbiani in Joey Joseph Joey Francis Tribbiani is a fictional character on the popular US television sitcom Friends (1994–2004), played by Matt LeBlanc. ... Dr. Ross Eustace Geller is a fictional character on the popular US television sitcom Friends (1994–2004), played by David Schwimmer. ...


While Joey and Ross are tossing the ball around, Rachel walks in after a day of shopping. She's just spent $1,000 on something Monica isn't going to like - a purebred, hairless Sphinx cat named Mrs. Whiskerson ("What am I gonna call her, Fluffy?"). Her grandmother had one when she was a little girl, Rachel explains, and she's always wanted one. So she bought one - ignoring the fact that Ross and Joey think it's hideous. Listen to this article · (info) This audio file was created from an article revision dated 2005-12-10, and does not reflect subsequent edits to the article. ...


Soon, Monica joins in the guys' ball game. Her competitive nature gets the best of her, and she calls in sick to work just so she can be a part of the epic game. She gets upset when Chandler wants to join in (claiming he's a "dropper"). She's also not pleased to learn that Rachel spent so much money on a cat (especially since Rachel owes her money in the first place).


Even Rachel starts to regret her decision, as the cat is mean and scratches Rachel at any given chance. The shop she bought it from won't let her return it. Well, they will - but only for store credit. So now, she says, "I'm out a thousand dollars, I'm all scratched up, and I'm stuck with this stupid cat that looks like a hand!"


Gary asks Phoebe to look for apartments. Phoebe, still apprehensive about moving in with him, claims that there weren't any available. Gary, however, sees through her not-so-clever ruse and figures out that she thinks things are moving too fast. She finally admits to it - but then realizes what a great guy Gary is, and agrees to move in with him for real.


Rachel, after having little success selling Mrs. Whiskerson, finally finds a willing buyer - Gunther. He promises her she can come see the cat whenver she wants.


Although Phoebe and Gary agree to move in together and look for an apartment, the next morning at his apartment, he shoots a bird that's been chirping outside the window. Since Phoebe is an animal-lover, she ends the relationship.


Come morning, the ball game is STILL going on. Chandler (much to Monica's chagrin) and Rachel have now joined, and everyone's getting tired and hungry, except for Monica. Phoebe comes in and breaks the bad news of the demise of her and Gary's relationship. Joey tosses her the ball... but Phoebe's too sad to play, and sets the ball down, thus ending the game.


Over the closing credits, the gang talks about how long the ball game went on. Chandler can't understand how he got the reputation as a "dropper" - then a montage of clips showing Chandler dropping things plays.


Additional cast

Preceded by:
The One With the Ride-Along		 List of Friends episodes Followed by:
The One With Joey's Big Break
Friends
Characters: Rachel Green | Monica Geller | Phoebe Buffay | Joey Tribbiani | Chandler Bing | Ross Geller
Actors: Jennifer Aniston | Courteney Cox | Lisa Kudrow | Matt LeBlanc | Matthew Perry | David Schwimmer
Other characters: The Chick and The Duck | Janice | Gunther | Ugly Naked Guy | Significant Others | Guest stars
Places: Central Perk | Chandler and Joey's apartment | Monica's apartment
See also: DVD releases | Awards & Nominations | Episode list | Running gags

Director list | Broadcast details | "I'll Be There For You" | Phoebe's songs | Joey Michael Rapaport (born March 20, 1970 in New York City, New York) is an American actor and a comedian and has acted in over 20 films. ... The following is a list of episodes for the television show Friends. ... This article or section is missing needed references or citation of sources. ... Listen to this article · (info) This audio file was created from an article revision dated 2005-12-10, and does not reflect subsequent edits to the article. ... Courteney Cox as Monica Geller from the title sequence of Friends Monica E. Geller was a fictional character on the popular US television sitcom Friends (1994-2004), played by Courteney Cox. ... Lisa Kudrow as Phoebe Buffay in Friends Phoebe Buffay (later Buffay-Hannigan) is a fictional character on the popular US television sitcom Friends (1994-2004), played by Lisa Kudrow. ... Matt LeBlanc as Joey Tribbiani in Joey Joseph Joey Francis Tribbiani is a fictional character on the popular US television sitcom Friends (1994–2004), played by Matt LeBlanc. ... Chandler Muriel Bing is a fictional character on the popular US television sitcom Friends (1994–2004), played by Matthew Perry. ... Dr. Ross Eustace Geller is a fictional character on the popular US television sitcom Friends (1994–2004), played by David Schwimmer. ... Jennifer Joanne Aniston (born February 11, 1969) is an Emmy Award-winning American actress, best known for playing Rachel Green on the highly popular television sitcom Friends, and for her much-publicized marriage to actor Brad Pitt. ... Courteney Cox Arquette (born Courteney Bass Cox on June 15, 1964) is an American actress, best known for her role as Monica Geller in the long-running television series Friends. ... Kudrow as Phoebe Buffay in Friends. ... Matt LeBlanc. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... David Schwimmer David Schwimmer (born November 2, 1966) is an American actor, born in Astoria, New York, USA. He is best known for his role as Ross Geller in the television sitcom Friends. ... The Chick and the Duck were a chick and a duck owned by Chandler Bing and Joey Tribbiani in the American television sitcom Friends that became a running gag over many years. ... Maggie Wheeler as Janice in Friends Janice Litman Goralnik nee Hosenstein was a fictional recurring character in the popular television sitcom Friends, played by Maggie Wheeler. ... James Michael Tyler in a promotional picture for Friends, courtesy of NBC. Gunther was a character in the popular television sitcom Friends played by James Michael Tyler. ... Ugly Naked Guy was a character in the American television show, Friends. ... This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedias deletion policy. ... Friends was a long-running American television situation comedy revolving around a group of friends (aged somewhere between their mid-twenties and early thirties) who share neighboring apartments in Manhattan. ... Central Perk logo. ... Chandler Bing (foreground) and Joey Tribbiani Joey and Chandlers apartment is a fictional Manhattan apartment that served as a regular setpiece on the American sitcom Friends. ... Monicas apartment was one of the main focal points of the popular television series Friends. ... Individual episode releases Season releases Region 2 Season releases Region 3 Season releases ... Awards Emmy Awards: Outstanding Comedy Series (2002) Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series Jennifer Aniston (2002) Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Lisa Kudrow (1998) Golden Globe Awards: Best Performance by an Actress in a TV Series-Comedy (2003) Screen Actors Guild: Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in... The following is a list of episodes for the television show Friends. ... Spoiler warning: Friends had many running gags throughout the span of the show, some of which became recognised in general culture by their own right, such as Chandlers Could this be any more. ... Friends, the long-running American television situation comedy, had numerous directors over the ten seasons. ... Caveats In the UK, seasons 7 to 10 were first aired on the (then) pay-tv channel E4, except for the season 10 finale which was broadcast on its sister FTA channel Channel 4 first, then aired an hour later on E4. ... Ill Be There for You, performed by The Rembrandts, is the theme song to the hit American sitcom Friends which began airing in 1994. ... Joey is a sitcom starring Matt LeBlanc, reprising his role as Joseph Francis Tribbiani from the popular sitcom Friends. ...


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