This is the one where it all began ... Rachel leaves Barry at the altar, meets the gang, and moves in with Monica. Monica, meanwhile, sleeps with Paul the Wine Guy, and Ross is reeling from his divorce from Carol, who has become a lesbian.
| Title | Friends - Season 1 Episode 1 : The Pilot |
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| Air Date | Sep 22, 1994 |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama |
| Number of Seasons | 10 |
| Number of Episodes | 236 |
| Network | NBC |
| Production Company | Warner Bros. Television, Bright/Kauffman/Crane Productions |
| Casts | Matthew Perry, Matt LeBlanc, Courteney Cox, David Schwimmer, Jennifer Aniston, Lisa Kudrow, John Allen Nelson, Clea Lewis, Cynthia Mann |
Episodes List
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Friends - Season 1 Episode 1 : The Pilot
Sep 22, 1994This is the one where it all began ... Rachel leaves Barry at the altar, meets the gang, and moves in with Monica. Monica, meanwhile, sleeps with Paul the Wine Guy, and Ross is reeling from his divorce from Carol, who has become a lesbian.
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Friends - Season 1 Episode 2 : The One with the Sonogram at the End
Sep 29, 1994Carol, Ross's lesbian ex-wife, tells him at work that she is pregnant with his child, Monica nearly has a breakdown when her parents come for dinner, and Rachel finds out that Barry and her maid of honor Mindy, went on her honeymoon.
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Friends - Season 1 Episode 3 : The One with the Thumb
Oct 06, 1994Chandler's reunited with his beloved cigarettes, which the rest of his friends can't stand. Monica dates a man all her buddies love but with whom she's bored. And poor, honest Phoebe can't deal with the fact that her bank gave her one thousand dollars that isn't hers, plus a soda company gives her seven thousand more unwanted bucks after she finds a dismembered thumb in a can of soda.
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Friends - Season 1 Episode 4 : The One with George Stephanopoulos
Oct 13, 1994This is the one where Ross mourns the anniversary of losing his virginity to Carol while at a hockey game with the guys. Rachel gets her first paycheck, the girls have a slumber party, and George Stephanopoulos's pizza is delivered to Monica by mistake.
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Friends - Season 1 Episode 5 : The One with the East German Laundry Detergent
Oct 20, 1994Joey wants to get back together with a former girlfriend he dumped, so he tricks Monica into posing as his new gal pal. Ross helps Rachel, a laundry virgin, do her first load of wash. And Chandler has a difficult time breaking up with his annoying girlfriend, Janice.
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Friends - Season 1 Episode 6 : The One with the Butt
Oct 27, 1994Joey gets his big film break when he's hired to be Al Pacino's stunt butt. Chandler has second thoughts about an exotic married woman who wants him to be her sex toy. And Monica tries hard to prove to her friends that she really doesn't have a type-A personality and can be as kooky as the next anal-retentive chef.
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Friends - Season 1 Episode 7 : The One with the Blackout
Nov 03, 1994Just as Phoebe's about to sing miserable folk songs at Central Perk, New York has a blackout. The gang returns to Monica and Rachel's apartment, where Ross is about to tell Rachel he likes her. Meanwhile, Chandler is stuck in an ATM vestibule with Victoria's Secret model Jill Goodacre, whom he desperately tries to impress.
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Friends - Season 1 Episode 8 : The One Where Nana Dies Twice
Nov 10, 1994Monica and Ross mourn the death of their grandmother Nana, and Monica and Mrs. Gellar come to an unspoken understanding about the relationship between mothers and daughters. Meanwhile, Chandler is irritated by office speculation that he's gay.
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Friends - Season 1 Episode 9 : The One Where Underdog Gets Away
Nov 17, 1994Monica's first Thanksgiving dinner for the gang burns when they all run to the rooftop to see the runaway Underdog balloon from the parade. Joey wins his first modeling gig as the poster boy for VD. And Ross competes with Susan to "communicate" with his unborn baby.
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Friends - Season 1 Episode 10 : The One with the Monkey
Dec 15, 1994The gang makes and breaks a pact to celebrate New Year's Eve without dates. Ross compensates for his loneliness by getting a roommate - a monkey named Marcel whom everyone adores. Well, everyone except Monica, who can't get past the faeces-throwing thing. And Phoebe faces a difficult decision when she meets a shy physicist who's thinking about giving up a fellowship in Minsk to stay with her.
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Friends - Season 1 Episode 11 : The One with Mrs. Bing
Jan 05, 1995Chandler's romance novelist mum comes to New York to visit him and he's not sure how he feels about it, especially after Joey catches Mrs. Bing and Ross kissing. Meanwhile, Monica and Phoebe compete for the "attention" of Coma Guy, who gets hit by an ambulance after Monica woo-woo's at him on the street.
