The One with Rachel's Other Sister

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Friends season nine September 2002 - May 2003 List of Friends episodes
Episodes: The One Where No One Proposes The One Where Emma Cries The One with the Pediatrician The One with the Sharks The One with Phoebe's Birthday Dinner The One with the Male Nanny (The 200th episode) The One with Ross's Inappropriate Song The One with Rachel's Other Sister The One with Rachel's Phone Number The One with Christmas in Tulsa The One Where Rachel Goes Back to Work The One with Phoebe's Rats The One Where Monica Sings The One with the Blind Dates The One with the Mugging The One with the Boob Job The One with the Memorial Service The One with the Lottery The One with Rachel's Dream The One with the Soap Opera Party The One with the Fertility Test The One with the Donor The One in Barbados, Part One The One in Barbados, Part Two

"The One With Rachel's Other Sister" is episode 8 of Season 9 of the television sitcom Friends.

First aired: November 21, 2002.

1 Plot
2 Sub-Plots
3 Trivia
4 Goofs & Gags
5 Quotes
6 External Links

[edit] Plot

Rachel's other sister Amy unexpectedly turns up at Ross and Rachel's apartment for Thanksgiving. Initially, Amy turned up to borrow a hair straightener but ends up spending Thanksgiving with the gang after her married boyfriend cancels dinner on her.

Things don't get off to a good start with Amy and the gang following numerous misunderstandings, for instance referring to Emma as "Emmet", mistaking Phoebe's name as a "funny noise" and her comments that the makers of Days Of Our Lives must "put a lot of make-up" on Joey

Once things have seemingly calmed down, Amy brings up the issue of who gets custody of Emma in the event of Ross and Rachel's death. Amy thinks that she should get custody, however she is surprised to find out that custody would go to Chandler and Monica. This conversation escalates further at the dinner table when Chandler finds out that he would have to give Emma up in the event of Monica's death but Monica would not have to give up Emma in the event of Chandler's death. This leads Chandler to believe that he would be an unfit lone parent.

After dinner, Amy is still angry at Ross and Rachel's decision and a fight breaks out between Amy and Rachel. Surprisingly, Chandler swoops in to calm things down between the two sisters. Ross becomes impressed with Chandler's abilities and he decides that Chandler would indeed be fit enough to raise Emma alone if Monica died.

[edit] Sub-Plots

Phoebe helps Joey come up with a suitable lie as to why he had not turned up with the other stars of Days Of Our Lives at the Thanksgiving parade. In the end Joey decides to tell the producers that he did not attend because of "a family emergency".

Monica becomes quite agitated when it is decided that her "fancy plates" will be used to serve Thanksgiving dinner. After several attempts to avoid her plates becoming damaged during dinner, one of the plates breaks on the floor during the fight between Amy and Rachel. Monica faints when the plate breaks but when she awakes, she decides to go across to Joey's apartment to get the pies. During which, Chandler accidentally knocks the entire box of plates onto the floor breaking them all.

[edit] Trivia

Christina Applegate (Amy Greene) won an Emmy for her performance in this episode.
Amy turns up again in the episode The One Where Rachel's Sister Babysits in Season 10.
Christina Applegate and Matt LeBlanc had previously acted together in a episode of Married...With Children.
This episode runs 26:16 on DVD

[edit] Goofs & Gags

In the scene where Rachel and her sister are fighting and Phoebe says to Joey: "Should we stop this?" Joey is mouthing the same line right before saying his own line: "Let's throw some jello on them".
When Rachel and Amy are arguing just before the fight happens, the door to the guest bedroom in Monica's apartment opens and closes between shots.
When Amy makes the comment about the Days Of Our Lives staff putting a lot of make-up on Joey, she is wearing her coat and gloves. In the next shot, her coat is off and is hanging from the hanger behind the door and her gloves have disappeared.
As Amy comes out from the back of Ross's apartment to say that she has been dumped by her boyfriend, you can clearly see a studio microphone at the top of the screen as she walks towards the sofa to sit down.

[edit] Quotes

Rachel: Emma, this is your first Thanksgiving. What are you thankful for? Mommy's boobies?
Ross: A lot of people are thankful for those.

Amy: Oh my God. Is this Emmet?
Rachel: Ahm...it's Emma.
Amy: It's a girl?

Monica: (to Phoebe and Joey) Wait, what are you doing?
Joey: Setting the table.
Phoebe: Yeah, we thought it might be nice to use the fancy china for dessert too.
Monica: Oh, how nice. Maybe later we can all go blow our noses on my wedding dress!

Monica: (to Amy) So welcome, is this your first time seeing Emma?
Amy: Yea I think so (turns to Phoebe and shakes her hand) it's nice to meet you Emma.
Phoebe: Phoebe.
Amy: Oh that's a funny noise.