The One After "I Do"

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"The One After 'I Do'" is the first episode of season 8 of the sitcom Friends.

Friends season eight September 2001 - May 2002 List of Friends episodes
Episodes: The One After "I Do" The One with the Red Sweater The One Where Rachel Tells... The One with the Videotape The One with Rachel's Date The One with the Halloween Party The One with the Stain The One with the Stripper The One with the Rumor The One with Monica's Boots The One with Ross's Step Forward (a.k.a. The One With the Creepy Holiday Card) The One Where Joey Dates Rachel The One Where Chandler Takes a Bath The One with the Secret Closet The One with the Birthing Video The One Where Joey Tells Rachel The One with the Tea Leaves The One in Massapequa (a.k.a. The One With the Zesty Guy) The One with Joey's Interview The One with the Baby Shower The One with the Cooking Class The One Where Rachel is Late The One Where Rachel Has a Baby, Part One The One Where Rachel Has a Baby, Part Two

First aired: September 27, 2001

[edit] Plot

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

The episode begins where the previous season left off, at the end of Monica and Chandler's wedding. Ross congratulates Monica on her pregnancy, only to be told that she's not pregnant. Phoebe asks Monica why she told him that, saying they found the pregnancy test. Monica tells her that it isn't hers. "Well," says Phoebe, "if it's not yours whose is it." She spots Rachel desperately shaking her head at her. Phoebe quickly decides to pretend it's her "Well, it must be me!" When pressed on who the father she is, she claims it is James Brolin.

At the wedding reception, Chandler surprises Monica by telling her that, in preparation for their first dance, he has been taking dancing lessons. However, when he tries, he finds his slippery new shoes make him utterly incapable of dancing. Meanwhile Phoebe quizzes Rachel on the identity of the father - guessing at Tag, Ross and Joey. Rachel refuses to tell her until the father knows about the pregnancy. Whilst collecting table placings, Ross meets Mona, a colleague of Monica's. He flirts with her, complimenting her on her name, although he struggles to think of anyone other than Mona Lisa who has the name. When she leaves, he switches his table so he can sit with her.

Chandler's mother introduces her date, Dennis Phillips, a famous Broadway producer. Joey, who has changed from his army costume into a tennis outfit (the only thing they had in the hotel shop), is very excited about this. Ross discovers that he switched onto the wrong table - he has in fact seated himself at the children's table. Joey asks Chandler to put a word in for him with Dennis. Chandler is not sure whether he can, and asks Joey whether he can borrow Joey's shoes. Looking down, he realises that Joey's not a shoe size 11, as he claimed, but in fact a size 7.

Meanwhile Monica, still unaware of the truth, discusses with Rachel how difficult it will be for Phoebe to be a single mother and lists the numerous problems she'll have to face. Rachel agrees unenthusiastically. She unthinkingly drinks some champagne, and then quickly spits it out again. Seeing this, Monica realises that it is Rachel who is pregnant. She punctures Phoebe's facade, and asks Rachel to take another test to make sure she is pregnant, saying it will be a wedding present.

Ross asks Mona to dance, but a little girl from his table asks him whether he can dance with her. Mona says she can have the dance, and Ross, looking to impress Mona, dances with the girl standing on his shoes. As the dance ends, Joey gets up on stage to do a speech. It is tailored, increasingly unsubtly, to show off his dramatic skills to Dennis.

Having danced with another girl, Ross thinks he can dance with Mona. But then Gert, a significantly larger girl than the ones he has previously danced with, insists it is her turn to dance on his shoes. Joey approaches Dennis about getting an audition for his newest play, but Dennis says it's an all Chinese cast. Monica finally manages to get Chandler onto the dancefloor, saying it doesn't matter that he can't dance traditionally. She tells him to keep his feet still, so he doesn't slip, and dance like that. Chandler starts tentatively, but rapidly gets into the "Chandler dance". He stops, though, when Jack enthusiastically tells him he's "stealing his moves."

Rachel, Monica and Phoebe get together in the washroom to discover the result of Rachel's second pregnancy test. The wait seems endless for Rachel, whilst Monica tells her that they'll be there for her whatever the result. Finally, Phoebe tells Rachel that the result is negative. To her surprise, Rachel reacts sadly. She wonders how she can be sad about "losing something she never had'. Phoebe then tells her that it was positive - she had lied in order for Rachel to find out how she really felt about having a baby. Rachel decides she's going to have the baby.

At the end of the reception, Joey helps Ross - who has been injured by weight of Gert - off the dance floor. Mona compliments him on this, saying he is one of the few nice guys left in the world. Ross, spotting Joey gearing up to flirt, reacts angrily saying he's the nice guy, having to dance all night with children for the attention of Mona. Bent over in pain, Ross too realises how small Joey's feet are.