The One Where Chandler Can't Cry

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Friends season six September 1999 - May 2000 List of Friends episodes
Episodes: The One After Vegas The One Where Ross Hugs Rachel The One with Ross's Denial The One Where Joey Loses His Insurance The One with Joey's Porsche The One on the Last Night The One Where Phoebe Runs The One with Ross's Teeth The One Where Ross Got High The One with the Routine (a.k.a. The One With The Rockin' New Year) The One with the Apothecary Table The One with the Joke The One with Rachel's Sister The One Where Chandler Can't Cry The One that Could Have Been, Part 1 The One that Could Have Been, Part 2 The One with Unagi (a.k.a. The One With the Mix Tape) The One Where Ross Dates a Student The One with Joey's Fridge The One with Mac and C.H.E.E.S.E. The One Where Ross Meets Elizabeth's Dad The One Where Paul's the Man The One with the Ring The One with the Proposal, Part 1 The One with the Proposal, Part 2

"The One Where Chandler Can't Cry" is episode 14 of season 6 of the situation comedy series Friends.

First aired: February 10, 2000

1 Plot
2 Trivia
3 Cultural references
4 Quotes
5 See also

[edit] Plot

Chandler apparently has never been able to cry since his parents got divorced, to the astonishment of the other Friends. He plays at being mock-disgusted at this inablity until Monica presents him with a letter that she says was to be from her after her death. When Chandler again fails to cry, Monica becomes irritated and confesses it wasn't real.

Jill decides to spite Rachel's earlier order to not date Ross, and at being called a brat who wants what she can't have, says, "The only thing I can't have is DAIRY!" But when she tries, Ross stops her.

Ross comes over to Monica's apartment to tell Rachel this in front of Chandler and Monica, saying that if anything happened between him and Jill, he'd never have a chance with Rachel. Surprisingly, Chandler dissolves into tears at this. "Why can't those two just work things out?" he sobs.

During the credits, Jill tries to make Rachel feel bad the next day in the coffee house in front of Ross, Monica, and Chandler, by saying she is leaving due to Rachel's involvement in her relationship with Ross. She then rounds on Ross saying, "I throw myself at you and you say no? How gay are you?!" and leaves. Chandler once again begins to sob, apparently having no problem with crying now, and exclaims, "I can't believe Jill's leaving!"

[edit] Trivia

This episode was somewhat "essential" as, at the end of the season, Chandler and Monica propose to one another and Chandler needed to cry.

When it is first revealed that Chandler can't cry, Phoebe says she cried for three days when she watched Bambi. However, in The One Where Old Yeller Dies, she says her mother used to turn off sad films before the sad part. This could be explained by the fact she went out of her way to watch all the sad films her mother "edited" when she was younger. So she could have been talking about watching the movie as an adult.

[edit] Cultural references

Buffy the Vampire Slayer - This episode included a scene in which Phoebe's sister, Ursula Buffay, starred as Buffay the Vampire Layer (parodying Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and perhaps alluding to real life Buffy adult parodies). Ursula uses Phoebe's name for the credits.