The One with Frank, Jr.

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Friends season three September 1996 - May 1997 List of Friends episodes
Episodes: The One with the Princess Leia Fantasy The One Where No One's Ready The One with the Jam The One With the Metaphorical Tunnel The One with Frank, Jr. The One with the Flashback The One with the Race Car Bed The One with the Giant Poking Device The One with the Football The One Where Rachel Quits The One Where Chandler Can't Remember Which Sister The One with All the Jealousy The One Where Monica and Richard Are Just Friends The One with Phoebe's Ex-partner The One Where Ross and Rachel Take a Break The One the Morning After The One Without the Ski Trip The One with the Hypnosis Tape The One with the Tiny T-Shirt The One with the Dollhouse The One with a Chick. And a Duck. The One with the Screamer The One with Ross's Thing The One with the Ultimate Fighting Champion The One at the Beach

"The One With Frank Jr." is the fifth episode of season three of the television situation comedy Friends.

First aired: October 17, 1996

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

[edit] Plot

Joey decides to build an end table to put the mail on. However, he gets carried away and ends up with an entertainment center. It's not without its problems: he accidentally saws Chandler's bedroom door in half, almost drills through Chandler's head, and gets sidetracked halfway through when he notices Monica's bathroom needs to be retiled. When the entertainment center's finally finished, it blocks half of his bedroom door and half of Chandler's. It looks really big and tacky. Joey proves at the end of the episode that a grown man can fit inside.

Phoebe is nervous about meeting her brother, Frank Jr.; they've agreed to spend the weekend together to get to know each other better. The weekend doesn't go as planned: they don't have much in common, and Frank spends most of his time trying to melt stuff. When Phoebe gets called into work, she invites Frank along. Frank, thinking she's a hooker who works in a whorehouse, happily goes along, and incurs the wrath of Phoebe's coworker Jasmine. After he apologizes for the misunderstanding, he tells Phoebe he actually had a great weekend. That makes her feel a little better, and hopeful that they can find more in common with each other.

Chandler mentions that Janice has put David Copperfield on her "freebie list": a list of five celebrities that the person is allowed to sleep with without their significant other getting upset. After agonizing over his list, Ross bumps off Isabella Rossellini because she's "too international." Not long after, Rossellini walks into Central Perk. With Rachel's blessing, he decides to go for it. When Monica asks Rachel if she minds, Rachel replies: "Honey, he's about to go hit on Isabella Rossellini; I'm just sorry we don't got popcorn." Unfortunately for Ross, Rossellini turns him down and says that Ross has just been bumped off her list of "Top 5 crazy coffee house guys she met" for some random weird man in the cafe.

[edit] Trivia

Chandler's "Freebie List": Kim Basinger, Cindy Crawford, Halle Berry, Yasmine Bleeth, Jessica Rabbit.
Rachel's "Freebie List": Chris O'Donnell, John F. Kennedy Jr., Daniel Day-Lewis, Sting, Parker Stevenson
Ross's (final) "Freebie List": Uma Thurman, Winona Ryder (replacing Isabella Rossellini), Elizabeth Hurley, Michelle Pfeiffer, Dorothy Hamill
Although Ross has Winona Ryder on his freebie list, Ryder later appeared in Season 7 as Melissa in the episode "The One with Rachel's Big Kiss".
Chandlers door is never completely repaired or replaced following this episode. Joey's cut, straight through the bottom half of the door, is still visible for the remaining seven seasons.
Joey repeats his bet that he can fit inside the entertainment centre in the Season 4 episode The One with the Cat and again falls for the same trick of being locked inside, this time with dire concequences.