The One with all the Poker

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Friends season one
September 1994 - May 1995
List of Friends episodes

Episodes:

  1. The Pilot
  2. The One with the Sonogram at the End
  3. The One with the Thumb
  4. The One with George Stephanopoulos
  5. The One with the East German Laundry Detergent
  6. The One with the Butt
  7. The One with the Blackout
  8. The One Where Nana Dies Twice
  9. The One Where Underdog Gets Away
  10. The One with the Monkey
  11. The One with Mrs. Bing
  12. The One with the Dozen Lasagnas
  13. The One with the Boobies
  14. The One with the Candy Hearts
  15. The One with the Stoned Guy
  16. The One with Two Parts, Part One
  17. The One with Two Parts, Part Two
  18. The One with all the Poker
  19. The One Where the Monkey Gets Away
  20. The One with the Evil Orthodontist
  21. The One with the Fake Monica
  22. The One with the Ick Factor
  23. The One with the Birth
  24. The One Where Rachel Finds Out

"The One with all the Poker" is the eighteenth episode of season one of the television situation comedy Friends.

First aired: March 2, 1995

Contents

[edit] Plot

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Rachel, sick of being a waitress, searches for a new job. She has the gang help her send out resumes to everywhere she can think of (including Popular Mechanics), and eventually gets an interview at Saks Fifth Avenue.

The girls get upset when the guys won't let them in on their weekly poker game. The guys try to teach the girls how to play, but with disastrous results - the girls start trading cards with each other, and Phoebe discards two jacks because they "didn't look happy." Monica calls on her aunt Iris to teach the girls how to play. They get better - but not good enough, as they still lose.

Marcel shows a like for "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" in this episode, and when Ross becomes tired of hearing the song, he switches it off. Marcel proceeds to go into his room and slam the door.

The episode ends with the gang playing a 'boys against girls' game for a large amount of money. During the final hand, Rachel (who, along with Ross, is one of the last two players still in the game) learns that she was turned down for a promising job she'd been interviewed for. Upset, she raises the stakes. After Rachel reveals her cards, Ross declares that she has the winning hand, though he does not reveal his cards. As the girls celebrate Joey and Chandler dive on Ross's cards, which he succeeds in hiding from them. The suggestion is that Ross had a stronger hand of cards, but wanted Rachel to be happy and therefore let her win the game.

[edit] Trivia

  • This is the first mention of Monica's competitive nature (the characters bring up "The Pictionary Incident")

[edit] Additional cast

[edit] Quotes

  • Rachel: Guess what, GUESS WHAT?
    Chandler: Um, ok, the fifth dentist finally caved and now they're all recommending Trident?
  • Phoebe (pretending to be Monica): Hello kettle, this is Monica. You're black.


Preceded by
"The One With Two Parts, Part Two"		 List of Friends episodes Followed by
"The One Where the Monkey Gets Away"
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