The One with the Stripper

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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

"The One With the Stripper" is the eighth episode of the eighth season of Friends.

First aired: November 15, 2001

[edit] Plot

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Rachel is planning to have dinner with her dad, and tell him the news that she is pregnant. Since she is worried about her father's reaction, she invites Phoebe along too. At the dinner, Rachel becomes hesitant to break the news. She first tells her dad that she got TiVo, and Phoebe says that it's slang for pregnant. When he asks Rachel who the father is, she says that it's Ross. Dr. Greene is less than happy. However, he is happy with the fact that he going to become a grandfather. He then asks Rachel if she is going to get married; she cracks under the pressure and makes up a wedding day. She later tells her dad that she and Ross are not getting married. He freaks out, so Rachel lies again, claiming that Ross won't marry her because she's "damaged goods."

Meanwhile, Chandler becomes upset upon hearing the news that Monica had a stripper at her bachelorette party. Joey is disappointed too, because Chandler didn't want to throw a bachelor party (they had a steak dinner instead, and Joey went home with the waitress). Later, Monica, feeling guilty about the stripper, decides to throw Chandler a bachelor party, complete with a stripper. Chandler is less than excited, because he is not a bachelor anymore, but agrees to it anyways. At the party, the stripper ends up being a hooker. Chandler and Joey debate about what they should do, and come to the conclusion that Monica wanted to play a trick on them by hiring a hooker. They even think that Ross may be involved too.

Ross is having trouble breaking the news to Mona that he and Rachel are having a baby. While the two of them are on a date, Dr. Greene shows up at Ross's front door. He confronts Ross about Rachel's pregnancy and the fact that he won't marry her. Ross's problems get even worse when Joey calls Ross and asks him about the stripper.

Monica later hears from one of her co-workers that the stripper she hired was actually a hooker. Joey and Chandler try to decide who should ask the hooker to leave, and the two have a heart to heart talk about how their lives have changed since Chandler got married. They agree to make time to hang out with each other. Monica, feeling guilty about hiring a hooker, agrees to strip for Chandler. This really makes Chandler happy.

Ross heads to Rachel's apartment to inform her about her father's actions, and the fact that Mona heard everything. Rachel meets with Mona later to apologize. Mona accepts the situation.

The episode ends with Dr. Greene yelling at Rachel for an hour over the phone, after hearing the truth. Rachel and Phoebe then decide to go out for dinner, after which Joey enters the room, and unknowingly curses Rachel's dad.