Episode 1:  Pilot

Rachel leaves Barry at the altar and moves in with Monica. Monica goes on a date with Paul the wine guy, who turns out to be less than sincere. Ross is depressed about his failed marriage. Joey compares women to ice cream. Everyone watches Spanish soaps. Ross reveals his high school crush on Rachel.

Episode 2:  The One With The Sonogram At The End

Ross finds out his ex-wife is pregnant, and he has to attend the sonogram along with Susan. Ugly Naked Guy gets a thigh-master. Ross and Monica's parents come for dinner, which stresses Monica out. Ross and Rachel console each other. Rachel returns the ring to Barry, who is much less upset about the break-up than expected.

Episode 3:  The One With The Thumb

Ross discovers the fate of his childhood pet, Chichi. Chandler starts smoking again; when the group complains, he diverts their attention to their own faults. Phoebe gets money she doesn't want; she complains and gets more; she gives it away and gets a can of soda in return... which contains a thumb. The beverage company gives her $7000. Monica's new boyfriend (Alan) is a hit with her friends, but Monica's not too sure.

Episode 4:  The One With George Stephanopoulos

Ross, upset about it being the anniversary of his first time with Carol, goes to a hockey game with Chandler and Joey and gets a puck in the face; they end up at the hospital, where Ross reveals that Carol is the only woman he's even been intimate with. Rachel gets a visit from her old friends, which depresses her about her life. The women have a slumber party, which isn't very fun until they spy on George Stephanopoulos.

Episode 5:  The One With The East German Laundry Detergent

Chandler and Phoebe decide to break up with Janice and Tony on the same night; Phoebe's goes really well but Chandler has a harder time. Ross arranges to do laundry with Rachel and Monica; Monica cancels, leaving just the two of them; Rachel reveals she's never done laundry before... and accidentally dyes all her white clothes pink. Joey wants his ex-girlfriend (Angela) to break up with her boyfriend (Bob), so he arranges for Monica and him to double date with them... but he tells Monica that Angela and Bob are siblings. Ugly Naked Guy lays kitchen tile. Janice buys Chandler Bullwinkle socks. Rachel is so happy about her laundry experience that she kisses Ross.

Episode 6:  The One With The Butt

Everyone attends Joey's new musical, Freud! While there, Chandler meets a beautiful and exotic woman, Aurora, and begins dating her. Joey gets picked up by the Estelle Leonard Talent Agency, which gets him a job as Al Pacino's butt double. However, he loses the job by overacting. Rachel cleans the apartment by herself for the first time; however, she moves the green ottoman, which starts Monica obsessing. Chandler finds out Aurora is married and already has another boyfriend. When she picks up still another, Chandler isn't sure he can take it.

Episode 7:  The One With The Blackout

New York City is blacked out (due to a mishap on Mad About You). Chandler is trapped in an ATM vestibule with Jill Goodacre. The rest of the gang hangs out at Monica and Rachel's apartment. Ugly Naked Guy lights a bunch of candles and has a slight accident. While trying to share his feelings with Rachel, Ross is attacked by a cat. While searching for the cat's owner, Rachel and Phoebe meet "the Weird Man", known in later episodes as Mr. Heckles. He tries to claim the cat, but it obviously isn't his. The cat turns out to belong to Paolo, an Italian hunk who lives in the building and doesn't speak much English.

Episode 8:  The One Where Nana Dies Twice

Chandler finds out a lot of people think he's gay when they first meet him; he tries to find out why. Paolo gives Rachel calls and shoes from Rome. Ross and Monica's grandmother dies... twice; At the funeral, Joey watches a football game on a portable TV; Ross falls into an open grave and hurts his back, then gets a bit loopy on muscle relaxers. Monica tries to deal with her mother's criticisms.

Episode 9:  The One Where Underdog Gets Away

Joey poses for a health poster, but later finds out he's become the VD poster boy. Ross finds out Susan is reading to the unborn baby and decides he must, too. Ross and Monica plan their own Thanksgiving dinner because their parents are away; Phoebe joins them, because she celebrates with her grandmother and her grandmother's boyfriend... in December... because he's lunar; Joey joins in because his family thinks he has VD; Monica has to make three kinds of potatoes. Chandler plans to boycott Thanksgiving because his parents announced their divorce on that day; Rachel has plans to go to Vale to be with her family. The Underdog balloon breaks free during the parade; everyone goes to the roof to watch but they get locked out of Monica's apartment; the dinner is burned and Rachel misses her flight. Everyone ends up eating Chandler's cheese sandwiches and Funyuns for Dinner. Ugly Naked Guy has Thanksgiving dinner with Ugly Naked Gal, and there's Ugly Naked Dancing.

Episode 10:  The One With The Monkey

All single, the group all agree to spend New Year's Eve together without dates but everyone ends up with dates; Pheobe falls in love with a scientist; Ross gets a pet monkey.

Episode 11:  The One With Mrs. Bing

Chandler's mother (Morgan Fairchild) visits and causes all kinds of trouble, especially when she kisses Ross, who's feeling down after seeing Rachel and Paolo. Monica and Phoebe compete over a comatose guy.

Episode 12:  The One With The Dozen Lasagnas

Rachel mulls a weekend trip with her boyfriend who has just made a pass at Phoebe; Joey and Chandler buy a new table; Everyone knows the sex of Ross' baby except him.

Episode 13:  The One With The Boobies

Chandler sees Rachel naked. Rachel thinks it's only fair that she sees Chandler naked but he says no way. Phoebe's psychiatrist boyfriend annoys everyone with his analysis of their lives; Joey finds out his father's having an affair.

Episode 14:  The One With The Candy Hearts

On Valentine's day, Monica, Rachel and Phoebe have a boyfriend bonfire; Ross has his first date in years and bumps into his ex-wife and her lesbian lover, Susan; Chandler has a blind date with Janice.

Episode 15:  The One With The Stoned Guy

Chandler gets an undesired promotion; Monica cooks a sample dinner to get a job as a head chef; But the boss (Jon Lovitz) she prepared the dinner to is totally stoned. Ross learns to talk dirty from Joey.

Episode 16:  The One With The Two Parts - Part 1

Joey wants to date Phoebe's twin sister Ursula; Chandler has to fire an attractive employee but he has a really hard time doing it.

Episode 17:  The One With The Two Parts - Part 2

Monica rushes Rachel to the emergency room; Phoebe is upset that Joey is dating her sister; Ross is worried about becoming a father. Noah Wyle and George Clooney guest stars as the two doctors.

After losing at poker to the guys, the girls want a re-match; Rachel looks for a job. Ross loses on purpose to Rachel to cheer up after she doesn't get a job.

Episode 19:  The One Where The Monkey Gets Away

Ross decides to woo Rachel when she manages to misplace his monkey.

Episode 20:  The One With The Evil Orthodontist

Rachel may be falling for her ex-fiancé; But her best friend, Mindy, comes to her and tells her she thinks that Barry is cheating on her. Someone is peeping into Monica's apartment

Episode 21:  The One With Fake Monica

Monica befriends the woman who steals her credit card.

Episode 22:  The One With The Ick Factor

Monica discovers her boyfriend is a lot younger than she thought he was; Rachel is having erotic dreams about all the guys except Ross; Phoebe fills in for Chandler's secretary; Everyone mocks the way Chandler speaks.

Episode 23:  The One With The Birth

Carol goes into labor and Ross and Susan get stuck inside a room in the hospital with Phoebe. Joey helps a single mother give birth. Both Susan and Ross decide to name the new baby, Ben.

Episode 24:  The One Where Rachel Finds Out

Chandler lets slip that Ross is in love with Rachel while Ross is away in China trying to acquire a bone for the museum. Rachel tries to decide what to do...Eventually, she decides it would be great to go out with Ross and goes to the airport to meet him. What she doesn't know, is that Ross is getting off the plane with another woman!

Laatst bijgewerkt: 14 September 2001