The One with Rachel's New Dress 

Rachel has an awkward encounter with Joshua's parents. Phoebe is offered the chance to name one of the triplets. Ross becomes paranoid when Emily goes to London with Susan.

Director:

Gail Mancuso

Writers:

David Crane (created by), Marta Kauffman (created by)

Stars:

Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow

Cast

Episode cast overview:
Jennifer Aniston	...	Rachel Green
Courteney Cox	...	Monica Geller
Lisa Kudrow	...	Phoebe Buffay
Matt LeBlanc	...	Joey Tribbiani (as Matt Le Blanc)
Matthew Perry	...	Chandler Bing
David Schwimmer	...	Dr. Ross Geller
Tate Donovan	...	Joshua Burgin
Jane Sibbett	...	Carol Willick
Helen Baxendale	...	Emily Waltham
Jessica Hecht	...	Susan Bunch
Debra Jo Rupp	...	Alice Knight Buffay
John Bennett Perry	...	Mr. Burgin
Pat Crowley	...	Mrs. Burgin
Charles Thomas Allen	...	Ben Geller (as Charlie Allen)
John Christopher Allen	...	Ben Geller (as Jack Allen)

Storyline

Frank and Alice name two of the babies and let Phoebe pick a name for the second boy. Phoebe wavers between the names "Chandler" or "Joey", so the guys have a big competition whose name will be be picked. Ross freaks out because Susan is in London and is now really good friends with Emily - and it all seems too familiar. Rachel has a romantic date with Joshua and hopes to sleep with him. They are at Joshua's parents' place who are supposed to be on holidays, but come back unexpectedly. When they barge in, Rachel is wearing a sexy negligee and tells them it's a dress by an Italian designer. The parents are shocked but take Rachel and Joshua out for dinner with Rachel wearing her negligee. Ross seriously thinks Emily is a lesbian now too, but the friends tell him not to be so paranoid and he shouldn't let what happened with Carol ruin his relationship to Emily.

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Plot Keywords:

parents | lesbian | dress | baby name | reference to bruce banner | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

2 April 1998 (USA)

Filming Locations:

USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Bright/Kauffman/Crane Productions, Warner Bros. Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

22 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Matthew Perry's dad, John Bennett Perry, plays Joshua's dad.

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Goofs

During the kitchen conversation about using the name Ross for one of Phoebe's babies, a very large piece of white lint appears in the center of the gray section of Ross' shirt; then disappears and reappears several times.

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Quotes

Chandler: From now on, I have no first name.
Joey: So - you're just Bing?
Chandler: I have no name.
Phoebe: All right, so what are we supposed to call you?
Chandler: Okay, for now, temporarily, you can call me... Clint.
Joey: No way are you cool enough to pull off Clint.
Chandler: Okay, so what name am I cool enough to pull off?
Phoebe: Um... Gene.
Chandler: It's Clint. It's Clint.
Joey: See ya later, Gene.
[...]

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Connections

References Leave 'em Laughing (1928)

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Soundtracks

Smelly Cat
(uncredited)
Performed by Lisa Kudrow

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