Friends season 5

Friends Season 5
Season 5
No. of episodes	24
Release
Original network	NBC
Original release	September 24, 1998 – May 20, 1999
Season chronology

The fifth season of Friends, an American situation comedy created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman, premiered on NBC (National Broadcasting Company) on September 24, 1998. Friends was produced by Bright/Kauffman/Crane Productions, in association with Warner Bros. Television. The season contains 24 episodes and concluded airing on May 20, 1999.

Season five features Monica and Chandler trying to keep their new relationship a secret from their friends. Phoebe gives birth to triplets in the show's one hundredth episode. She gives birth to a boy, Frank Jr. Jr., and two girls: Leslie, and Chandler. (They had originally though that there were two boys and one girl, but decided to keep the name Chandler, despite the baby turning out a girl.) Ross and Emily's marriage is called off as Emily is intimidated by Rachel, and Ross is unwilling to give up his friendship with her as Emily demands. Phoebe starts a relationship with police officer Gary (Michael Rapaport). Monica and Chandler go public with their relationship, to the surprise of their friends. They decide to get married on a trip to Las Vegas, but change their plans after witnessing Ross and Rachel drunkenly stumble out of the wedding chapel.

Cast and characters

Main cast

• Jennifer Aniston as Rachel Green
• Courteney Cox as Monica Geller
• Lisa Kudrow as Phoebe Buffay
• Matt Le Blanc as Joey Tribianni
• Matthew Perry as Chandler Bing
• David Schwimmer as Ross Geller

Episodes

#	Total	Title	Director	Writer	Original airdate
1	98	"The One After Ross Says Rachel"	Kevin S. Bright	Seth Kurland	September 24, 1998 (1998-09-24)
After having said the wrong name at the altar, Ross tries to patch up things with Emily. Upon returning to New York, Monica and Chandler attempt to put their brief fling behind them only to find that some feelings can't be ignored.
2	99	"The One with All the Kissing"	Gary Halvorson	Wil Calhoun	October 1, 1998 (1998-10-01)
Monica and Chandler try to hide their relationship but kiss in front of the others, accidentally. Chandler then kisses Rachel and Phoebe, which Monica then explains as his 'European thing.' Monica is put in charge of Rachel's love life because Rachel believes that she makes bad decisions, and Phoebe's water breaks and is upset that her bond with the triplets is coming to an end but glad she no longer has to do "pregnant stuff." Rachel tells Ross she is still in love with him.
3	100	"The One Hundredth (The One with the Triplets)"	Kevin S. Bright	Marta Kauffman & David Crane	October 8, 1998 (1998-10-08)
Phoebe gives birth to her brother's triplets. Joey gets sick at the hospital, with kidney stones. Chandler tells Monica that he is just goofing around in their relationship and Monica threatens to date one of Phoebe's male nurses, but they kiss and make it up at the end.
4	101	"The One Where Phoebe Hates PBS"	Shelley Jensen	Michael Curtis	October 15, 1998 (1998-10-15)
Joey gets a job at a PBS telethon which prompts Phoebe to reveal that she hates PBS. He tells her that there is no thing like a selfless good deed and she tries to find one to prove him wrong. Emily agrees to come to New York - if Ross promises to stop being friends with Rachel. Chandler and Monica continue to hide their relationship.
5	102	"The One with the Kips"	Dana DeValley Piazza	Scott Silveri	October 29, 1998 (1998-10-29)
Chandler and Monica go away for the weekend but spend the entire time fighting. Ross tells Rachel about his agreement with Emily, and he and Rachel get into a fight. Joey finds out about Monica and Chandler's relationship after Monica tells Rachel that she's lost her eyelash curler, which was left in the hotel room.
6	103	"The One with the Yeti"	Gary Halvorson	Alexa Junge	November 5, 1998 (1998-11-05)
Emily's demands become more and more unreasonable, so Ross tells her she's got to trust him or their marriage won't work. Emily then tells him she can't trust him, and she and Ross decide to divorce. Monica and Rachel meet a very hairy guy, who they mistake for a yeti. He then turns out to be their new neighbor, Danny.
7	104	"The One Where Ross Moves In"	Gary Halvorson	Gigi McCreery & Perry M. Rein	November 12, 1998 (1998-11-12)
Having already given up his apartment and with Emily's cousin kicking him out, Ross is homeless. Chandler and Joey are more than happy to let him move in with them but when he starts to get on their nerves they start to show him unsuitable apartments in an attempt to get him out. Phoebe dates a health inspector who keeps shutting the restaurants they go to. At first she revels in his power, but begins to tire when he starts shutting down her favourite restaurants and when it appears Central Perk is going to suffer the same fate Phoebe decides enough is enough. Rachel and Monica are invited to their new neighbor Danny's party but Rachel is reluctant to go.
8	105	"The One with All the Thanksgivings"	Kevin S. Bright	Gregory S. Malins	November 19, 1998 (1998-11-19)
It's Thanksgiving, and everybody has flashbacks of their worst thanksgiving. Phoebe recalls her Thanksgiving in 1862, which happened in one of her "past lives". Rachel reveals Monica's worst Thanksgiving, at which Monica accidentally cut off Chandler's little toe. When Monica tries to get Chandler to forgive her, he accidentally reveals that he's in love with her and quickly tries to retract it.
9	106	"The One with Ross's Sandwich"	Gary Halvorson	Ted Cohen & Andrew Reich	December 10, 1998 (1998-12-10)
Ross loses his temper - and possibly his job - after someone eats his sandwich. Joey, still the only person aware of Monica and Chandler's secret relationship, finds himself constantly having to cover for them much to his embarrassement. Phoebe attends literature classes which she wants to learn seriously but Rachel, who accompanies her takes it as nothing more than some fun. Later Monica takes the class with Phoebe and incidentally turns it into a very competitive class much to everyone's annoyance.
10	107	"The One with the Inappropriate Sister"	Dana DeValley Piazza	Shana Goldberg-Meehan	December 17, 1998 (1998-12-17)
Phoebe volunteers to help collect money for the poor during Christmas time. Ross, with nothing to do while he's on indefinite leave from work helps Joey write a screenplay however his constant pushing of Joey sparks up an argument with Chandler. Rachel starts dating Danny, but is put off by his very close relationship with his sister.
11	108	"The One with All the Resolutions"	Joe Regalbuto	Story: Brian Boyle, Teleplay: Suzie Villandry	January 7, 1999 (1999-01-07)
The gang makes New Year's resolutions: Chandler cannot make fun of his friends, Rachel will gossip less, Ross will do something new daily, Joey will learn to play the guitar, Phoebe will pilot a commercial jet and Monica resolves to take more pictures of all the friends together. Rachel finds out about Monica and Chandler but can't tell anyone because of her resolution. Eventually she and Joey discover that they each know about the relationship and while Rachel is happy to be able to gossip about it Joey is happy that he is now able to talk about it with somebody. Ross decides to buy some new leather pants but finds himself totally unable to get them off while Phoebe tries to teach Joey how to play the guitar only for him to quickly tire of her unique teaching style.
12	109	"The One with Chandler's Work Laugh"	Kevin S. Bright	Alicia Sky Varinaitis	January 21, 1999 (1999-01-21)
Monica finds out that Chandler kisses up to his boss at work and starts to lose respect for him but behind her back, Rachel is trying to get Monica to confess her secret and when she doesn't Rachel feels hurt that Monica is apparently unwilling to confide in her. Ross learns Emily is engaged again, and has a one-night stand with someone the group is all too familiar with, Janice.
13	110	"The One with Joey's Bag"	Gail Mancuso	Story: Michael Curtis, Teleplay: Seth Kurland	February 4, 1999 (1999-02-04)
Phoebe's grandmother dies, and she meets someone she's been looking for since childhood. Rachel convinces Joey to start carrying a "man's bag" to help him get a part in a movie. Phoebe also knocks on her twin sister Ursula's door to invite her to the funeral, but Ursula declines.
14	111	"The One Where Everybody Finds Out"	Michael Lembeck	Alexa Junge	February 11, 1999 (1999-02-11)
It's a sad day as Ugly Naked Guy is moving out and Ross decides to apply to sublet his apartment. Phoebe finds out about Monica and Chandler after seeing them through Ugly Naked Guy's window and although Joey is happy that now they can just confront them, Rachel and Phoebe instead decide to make out that Phoebe is romantically interested in Chandler. Monica and Chandler realize something's up so they play along. Ross finds out that quite a few people are interesting in Ugly Naked Guy's apartment and goes to extremes to win him over. Eventually the competition between Monica, Chandler, Phoebe and Rachel comes to a head and Chandler and Monica admit that they love each other. Despite this, they still wish to keep their relationship a secret from Ross... but it isn't long before he finds out too.
15	112	"The One with the Girl Who Hits Joey"	Kevin S. Bright	Adam Chase	February 18, 1999 (1999-02-18)
Ross is initially furious upon learning of Chandler and Monica's relationship, but quickly comes round when he learns it is serious. Joey dates a girl who likes to punch him (Soleil Moon Frye). Ross gets off on the wrong foot with his new neighbors when he, not unreasonably, refuses to contribute towards the retiring Superintendant's collection. Chandler and Monica have problems with their relationship after everyone jokes around about marriage. Monica is upset that Chandler refuses to consider getting married one day and he becomes so worried about losing her that he hastily proposes. Monica turns him down telling him that while she wants him to be open to the idea of getting married one day, they certainly aren't ready yet (much to Chandler's relief).
16	113	"The One with the Cop"	Andrew Tsao	Story: Alicia Sky Varinaitis Teleplay: Gigi McCreery & Perry M. Rein	February 25, 1999 (1999-02-25)
Phoebe finds a police badge at the coffeehouse and has fun pretending she's a cop - until she pulls it on the owner, a cop named Gary, who later successfully asks her out for dinner. Ross buys a new couch, but refuses to pay the huge delivery fee. As a result, he and Rachel struggle to lift it up to his apartment and Ross soon wishes he'd just paid the money. Joey feels like he needs to have a relationship similar to Monica and Chandler's.
17	114	"The One with Rachel's Inadvertent Kiss"	Shelley Jensen	Andrew Reich & Ted Cohen	March 18, 1999 (1999-03-18)
Rachel interviews with Ralph Lauren and accidentally kisses her interviewer. Monica wants to prove that she and Chandler are a hotter couple than Phoebe and her new boyfriend. Joey flirts with a girl across the street--in Ross's building, but he can't seem to find her.
18	115	"The One Where Rachel Smokes"	Todd Holland	Michael Curtis	April 8, 1999 (1999-04-08)
Rachel tries to take up smoking so she'll feel more included at work with her boss and co-worker. Joey auditions for a soup commercial with Ben playing his son, however the director pairs Ben with another father and eventually Joey is left in the uncomfortable position of going up against his friend's son. Monica and Phoebe throw a party, and Phoebe gets upset about Monica taking charge, when they agree to work together, and steals the spotlight.
19	116	"The One Where Ross Can't Flirt"	Gail Mancuso	Doty Abrams	April 22, 1999 (1999-04-22)
Ross has trouble flirting with the pizza delivery girl. Joey invites his grandmother over to watch his role on Law and Order - but his part's been cut. Monica asks Phoebe for a pair of earrings that she lent her but Phoebe has lent them to Rachel who loses one.
20	117	"The One with the Ride-Along"	Gary Halvorson	Shana Goldberg-Meehan & Seth Kurland	April 29, 1999 (1999-04-29)
Ross, Joey and Chandler go on a ride-along with Phoebe's cop boyfriend Gary, but in an attempt to save his sandwich from a car backfire, Joey ends up saving Ross as well. Chandler thinks that Joey cares more about Ross than him -- until he finds out Joey was trying to save his sandwich. Meanwhile, while stealing margarita ingredients from Ross's apartment, Rachel intercepts a message from Emily who is about to get married but is having second thoughts and is considering giving Ross another chance. When Rachel accidentally deletes it she agonises over if she should tell Ross.
21	118	"The One with the Ball"	Gary Halvorson	Story: Scott Silveri, Teleplay: Gregory S. Malins	May 6, 1999 (1999-05-06)
Phoebe and Gary move in together - then break up after he shoots a bird. Rachel buys a hairless Sphinx cat, which disturbs her. Ross and Joey pass time by tossing a ball back and forth, and subsequently miss lunch, a thing Joey has never done before. Their game is disrupted, however, when Monica feels the need to include herself. Chandler is called a 'Dropper'.
22	119	"The One with Joey's Big Break"	Gary Halvorson	Story: Shana Goldberg-Meehan Teleplay: Wil Calhoun	May 13, 1999 (1999-05-13)
Joey gets the lead in a movie and has to travel to Las Vegas to film. Upon learning Joey won't actually be paid unless the film is successful, Chandler doubts this is Joey's big break but agrees to drive him to Vegas. On the trip, Chandler tells Joey what he thinks about the film and an upset Joey forces Chandler to get out and drives himself. Reaching the set, Joey is dismayed to learn that filming is suspended due to financial difficulties. When Chandler phones to make amends, Joey pretends everything is fine but has actually been forced to take a job as a casino gladiator to make ends meet. Phoebe is mad at Ross, but can't remember why. Rachel has to see the eye doctor but doesn't want to.
23	120	"The One in Vegas, Part One"	Kevin S. Bright	Ted Cohen & Andrew Reich	May 20, 1999 (1999-05-20)
Monica has lunch with Richard but doesn't want to tell Chandler. She and Chandler go to Las Vegas for their anniversary, but Phoebe tags along to make up for missing out on London. They find out that Joey is working as a gladiator while the recording for his movie has been postponed. Rachel takes Phoebe's advice and wanders around in her apartment naked, which Ross mistakes as an invitation to "the physical act of love." To get back at Rachel for making fun of him, he attempts to embarrass her on the flight to Las Vegas; mishap ensues.
24	121	"The One in Vegas, Part Two"	Kevin S. Bright	Gregory S. Malins & Scott Silveri	May 20, 1999 (1999-05-20)
When Ross and Rachel arrive in Vegas, they get drunk on alcohol. Joey discovers his "identical hand twin" and decides that he can make money off him so he can fund his still-postponed movie. Phoebe feuds with a slots "lurker" and gets thrown out of the casino, though she returns, posing as "Regina Phalange". Chandler and Monica contemplate marriage, and almost go through with it - until they see Ross and Rachel drunkenly stumbling out of the chapel!