Friends - Season 8

Friends - Season 8

Season 8

The eighth season of Friends, an American sitcom created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman, premiered on NBC on September 27, 2001. Friends was produced by Bright/Kauffman/Crane Productions, in association with Warner Bros. Television. The season contains 24 episodes and concluded airing on May 16, 2002. This season had an average of 24.5 million viewers, and was the most watched TV show of the 2001–02 television season.
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Episodes24
DatesSep 27, 2001 - May 16, 2002
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Episodes

The One After 'I Do'
Season 8Episode 130 min

The One After "I Do"

Everybody thinks Monica's pregnant, but her denial quickly shifts the focus to Phoebe, taking the heat off of Rachel. Chandler's shoes are slippery, rendering his dance lessons useless. Joey tries to impress a Broadway director. Ross dances with children to impress a woman.

Sep 27, 2001
The One With the Red Sweater
Season 8Episode 230 min

The One With the Red Sweater

Rachel won't tell anybody who the father of her baby is until she tells him. Joey tells Monica and Phoebe that a guy slept with Rachel a few weeks earlier, and left a red sweater behind. Ross and Chandler attempt to recreate the wedding pictures, after Chandler loses the disposable cameras. Monica opens all of her and Chandler's wedding presents.

Oct 4, 2001
The One Where Rachel Tells Ross
Season 8Episode 330 min

The One Where Rachel Tells Ross

Chandler and Monica prepare to leave for their honeymoon as Rachel prepares to tell the father of her baby. Phoebe and Joey try to get into Monica and Chandler's apartment.

Oct 11, 2001
The One With the Videotape
Season 8Episode 430 min

The One With the Videotape

Ross and Rachel disagree over who came onto whom when they hooked up. He wants to prove it and accidentally reveals that he has the encounter on videotape. Monica and Chandler meet another couple while on their honeymoon.

Oct 18, 2001
The One With Rachel's Date
Season 8Episode 530 min

The One With Rachel's Date

Phoebe begins dating a guy who works for Monica, causing a problem when Phoebe wants to dump him on the same day Monica plans to fire him. A guy at Chandler's work thinks that Chandler's name is Toby. Rachel goes on a date with Joey's costar, despite being pregnant, much to Ross' annoyance.

Oct 25, 2001
The One With the Halloween Party
Season 8Episode 630 min

The One With the Halloween Party

Monica and Chandler are throwing a Halloween Party. At the party Phoebe runs into her sister's fiance, Eric, and finds herself attracted to him. Ross and Chandler arm wrestle. Rachel asks if she can be the person who hands out candy to the trick-or-treaters, claiming 'the strongest maternal instincts', only to find out she isn't as maternal as she thought.

Nov 1, 2001
The One With the Stain
Season 8Episode 730 min

The One With the Stain

Chandler hires a maid, whom Monica suspects is stealing her clothing. Eric has broken up with Ursula and is ready to date Phoebe, except for one problem: he can't look at her without seeing Ursula. Ross tries to get Rachel an apartment in his building, but the woman living there isn't in a hurry to die.

Nov 8, 2001
The One With the Stripper
Season 8Episode 830 min

The One With the Stripper

Rachel prepares to have dinner with her dad and tell him that she's pregnant. Meanwhile, an unknowing Chandler discovers that Monica had a stripper at her bachelorette party, causing her to try to make it up, by getting him a stripper.

Nov 15, 2001
The One With the Rumor
Season 8Episode 930 min

The One With the Rumor

Monica invites an old friend from high school over for Thanksgiving dinner, unaware that Will started a "We Hate Rachel" club with Ross. Meanwhile, Joey vows to eat an entire turkey by himself, and Chandler and Phoebe pretend to watch football to avoid helping in the kitchen.

Nov 22, 2001
The One With Monica's Boots
Season 8Episode 1030 min

The One With Monica's Boots

Chandler is peeved when Monica splurges on an expensive pair of boots. Phoebe learns Ross' and Sting's children attend the same school, she angles to meet the celebrity and get concert tickets. When Joey's sister Dina tells him she is pregnant, he freaks out.

Dec 6, 2001
The One With the Creepy Holiday Card
Season 8Episode 1130 min

The One With the Creepy Holiday Card

Ross starts to panic when Mona gets an idea to send out a holiday card for the two of them, thinking that their relationship is starting to move too fast. Chandler's newly divorced boss tries to get Monica and Chandler to come out to dinner with him, but Monica can't stand him. Rachel's hormones start acting up due to her pregnancy, causing her to hit on almost every guy she meets.

Dec 13, 2001
The One Where Joey Dates Rachel
Season 8Episode 1230 min

The One Where Joey Dates Rachel

Phoebe gets Monica and Chandler a Ms. Pacman arcade game for a wedding present, which leads to some heavy competition between Monica, Phoebe, and surprisingly, Chandler. Ross gets to teach an important class because of a retiring professor, but soon learns that its on the other side of town, and he doesn't have enough time to get there. Joey takes Rachel to dinner on a pretend date to make her feel better since she can't have a normal relationship due to her pregnancy.

Jan 10, 2002
The One Where Chandler Takes a Bath
Season 8Episode 1330 min

The One Where Chandler Takes a Bath

Monica turns Chandler on to the concept of a bath to relax, complete with scented oils and candles. Ross and Rachel toss baby names back and forth while deciding whether to learn the baby's sex. Joey still likes Rachel, a fact that Monica, Chandler and Phoebe discover by a little detective work.

Jan 17, 2002
The One With the Secret Closet
Season 8Episode 1430 min

The One With the Secret Closet

Phoebe talks Monica into letting her give her a massage but becomes disconcerted when Monica begins making sexual noises. Joey dreams about being with Rachel and betraying Ross. Chandler realizes he's never seen what's in the closet by the bathroom and tries to break in. Rachel feels her baby kick for the first time.

Jan 31, 2002
The One With the Birthing Video
Season 8Episode 1530 min

The One With the Birthing Video

Phoebe tries to cheer up a depressed Joey by lending him the world's happiest dog. Ross has yet to tell Mona that Rachel's living with him. Monica and Chandler's romantic Valentine's Day is interrupted when they watch a videotape of Phoebe's friend giving birth.

Feb 7, 2002
The One Where Joey Tells Rachel
Season 8Episode 1630 min

The One Where Joey Tells Rachel

Ross has trouble understanding Joey's revelation, as does Gunther. However, he comes to his senses and convinces Joey to tell Rachel how he feels. Meanwhile, Phoebe meets Monica's soulmate.

Feb 28, 2002
The One With the Tea Leaves
Season 8Episode 1730 min

The One With the Tea Leaves

Joey has been hiding from Rachel, so she invents a problem at work to draw him into conversation. Phoebe's tea leaves tell her that she's going to meet the man of her dreams, except that the man she meets is a nightmare. Ross tries to retrieve his favorite shirt from Mona's, interrupted when she returns home with a date.

Mar 7, 2002
The One in Massapequa
Season 8Episode 1830 min

The One in Massapequa

Everybody prepares to go out to Long Island for the elder Gellers' 35th wedding anniversary party. Monica wants to write a toast to make everybody cry like Ross's toasts do. Ross and Rachel discover that his parents have told people they're married. Phoebe invites her new boyfriend, Parker, who is extremely enthusiastic.

Mar 28, 2002
The One With Joey's Interview
Season 8Episode 1930 min

The One With Joey's Interview

Joey prepares for an interview with Soap Opera Digest, although he's afraid of appearing stupid, so he enlists his friends to make sure things go well. During the interview, he reminisces about his past acting experiences, what he does in his spare time, eating and exercising right, his friends, his homosexual tendencies, and his romantic life.

Apr 4, 2002
The One With the Baby Shower
Season 8Episode 2030 min

The One With the Baby Shower

Rachel panics when she realizes that she is not ready to take care of her baby, and reluctantly agrees for her mother to move in with her and Ross to help out. Monica tries desperately to get Mrs. Green to like her. Meanwhile, the guys help Joey practice for his audition as the host of a wild game show called "Bamboozled."

Apr 25, 2002
The One With the Cooking Class
Season 8Episode 2130 min

The One With the Cooking Class

Monica's restaurant gets a bad review in the Post. After confronting the critic who wrote it, she decides to join a cooking class, with Joey in tow. Ross goes on a date with a clerk from a baby store, making Rachel jealous. Chandler prepares for a job interview after Phoebe tells him that he makes a bad first impression.

May 2, 2002
The One Where Rachel is Late
Season 8Episode 2230 min

The One Where Rachel is Late

With the release of Joey's movie approaching, he must decide which friend to invite to the premiere. Unfortunately, his pick, Chandler, falls asleep during it. Monica and Phoebe bet on when the baby will be born as Rachel's due date comes and goes.

May 9, 2002
The One Where Rachel Has a Baby, Part 1
Season 8Episode 2330 min

The One Where Rachel Has a Baby, Part 1

Rachel and Ross arrive at the hospital. Monica and Chandler decide to have a baby and right away. Mrs. Geller turns up to give Ross her mother's engagement ring; she wants Ross to marry Rachel. Joey can't understand why somebody wouldn't want to be married to Rachel. Phoebe meets a handsome stranger, but can't quite get his room number, so she gets Dr. Drake Ramoray to get it.

May 16, 2002
The One Where Rachel Has a Baby, Part 2
Season 8Episode 2430 min

The One Where Rachel Has a Baby, Part 2

Drake reports to Phoebe. Chandler and Monica look for a room in the hospital to use for a tryst. After 21 hours of labor, Rachel's ready to have the baby. Joey blows it for Phoebe but fixes it just as quickly.

May 16, 2002

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