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The One Where Phoebe Thinks She's Going To Die...

[taylorkingston · 9/10 · 26 February 2015]

I love this episode. It's so funny, it really is.

In this episode, Phoebe visits her psychic, like she always does, and her psychic says that she is going to die in a week. But the psychic didn't tell her that until the end of the session, so she couldn't ask any questions, and she wasn't going to waste what little time she had left, asking questions. So she goes and tells the gang and says she's got to make good of what time she had left, and that she really had to start living life, so she sits down and reads a magazine. Meanwhile, Ross gets a job as a guest lecturer and pretends to have a fake British accent. Joey loses his health insurance, which leads to some pretty funny moments. And Rachel finally finds out that she and Ross are still married.

Overall, I give this episode a 9 out of 10.

The One Where Joey Loses His Insurance

[ComedyFan2010 · 8/10 · 17 August 2011]

Joey's story is pretty amusing in this episode. Especially when his hernia comes and he has to get through his auditions in pain. The one where he talks to a kid and sticks his hand into the pants was awesome. And also when he plays the dying man and the kid refuses to cry. Good job of Chandler to bring the annoying kid to tears!

Ross's story is pretty good too because it so unexpected and out of nowhere. Suddenly we hear him speak with a British accent! Very good scene where he has to explain it to his class and Rachel runs in angry because she found out that she is still his wife

Phoebe's story isn't so great, but it is very small so it doesn't ruin the episode

Rachel discovers that still is married to Ross

[Lady_Targaryen · 7/10 · 29 May 2009]

Rachel is moving to Ross' house and discovers that she still is married to him, since Phoebe told her in a lapse.

Phoebe goes to a psychic that tells her that she is going to die soon,making her stay completely neurotic.

Joey has hernia, and his benefits of health insurance expired because he didn't work enough last year. He searches for Estelle and asks her to help him to get more jobs(He wasn't getting jobs because Estelle badmouth him to a lot of people).

The Head from the paleontology department from the NYU asks Ross to be their guest lecturer as a temporary, but if they like Ross he could get the job as a full time. Ross has a lot of success in his first class, and Rachel and Monica go visit him while he is giving his class. When they arrive in his class, they see Ross speaking with a British accent. Ross tells them that he uses the accent to have more success in his classes and also because the class are less boring in this way.

Hernia

[vivianla · 19 December 2020]

Phoebe says that her psychic told her she is going to die this week. Phoebe says she has to start living her life.

Joey did not work enough last year so he no longer has health insurance. He goes to auditions and it is hilarious seeing his auditions.

Phoebe says it is a long time to wait for death in life.

Ross is invited to teach at NYU as a guest lecturer. He fakes an accent to help with his nervousness. Monica talks in a fake Irish accent and Rachel talks in a fake Scottish accent.

Phoebe's psychic died.

Rachel wears a red plaid top and has her hair half up. She gets a call from Ross's lawyer and finds out that they aren't divorced.

Rachel storms into the lecture Ross is giving and makes a scene.

The One Where Joey Loses His Insurance

[studioAT · 7/10 · 3 June 2021]

This is one of my favourite Series 6 episodes, with all of the stories working well.

It was lovely to see a Joey/Chandler storyline, with Matt LeBlanc and Matthew Perry working so well together.

The other stories offer up lots of laughs too. Even Monica wasn't annoying!

A good episode.

Particularly bad one

[manuel1avila · 3/10 · 27 April 2023]

This is one of those Friends episodes that have gotten old really bad. You can tell the show had lost its north and was trying to adapt to new storyline but without much success. You can tell that most of this episode's jokes did not land, situations get ever more ridiculous and the usual warmth between characters seems a bit lost. It's not a bad episode necessarily but it's very lacking.

Don't know if others would concur but at this point Ross was easily the most annoying character in the cast, taking over from Chandler who got redeemed in seasons 4 and 5.

PS: Joey running a pedophile joke and Rachel faking Indian accent? Hard pass.