Friends (TV Series) The One Where Ross Can't Flirt (1999) User Reviews

My favorite episode of my favorite show !

[raphael88 · 10/10 · 14 December 2006]

"The One Where Ross Can't Flirt" is according to me the best episode of "Friends" or, if not, one of the best ones. And it's extremely difficult to choose an episode better than the other because, as everyone knows, each episode of this wonderful show is fantastic.

The plot of this episode is absolutely excellent ! Ross trying to flirt with Caitlin, the pizza delivery girl, talking of gas, Joey wanting to show his acting talent to his Italian grandmother and noticing that his scene has been cut, Rachel and Phoebe looking for Monica's ear rings and, of course, Chandler's hilarious jokes as usual to make this episode touch the perfection !

Love it

[pandora-32182 · 10/10 · 26 September 2019]

I love all the episodes where theyre all together in the same apartment for most of the episode, its where the atmosphere is the best and they drop the funniest lines. Watching this show will forever be a comfort!

More Than Meets the Eye

[ttapola · 9/10 · 14 October 2010]

One of the greatest episodes of Friends ever - had to review this because it was on TV in a re-run. "Why is it great?" The situational comedy and Chandlerisms and Phoebisms are all funny, but there's so much more. The greatest achievement: *three* plot lines - Ross & Caitlin the pizza girl, the earrings Monica lent to Phoebe who lent them to Rachel who lost them, Joey's "big role" in Law & Order - that all get pretty much equal time and are all pretty much equally funny. Now writing that is *hard*. Plus, there is insight into male psychology when Chandler tells Monica how men perceive flirting... and one of the appearances of the infamous Jennipple(s) that was the subject of so much talk way back in the day. What is there not to like?

The only thing that prevents this from achieving the full 10/10 that is lack of originality - all the elements are familiar, there's no real innovation here. But hey, perfectness is *really* hard to achieve.

The One Where Ross Can't Flirt

[ComedyFan2010 · 8/10 · 15 August 2011]

Ross's flirting in this episode is just great. All the talk about gas and how he likes 8 year old boys. It is also great how he is trying to practise his flirting skills on Phoebe but it doesn't work out too good either. And it is very sweet how Rachel helps him out. There is a bit sexism in it with Chandler's attitude on how he can flirt but Monica can't. The bad part is that the people making the show seem to support that

The story with earrings is pretty good too. Especially the ending when Chandler doesn't even notice that those are different earrings.

I also like Joey's grandma in it and his tape that he made. Hilarious how he even wears the same clothes and uses the duck in his action scene. And of course grandma's English skills are funny too. As Chandler said "She can't say "hello" but she knows "Capricorn 1"

Nonni

[vivianla · 16 December 2020]

Joey invites his nonni over (grandma). She only speaks Italian and we get to hear Joey and Phoebe speak Italian to her. She is excited to watch Joey but they actually cut his scene out. Joey doesn't know what to do because his nonni lives for his acting career. She almost died when she found out Joey was no longer Dr. Drake Ramoray.

Ross is horrible at flirting but likes the pizza girl named Caitlin. He said he noticed her before and thought she's so sexy and cute. Rachel runs out to go tell her for him that Ross is interested. Rachel gives Ross her number.

The One With Pizza Girl

[devashishparnami · 9/10 · 3 July 2019]

First, Ross takes Chandler's natural joking with pizza delivery girl Caitlin for flirting behind Monica's back, and actually tells her just as they celebrate their 10-month anniversary, which starts a discussion on whether flirting by men is innocent, but not by females. Then Ross decides to demonstrate his flirtatious talent, which the others know to be abysmal; even conquering Rachel took him nine years. Meanwhile, Joey brings over Nonnie, his Italian grandmother who doesn't speak any English but was his only relative who always believed in his career, to watch a "Law and Order" episode in which Joey has a small role. Once he realizes his scene has actually been cut out, everyone tries to fool her and thus spare her heartbreak. Phoebe can't return Monica's earrings, a gift from Chandler she wants to wear that evening, because Rachel borrowed and lost them, as usual. Ross's flirting lessons turn out to be of the 'how not to do it' variety, but Rachel takes pity on him.

The One Where Ross Can't Flirt

[studioAT · 8/10 · 29 July 2021]

One of my favourite episodes, not only of Series 5, but of the show in general.

Everyone has fun things to do, and there's some nice heart along the way too.