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The One Where the Monkey Gets Away

[Lady_Targaryen · 8/10 · 22 October 2007]

Rachel finds out that her friend and maid of honor Mindy, is going to marry her ex fiancée Barry, staying depressed with that fact.

Ross asks Rachel to take care of Marcel for a day, but she ends up losing him. In an act of despair, Rachel call Animal Control to help her find Marcel, not knowing that Marcel is an exotic and illegal animal,and the person who owns it will have deep issues with the police. Each one of the friends start searching for Marcel, and Ross stays very angry with Rachel.

Rachel and Monica discover that the lady of the animal control, Luisa, studied with them in their class and also that she hates Rachel for being a bitch

Only the fact that Phoebe was shot with a tranquilizing dart by Luisa, help to save Marcel for being taken away.

Ps: I personally don't agree with Monica when she says that Mindy is beautiful. In my opinion Rachel is way better.

The One Where Rachel Loses A Monkey...

[taylorkingston · 8/10 · 21 March 2016]

I like this episode. It's good, but not amazing. But I think that's mostly because it's basically centered around Ross, and Rachel, my most hated characters from the show. Well, I don't hate Rachel, I just dislike her. I do hate Ross. And I know "hate" is a strong word, but that's how I feel.

In this episode, Ross asks Rachel a favor, in the form of her "babysitting" Marcel the monkey for the day. Unfortunately for her, she leaves the front door to the apartment open, and he escapes. Ross is understandably, very angry with Rachel. She, along with everyone else, desperately try to find the missing monkey. Rachel ends up calling Animal Control for help, but was unaware that Marcel was an illegal exotic pet. Once Ross finds out about this, this just sends her deeper into the ground. They try to make the Animal Control employee try to understand what a loving pet he is, but since she knows Rachel, and Monica, and hates them, she vows to find the monkey first. Meanwhile, Rachel discovers that her ex- fiancé, Barry, is getting married to her ex-best friend, Mindy.

Worst part of the episode: Ross, and Rachel.

Overall, I give this episode an 8, which in my ratings book is: Awesome.

The One Where the Monkey Gets Away

[ComedyFan2010 · 7/10 · 11 June 2011]

One of the things that by now got old is Ross talking about his monkey and everyone act as if he is talking about his penis. Yeah, we got the joke. It was funny the first time, now after it was repeated over and over again it got boring.

I really liked how Ross was mad at Rachel for losing the monkey. Mainly because he is so amusing when angry. David Schwimmer is awesome!

Funny is also the part where the animal control woman turns out to be an old classmate of Rachel and Monica who is still mad at them, especially Rachel since Monica was fat and had her own problems

And a great ending with Barry coming in and saying he is still in love with Rachel.

The One With Animal Control

[devashishparnami · 10/10 · 6 February 2018]

Ross asks Rachel to keep Marcel for a day, and he gets out of the apartment. She calls animal control to help her find the monkey and later realizes that Marcel is among those monkeys which are not allowed to be kept as pets. The Animal Control employee is in fact a former schoolmate of Monica and Rachel, and she hates them, so they all race to find the monkey. In this race Phoebe gets hit by a dart which makes her butt fall asleep.

A Massive Drop In Quality

[slightlymad22 · 5/10 · 26 November 2014]

A massive drop in quality with this episode.

Plot In A Paragraph: Rachel sees an engagement announcement for her former fiancée and her former best friend. Keen to spend more time with her, Ross asks Rachel to keep his monkey Marcel for a day, and she loses him. All the gang come to help and everyone starts looking for him, Rachel calls Animal Control over to help, but she doesn't know that Ross is not allowed to have an exotic monkey. The Animal Control employee is in fact a former schoolmate of Monica and Rachel, and boy does she hate them, so the race is on to find the monkey first.

Jennifer Aniston looks cute in this episode, but that's really all there is to enjoy about it. The old spurred classmate story was silly, though the ending was a surprise.

A decent, not spectacular episode

[studioAT · 3/10 · 8 September 2019]

Other than the final few minutes with the speech from Rachel and the appearance of Barry this is a fairly standard, ok but not great of the beloved sitcom.

I think at this point they were still working out what worked, and what didn't. This episode contains elements of both.

Rachel monkey-sits Marcel and he escapes

[KirbyKaz · 25 August 2016]

PREFACE: The warning on spoilers freaked me out so I'll just always click it to be sure.

REVIEW: It is revealed in this episode that Marcel is an ILLEGAL EXOTIC pet. The gang tries to fight to get him back, but the reality is that there's usually--but not always--a reason that a certain 'pet' is illegal. It is selfish and irresponsible to try to domesticate a non- human primate in NEW YORK CITY. It's dangerous enough for humans. -- >Not to mention that in any state, if you are caught with an illegal non-human animal companion, they can/probably will confiscate it and euthanize it. So if one wants an exotic pet please get a permit or move to a state where it is legal. Otherwise every second is a risk to that animal's life and if that happens only you are to blame. It's pure selfishness.

DISCLAIMER: I love this show so much! This is really the only problem I have with it. Most people aren't dumb enough to take their parenting advice (pets are animals too) from a TV show, but because some are, this could be a dangerous inspiration.