Friends (TV Series) The One with Christmas in Tulsa (2002) User Reviews

A proof of Chandler's self-predicted loyalty

[gevshek · 8/10 · 25 February 2020]

Well, this episode represents a decent shoutout for me (and I am surprised that nobody had mentioned it before): In Season 1, Episode 13, when Joey's father and his mistress stayed in Joey and Chandler's, Chandler was (as they were chit-chatting about such incident with Joey on their davenport) wondering whether there will be a time in there future where they will reject an opportunity for adultry by the phrase "No thanks, I am married"...

Well, after 8 years of waiting, being apart from his upset wife and vulnerable indeed, he subconsciously quoted such phrase in refusing the runner-up of Miss Tulsa contest (ever-charming Selma Blair) and even afforded to quit the job in which he was a veteran and promoted recently in order to return to his wife only.

Chandler was, and always is, "the man"...

Selma Blair is present in this one

[Lady_Targaryen · 8/10 · 9 March 2009]

Chandler tells everyone that he is going to work in Christimas. Everybody stays sad,specially Monica. Chandler is the only Friend who doesn't like his job , and also the only one who sacrifices himself for something he doesn't love.

In Tulsa, all Chandler's workmates are angry to work instead of staying with their families. Chandler feels guilty to see them losing their good moments with their families and tells everybody to go home. He stays alone with Wendy, a very beautiful woman who almost won a beauty contest in Oaklahoma. Monica stays jealous of the situation, and she does have a reason to stay that way, when Wendy hits on Chandler.

Wendy makes Chandler think about the fact that if he loves his wife, he should be with her. He ends up going to New York and telling all the Friends that he resigned from his job, and that now he will search something he really loves to do.

The worst clip show and probably the worst episode of the show

[brindrobnjak · 7/10 · 22 July 2019]

It's an okay episode, but the worst the show's ever delivered. It's a clip show, so it's bound to be either great or bad (for FRIENDS' standards) and this one is the latter. Also, its main focus is on one of the weakest storylines ever--Chandler in Tulsa. But, it's FRIENDS, so it could never be bad.

Recap of Chandler

[vivianla · 30 December 2020]

Chandler has to go to work in Tulsa for Christmas and New Year's Eve. Everyone else likes their job except for Chandler.

Chandler lets everyone go home early but one girl named Wendy stays behind and flirts with Chandler. She is a gorgeous short-haired girl who was second place in the Miss. Oklahoma contest.

This episode recaps Chandler moments.

Phoebe looks beautiful when she noticed it is snowing outside. Chandler comes home and announces he quit so they cannot fire him. He will start doing what he loves like the rest of them but is unsure on what that is.

He looks at the newspaper for jobs and tells Mon she is the sole breadwinner. She hands him a twenty dollar bill and tells him to buy something pretty while she is at work tomorrow.

Great!

[AnnaPagrati · 10/10 · 24 December 2021]

Love this episode! Such a festive holiday episode from this great show! Love the plot & the atmosphere, also so so funny, definitely a 10/10 from me!!

A festive flashback episode

[studioAT · 3/10 · 29 July 2017]

'Friends' tended to do a flashback episode once a series, and this is the series 9 version. 'Friends' also did some good Christmas themed episodes too, so its a shame they wasted this slot on this episode.

It's actually quite nice to see Matthew Perry's Chandler away from Monica for a change, and I enjoyed the scenes he had in the office.

It of course does then descend into 10 minutes worth of flashback material from old episodes, with some not so subtle linking material in between, but its worth sticking around for the big news at the end.

The One with Christmas in Tulsa

[ComedyFan2010 · 2/10 · 9 September 2011]

Just another wasted episode

And this time not only did they show flashbacks that I could live without, they also showed flashbacks that weren't the best moments of the show and made it seem longer and more boring

The story in between the flashbacks is very boring and cheesy as well. So Chandler loves Monica so much he won't cheat on her and quits to come home. Well, he should have left her and hooked up with the hot girl from Tulsa. Who is 100 times better looking than Monica (who is not too good for Chandler at all as is often said) and even with ham stealing a probably 10000000 times a better person

The good thing is that Chandler quit his job and we know that we will get some laughs from that