So, the past 3 episodes have been mostly centered on Ross and Rachel's relationship. This one starts out with the gang at Rachel and Monica's place, which includes Ross and Rachel talking to each other freely with out any unhappy emotion. The next scene takes place at the coffee shop and as soon as Ross walks in Rachel turns sour and refuses to talk to him. But weren't they just talking to each other the scene before and she wasn't mad at all but now at the first sight she hates him. I can't help but wonder if there was a writing error or maybe an editing problem. Then the whole episode centers on Ross and Rachel and turns the title of the episode into a subplot. Pheobe isn't my favorite character in the show (probably my least favorite), but I was really interested in her story. But her story felt... sidelined, by the Ross and Rachel flip-flop story line. These past 2 episodes have felt the same because of the same annoying plot line. So, I give this episode a C+, based on the fact that I liked Pheobe's story-line, but the uninteresting, cliché main plot is getting old (trust me, I know the whole series is full of it). Thanks for reading!
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The One with Phoebe's Dad
Lady_Targaryen5 May 2008
Warning: Spoilers
It's Christimas. Monica and Rachel decides to give a Christima's party.
Ross tries to make Rachel less angry with him, but without any success. (He even tells her to make a list of his defects as well!)
Phoebe discovers that her real father, Frank Buffay, is alive and is a pharmacist, when she talks to her grandmother, who always lied to her about him. She gives Phoebe a photo of her real dad, and Phoebe decides to try to contact him. She invites Joey and Chandler to go with her to meet her dad, since she is nervous about their encounter.
The Christima's party that Monica and Rachel did becomes a Christmas's sauna when their heat breaks.
Ross tries to make Rachel less angry with him, but without any success. (He even tells her to make a list of his defects as well!)
Phoebe discovers that her real father, Frank Buffay, is alive and is a pharmacist, when she talks to her grandmother, who always lied to her about him. She gives Phoebe a photo of her real dad, and Phoebe decides to try to contact him. She invites Joey and Chandler to go with her to meet her dad, since she is nervous about their encounter.
The Christima's party that Monica and Rachel did becomes a Christmas's sauna when their heat breaks.
The One with Phoebe's Dad
ComedyFan201018 June 2011
Warning: Spoilers
A very nice Christmas episode. The story with Phoebe's dad is pretty interesting and it is also funny when she finds out that the man she always thought was her father is in reality just a guy in the frame and her father is not a famous tree surgeon in Burma. Her going to see him with Chandler and Joey in her cab was both sweet as they were supporting her and also very funny when she got her cheat sheet for driving
Monica's and Rachel's Christmas party was also great. The fact that it is very hot and they even open the fridge door to cool themselves off is great. And I liked how it turned out that superintendent liked being tipped with cookies while Ross was trying to give him money so that he repairs the heater. And it was great that at the end it was Joey out of them all who figured out how to turn off the heat
Monica's and Rachel's Christmas party was also great. The fact that it is very hot and they even open the fridge door to cool themselves off is great. And I liked how it turned out that superintendent liked being tipped with cookies while Ross was trying to give him money so that he repairs the heater. And it was great that at the end it was Joey out of them all who figured out how to turn off the heat
Love it!
AnnaPagrati20 December 2021
No
bevo-1367819 March 2021
The One With Christmas Party
devashishparnami7 February 2018
Warning: Spoilers
The friends are preparing for the festive season. Rachel is still mad at Ross. Phoebe realizes her mother lied to her and gave her a picture of a model pretending it was Phoebes father. She goes to see her grandmother who tells her Phoebe her father is really a pharmacist and not a worshipped tree surgeon in Burma. Phoebe's grandmother gives her a photo of her real dad. Ross suggests that Rachel should make a list about him to feel better. She makes the list and does feel better but Ross drives everyone nuts trying to prove every point on the list wrong. Chandler and Joey go with Phoebe to see her dad. Rachel and Monica have a Christmas party at their place. Phoebe doesn't want to be disappointed in her dad and doesn't go to meet her dad.
Not A Great Episode
slightlymad2211 December 2014
Not the best episode "Friends" ever produced but more than watchable.
Plot In A Paragraph: it's Christmas and Ross is desperate for Rachel to forgive him, without much success, so he tells her to make a cons list about him, hoping it will make her feel a bit better about the list he made about her. Meanwhile Pheobe decides she wants to meet her birth father and Joey and Chandler go with her. Elsewhere Monica an Rachel's birthday party turns into a sauna when the heating breaks.
All the cast do an OK job, but this episode was more about keeping things moving a long, Rachel is still mad at Ross who is keen to make amends and prove her wrong, and the Phoebe storyline deals with her accepting she has been told lies all her life about who her father really was. It has its moments, but it's not one of the seasons best.
Plot In A Paragraph: it's Christmas and Ross is desperate for Rachel to forgive him, without much success, so he tells her to make a cons list about him, hoping it will make her feel a bit better about the list he made about her. Meanwhile Pheobe decides she wants to meet her birth father and Joey and Chandler go with her. Elsewhere Monica an Rachel's birthday party turns into a sauna when the heating breaks.
All the cast do an OK job, but this episode was more about keeping things moving a long, Rachel is still mad at Ross who is keen to make amends and prove her wrong, and the Phoebe storyline deals with her accepting she has been told lies all her life about who her father really was. It has its moments, but it's not one of the seasons best.
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