Friends (TV Series) The One with Phoebe's Rats (2003) User Reviews

The one Phoebe takes care of rats

[Lady_Targaryen · 7/10 · 9 March 2009]

Rachel and Ross finally found a good nanny to Emma, Molly. Everybody finds Molly a hot girl, but Rachel doesn't understand what everybody sees in her. Ross tells Joey that Molly is forbidden to him, because Joey has the terrible habit of sleeping with girls and never call them back. Ross asks Chandler to help him to let Joey distant from Molly, and Joey tries to do everything to get rid of them.

Mike stays shocked to see rats in Phoebe's kitchen, and even more disgusted when he sees that Phoebe voluntarily takes care of the rats. He sets some traps to kill ''Bob'' (the rat), but pretty soon they discover that Bob was female and had an offspring. Phoebe decides to take care of Bob's babies, since she feels responsible for it's death.

It's Rachel Birthday and Monica is going to make a party to her in the apartment. Rachel starts to have a better relationship with Gavin (but they always fight in some point), and Monica invites him to go to Rachel's birthday party. At the party, Rachel stays moody and cursing Gavin, until he arrives at the party and they kiss.

The One with Phoebe's Rats

[ComedyFan2010 · 7/10 · 10 September 2011]

In this episode Mike keeps on ruining Phoebe. I can sure understand that he doesn't want to have a rat in the house. but Phoebe had no problem with him killing Bob? She had an issue when that cop killed a pigeon bu she has no problem that Mike didn't bother to buy the traps that don't kill the rat? Too bad, Phoebe I loved would not give up on animals and approve something like that for a guy. I also wonder what they did with the babies. Seems like Mike just killed them as well and it is presented to us as the reasonable thing to do

Joey's love for the nanny is just great especially when he tries to make it a Romeo and Juliet kind of thing

And another dramatic movement in the Ross and Rachel story when he sees the kiss!

Gavin From Work

[vivianla · 30 December 2020]

The guys drool over Molly the hot new nanny. When the girls are not hearing Ross joins the guys saying he couldn't sleep because of how hot she is. It is Rachel's birthday and Monica comes to her workplace. She meets the mean worker named Gavin and he accidentally gets invited to the party.

Gavin comes at 9:30 pm when everyone has left and joins Rachel + Mon at the balcony. Gavin overhears the girls talking about him being a jerk. Rachel checks his watch and Rachel says wow this was a lame party. He gives her his gift to her and it is a green scarf. Gavin is kind of cocky and calls her annoying. Rachel says that Mon thinks he may treat her that way because he likes her. Gavin kisses her and then they kiss again as Ross watches from his apartment.

Not a review just a question.

[rebreaka2525 · 10/10 · 17 July 2021]

Monica is talking to Rachel about Gavin on the balcony, what is that figure in the background inside the window?

1/3 decent

[littlegoldwoman · 6/10 · 23 April 2021]

I love Friends. I've watched it fairly religiously over and over since about 2006 and I consider myself an expert on it. This episode makes me sad because out of all of Rachel's love interests Gavin is my favorite. Dermot Mulroney is freakin gorgeous and the chemistry he has annoying Rachel is well... kind a hot. I wish they had given him a bigger role in this. Unfortunately the Storyline of Phoebe and the rats is past it's placement to me. I feel like it would have worked with a younger Phoebe but having an older more mature Phoebe act this way over rats is annoying and unbelievable. Also Joey acting manic over Molly the hot nanny doesn't sit right either. And it annoys me that she "takes the baby home" because their all at Rachel's party, Joey follows her then Chandler and Ross follow Joey, they all end up at Ross's apt and then Molly just leaves effectively eliminating one of them (probably Ross) from going back to Rachel's party. She must have called Tabitha right when she got to the apt.... Just a weird unbelievable storyline blip.

One to miss

[Aroura64 · 4/10 · 16 June 2020]

Season nine of friends is difficult to watch. The deterioration of the storylines, were becoming obvious for all to see. Rachel and Ross should have got back together, when they had Emma. Instead the writers introduced yet another pointless love interest for Rachel, stretching the will they, won't they senario to another series. I found this episode quite tedious, with Pheobe's rats and Joey lusting after the nanny

Continuous decline in quality

[puzgolac · 2/10 · 5 August 2023]

In season 9 the steady decline of this show continues. There are pretty much no more good ideas and instead the writers seem completely desperate to write about something, anything, and so we are treated to the stupidity that is the rat babies. Another one of the episodes where the idea is so stupid and ridiculous that there is absolutely no hope that the episode could turn out to be good.

Phoebe's character has become absolutely terrible. She is now actually more annoying than Monica. She used to be this not to bright, kind of weird but still likeable person, and now she is both intellectually handicapped and clinically insane, and there is nothing likeable about any of that.

Rachel's birthday goes with a bang

[studioAT · 5/10 · 8 August 2017]

I really disliked the title story, I thought it was just plain daft, and tend to skip past it on the DVD.

I like what they're doing with Monica so far this series. Yes, she can still be annoying and bossy, but she has been much nicer in recent episodes.

We get developments too in the Ross and Rachel story in this episode, with Dermot Mulroney's Gavin being at the centre of this.

I do feel a bit sorry for Ross, but after Rachel gave out her number to a guy in a previous episode I can't help but think he should've seen this coming.

Ughhhh... I remember when this show was good

[jpapanone · 5/10 · 26 June 2021]

Episodes in the 2nd half of the series are such a mish mash of classic friends and this nasty unwatchable Friends 2.0 tripe.

This episode is chock full of both, but the 2.0 stuff taints the classic stuff so much it makes the episode un rewatchable.

This is a very heavy 2.0, and so...gets a 5 from me.

Def not 7 or 6.

If I never see this episode again it'll be too soon.

Seriously ??? Rat babies ???

[hexx-52214 · 1/10 · 22 February 2022]

Im watching friends for the 3rd time and i think season 9 is the worst . Boring weird episodes like this rat baby nonsense . Is mike that desperate to be with phoebe ? And whats up with Gavin-Rachel. Its time to Ross-Rachel and we get this ? Of course they end up together at finale. But we dont get to see ross-rachel together episodes . Finally what the point of stupid horny joey hitting on friends nanny. Ugggghhhh... worst season again.