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7/10
The one Rachel meets Tag
Lady_Targaryen13 March 2009
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Joey asks the Friends what they think about his new TV show, Mac and Cheese, that was finally aired. No one really liked the show, but they don't know what to say to him. Joey is also invited to come back to Days of Our Lives, where he will be Drake's evil twin sister, Stryker. The problem is that Joey needs to do an audition as everybody else and that bothers him a lot, since he already worked in the show.

Rachel will be the new merchandising manager for Polo Retail, a job that Ralph Lauren himself offered to her. She is going to have a raise in her salary and can also hire an assistant. She makes a lot of interviews with different types of person, and a woman named Hilda is the most probable candidate to win the job, but she ends up hiring the beautiful Tag Jones. Tag doesn't have experience in the job, but he looks like a model, and for Rachel that's sufficient.

Chandler tells Ross'Disneyland story to Monica in exchange of a gossip in Phoebe's work. When Monica is making Tacos for dinner, she starts laughing when Ross tells he cannot eat them yet. Ross discovers that Chandler told Monica about his story, and they all start to tell each other's secrets.
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7/10
Rachel meets Tag
sbkr-4978726 September 2019
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The arc where Monica, Chandler and Ross expose one another's secrets is funny. Rachel and Tag story is more troubling. Hiring an assistant based on their looks is not funny. This may be Rachel's worst moment in the series.
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10/10
The One Where Joey Is Back On Days Of Our Lives...
taylorkingston27 February 2015
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I love this episode, it's really funny. There are so many funny moments in this episode. Every minute has a joke that makes me laugh.

In this episode, Joey is offered a job back on Days Of Our Lives as Drake's twin brother, Striker, but Joey thinks he's offered the role, not an audition. So he goes in and refuses to read lines, so he doesn't get that role. Come on, Joey. You're an actor, auditioning is what you do. And then his show, Mac And C.H.E.E.S.E. gets cancelled. Two TV losses in one day. Harsh. Meanwhile, Rachel is promoted at Ralph Lauren and gets to hire her own assistant. And she does what Rachel does best, be stupid. Instead of hired the fully qualified assistant, she hired the inexperienced good looking one, in hopes that the two could date. And Monica tricks Chandler into spilling a very funny secret about Ross.

Overall, I give this episode a 10 out of 10.
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10/10
Chandler kissed a dude lol
Pianoboi8420 December 2020
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Poor chandler kissed a dude and now everyone knows about it. The part where they are yelling secrets is so funny.
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6/10
The One with Rachel's Assistant
ComedyFan201019 August 2011
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So in this episode Rachel gets promoted and needs to get a new assistant. Her getting a crush on Tag is slightly annoying, plus I didn't find it too funny that someone who has more experience but is older is not getting a job because of young guy with no experience.

Chandler, Monica and Ross telling each other all the secrets is kind of funny to some point, but again most of the things that are told are not that much fun. Sure it is funny when a straight guy makes a mistake and kisses a guy, but in this episode it was made as if kissing a guy is such a horrible thing which gives Friends a very homophobic feeling

Joey has the best story in this episode although there isn't that much going on in it either
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3/10
Another weak episode
puzgolac9 July 2023
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So Rachel hires an assistant just because she find him hot, takes pictures of him under false pretense, drools over him and reduces him down to physical appearance. Now just imagine if the roles were reversed, and it was a man who hired a woman for the same reasons and did the same things. You would not be able to hear your own thoughts due to the screams to "Cancel!!!". On top of everything, the actor playing Tag is nowhere near as good looking to warrant such overreactions from Rachel, Phoebe and Chandler. The whole Rachel/Tag romance would later prove to be such a weak and lame plot, but it will, sadly, drag on for a while.

Other subplots are a bit better, but, overall, this is a weak episode in a weak season.
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1/10
Homophobic!!!
chiguy1715 May 2020
I'm a lifelong Friends fan, and I get that it aired 20 years ago, but the fact that they made the ultimate embarrassment Chandler accidentally kissing a (trans?) guy, just REALLY rubbed me the wrong way. They brought it up several times as the one incident that trumped all the others, and I'm sorry, but it's not a big deal, and making it a huge deal is in poor taste and just offensive.

I just couldn't believe Friends was so time deaf; although they never were really a friend to the LGBT community.
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Hot Unexperienced Hire
vivianla24 December 2020
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Rachel has two candidates to be her assistant. She hires a handsome boy whose only experience is painting homes and working at TGIF's.

Joey's Mac and Cheese show gets cancelled. Phoebe and Rachel rub their breasts up against him in response when he asks how is the show.
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5/10
The One with Rachel's Assistant
studioAT3 July 2021
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Yes, elements of the Chandler/Ross/Monica storyline aren't very PC by today's standards, but it's still a decent plot in a decent episode, without being spectacular.

Personally I was more concerned with the Rachel storyline - the story with her and Tag never really worked for me.

Nice to see a fun subplot with Joey too.

Ok overall, nothing amazing, a bit like the 7th series of the show in general.
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