Friends (TV Series) The One with the Ballroom Dancing (1997) User Reviews

The One with the Ballroom Dancing

[ComedyFan2010 · 8/10 · 18 July 2011]

I really like the part about ballroom dancing! Mike Hagerty is doing a great performance as Mr. Treeger and the idea is pretty good too. Seeing Joey dancing with him is just adorable and hilarious. Especially at the end on the roof. I also liked Rachel, who didn't have a big but a pretty funny part at the end

The story of Phoebe is pretty good too. So very Phoebe-like. How she even bites the guy on the butt and at the end just tells at the interview the reason for why she got fired

Ross and Chandler take us to the situation that most of us know: quitting the gym and closing the bank account, and this gives us some funny moments

The One Where Monica And Rachel Are Going To Be Evicted...

[taylorkingston · 8/10 · 26 February 2015]

I really like this episode. It's very good. Every time the title comes up on my DVD, I get a bit disappointed, but then I remember everything else that happens and I'm happy.

In this episode, Joey says things to Mr. Treeger, the building manager, that ends up getting Rachel and Monica almost evicted. He was going to evict him, but Joey agreed to do something, to get him to let it slide. And it's pretty weird. Joey must practice ballroom dancing with him, for the Super Ball, the superintendent ball. Meanwhile, Phoebe gets a crush on one of her clients, which sadly, ends not too good. In fact, she gets fired. And Chandler tries to quit the gym, so Ross goes with him for moral support and because Chandler believes that he can't quit on his own. He's right. But he can't even quit with Ross's help. Because Ross gets roped into joining the gym, by an attractive woman. So, they decide to close their bank accounts and the same thing happens.

Overall, I give this episode a 9 out of 10.

The One With Gym Membership

[devashishparnami · 10/10 · 5 November 2018]

The superintendent makes Rachel cry because he is upset about them clogging the trash shoot. Chandler is a member at the gym even though he doesn't go but he can't quit because the dreamy spandex girl always changes his mind. The superintendent wants to throw out Monica and Rachel because Monica has been illegally subletting the apartment. Phoebe has a crush on her client Rick but she would get fired for fooling around with him. Ross goes to the gym with Chandler to give him courage to quit. But when Maria appears Ross can't say no to a membership. Joey goes to convince the superintendent not to kick our Monica and Rachel. In turn for that favour Joey will help the superintendent practice dancing for the superintendents' ball. They have the great idea to close their accounts at the bank so the gym can't charge them. Joey begins to enjoy the ballroom dancing. Phoebe and Rick make out. Phoebe finds out that Rick is married and also gets fired because her boss caught them kissing.

A misleading title, but a good episode

[studioAT · 5/10 · 4 June 2017]

The title of this episode makes it seem a lot duller than it actually is, but it's certainly a 'Friends' episode worth watching.

I didn't think much of the Lisa Kudrow story line, despite her best efforts to make it work. As is so often the way with the show, two of the stories work, the other doesn't.

Having not been able to dance in a previous episode, Joey here apparently is perfectly placed to help Mr. Treeger with his ballroom dancing. That's a nice bit of continuity out the window then. To be fair to Matt Le Blanc, he plays the scenes well.

The best story line though is Chandler trying to quit the gym, with Ross's help. Full of good lines, this is Matthew Perry at his best.

Sexistic episode

[alvendalvictoria · 3/10 · 16 September 2021]

Al though I like the rest of the episode, but when Chandler and Ross try to quit the gym and bank they just show attractive women as something like objects, calling them over, and makes them stay. It is horrible episode just of how they treated the women as objects in those scenes. They end up not being able to quit the gym or bank simply because of how the place shows off the woman body. I mean come on. How sexist isn't that? I am sorry but while i can enjoy the rest of the episode this is just horrible and makes it so cringy and not well liked in my opinion.

Bad episode

[okraievskyi · 4/10 · 26 December 2021]

The storyline with Joey (the main storyline) was just so boring. The only "humour" was two men dancing with each other. This episode didn't have the usual witty Friends comedy. It wasn't terrible, but it was just boring and unfunny.

Angry Maintenance Man, Pretty Women, and Pretty Feet

[vivianla · 29 November 2020]

Monica tells Rachel to throw out the empty carton and pizza box in the chute outside. Rachel is wearing a cute denim button-down with a skirt. She struggles to use the chute and turns around to leave the pizza box halfway in but the maintenance guy is still right behind her. She goes back crying.

Joey offers to confront the guy for making a girl cry. But the maintenance guy threatens to get the girls evicted for illegally using Monica's grandmother's apartment.

Phoebe tells the gang that at work she has a really good looking client that she wants to do things to. Before leaving the girls notice her new ankle bracelet and pedicure. Ross notices the toe ring.

At work the baseball player is faced down and compliments Phoebe on her pretty feet.

Joey goes back to the maintenance guy to apologize and offers to do anything to not get the girls evicted. The guy wants Joey to be his practice dancing partner.

Chandler wants to quit the gym but cannot because of a lycra-covered woman. Ross offers to go and Chandler is told of the new Swedish spa he would be missing out on. Chandler is firm on quitting so at the gym the woman is introduced. Her name is Maria and she wears a very sexy high-legged bodysuit showing off her hips.

Chandler and Ross decide to try closing their bank accounts but another beautiful woman prevents them from doing so.

Joey becomes the guy's dancing partner and his role is the female's. He goes back to the apartment where Monica and Rachel are. Monica asks hilariously, "How was it? Gay yet?".

Phoebe admits to the baseball player she has a crush on him. They start kissing but then the baseball player says he just realized he is naked. They proceed anyways until Phoebe's boss comes in. Phoebe is fired.