Friends (TV Series) The One with the Kips (1998) User Reviews

The One Where Chandler And Monica Go On A Romantic Trip...

[taylorkingston · 9/10 · 3 April 2015]

I love this episode. There is so many things happening and it's all so funny.

In this episode, Monica and Chandler go away on a romantic get-away, without telling anyone, of course. They say they're going to conventions for work. But when they get to the hotel, they get into a massive fight about everything. Changing rooms, car chases, etc. Ross eventually works up the courage to tell Rachel that they can't be friends anymore, because Emily is coming to New York, to give Ross another chance. Even though, everyone knows that after you say someone else's name at a wedding, that the marriage is doomed. At the end of the episode, Joey somehow figures out that Monica and Chandler are involved and they swear him to secrecy.

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

Monica and Chandler are going to travel together!

[Lady_Targaryen · 8/10 · 15 June 2009]

Monica is tired to hide her relationship with Chandler, specially because there is always someone who catches them while they are doing something. They both decide to find an excuse to stay together in the weekend in another place. Monica tells the Friends about the culinary fair in New Jersey and Chandler tells them about a conference in the same place. In new Jersey, they arrive in the Hotel they are going to sleep, but instead of enjoying, they fight the entire weekend.

Ross decides that Emily will come to New York and he needs to talk to Rachel about that, since he cannot see her again. Rachel stays shocked with Ross' resolution to not stay near her anymore.

Ps: In the end of this episode, Joey discovers about Monica and Chandler.

The One With Donald Trump

[devashishparnami · 9/10 · 3 July 2019]

Chandler and Monica plan a weekend on false work-related pretenses so they can be alone. Ross tells Rachel that Emily is coming to New York and they can't see each other anymore. On top of that, Rachel's dog Lapooh just died so she is furious and both her and Ross are inconsolable. Monica constantly demands new hotel rooms for silly reasons and Chandler can't keep his eyes from the TV. They argue, and when they return home Chandler tells Monica he thought their relationship was over. To his delight, Monica is determined to make up and continue. After a number of indelicate slips from Monica and Chandler Joey finally realizes they are involved but they swear him to secrecy.

Secret Relationship and How Long Do Friendships Last?

[vivianla · 14 December 2020]

Monica says mmm as she kisses Chandler. They have to hide their relationship from the rest of the group. They go to a hotel for the weekend and have a fight there.

Rachel looks so pretty with a cute outfit. Blue jeans and a green bomber. Ross tells her that Emily does not want him seeing her anymore once she gets here. This angers Rachel.

Rachel blurts out she thought Phoebe would be the one phased out of the group like the old roommate named Kip. Kip was Monica's ex and the guys no longer saw him. Phoebe and Rachel plan on taking Joey to make their own little group.

Joey connects the dots when Monica says she saw Donald Trump at an elevator and is missing her eyelash curler.

The One with the Kips

[ComedyFan2010 · 8/10 · 11 August 2011]

And once again we get a whole load of Monica's nasty selfishness. After she gets together with Chandler it is always there. She is annoying, ruining their weekend, being a horrible customer to hotel staff and she even dares to complain and say that Chandler was wrong? He put up with her horrible personality and she doesn't appreciate it. And she thinks that it is funny that he believed that their relationship, because according to her staying together means that they are in an adult relationship. An adult relationship doesn't mean that one let's some nasty wench oppress you and ruin your life. Chandler should have told her to f off because she doesn't deserve someone like him, or anyone.

The good part of the show was Joey finding out that Chandler and Monica are together. His reaction was so funny

and it was very sweet of Ross to step back and let Rachel have the friends. but it still makes one feel sad that their friendship may soon be over

The One with the Kips

[studioAT · 6/10 · 24 July 2021]

A nice episode this, with the Monica/Chandler relationship showing some nice signs of growth.

The Ross/Emily storyline remains a bit tedious but it's all well played.

Good overall.

Secret relationship nonsense

[puzgolac · 5/10 · 18 June 2023]

This is the episode in which the whole "Chandler and Monica must keep their relationship secret for some reason" thing starts to be too prominent, and therefore extremely boring and unbelievable. The reason for keeping it secret also never made sense. They obviously couldn't find any meaningful reason for the secrecy (because there isn't any), so they just glance over it with "we don't want to make a big deal out of it". Really? Wow, that is pure brilliance on the writers' part.

Season 5 is also the point where the character of Monica became really annoying. Before she was quirky and flawed, but now, most of the time, she is pretty much insufferable. Courteney Cox's (over)acting also seems to have gotten worse somehow, and the scenes involving Monica from here on are tedious to watch.