Friends (TV Series) The One with the Mugging (2003) User Reviews

The One with the Mugging

[ComedyFan2010 · 9/10 · 10 September 2011]

I really liked this episode. The part with Joey's audition is just great. Jeff Goldblum was a great guest actor. And every time Joey auditioned it was just too funny, especially when he peed at the end when he got the role

I also really liked the idea of Phoebe having mugged Ross in the past. The descriptions of the incident were very funny and it was a sweet moment at the end where Ross got his "science boy" back

Chandler's story was alright as well. Although I think they exaggerated how old he is. I guess they just did it to emphasize how old he felt around the younger interns

The one with Jeff Goldblum's participation

[Lady_Targaryen · 7/10 · 9 March 2009]

Chandler got a job in advertising, but it is an internship, so he will not be payed for it. He is excited because the company will hire the interns they like the most after the training program. When Chandler arrives in the place, he stays shocked how older he is compared to the other interns. He also has difficulties in finding modern themes for the modern products of the company, like a horrible Sneaker that Joey loved.

Ross stays shocked to discover that Phoebe was a mugger in the past, and becomes angry when Phoebes reveals to him that she already mugged him when they were teenagers near a Comics Shop.

Joey gets an audition with Leonard Hayes for a play in the Broadway. Leonard is going to be the director, so Joey is very nervous. Leonard doesn't like him, but the producer asks Leonard to give Joey one more chance. He comes again in the afternoon, but since he wants to pee, he plays the character with the sense of urgency and personality that Leonard wanted, and ends up being hired for the play.

A very funny one with Joy's at his best.

[jerryshiung · 9/10 · 28 March 2019]

This episode contains lots of fun performances from Joy and the advertisement line that Chandler came up with is just full of wit.

Not one of my favs.

[laurhartwick · 8/10 · 8 October 2019]

I don't really enjoy the "Chandler is old and an intern" stuff. Maybe it was funny in 2003 though when this came out.

Hang up that phone

[studioAT · 5/10 · 10 August 2017]

Chandler has to adapt to being an intern in this nice 9th series episode of 'Friends'. It allows Matthew Perry to play a different side to Chandler, and there were some nice moments within that story.

I liked Joey's story too, with Matt Le Blanc's skill as a physical comedian coming through.

The 'Phoebe mugged Ross' story line divides opinion amongst fans because it just seems to be one coincidence too many. Having spent a lot of time making Phoebe more mature over this 9th series this story seemed jarring.

Jennifer Aniston must have been filming something else at the same time as this episode, because she barely features.

A funny episode overall.

One of the worst episodes.

[diegoBrasil · 4/10 · 9 May 2020]

Phoebe as a mugger? Seriously? I wasn't apreciating how Phoebe was changing during the seasons. Her character was imploded with many contradictions and her personality was gone so confused. But this the screenplayers gone too far. I could understand how Friends show was next to its ending.