Friends (TV Series) The One with the Stain (2001) User Reviews

The development of Joey continues

[studioAT · 7/10 · 26 July 2017]

Again, as with the last episode I really couldn't get into the story line involving Sean Penn. It's just not that funny.

I liked the maid story line involving Monica and Chandler, and it was great to see Monica being very funny. The character of Chandler seems to be less funny these days though, and seems more in fear of Monica than in love.

The highlight of the episode though was the Ross/Rachel/Joey story line, and it was so sweet that Joey was willing to alter his whole way of living really so that Rachel would stay.

Another good quality episode.

The One with the Stain

[ComedyFan2010 · 8/10 · 3 September 2011]

The whole story about the maid is just great. It is awesome how they managed to make Monica's nasty personality be actually funny in this episode. Chandler's reactions to it were also very well written and acted. Plus it is hilarious how this poor maid ended up quitting after feeling harassed by that crazy couple that was putting the head between her legs and trying to look at her bra

Phoebe dating Eric was a well thought story as well. Eric was very funny and it ended in a very good way, just to think that he slept with Ursula by mistake! It is sad that Sean Penn was there for such a short time but they couldn't have made this story end better

The one chandler hired a maid

[Lady_Targaryen · 8/10 · 15 April 2009]

Chandler hires a maid to help him and Monica in the domestic chores, but Monica isn't very happy with the new,specially because she is thinking that the new maid stole her jeans.

Phoebe is invited to go out with Eric, Ursula's ex groom. She is excited to see him again, but she stays worried that he is her sister's ex. Eric is still mad at Ursula and he can't look at Phoebe without remembering her. Many things go wrong in their date and Eric ends up sleeping with Ursula thinking that she is Phoebe, making everything between them definitely end.

Rachel starts to see new apartments for when her baby arrives. Joey still doesn't know about her idea, but Rachel first tells Ross. When Joey knows that Rachel wants to move to another place, he stays sad.

Ross tries to become friends of a dutch neighbor, only to see her apartment for Rachel.

The One With The Twin Mix-Up...

[taylorkingston · 8/10 · 1 June 2015]

I love this episode. It's so funny. I honestly love that Monica, of all people, gets a maid. She can't even enjoy it because she likes to do things herself.

In this episode, Chandler hires a maid so Monica doesn't have to do all of the cleaning herself. Even though Monica loves to clean. But she thinks the maid is stealing her stuff. When she tries to see if the maid is wearing her jeans, by checking the crotch area for a stain, the maid runs off and quits. Monica realizes that she's wearing the bra she thought was stolen, and Rachel borrowed the jeans. Meanwhile, Phoebe and Eric are together, but break up after Eric "accidentally" sleeps with Ursula. That's just too weird.

Overall, I give this episode an 8 out of 10, which in my ratings book is: Awesome.

Stupid

[garysguns · 1/10 · 12 December 2019]

I love this show but no one acts like this. All the maid scenes are just unrealistic and stupid!!

Pretty weak

[puzgolac · 4/10 · 25 July 2023]

Overall, this is a pretty weak episode. None of the stories are that funny, and the one with Chandler and Monica's maid is ridiculous with their actions being completely unbelievable, and that always ruins the comedy, even if it is great (which it definitely isn't here).

And there is a thing that always bugs me in American shows. While the maid is cleaning, she gets up on the kitchen counter in her boots - her dirty boots, in which she walks the dirty streets, and she steps on the counter where Monica prepares food. And yet, Monica, who is a cleaning freak, is perfectly fine with it. It is even more ironic that the maid is soiling the kitchen counter while cleaning. This seems to be an American thing that I could never understand - in shows and movies characters always put their shoes up on the table from where they eat food. They even get into bed with their shoes on. A very weird, and definitely completely unhygienic cultural norm.

Maid and Finding A Place For The Baby

[vivianla · 28 December 2020]

The cast looks a bit older in this episode.

Phoebe is the first of the cast to have a cellphone and she answers it and it is Ursula's former fiancee. Rachel is thinking of getting a new place and she hilariously imitates Joey saying she doesn't want her baby's first words to be "How you doin'?".

Chandler has hired a maid and Monica is thrilled. However she notices the maid is wearing the same jeans that she has and wonders if she stole them.

Rachel comes back and Mon finds out it was Rachel who took her jeans and asks if she took her pink bra too. Rachel sees the strap and asks is she talking about the pink bra she is wearing?

Ross learns Dutch and speaks a bit with Gunther who speaks it as well as the Dutch people in his apartment that they are trying to get the apartment from.

Phoebe is shocked when she comes back for sex that he mistakenly had sex with Ursula thinking it was Phoebe.

Joey has set up a crib and decor for the baby to give an idea to Rachel of how it could work. He was so sweet to do so. He wants Rachel to stay. He said if he brings home a woman and she doesn't want to be near a baby then he probably should not be with her. Rachel said but it would be more challenging with a baby and Joey said he needs a challenge it is getting easy to have sex with women.