Friends (TV Series) The One with Ross's Wedding: Part 2 (1998) User Reviews

The One with Ross's Wedding: Part 2

[ComedyFan2010 · 10/10 · 11 August 2011]

The second part of the finale was genius. It couldn't even be ruined by the stupid "they would be speaking German if not for us" joke that only some Americans who don't know enough history would agree with. Everything else was perfect

The whole idea of Chandler and Monica hooking up was so unexpected and absolutely great! When she got out from under the sheets it was probably one of the most surprising moments of the show. How they were acting after it was all very funny too. And one really wants to know how it will go on, looks like it is not over since Chandler plans to come over to her room on the wedding night again

I loved Rachel's trip to England. I liked the guy next toher who told her that she was incredibly selfish and that they WERE on a break. A voice of reason right next to her. I found it very nice and touching that she decided to not be selfish and not confess anything to Ross

I also liked how they included Phoebe into the wedding. How shewas trying to stop Rachel, talked on the phone with Emily's mom (very interesting character) and even got to hear the wedding on the phone, including the last lines that made the waiting for the next season so much harder for everyone

The one with the London wedding

[LadyAmina · 9/10 · 2 January 2015]

I loved this episode but I was aghast at what Ross did at the end. I was amazed and horrified about Chandler and Monica hooking up- at the time. I was like, 'Oh no, no no no!' Monica with her obsessiveness and bossiness and Chandler's issues with commitment, I felt it was a recipe for disaster. Even with the Season 3 flashback and the episode where Chandler tried to prove he was boyfriend material; I felt they would even be worse than Ross and Rachel, (whom I NEVER approved of) because their relationship would be based on sex only and would fight a lot. The next season and the ones after proved me wrong of course! Elliot Gould was very funny with the 'You thieving, would be speaking German if not for us cheap little man' line. I know my history so I kept rewinding that part so I would laugh again. Christina Pickles was funny too but while I don't really like Monica, I don't like how Judy Geller treats her either. Hugh Laurie was great as the man on the plane who tells Rachel what he thinks of her, 'a horrible person.' I first saw him years ago in BLACKADDER GOES FORTH so it was nice seeing him unsmiling and grumpy and telling Rachel what she was doing was selfish and agreeing she and Ross were 'On A Break'!

RACHEL!

[cbatukilic · 8/10 · 7 November 2019]

Stupid Rachel, idiot Rachel, selfish Rachel, evil Rachel, DEVIL Rachel. The character I hated the most all tv show history. She is RUINING the show. I'm so happy for Monica and Chandler tho. I hope the story focuses to them than Ross&Rachel thing. Oh I forgot the mention HOW I HATE RACHEL. HATE RACHEL!

One of my favorite episodes because it has the seed of such a fantasy

[AlsExGal · 10/10 · 30 June 2020]

And this is a great ensemble episode with Rachel deciding that she simply must stop Ross and Emily's wedding. But I completely can believe that this "going going gone" scenario could happen. I believe everything about what happens between Ross and Rachel and what ultimately takes eight years to play out. Actually. longer if you count the time they knew each other in college/high school.

BUT...what happens between Monica and Chandler is complete fantasy. All you see is a glimpse of them in bed together so you know what happened. But no guy is going to go from treating a girl like a notch up from being a hole in his mattress to being somebody he loves. It just doesn't happen. And you throw in the friendship with Ross that goes back to college and more than likely Chandler Bing would be changing careers and become a forest ranger in Montana just to make sure he doesn't have to encounter either Monica or her brother for the rest of his life.

There's nothing wrong with having fun, with casual sex, but if you nurse the fantasy that it will ever be anything more you are deluding yourself. What do they say about a woman over 40 having a better chance of being killed by a terrorist than being married for the first time? Your chances are worse.

And all of this started because Monica was mistaken for Ross' mother by a drunken wedding guest. So she seeks validation by being an easy lay? This must have been written by a man.

I feel about this episode the same way I felt when Jurassic Park came out. Great entertainment, but just don't believe that 1993 computers could do all of that and remember the dinosaurs are all gone and they are not coming back.

Dummy

[bevo-13678 · 10/10 · 12 November 2020]

I like how Ross says the wrong name at the wedding.

The Where It's I Do Rachel

[devashishparnami · 10/10 · 15 November 2018]

Ross' and Emily's parents meet and prove quite antagonistic; Stephen and Andrea Waltham enjoy that the Gellers pay for the wedding, against tradition, but Jack feels the list of expenses at their house is highway robbery, so Ross tries to mediate. Joey is terribly homesick, despite playing best man jointly with Chandler. Rachel misses her flight having forgotten her passport, and on the next annoys the gentleman sitting besides her to death who is quite happy to disagree with her all the way. The rehearsal dinner is hell for Chandler and Monica, who doubts whether she'll ever find a partner.

This works pretty well

[SamPamBam · 9/10 · 3 August 2020]

The writers resisted having rachel disrupt the wedding by 'objecting' to the wedding, which is pretty much the standard for tv weddings. Instead they invented the whole 'ross says rachel' scenario, which works rather well. BUT and we cannot stress this strongly enough: Chandler doing anything more than hitting it for awhile is not realistic by any means. Monica is a hateful mean dominating woman, and jumping in the sack with chandler because she gets drunk and feels sorry for herself, well...Wake up chandler (Later she tells him, "now that you're with me, you don't get to win") Run Chandler Run

Wedding Ceremony

[vivianla · 12 December 2020]

Ross goes into the guys' room and excitedly says he is getting married today! Today!

The dinner is awkward because Emily's parents are trying to take advantage of Ross's parents by making them pay for renovations.

Monica pops out of the covers asking if Chandler thinks Ross saw. They had sex last night.

The bridesmaids wear beautiful red dresses. Joey slept with one of the bridesmaids.

Rachel is impatient on the plane and talks to a man about everything.

Emily looks beautiful with an updo and her white dress with a bolero.

Joey is busy making out with the bridesmaid instead of guarding the door. Rachel comes in and sees Ross kissing Emily.

Emily's mom receives a call from Phoebe who hands the phone to Joey. Joey holds up the phone so she can hear. Instead of saying Emily, Ross says Rachel. The episode ends with shots of London.

Ross and Emily

[safenoe · 8/10 · 22 April 2024]

Helen Baxendale plays Emily Waltham, and in real life Helen is British-English, so she's not an American actress with a convincing British-English accent, so she's the real deal. Anyway, this episode ended with a huge cliffhanger, and we had to wait ages (well four months or so) to find out if Ross and Helen get married init. Anyway, I'm enjoying reflecting on Friends, having first watched it when it debuted to huge popularity back in 1994, and seeing them travel to London and enjoying the sights and the stereotypes was so fascinating. Anyway, I would have liked for Danny Dyer to be cast as a guest star.

THAT'S REALLY SUCKS!!

[ramiabualshaikh · 1/10 · 31 May 2019]

Oh god!! I hate Rachel.. she's so selfish i mean how could she do that to Ross she ruined the hole wedding!! so disappointed 😥

Good episode, but have any of the writers been to England??

[cyorke-34660 · 1/10 · 16 October 2021]

Nowadays you'd get "wagwan bifting" from a 13 year old on a bike doing a wheelie, smoking one of his dads cigs wearing chav clothes. Back then in the 90's you'd have LG and oasis crew calling you a "yank prick" as they've just popped their third pill.

What I'm trying to say is, English culture has never been represented so poorly than in this episode, in any TV show ever. I wish I was as high class as they make us all out to be!

Friends writers really shouldn't have been racist and actually cared to actually visit England or better yet, listen to one song by a uk artist and you'd know instantly when you don't hear a violin and a harp that this isn't how we are!

Rubbish episode.

Shall I go on?

[studioAT · 4/10 · 23 June 2017]

OK, so British cameos were going to happen in this two part UK set finale, but while part one used them sparingly, this second instalment goes overboard, with Hugh Laurie, Jennifer Saunders, Tom Conti, and even Sarah Fergusson thrown in, with mixed degrees of success I should add.

Monica and Chandler hooking up is the big reveal, and it feels slightly out of character and rushed by both of them. It does however give the show another dimension, that it will plough in the second half of its run.

I'm a bit divided on this two parter. Bits of it worked, others didn't. However the cliff-hanger ending is undoubtedly the best the show managed across its ten year run.