Friends season 8The eighth season on DVD? check here: The eighth season episode guideThe One After "I Do" / season 8 - episode 1 Phoebe (Lisa Kudrow) tries to help Rachel (Jennifer Aniston) hide her pregnancy. Chandler (Matthew Perry) has trouble on the dance floor at his own wedding reception. Joey (Matt LeBlanc) tries to impress an important Broadway producer. Ross (David Schwimmer) tries to impress a pretty woman by dancing with the young girls at the reception.
The One With The Red Sweater / season 8 - episode 2 Chandler (Matthew Perry) can't find the disposable cameras from the wedding, so he and Ross (David Schwimmer) spend a day crashing another wedding to take fake photos. Monica (Courteney Cox) can't keep herself from opening all the wedding presents even though Chandler isn't there to open them with her. The girls continue the ruse that Phoebe (Lisa Kudrow) is pregnant when Joey (Matt LeBlanc) figures out that someone is pregnant. Joey, thinking that Phoebe is going to be a single mom, proposes to her, but when Monica and Phoebe admit that it's actually Rachel (Jennifer Aniston), he then proposes in the exact same way to Rachel. Rachel is scared to tell the father that he's going to be a father.
The One Where Rachel Tells... / season 8 - episode 3 Rachel (Jennifer Aniston) finally tells Ross (David Schwimmer) that he's going to be a father, and although he's initially shocked and pissed off at the condom company, he gets it together in time to track Rachel down at her first sonogram. He tells her he'll be supportive and go through everything with her, and the first step is that they should get married. Rachel says they shouldn't get married unless they're in love. They start to argue, but the sonogram stops them in their tracks and turns them into oooing future parents.
The One With The Videotape / season 8 - episode 4 Monica (Courteney Cox) and Chandler (Matthew Perry) come back from their honeymoon looking forward to getting together with a couple that they met on the plane. They call the number the couple gave them, but end up getting a deli. A jealous Joey (Matt LeBlanc) and Phoebe (Lisa Kudrow) say that the couple probably gave Monica and Chandler the wrong number on purpose, and Monica and Chandler start questioning whether or not they were actually as interesting and funny as they thought they were. Ross (David Schwimmer) and Rachel (Jennifer Aniston) argue over who seduced whom six weeks ago, until Ross admits that he accidentally taped the encounter.
The One With Rachel's Date / season 8 - episode 5 Chandler (Matthew Perry) is the victim of a name misunderstanding that ends with him trashing his own office. Phoebe (Lisa Kudrow) and Monica (Courteney Cox) race to dump and fire the same guy. Rachel (Jennifer Aniston) goes out on a date with one of Joey's (Matt LeBlanc) cast-mates and Ross (David Schwimmer) freaks out.
The One With The Halloween Party / season 8 - episode 6 Monica (Courteney Cox) has a Halloween party and dresses up as Catwoman. Monica gets a miserable Chandler (Matthew Perry) a pink bunny costume. Ross (David Schwimmer) shows up as Spud-nik, but looks like doodie. Monica and Joey (Matt LeBlanc) wonder who would win in a fight between Chandler and Ross, and both think Ross would. Chandler thinks they're wrong and challenges Ross to an arm-wrestle. Chandler and Ross are perfectly matched, and neither can win, but Chandler lets Ross win to impress Mona. Rachel (Jennifer Aniston) gives out the candy to trick-or-treaters, but gives it all away to a cute ballerina and then has to resort to paying the kids. Phoebe (Lisa Kudrow) runs into her twin, Ursula, and finds out that she's getting married.
The One With The Stain / season 8 - episode 7 When a giddy Ross (David Schwimmer) learns that pregnant Rachel (Jennifer Aniston) wants to move out and find her own place, he suggests a vacancy in his building. However, it turns out that the current occupant of the apartment is not quite dead yet, so Ross pretends to be a friend and even learns how to speak Dutch in order to get Rachel an in. Meanwhile, Joey (Matt LeBlanc) lobbies to get Rachel to stay at his place, and when he sets up a model nursery to show her how well it would work, he convinces her. Phoebe (Lisa Kudrow) is ecstatic when Eric dumps her twin sister Ursula and asks her out instead, but the relationship quickly becomes too complicated when Eric has sex with Ursula again thinking she's Phoebe.
The One With The Stripper / season 8 - episode 8 Rachel (Jennifer Aniston) tells her belligerent father that she is pregnant with Ross's (David Schwimmer) baby and not getting married. Dr. Green immediately heads to Ross's apartment ask him why he won't marry Rachel, but Ross is there with Mona who doesn't yet know about Rachel's pregnancy. Rachel ends up talking to Mona and convincing her to forgive Ross. Chandler (Matthew Perry) finds out about Monica's (Courteney Cox) secret bachelorette party when they agreed not to do such parties, so a guilty Monica gets Chandler a stripper for his own post-wedding bachelorette party.
The One With The Rumor / season 8 - episode 9 Monica (Courteney Cox) invites an old friend from high school to Thanksgiving who was even fatter than her. Will is thin and hot, but still holds an old grudge against Rachel (Jennifer Aniston) from when she used to torture him in school. It comes out during dinner that Will and Ross (David Schwimmer) formed the I Hate Rachel Green Club in high school, and spread a rumor that she was a hermaphrodite. Monica reminds an irate Rachel that Rachel spread a rumor about Ross kissing the elderly school librarian... which turned out to be true. Will thinks it's Ross's ultimate triumph that he got Rachel pregnant and isn't marrying her.
The One With Monica's Boots / season 8 - episode 10 Chandler (Matthew Perry) is incensed when Monica (Courteney Cox) spends a fortune on a pair of boots, so Monica keeps wearing them even though they're killing her feet. Phoebe (Lisa Kudrow) tries to use Ross's (David Schwimmer) son Ben to get tickets to a sold-out Sting concert. Rachel (Jennifer Aniston) is put in the position of mediator when Joey's (Matt LeBlanc) pregnant kid sister comes to her for help in talking to her brother.
The One With The Creepy Holiday Card / season 8 - episode 11 Rachel's (Jennifer Aniston) hormones are driving her to sexual distraction, and she finds herself attracted to every guy she meets. After Rachel hits on her new cute obstetrician during a checkup, Phoebe (Lisa Kudrow) brings over a nerdy virgin to have sex with Rachel, but Rachel doesn't go for it. Rachel and Joey (Matt LeBlanc) almost end up "doing it" but agree that it would be too strange. In order to save Monica (Courteney Cox) from having to go out with his annoying boss, Doug, Chandler (Matthew Perry) tells Doug that he and Monica broke up. Doug takes Chandler out to a strip club to comfort him, and Chandler stumbles home grateful that Monica is actually in his life.
The One Where Joey Dates Rachel / season 8 - episode 12 Rachel (Jennifer Aniston) and Joey (Matt LeBlanc) go out on a pretend date, but it starts bringing out feelings in Joey that he didn't know he had. Phoebe (Lisa Kudrow) gives Monica (Courteney Cox) and Chandler (Matthew Perry) a Ms. Pac-Man game and disaster ensues. Ross (David Schwimmer) is finally allowed to teach an honors class but its cross-town location means he must break land speed records just to get there on time.
The One Where Chandler Takes A Bath / season 8 - episode 13 Chandler (Matthew Perry) scoffs when Monica (Courteney Cox) talks about how much she enjoys taking a long relaxing bath. Monica talks him into trying it himself, and he enjoys it so much that he starts stealing her baths. Joey (Matt LeBlanc) tries to talk to Chandler,and later Monica,about his growing feelings for Rachel (Jennifer Aniston), but can't get the words out. They misinterpret and think Joey has a crush on Pheobe. Monica tells Phoebe (Lisa Kudrow), and Phoebe goes to tell Joey that they should risk their friendship, but she is surprised when she finds out he has a thing for Rachel. She assures Joey it's probably just a crush, and Joey feels better, but he still doesn't know what to do with his feelings.
The One With The Secret Closet / season 8 - episode 14 Joey (Matt LeBlanc) starts feeling like he's taking away all the good fathery stuff from Ross (David Schwimmer) when he gets to feel the baby kick for the first time, he takes Rachel to the hospital when she has Braxton-Hicks contractions, and he's the one (Jennifer Aniston) who knows that she doesn't eat pickles anymore. Even though Joey is still harboring intense feelings for Rachel, he suggests that she move in with Ross so that Ross will stop missing out on stuff. Rachel moves out and Joey is left feeling very along. Phoebe (Lisa Kudrow) finds out that Monica (Courteney Cox) has been getting massages from someone else and is hurt.
The One With The Birthing Video / season 8 - episode 15 Chandler (Matthew Perry) and Monica (Courteney Cox) have a romantic Valentine's Day planned, but when Chandler accidentally views a birthing video meant for Rachel (Jennifer Aniston), both their libidos are quelled. Ross (David Schwimmer) isn't quite able to tell Mona that Rachel has moved in, and when Mona finds out anyway, she dumps Ross. Phoebe (Lisa Kudrow) lends Joey (Matt LeBlanc) the happiest dog in the world to help cheer him up, but when Joey tells the dog all his problems, even the dog ends up depressed. Joey finally tells Ross how he feels about Rachel.
The One Where Joey Tells Rachel / season 8 - episode 16 Once Ross (David Schwimmer) recovers from the shock of finding out that Joey (Matt LeBlanc) is in love with Rachel (Jennifer Aniston), he encourages Joey to tell Rachel and find out how she feels. Joey takes Rachel out to dinner and drops the bomb, but Rachel can't reciprocate. Phoebe (Lisa Kudrow) starts dating a man who she thinks was meant to be Monica's (Courteney Cox) soulmate, and Chandler (Matthew Perry) isn't intimidated until Monica meets the guy and immediately hits it off with him. Chandler acts like a baby about it until he gets Monica alone and then tells her he won't stand in her way if she wants to be with her soulmate.
The One With The Tea Leaves / season 8 - episode 17 Rachel (Jennifer Aniston) is sad that things are awkward between her and Joey (Matt LeBlanc), so she makes up a random story about how her boss wants to buy her baby so that they'll have something to talk about. What she doesn't count on is Joey going to her boss and threatening him, and she thinks she going to lose her job when she finds out that's exactly what Joey did. Luckily, her boss is so concerned about being PC that he apologizes to her for any misunderstanding that there might have been and gives her another month of paid maternity leave.
The One In Massapequa / season 8 - episode 18 The whole gang goes to Monica (Courteney Cox) and Ross's (David Schwimmer) parents' 35th anniversary party. Although Ross usually gives the toast at such gatherings, Monica is determined to do it this year and elicit the tears from the crowd that Ross usually gets so effortlessly. Monica crafts a tear-jerker of a toast, but there isn't a wet eye in the house. Then the Gellers ask Ross to do his usual toast, and Ross gives a reluctant off-the-cuff cheer that immediately has his parents tearing up. The Gellers tell all their friends that Ross and Rachel (Jennifer Aniston) are married, and the soon-to-be-parents end up having a good time pretending for a night, telling the elaborate story of their small wedding on a cliff in Bermuda.
The One With Joey's Interview / season 8 - episode 19 Joey (Matt LeBlanc) is thrilled when his name is used as a clue in the Soap Opera Digest crossworld puzzle, but he is reluctant to let the magazine do a profile of him after his last interview got him written out of his previous gig on "Days of Our Lives." Eager to see her own name in print, Rachel (Jennifer Aniston) persuades him to change his mind, but Joey insists that all of his friends there to make sure he doesn't blurt out the wrong thing again triggering a trip down memory lane for all of them. Joey almost makes it through the interview without saying anything stupid, but at the very end he tells his interviewer he doesn't watch soap operas himself because he has a life.
The One With The Baby Shower / season 8 - episode 20 Joey (Matt LeBlanc) has an audition to be a game show host, so he gets Ross (David Schwimmer) and Chandler (Matthew Perry) to help him rehearse. Although they all originally find the game confusing, and Chandler thinks it's incredibly lame, they end up getting into it and deciding it's the greatest game on earth. When Joey goes in for his audition incredibly well-prepared, he's upset to find out that the producers have turned the game into a simple quiz show because they decided it was too confusing. Meanwhile, Monica (Courteney Cox) and Phoebe (Lisa Kudrow) host Rachel's (Jennifer Aniston) baby shower, and at the last minute realize they forgot to invite Rachel's mother, Sandra.
The One With The Cooking Class / season 8 - episode 21 Monica's (Courteney Cox) restaurant gets a terrible review in the paper, so Monica goes to the cooking school where the reviewer works to demand that he taste her bouillabaise again. When he still doesn't like it, Monica is heart-broken, but she boosts her ego by becoming the star student of a beginning cooking class. Rachel (Jennifer Aniston) admits she jealous when Ross (David Schwimmer) starts dating an aggressive baby supply store clerk, but she claims that she doesn't want to date Ross herself, she just wants him to be at her beck and call. Ross agrees to not date and stay with her all the time because she's having their baby.
The One Where Rachel Is Late / season 8 - episode 22 Joey (Matt LeBlanc) can only bring one friend to his movie premiere, and so he picks Chandler (Matthew Perry) because Chandler has always been so supportive of him and his career. Joey is furious when Chandler falls asleep during the movie, and decides he's going to pay Chandler back for all the monetary support so that he won't feel indebted. When they add up everything that Chandler has done for Joey over the years, Joey realizes it's just easier to forgive his friend for falling asleep during his premiere. Rachel (Jennifer Aniston) is past her due date and there's no sign of relief. She shares her misery with her friends by being in a foul mood.
The One Where Rachel Has A Baby (1) / season 8 - episode 23 After 21 hours of labor and five roommates, including Chandler's (Matthew Perry) ex-girlfriend Janice, Rachel (Jennifer Aniston) gives birth to a baby girl. Monica (Courteney Cox) gives up the name she's been saving for her own future baby girl and Rachel and Ross's (David Schwimmer) child is named Emma. Both Rachel and Ross agonize over the status of their relationship, and Ross's mother gives him his grandmother's engagement ring just in case. Joey (Matt LeBlanc), while comforting a post-partum depressed Rachel, finds Ross's ring.
The One Where Rachel Has A Baby (2) / season 8 - episode 24 Rachel (Jennifer Aniston) mistakes Joey's (Matt LeBlanc) surprised pose for a proposal and accepts. With some encouragement from Phoebe (Lisa Kudrow), Ross (David Schwimmer) heads to Rachel's hospital room with a bouquet of flowers. Monica (Courteney Cox) and Chandler (Matthew Perry) decide they're ready to start trying for their own baby and have some difficulties finding some privacy in the hospital while waiting for Rachel to give birth. Phoebe meets a cute guy in the hospital who broke his leg, and has Joey impersonate Dr. Drake Remoray to find out more information about him.
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