I think there's been worse than TOW The Apothecary Table, in fact, I rather liked that episode. We were able to see Phoebe in an actual plot, not just commenting on the side, and we also saw that Ross and Rachel have the same taste in furniture, which will facilitate their moving in together once they end up together. =)
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Ross: I don't know if anything is ever going to happen with us again, ever, but I don't want to know that it never could. So I stopped it, and she got mad and broke my projector. -TOW Chandler Can't Cry