The One Where They All Turn Thirty - I'm still 29 in Guam "Ok, but taking care of a drunk naked woman seems like a job for Joey."
Synopsis
Rachel turns 30. The gang each remember their own 30th. Ross buys a sports car. Monica gets drunk before her surprise party. Joey wails with sadness. Phoebe finds out she is really 31. Joey cries at Chandlers party too. Joey kisses Phoebe to fulfill her need for a perfect kiss. Rachel gives Tag the heave ho!
My Thoughts:
Boy am I relieved. Whenever I see a summary for a show that says "the gang reminisce" I'm positive that I'm in store for one of those annoying clip shows. You know like the Alex has a new girlfriend let's regale her with all kinds of funny moments that she may have missed from earlier shows kind of show. Amazingly enough, this was a nice creation. A clip show, where all the funny clips are new material. I hope this catches on.
Does anyone else suspect that these are the same episodes they planned to film before the threat of Survivor, and that they just told the actors to let the laughs go a little longer between lines?
If your not happy about turning 30, does waking up next to Tag make you feel better or worse? Does it keep you young or do you suddenly start feeling like Mrs. Robinson?
Wow, Monica consented to having a get together at Joey's apartment. Is she mellowing?
Jennifer Aniston looks surprisingly good in a paper crown.
"Remember mean old Mrs. Krieger in the third grade. She was thirty!" I'd love to go back and see what all of my old teachers really looked like when I had them. I know one who was rumored to have been a playboy centerfold, but I can't really remember if any of them were young and cute. Of course, that old bag who I had in 8th Grade History. Her ugly puss is forever embedded into my brain.
"What's the horsepower on this thing?" "I don't know but look how shiny." I can't mock Ross here at all. I recently blew the engine of my 1966 Mustang by driving 400 miles in second gear. It's not that I'm stupid. It's just that used cars don't come with how to manuals and I always thought drive was right after neutral.
Parallel parking jokes they never get old!
"Weren't you asked to leave sonny?" God I wanted Tag to go when Rachel told him to leave immediately. Monica turning on him too can only be a good sign. It's ok with me if he stays a couple more episodes as long as the rest of the gang mock him continuously.
"I wanna puke on you later?" Hurray, how about Friends the drunken years, a tasteful miniseries of joy. Monica drunk at her surprise party could have been a great episode all by itself.
Phoebe carries around a Slim Jim - who knew?
"Do you have my birth certificate?" "No I sold it to a Swedish runaway." An Ursula appearance is always entertaining. She was the best thing about Mad About You. I normally don't like slow characters but she's dim with an attitude.
"Yay, I love drunk Monica." Just having Mom at the party makes it a nightmare all by itself. Monica needs to finally work up the courage to slap her silly.
"For my last birthday you gave me a hug." Remember those coupons for one hour of Joey loving. I loved those.
"All you had to do was buy the card." Watch out Chandler. In a couple of years when the heat cools down, that will be your own personal hell. I love Monica, but nothing pleases that girl and she never forgets a bad turn.
"Look all you want. It's happening!" Chandler find out he is having a kid like Elvis did, nine months to the day of the wedding. Remember that hell I told you about Chandler? Toss in a few crying whelps.
"Will you quit hogging it?" I can't explain why Tag's immaturity is annoying and Joey's is amusing especially since Joey is half a decade older, but that's just how it feels.
"Mom and Dad are gonna be mad!" Of course, Ross makes Tag seem like Barbara Bush. Nevertheless, I admit it. There is just some stuff you don't want your parents to know about you. Even if you are thirty.
"I want to make love to you right here, right now." Hmm ... Monica does have her good points.
"I am a grownup!" Way to go Monica. It's got to feel good to let out that anger. Just try not to pass out next time.
"That's one thing you can cross off your list." Wow the vaunted kiss happened in a flashback. Maybe Rachel does have a shot at bagging Joey! Hope we get to see Phoebe at sniper school. Maybe Tag will take someone at work hostage and she'll have to take him out.
"Let's talk" Is she going to dump him? I think she is going to dump him! Ring the bells - the wicked witch is dead!
Next week: Out takes. Hmm not as cynical as a clip show, but close!
Correction: Having heard from Chandler Bing's lawyers, I find it necessary to apologize for belittling Mr. Bings ability to urinate on his fiance Monica. Apparently, it was Joey who couldn't get the job done, and Mr. Bing has absolutely no problem performing in that area. No wonder Monica loves him so.