Storyline:: After Rachel invites Phoebe to dinner with her dad, Rachel breaks the news to her dad that she is pregnant with Ross’ child. Things start to turn ugly when Mr. Greene interrupts a brief intimate moment with Mona and Ross which makes things even more uncomfortable for Mona and Ross.
Characters: Ross, Mona, Mr. Greene, and Rachel
Review: I think this is the storyline that we have been all waiting for. It answered a few questions that we asked such as 1) How will Mona react to the news that Rachel is pregnant with Ross’ child and 2) How was Rachel going to tell her father about her pregnancy and how he will react. Luckily Mr. Greene was his normal self but a bit more rude. He first thought Phoebe was a lesbian because she was a vegetarian and got upset with the waiter and called Mona a tramp. Fortunately, he just went to the restroom instead of attacking the waiter. So Phoebe sort of broke the news to Mr. Green more directly but she did it in a funny way: “Tivo is slang for pregnancy.” Phoebe did play a short part in this storyline but was still funny : “That’s it?!” about the fighting. And could anybody really understand Mr. Greene’s reason for being upset with Ross? I did. Again it sort of put Ross in another bad position again. Unfortunately for some of you people who wanted Mona out of the picture, she isn’t since she didn’t walk out the door. I am kind of glad she didn’t. More tension is coming!. I felt this storyline was handled very well because like I said before it answered some of our questions. By the end of the episode Mr. Greene is still upset; maybe he’ll get over it if Ross does father the child. I still wonder if Ms. Greene will handle the news any better.
Storyline Grade: 97 (A-) -------------------------------------- Storyline:: After hearing Monica was thrown a bachelorette party by Rachel and Phoebe, Chandler becomes upset since they agreed to no bachelor or bachelorette parties. After feeling sorry for Chandler, Monica decides to get him a stripper too which turns out to be a hooker who can strip also. On the way, Chandler and Joey realize how their friendship has shifted a part.
Characters: Joey, Chandler, Monica, and the hooker
Review: This was a good storyline too. After reading the description I thought it was going to be a huge surprise as to who the stripper was going to be; fortunately it was a hooker. During whole storyline revolving around how Joey and Chandler should get rid of the hooker, it reminded me how the two have done something fun together in a long time before they mentioned anything. Luckily Joey brought it up and the two started talking about how they have shifted apart as friends after Chandler got married. That was another question that we pondered about and we got an answer. So I hope we do look forward to more J-Man and Channie storylines because the writers just can’t forget about it. But besides that, Monica running home to tell Chandler that it was a hooker was real funny but her little stripper dance was the highlight of the whole episode. (God that song she danced to is so played out). It was also quite amusing how Joey called Ross asking him if he was a part of the whole stripper thing making Ross more embarrassed. Luckily it was a Mondler and J-Man and Channie storyline in which I enjoyed both parts.
Storyline Grade: 95 (A-) -------------------------------
Notes
-Why did Monica have to strip to that song “Let Me Blow Ya Mind” by Eve and Gwen Stefani? That song is so played out. Friend is starting to become more familiar with today’s music. (Ross and Rachel listening to Nelly in the The One With Chandler’s Dad
-Monica wasn’t annoying at all. I loved her in this episode.
-Phoebe didn’t have any big storyline but she still provided some good laughs and so did Chandler.
-I’m glad to see that Mr. Greene hasn’t changed that much since Season 3.
-I loved this episode although it didn’t really have any group dynamic. --------------------------------------
808’s overall Grade: 96 (A-)