The One Where Heckles Dies: Chandler breaks up with a woman because her nostrils are too big–yet another superficial reason to avoid a real relationship. Mr. Heckles complains again about the noise–it’s disturbing his birds (he could have birds). Phoebe, Rachel, and Joey impersonate Janice. Mr. Heckles dies, apparently while hitting his ceiling with a broom because of the noise from above. Phoebe doesn’t believe in evolution, which bothers Ross enough that he feels he has to convince her of the theory. Rachel and Monica inherit all of Mr. Heckles earthly possesions; while clearing out his apartment, they discover that Heckles was quite a funny guy in his time. Chandler is upset to find how much he has in common with Mr. Heckles, and in his determination not to die alone, he calls Janice… only to find out that she’s married and pregnant. While trying to decide which of Heckles’ things to keep, Rachel realizes that Monica doesn’t consider the apartment to be “their” apartment.

The One With Phoebe’s Husband: Phoebe turns out to be married to Duncan, a gay friend who needed a green card. Phoebe did love him, and finds those feelings returning. Now (six years later) he’s back and needs a divorce. Turns out he’s not gay, and is getting married to someone else. The revelation of Phoebe’s secret marriage prompts several other discoveries: The underwear on the telephone pole outside is Monica’s, from when she had sex with Fun Bobby on the terrace; Chandler has a third nipple; Joey was in a porn movie (which they then watch). Ross is nervous about the prospect of having sex for the first time with Julie. He approaches Rachel for advice; her own interest in Ross keeps her from being completely honest, and she tries her best to see that it doesn’t happen.

The One With The List: Chandler gets a new computer. Ross is depressed about having to chose between Julie and Rachel. Chandler suggests they make a list of pros and cons, which somehow never makes it past the cons. Ross choses Rachel, but then she finds the list and decides she doesn’t want to be with Ross anymore. Monica’s finds a new job creating Thanksgiving recipes for Mockolate, a synthetic chocolate substitute.

The One After The Superbowl, part 1: A TV commercial featuring a Monkey reminds Ross of Marcel. Ross decides to visit Marcel at the San Diego Zoo, since he’s going to a convention in Los Angeles. Once there, he is told by a zoo representative that Marcel has died; however, an eccentric zoo keeper tells him Marcel was stolen and put into show business. Ross’ search leads him back to New York, where Marcel is filming Outbreak II: The Virus Takes Manhattan. Joey begins dating Erika, a stalker who thinks he’s really his soap opera character, Dr. Drake Ramoray. Phoebe dates Rob, a guy who hires her to sing songs for children at the library. Her songs are a little too real for the kids’ parents. She gets fired, but all the kids come to the coffee house so they can still hear her.

The One Where Ross And Rachel… You Know: Joey buys a big screen TV and two leather reclining chairs; he and Chandler don’t move from them for days. Phoebe helps Monica cater a party at the home of Dr. Richard Burke, an old friend of the Gellers, who recently divorced. Despite their age difference, Richard and Monica begin dating. Ross and Rachel begin dating. One of their dates is interrupted when Ross is paged to the museum. By the time he’s done with work, their plans are ruined, so they spend the night together in the museum. Joey and Chandler watch Beavis and Butthead.

The One Where Joey Moves Out: Chandler and Joey attend a party thrown by one of the other actors on Days of Our Lives. He happens to be moving out, so he offers to let Joey have his apartment. Having never lived alone, Joey decides to take him up on it, which disheartens Chandler. Phoebe and Rachel decide to get tattoos; their decision is complicated by the facts that Ross doesn’t like tattoos and Phoebe doesn’t like needles. Ross, Monica, and Richard go to Jack Geller’s birthday party. Everyone is buzzing with rumors of Richard’s young new girlfriend (also known as his “twinkie in the city”). Monica hides in the bathtub; her parents come into the bathroom and fool around. Later, Monica reveals her relationship with Richard to her parents.

The One Where Old Yeller Dies: Phoebe discovers that her mother used to shield her from the sad parts of movies, like Old Yeller. She rents all the movies her mother used to show her, and gets rather depressed and pessimistic. Ross, bothered that he’s missing significant steps in Ben’s development, takes Ben for a weekend. Ben says his first words. At Monica’s request, Chandler and Joey start spending time hanging out with Richard. Then they try to be more like Richard: Joey smokes cigars and Chandler grows a mustache. Richard starts to talk and dress like Chandler. They end up spending too much time together, until Richard discovers they view him as a father figure, rather than one of the guys. Rachel finds out that Ross has his future with her all planned out, and she panics.

The One With Two Parties: Rachel’s surprise birthday party is split in two to keep her divorcing parents from running into each other. Monica makes flan instead of cake. Phoebe smuggles guests out of Monica’s boring party and into Chandler and Joey’s raging celebration.

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