S1.E9

The One Where Underdog Gets Away

Episode aired Nov 17, 1994
TV-PG
22m

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Courteney Cox and Lisa Kudrow in Friends (1994)

The gang's plans for Thanksgiving go awry after they get locked out of Monica and Rachel's apartment.The gang's plans for Thanksgiving go awry after they get locked out of Monica and Rachel's apartment.The gang's plans for Thanksgiving go awry after they get locked out of Monica and Rachel's apartment.

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Trivia
First appearance of Jane Sibbett as Carol, Ross's ex-wife. She was played by Anita Barone in The One with the Sonogram at the End (1994), but Barone was looking for a role as a series regular and was cast as Karen Foxworthy in The Jeff Foxworthy Show (1995).

Goofs
Chandler left the girls' apartment and the door closed. He then came in to announce that Underdog got away without needing a key, so obviously, the door wasn't locked. When everyone ran out to see Underdog, they came back and the door was locked, when it wasn't locked just minutes before.

Quotes
Dr. Ross Geller: [inspecting the books at Susan and Carol's place] Wow, you guys sure have a lot of books about being a lesbian.
Susan Bunch: Well, you know, you have to take a course... Otherwise they don't let you do it.

Connections
Featured in The 47th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1995)

Soundtracks
(Theme From) The Monkees
(uncredited)
Written by Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart
Performed by David Schwimmer

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8/10

Got the keys!?!?!?!?

A really good Thanksgiving episode, the best being the one with all the football, but this episode showcases what it feels like in your 20s when your blood family doesn't get together for the holidays and you bond with your friend family. One thing that has always annoyed me is the underlying feminism the lesbian characters incessantly play up, when we meet Susan Bunch, the overly obnoxious man-hating life partner of Ross' ex wife she greets him at the door and he asks if she has seen his skull that was left there by accident, she responds "what does it look like?" Ross explains it looks like "a head with the skin missing" and she retorts "I'm familiar with the concept" in a snide tone...like completely negating the fact she asked him to describe it. Anyway, I love Monica's story line this episode as the true matron of the group trying to appease everyone. Phoebe with the beginnings of her using her past experience with her mother to guilt the group into getting her way and Rachel's bratty struggle to choose a pampered life over hard work. Season one is so good any episode is a great place to start.