Friends

Still in Barbados after Ross' keynote address, the friends cope with a variety of dilemmas. Ross has kissed Charlie, although she is still officially dating Joey. Joey and Rachel have kissed as well, but they agonize over how to tell Ross. Mike followed Phoebe to the island and proposed, despite his being in a relationship with someone else. And Monica has developed big hair, due to the humidity.

Rachel, Joey and Charlie attend an uncomfortable dinner party at Ross' apartment. Meanwhile, Chandler commits an unpardonable act when he and Monica visit a couple who have adopted a cute boy. And former surrogate mother Phoebe is visited by her brother, Frank Jr., who is desperate because he can no longer cope with his precocious triplets.

Joey is confident while preparing to make love with Rachel for the first time. But he soon becomes uncharacteristically clumsy, and Rachel feels uneasy as well. They wonder how Chandler and Monica transitioned from friends to lovers so easily. Meanwhile, Monica and Phoebe's annoying friend Amanda visits. And Ross goes to a spray-on tanning salon but fails to follow the simple directions properly.

On Emma's first birthday, Rachel convinces Monica and Chandler to delay their long-anticipated trip to Vermont to stay for the party. But complications ensue when the infant falls asleep--and a racy, adult birthday cake arrives. Meanwhile, when Ross dashes out to help Rachel, he leaves Joey in charge of keeping everybody locked in the apartment until they return with the right cake.

To help her younger sister, Amy, become a more responsible person, Rachel overrides Ross' strong protests and allows Amy to baby-sit Emma. She soon regrets that decision. Meanwhile, Phoebe unknowingly thwarts Mike's "anniversary" surprise for her. Also, Monica and Chandler become concerned when Joey tries to use big words in a recommendation letter on their behalf to a child adoption agency.

Ross has a chance to be selected by a Dr. Benjamin Hobart for an esteemed paleontology grant. Unfortunately, Hobart happens to be Charlie's obsessed ex-boyfriend. Meanwhile, Phoebe tries to give a hideous painting she created to an extremely reluctant Monica and Rachel. Also, Joey is offended when Chandler lies about viewing Joey's bizarre audition tape reel.

Monica and Chandler nervously prepare for a visit from an adoption worker, Laura, who will decide if they would be suitable parents. Meanwhile, Phoebe and Mike opt to have a small wedding and donate the extra money to a children's charity--only to demand it all back later. And Ross tries to help Rachel overcome her fear of swing sets so baby Emma can enjoy the playground.

Monica prepares a fabulous Thanksgiving feast for the gang, but she becomes furious when everyone arrives late to the gathering. Ross and Joey tried to go to a hockey game first, and Phoebe and Rachel secretly took Emma to a baby beauty contest. Bigger problems ensue when Monica refuses to let the famished guests into her and Chandler's apartment. Thanksgiving Episode

Monica and Chandler meet a young pregnant woman, Erica Simmons, who is considering allowing them to adopt her child when it's born. Due to a mix-up at the adoption agency, Erica thinks Monica is a reverend and Chandler is a doctor. Meanwhile, Joey dates Phoebe's friend but annoys her with his territorial eating habits. Ross ends up in a unique new wardrobe.

When Phoebe and Rachel see Chandler getting into a car with a pretty woman, they follow him to the suburbs and witness him going inside a large house with the woman. Fearing that Chandler is cheating on Monica, they inform her--and learn that the woman is a real estate agent. The pair has been secretly shopping for houses and struggling with how to tell their best friends.

Joey is a celebrity contestant on "The $100,000 Pyramid," with its actual host, DONNY OSMOND, but Joey's dubious IQ costs his partner the prize money. Meanwhile, Monica and Rachel hire an ungainly stripper, Roy, without seeing him first, for Phoebe's bachelorette party. Also, Chandler and Ross attend a college reunion and meet an attractive woman they both promised not to date during school.

Phoebe's wedding planner, Monica, makes everyone around her crazy--until Phoebe fires her. Phoebe's big day becomes disastrous as deliveries go awry and a blizzard forces the plans to change. Meanwhile, as a substitute for Phoebe's incarcerated father, Joey takes his role much too seriously. Also, Chandler and Ross lobby Rachel to choose one of them as a last-minute replacement for a groomsman.

Monica and Chandler show Erica, the mother of the unborn baby they want to adopt, the sights of New York, and they also learn more facts about her. Meanwhile, Ross and Rachel grow closer after her sarcastic father, Dr. Green, suffers a heart attack. And Joey implores Francophile Phoebe to teach him French before an important audition, but she quickly becomes exasperated.

Rachel nearly gags on her meal when she secretly meets at a restaurant for a job interview and sits right next to the table where her current boss is dining. Phoebe considers legally changing her married name to something more exotic. Meanwhile, Joey feels abandoned when Monica and Chandler try to buy a house, but Joey finds solace with the sellers' precocious 8-year-old daughter, Mackenzie.

When Rachel makes a startling announcement, Ross secretly schemes to get her former job back for her. Meanwhile, Joey is so flustered by all of the upheaval in his friends' lives that Phoebe prevents him from learning about the sudden death of his agent. And Monica and Chandler check out the house for sale next door to their new home--and make a stunning discovery.

As Rachel prepares to leave for Paris, the gang hosts a farewell party for her. She takes each person aside to offer a private good-bye, but one friend is offended when he is excluded. Meanwhile, Monica precisely packs for her new life in the suburbs with Chandler, and they keep a watchful eye on the extremely pregnant mother of their future adopted child.

The series finale finds Rachel, Monica, Phoebe, Joey, Chandler and Ross embarking on the next chapters in their lives. The six of them have been there for one another through all the ups and downs of becoming adults. Now it's their last day together, and it's one of momentous events and last-minute surprises. Even as the friends make major decisions, they share a bond that will last forever.