The Season 8 Friends Thanksgiving episode features Jennifer Aniston’s then-husband Brad Pitt as “I Hate Rachel Greene” Club co-founder Will Colbert, who reveals that he and Ross branded her as a hermaphrodite in retaliation for her bullying them in high school. In spite of that epic, Emmy-nominated guest spot, the moment really makes this “The One with the Rumor” is Joey donning Phoebe's old maternity pants to prepare to eat a turkey reserved entirely for him. Fortunately, the sight of Ugly Naked Guy enjoying his holiday and a last minute grilled-cheese meal reminds them what “Friendsgiving” is all about. Why it's No. First time both sides of the family has come together. Small talk about what the kids were up to (nothing) and how remote school was going (terribly) turned into, at least on my wife’s side of the conversation, a series of hesitant, staccato reassurances. Illuminating that struggle seems valuable to me. Joey’s stomach gets the best of him in, arguably, the most hilarious fashion in this Friends episode that sees the gang at the tail-end of an unusually successful Turkey Day feast, prompting stories of the worst Thanksgivings they have each experienced. After the gang shows up late to a Thanksgiving dinner Monica and Chandler did not initially want to prepare anyway, they lock the other four out from their apartment and Joey gets his head stuck between the door crack attempting to break in. Jason has been writing since he was able to pick up a washable marker, with which he wrote his debut illustrated children's story, later transitioning to a short-lived comic book series and (very) amateur filmmaking before finally settling on pursuing a career in writing about movies in lieu of making them. This weekend, the New York Times opinion columnist Farhad Manjoo grappled with this decision, methodically exploring how big his local bubble truly was as a way of thinking through the risks of a Thanksgiving get-together with his parents. What do you think? The friends disregard for Monica's hard work kicks off a massive argument devolves into destruction of the door and dinner. You can cancel anytime. Friends is also iconic for its guest stars, such as Christina Applegate, who won an Emmy for her first appearance on the series as Rachel’s incredibly selfish sister, Amy Greene, in “The One with Rachel’s Other Sister.” She causes a conflict that gets physical during her unexpected Thanksgiving visit after learning she will not be godmother to Ross and Rachel’s daughter, Emma (whom she keeps calling “Ella”), making Monica extremely protective over her new set of plates that she was already apprehensive to use this year. Then he decided—counter to all the evidence he’d assembled, it seemed—to just go ahead and do Thanksgiving anyway. Any show is going to run out of steam and/or ideas by its ninth season. A stressed Ross desperately and insistently tries to get the rest of the gang ready for a black tie event at the museum, while Joey and Chandler clash over personal belongings and personal space. We regretfully told those relatives who would have to fly that this wasn’t the year for reunion; we placed our grocery delivery orders and scheduled our self-isolation; we planned small, careful get-togethers with a single grandparent or a lone brother for Thanksgiving. We’ve been conscientious and careful these past nine months, and we’ve learned a lot about the kinds of risks we’re willing to embrace. Richard J. Fairchild a-thansm 509000 I came across this little story or parable in a book and I would like to share it with you today.One afternoon a shopper at the local mall felt the need for a coffee break. People always refer to their Thanksgiving meal as a dinner, but it isn’t, and never should be, a dinner. Thanksgiving is a late lunch, meant to begin no earlier than 2 p.m. and no later than 3 p.m., and there are a variety of ironclad reasons for this. “No, it totally makes sense, we’ve been talking about that too!”, “We’ve been nervous too but we didn’t want you to feel like—”, “Of course we’d be so sad if you couldn’t come but—”, “No, no, we just want everyone to feel safe!”, Her mom, Alia later told me, was basically saying the same stuff but in reverse. With their original plans ruined, the gang decides to feast at Monica’s, which also gets ruined when they accidentally get locked out while preparing dinner. A Turkey Day special was a staple for each of the beloved NBC series’ 10 seasons, all of which had something new to offer while sticking to a certain formula: something must go terribly wrong and, most often, to the enraged chagrin of Monica (the designated mother of the gang). For instance, Roseanne would basically release an annual mini horror movie around Halloween, Community got especially inventive for Christmas (such as Season 2’s Emmy-winning stop-motion animation special), and Friends’ Thanksgiving episodes practically define the essence of the holiday better than any other. Happy late thanksgiving to everyone. Readers like you make our work possible. “The One with the Football” is one of the few specials in which Monica does not stress over dinner plans, but probably sees her at her most intensely competitive throughout the whole series, if not the vicious ping pong game against Paul Rudd in Barbados. Chandler sees Monica making the whole dinner and wants to help, … A month later Christmas and New Year’s brings … The saving grace, and qualifying Thanksgiving element, of “The One with the List” is Monica (Courteney Cox), per her potential employer’s request, attempting to incorporate a disgusting artificial chocolate substitute into that year’s feast, which Phoebe (Lisa Kudrow) describes as “what evil must taste like.”. I’m inclined to think there should be a clear ceiling on being mad at individual non-evil people in an age of rampant systemic, methodically exploring how big his local bubble truly was, crowds of travelers packed into the Sky Harbor airport, My Father’s Desperate Calls About His Unemployment, What I Learned About Parenting by Telling Other People How to Parent, Now Streaming: The Kids Are Asleep Featuring Rapper Donwill. At one point, her mom told her: “You understand that if I stay here I’m not saying I love your brother more than I love you!”. Finally, Alia’s mom did, and the ten minutes of heartfelt unloading that followed suggested it happened not a moment too soon. Maybe they’re simply not having them because they’re afraid to broach the subject—afraid of offending a mother, afraid of hurting a father, afraid of adding conflict to an already complicated relationship during this, the most tense season of the most tense year in memory. Maybe they, like many Americans, only travel once a year, and their airline tickets are nonrefundable, and the CDC issued its recommendation way too late, so they’re heading to the airport because they just don’t see any other option. I definitely wish (and Manjoo, a friend and former colleague, may wish as well) that the Times column had been less flip about its conclusions. Friends Season 10 Episode 8, "The One With the Late Thanksgiving" The last entry in the Friends Thanksgiving vault gave us this iconic image -- as seen above -- … Meanwhile, Chandler goes to extremes to apologize for kissing Kathy (Paget Brewster) while she was still with Joey (Matt LeBlanc) in the titular plot line of “The One with Chandler In a Box,” which does not have as much to do with Thanksgiving, but is undeniably iconic. Not everyone is chewing over this decision, of course: Plenty of people decided long ago that Thanksgiving would be off this year. 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However, a more iconic Joey moment is when he becomes the sole enjoyer of Rachel’s ill-fated dessert attempt when Monica and Ross’ parents (Elliott Gould and Christina Pickles) join the gang for Thanksgiving. I’ve been thinking about what we owe to the elders in our lives—what deference, and what protection. Plenty of others—assholes, mostly—have decided that for political reasons they’re going blithely forward with the annual 36-person Thanksgiving Dinner and Face-Breathing Extravaganza. All contents © 2020 The Slate Group LLC. Is this iconic collection of uproarious, never-before-seen flashbacks the greatest ever Thanksgiving episode of Friends or would you consider it to be a decent side dish to the true main course? Deborah Birx during a White House Coronavirus Task Force press briefing on Nov. 19. This year has obviously been challenging, and for many, that has meant a … Try your best not to yell at other people for their impossible decisions, do whatever you do as carefully as you can, and don’t look back on what you could’ve done instead. Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images. Some of us have visited family, cutting ourself off from our local bubbles for a week or two beforehand and afterward. By joining Slate Plus you support our work and get exclusive content. 1: The walk down bad Thanksgiving memory lane was brought on by the classic "everyone say what they're thankful for" go-round … "My father started this in the late 80s," Founder's son Joe Livingston said. The main conflict in Friends’ third Thanksgiving episode stems from Monica and Ross’ notorious childhood rivalry over a traditional family football game, which is reignited when the gang plays some three-on-three that turns fierce. A quarantine before any group interaction is the best preventive step, though of course it is too late to start one that’s long enough in time for Thanksgiving. I’ve been thinking a lot about what the real difference is between being 95 percent safe and being 100 percent safe, and how much emotional energy I’ve expended over the past nine months obsessing about that gap. COLUMBIA, S.C. — All across the Midlands and the rest of America, people are coming together for Thanksgiving. What had happened, of course, was that the dam had finally broken on the question of whether our Thanksgiving plan—which seemed so modest and safe two months ago—was now a very bad idea. If you value our work, please disable your ad blocker. You’ve run out of free articles. Thanksgiving normally inspires a bunch of great and hilarious tweets, and with the extra edge of the pandemic messing this one up, this year’s holiday was more rife for good jokes than usual. I’ve been thinking a lot, too, about how often people overestimate their own good behavior. "The One with the Late Thanksgiving" (Season 10, Episode 8) 22. Relationships are hard and love isn’t always easy but thank you Jesus for showing me how! Monica typically takes the most heat in these episodes, but I think she brings it on herself to the worst degree in the fourth season when she invites the son of ex-boyfriend, Richard (Tom Selleck), to Thanksgiving with awkward intentions to date him. She bought herself a little bag of cookies and put them in her shopping bag. “The One With The Late Thanksgiving” Next comes the final Friends Thanksgiving episode ever. To make matters worse, Monica is embarrassed to tell them she is living with Chandler since their opinion of him faltered when college-age Ross used him as a scapegoat after he was caught smoking weed. We’d all been thinking about it for weeks, but no one wanted to be the first to say anything. Slate is published by The Slate Group, a Graham Holdings Company. "The One With The Late Thanksgiving" shows Monica preparing a lavish feast after being challenged to outdo herself. Thanksgiving is a tradition that has been passed down from one generation to another for many years. Mary Schmich is a columnist for the Chicago Tribune. Monica and Chandler tell the group that they do not want to make Thanksgiving dinner this year, but when Phoebe claims that the previous year's Thanksgivinghadn't been all that good, and suggests that Monica could compete with herself to make this year's dinner even better, Monica can't resist the challenge and agrees to make Thanksgiving dinner for the group. WASHINGTON (AP) — As COVID-19 cases skyrocketed before the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, Dr. Deborah Birx, coordinator of the White House coronavirus response, warned Americans to “be vigilant” and limit celebrations to “your immediate household.” For many Americans that guidance has been difficult to abide, including for Birx herself.. First of all, consider how Thanksgiving day begins. While it thankfully (no pun intended) does not have any of Ross’ romantic incompetencies, the seventh Thanksgiving episode of Friends does not really have much to offer in terms of memorability, by comparison. When Chandler had to read a fake short story so Rachel wouldn't know a piece of paper was actually the pro/con list about her. But I’m finding, at least in conversations with friends and family, that many people are like us. FORT JACKSON -- Many trainees and soldiers at Fort Jackson will enjoy their Thanksgiving Day feast a day early on Nov. 25 for either lunch or dinner depending on their training schedule. While peeking … See Also '12 Dates of Christmas' Showrunner … Get it in your inbox each week by subscribing here. When Phoebe, Rachel, Ross and Joey all turn up late, the day is seemingly ruined. Look for his name in just about any article related to Batman. "The One With the Thanksgiving," "The One Where Ross Got High" and "The One With the Late Thanksgiving." Make your impossible decisions in concert with the people you love. Join Slate Plus to continue reading, and you’ll get unlimited access to all our work—and support Slate’s independent journalism. Happy Thanksgiving. With Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc. This is the game that is circled on everyone’s calendar, the one single victory that can mean as much as — or more — than any playoff game. It’s a hard decision, no matter how many people try to tell you it’s easy, and the conversations we have to initiate in order to make it are hard, too. I still don’t know what we, and my mother-in-law, will decide to do. The same goes for me, which is why I have listed all 10 Friends episodes specifically related to the holiday in the order that I am most thankful for, starting with the one that coined the term “Mockolate.”, Much of the second season of Friends revolved around the increased tension of Ross and Rachel’s “will they, won’t they” dynamic before officially dating, which hit its frustrating peak in its eighth episode with Ross (David Schwimmer) trying to choose between Rachel (Jennifer Aniston) and Julie (Lauren Tom) by listing each of their flaws. Not everyone is chewing over this decision, of course: Plenty of people decided long ago that Thanksgiving would be off this year. And plenty of others are not having these conversations. Just don’t do it. This article is adapted from Slate’s Parenting newsletter. However, their inevitable destruction ends up being Chandler’s fault. Every holiday tradition has to start somewhere and, with Friends, it began in the ninth episode of its very first season, “The One Where Underdog Got Away,” which set the tone for the disastrous circumstances that became a recurring theme of the series’ subsequent Thanksgiving specials. I’m inclined to think that there ought to be a clear ceiling on being mad at individual non-evil people in an age of rampant systemic failures—even New York Times columnists, and even crowds of travelers packed into the Sky Harbor airport in hair-raising images that spread across social media this weekend. "The One with the Late Thanksgiving" Gary Halvorson: Shana Goldberg-Meehan: November 20, 2003 () 176259: 20.66: Monica and Chandler decide not to host Thanksgiving but Phoebe convinces them to by appealing to Monica's competitive nature. All rights reserved. Some of us might have taken small trips during the summer, driving and peeing by the side of the road to avoid gas stations. Joe Livingston said his father Mayo started this with one goal in mind. In addition to being the final Thanksgiving episode of Friends, “The One with the Late Thanksgiving” may also be the most disastrous, but is complimented by a kick-ass conclusion with Monica announcing she and Chandler have been selected to adopt an unborn child. Many sitcoms are known for their holiday-themed episodes, but some have a reputation for doing some holidays, such as Thanksgiving, better than others. By 2002, Friends had explored most every possible Thanksgiving angle, except for the one that defines so many real-life Thanksgivings: familial fighting. But the case numbers keep going up, and the message from the media, from our peers, even from—belatedly but forcefully—the CDC is clear: Don’t travel. If it seems that way to you, you’d be right and it … Let us know what your favorite Turkey Day episode is in the comments and be sure to check back for additional information and updates on the celebrated sitcom here on CinemaBlend. Despite repeatedly urging Americans to … When Phoebe, Rachel, Ross, and Joey all come back an hour late for Thanksgiving dinner, Monica and Chandler refuse to let them in. In addition to being the final Thanksgiving episode of Friends, “The One with the Late Thanksgiving” may also be the most disastrous, but is complimented by a kick … Chandler helps out for the first time by making cranberry sauce and surprisingly, Monica lets him. Why increase your risk at a time of rising case numbers and hospitals straining at the seams? With Joey getting his head stuck inside a turkey, Monica accidentally severing Chandler’s toe in the ’80s, and Chandler’s first “I love you” to a turkey-headed Monica in the present day storyline, many believe “The One With All The Thanksgivings” is among the series’ finest moments, regardless of its ties to the holiday. In fact, the show is so famous for its Thanksgiving episodes that the most die-hard fans can even name their Number One favorite among them. It’s not too late to decide to stay home for Thanksgiving. Last week, my wife was ten minutes into a phone call with her mother when I distinctly heard the tenor of the conversation change. But Manjoo was doing what we’re all doing right now, weighing risks and emotions at the same time and struggling with how they interact, trying to cope with the inability of our institutions to keep us safe while still attempting to live a life that seems non-terrible. Any Friends episode where Ross and Monica compete for their parents’ favoritism, Chandler is desperate to be liked, and Joey’s libido (and stomach) get the best of him are classics and “The One Where Ross Got High” has all of that and more. READING: Deuteronomy 8:7-18 and Luke 17:11-19 SERMON : "Remembering To Give Thanks: Blessing God" Rev. "The One With the Late Thanksgiving" (Season 10) Because of the Rangers game and the Grand Supreme Little Darling competition, Thanksgiving almost didn't happen in this episode. This holiday season—and the next—I urge you to do your best to have those difficult conversations as honestly as you can. In this, the second-to-last time Friends would celebrate November’s most gluttonous holiday, Rachel’s obnoxious sister Amy (Christina Applegate) invites herself to Thanksgiving, and the conversation turns to who … Season 10, "The One With The Late Thanksgiving": The gang are all late for thanksgiving as Ross and Joey were at a hockey game and Rachel and Phoebe took Emma to a baby beauty pageant, leading to Monica locking them out, but her mood is improved when she gets a call that a woman has picked her and Chandler to adopt her child. First thanksgiving as a married man, first time hosting thanksgiving. Related: How Creepshow Resurrected The Simpsons' Secret Stephen King Parody Like The Simpsons' uneven history of Christmas episodes and 'Treehouse of Horror' outings, the show’s Thanksgiving episodes veer between classic, standard, and disappointing according to fan consensus.Although there is a late-season standout in the mix and an early, classic episode from season 2, another one … If you’re wondering if Manjoo is getting ripped apart on Twitter, well, don’t worry. Thanksgiving is normally a time of family festivities, when relatives and good friends come together for a fine meal, catching up with what has been happening in everyone’s life, and a general good cheer. All across America, in harried, guilt-ridden conversations, parents and children like us are negotiating their safety, their feelings, their desperation, their exhaustion. As you are going about your usual preparations, you might be wondering why Thanksgiving is arriving a little later than it typically does this year. 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