Amazon.co.uk Review
Midway through Season Six it's another Thanksgiving and another opportunity for Chandler to screw it up and hate everything about it. This time it's not completely his fault, because in "The One Where Ross Got High" the Gellar family manage pretty well by themselves. It turns out Judy and Jack (Elliott Gould) dislike Chandler because Ross used him as a cover story when he was caught smoking pot as a teenager. Doors open and close in true French farce style as everyone keeps sneaking off to work out how best to lie about things (including how not to hurt Rachel's feelings over the English trifle she's made with a layer of beef sautéed with peas and onions!). Just in case the one holiday didn't seem complicated enough, in "The One With the Routine" there are great set pieces as everyone tries to find Monica's Christmas presents, the Gellar siblings run through an Eighth Grade dance routine at "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve", and Joey finally hits it off with Janine (Elle Macpherson)--briefly. Independently, Ross and Rachel both buy something that offends Phoebe's principles ("The One With the Apothecary Table"). As a typically embroiled scenario is spun out to keep it secret from her, there's trouble back at the apartments as Janine's personality clashes with Monica and Chandler. Then it all comes down to loyalty divides in "The One With the Joke". Chandler and Ross fight over who wrote a gag published in
Playboy as Monica and Rachel smart from Phoebe giving them character assassinations over who she'd have as a girlfriend. --
Paul Tonks
Amazon.co.uk Review
Season 6: Between seasons, Cox and David Arquette were married, leading to "T.O.W. After Vegas" adding "Arquette" after everyone's title credits. Unfortunately, on-screen it's divorce time again despite "T.O.W. Ross Hugs Rachel", since he secretly tries avoiding an annulment of their accidental marriage. Far more out in the open is Chandler and Monica's relationship. Moving in together creates lots of fun as the others move back and forth into each other's apartments. It also leads to Joey finally showing a tender side toward temporary roommate Janine (Elle Macpherson). By now his chat-up catchphrase: "How you doin'?" had caught on, but he needed to fall for someone. He kept the fun alive all year pretending to have a Porsche, starting work on the show
Mac and C.H.E.E.S.E. and by falling for Chandler's card game Cups in the excellent "T.O.W. On the Last Night" (one of many directed by Schwimmer). More fun came from Ross trying to teach everyone the mental discipline Unagi, popping ridiculous moves with Monica for their childhood dance routine and having a fluorescently dazzling smile in "T.O.W. Ross' Teeth" (also featuring a near-silent cameo from Ralph Lauren). Far more talkative was Reese Witherspoon as Rachel's sister--another temptation for Ross. What they briefly had wasn't as complicated as later in "T.O.W. Ross Meets Elizabeth's Dad", who turns out to be an Emmy-winning Bruce Willis (thanks to becoming friends with Perry during
The Whole Nine Yards). The fans' need for love interest and continuity had established the seasons' format now. Another two-part finale offers jeopardy--then resolution--from Tom Selleck's Richard in "T.O.W. The Proposal" between Chandler and Monica. --
Paul Tonks
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