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Just Friends
by Christopher Holtz
A husband and wife team discuss the TV show 'Friends' as they watch it for the first time.
Episodes
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The One with the Cuffs
Back after another hiatus?!?! You bet! And it's extra sloppy. Chandler rekindles an old affair. Monica's mom is a bitch. No one else really did much. There was about 5 seconds of Ross, so it was a great episode! Friends News discusses Friend Real Estate. Friends trivia sports a deep V.
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The One with the Cat
Keeping you guessing with irregular releases! Friend-of-the-Show Meagan joins us again to discuss what may be the best Friends episode to date. Ross and Rachel trying to hurt each other's feelings is way better any of their love-based plot lines. Joey and Chandler free themselves from the burden…
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The One with the Jellyfish
Season 4 is upon us. Ross and Rachel are upon us. They're back together!!! Or are they?!?!?! Prepare for another season of will-they-or-won't-they. Monica gets peed on. Phoebe's gets dinner with Phoebe. Friends News calls in the censors. Friends Trivia relives the glory of 1997.
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The One at the Beach
We finally finished Season 3. This one is for all the haters who said we'd never do it. But we did do it... for them. The haters. Who could have guessed they'd finish on a Ross/Rachel-will-they-get-back-together?!?!? plot line? Monica will never date Chandler. Joey loves sand boobs. Phoebe turns...
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The One with the Ultimate Fighting Champion
It's a new year and we're getting back into it. We made serious upgrades to our podcast hardware to bring you a recap of this thoroughly average episode of Friends. Pete will not rest until he is the Ultimate Fighting Champion®. Will Monica stick by his side as he climbs the fighting ranks?!? No....
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The One with Ross's Thing
This week, Ross has a growth that he will show everyone except the viewer. Phoebe pulls in some top-tier trim. No one will ever make an honest woman out of Monica. Rachel has song zingers. Friends News brings Taylor Swift into the mix. Friends Trivia grows on you.
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The One with the Screamer
Admit it! You thought we were dead. We remain alive. James Michael Tyler, however, does not. RIP Gunther. Friend of the podcast (and sister of Becka), Meagan, returns for her second appearance. Ben Stiller has an excellent turn as Tommy the Screamer. Joey's play is not well reviewed and his…
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The One with the Chick and the Duck
We're back to discuss a perfectly mediocre episode of Friends! Are Ross and Rachel getting back together?!?! Talk about a plot twist. Did you know the word 'chick' has two meanings??? Well, this Friends episode will make sure you do. Monica's love language is full-featured commercial kitchens....
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The One with the Dollhouse
Aunt Sylvia finally kicks the bucket and Monica is psyched! Phoebe's DIY dollhouse is chock-full of character and charm. Joey sleeps his way through the cast of his play. Chandler hates to disappoint the ladies. Friends News is a feast for the eyes. Friends Trivia finds Chris at his worst.
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The One with the Tiny T-Shirt
The shirt really is small. We saw it. Are Ross and Rachel headed for a reconciliation?!? What is the director of Joey's new play wearing under that trench coat?!? Will Monica ever find the right man?!? Are Jen and Dave dating IRL?!? Will Chris ever get 2 out of 3 trivia questions correct?!? Tune…
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The One with the Hypnosis Tape
Vacation is over and we have returned! THIS PODCAST WILL NEVER DIE!!1! We're back to discuss one of the best Friends episodes to date. Giovanni Ribisi returns with an excellent performance as Frank. Frank is banging - and going to marry - his former Home Ec teacher. Chandler gets in touch with…
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The One Without the Ski Trip
Despite the name of the episode, five people end up going on a ski trip. Ross and Rachel still haven't made up and it's tearing the gang apart! On the plus side, Ross has a super cool new laser disc setup. If you crave bad Chandler jokes, WATCH THIS EPISODE NOW! Friends News updates you on…
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The One with the Morning After
Ross is a dog! Copy-shop-girl tears apart America's favorite relationship. Can the gang survive?!?! Phoebe, Monica, Chandler, and Joey manage to not piss themselves after being locked in a room for 16 hours. Overall, a great episode. Ed Sheeran makes an appearance in Friends News. And Friends...
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The One Where Ross and Rachel Take a Break
Back on a regular release schedule! More special guests! Friend of the show, Saadia, returns with her now-husband, Carl. Saadia loves Friends, Carl doesn't. Will their relationship survive this episode?!?! Do Ross and Rachel actually take a break?!?! Phoebe tries to bed a diplomat. Monica tries…
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The One with Phoebe's Ex-Partner
After some long overdue visits with family and an out-of-town wedding, we have returned! With special guests, Chris's parents! They're Friends noobs and this episode did not win them over. Phoebe refuses to sellout. Chandler has an oddly high, superfluous third nipple. Joey burns legs. Ross is,...
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The One Where Monica and Richard Are JUST FRIENDS
The name of the podcast is in the episode title!!! What are the chances?!? Dr. Burke returns sporting no mustache and a more pronounced widow's peak. He and Monica just can't keep it platonic and coitus ensues. Joey and Rachel get into a book battle. Chandler spends most of the episode looking at...
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The One with All the Jealousy
Ross is jealous and insecure?!? But he was so likeable :( Rachel's referrer, Mark, likes to keep things steamy in the office. Monica's brief fling, Julio, likes to keep things steamy at the diner. Joey has the moves and the résumé to back them up. Chandler hires a stripper. Friends News continues...
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The One Where Chandler Can't Remember which Sister
Too many Tribbianis! Chandler gets into hot water after a drunken hookup with a Tribianni sister. Phoebe knocks boots with Rachel and Monica's noisy upstairs neighbor. Rachel is handed yet another, even better job in the fashion industry. Friends News covers a history making event in Friends...
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The One Where Rachel Quits
Rachel may quit but her nipples do not! Rachel quits the coffee shop and instantly finds her dream job! Who can't relate?!? Joey and Phoebe's talents are wasted on the Christmas tree lot. Ross breaks a small child's leg, but she's pretty cool about it. Ross has to sell Brown Bird cookies, which...
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The One with the Football
We scrapped last week's recording because we had a little too much fun a bar trivia before we recorded; it was a mess. But fear not! We have returned, sober enough, to absolutely destroy this episode. It's Thanksgiving touch football extravaganza! It's a pretty lame episode. Some indistinctly...
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The One with the Giant Poking Device
We're back from a brief winter hiatus! Janice decides to crawl back to the Mattress King. Chandler steals her shoe. Monica, Rachel, and Ben bang. The Friends disturb Ugly Naked Guy as he tries to air out his gut by the window. In Friends News, you'll never guess why Courtney Cox won't give up her...
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The One with the Race Car Bed
We are introduced to the Mattress King, who lures in Monica with pillow-topped prices too low to pass up! Janice continues to neglect her baby. Maybe. Who knows. Joey teaches a class about the pubic-hair-removal method of acting. Phoebe punches Joey repeatedly. Mr. Green is not amused by Ross....
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The One with the Flashback
How did they all meet?!? Who will hook up?!? How would Chandler look with a goatee?!? Did Mr. Heckles (R.I.P.) play the oboe?!? Finally some answers in a very funny flashback episode. Rachel is expert at hiding her island roots. Joey gives Monica some full frontal. Ross's marriage crumbles.…
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The One with Frank Jr.
Giovanni Ribisi returns as Phoebe's pyromaniacal half-brother who's just trying to get some full release in the city. Joey has two functional arms again and wants to show it off by crafting hideous furniture. Chandler wants to have sex with a cartoon. And Isabella Rossellini puts Ross in his…
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The One with the Metaphorical Tunnel
Hey, kid! I'm a computer! Friends redeems itself after a couple of subpar episodes. Joey is still in a sling and no one seems to care. Phoebe is an excellent, if overly sensitive, agent. Chandler is hopeless and awkward and desperate for love. Ross is super gender normative. Friends News clears…
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The One with the Jam
Chris and Becka do their best to make the most out of a real snoozer of a Friends episode. Joey has jam-based sex fantasies. Monica quits on all of her plans. Phoebe, Ursula, David Arquette stalking both of them, etc., *yawn*, *snore*. Friends News is pushed to the brink due to a slow...
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The One Where No One's Ready
Chris and Becka are underwhelmed by what is allegedly a fan-favorite episode. Insufferability reigns as no one gets ready for Ross's dinosaur fund raising thing. Joey's balls touch Chandler's clothes, but not before he splatters Phoebe with hummus. Monica demonstrates some very advanced answering...
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The One with the Princess Leia Fantasy
SEASON 3 BEGINS!!! Joey's new hairstyle embraces a certain offensive description of Italians a little too much. Big-mouth Rachel spreads Ross's sexual fantasy all around town. Chandler and Janice begin to build a life together. Janice has a baby in the mix apparently. Phoebe is just around, doing...
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The One with Barry and Mindy's Wedding
After weeks of building suspense by not publishing an episode, we have returned with the finale of season 2! Mindy has transformed into a completely different person. Joey tries to brush up on his same-sex smooching. Chandler probably has cybersex off camera. Rachel ruins another wedding. That's…
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The One with the Chicken Pox
Friends slaps together some throwaway plots to assemble this filler episode before the finale. In the alternate reality of Friends, no one has had chicken pox. Charlie Sheen guest stars as a guy with a scratching fetish. Joey becomes "Joseph the Processor" and tries to tear down Chandler. Monica...
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The One with Two Parties
It's Rachel's birthday!!! Despite zero social interactions outside their clique, the Friends invite about 100 other "friends" to a party in a New York apartment. But oh no! Both of Rachel's parents are there! Rachel's father docks his yacht long enough to show up uninvited and the gang has to…
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The One with the Bullies
Thanksgiving leftovers! We didn't get this out before the holiday consumed all our free time. But it's worth the wait because this episode of Friends was terrible! Monica gets sucked into the stock market after getting a taste of quick, easy money. Phoebe tries to meet her father again and maims…
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The One Where Old Yeller Dies
Phoebe's world gets turned upside down when she realizes the beloved movies of her childhood are not as she remembers. Rachel busts her ass while the rest of the Friends laze about. Ben earns his SAG insurance when he finally gets some lines. Ross and Rachel share a love/hate smooch. Joey and...
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The One Where Eddie Won't Go
Our first episode in what is now, officially, the twilight of the Trump era! Eddie desperately needs mental health services. In what we can only assume is a reference to Reagan era mistreatment of the mentally ill, Chandler kicks Eddie to the curb and renders him homeless. Not even a fancy new…
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The One Where Dr. Ramoray Dies
Special guest alert! Becka's mother joins the show as we bid farewell to Dr. Ramoray. Will we ever learn how many men Monica has slept with?!? Ross pouts and mopes his way into sex with Rachel. Chandler tries to get to know Eddie and it does NOT go well! Twist! Friends Trivia isn't about Friends…
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The One Where Eddie Moves In
A very special musical episode of Just Friends with our highest production values to date. We needed to do something to salvage what was a subpar episode of Friends. Monica and Ross fight. Phoebe gets the Milli Vanilli treatment. The Hebrew Hammer moves in with Chandler and they do NOT see...
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The One Where Joey Moves Out
A kerfuffle between Joey and Chandler lead to a tectonic shift in the gangs dynamic. Joey has apparently hit the big time and is ready to move into an apartment the size of a small town. Ross discovers his tattoo fetish. Jack, Monica's father, tries to trade her for a weekend with a sports car....
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The One Where Ross and Rachel... You Know
Chris and Becka discuss a crude and tasteless episode of Friends featuring jokes about premature ejaculation, erectile dysfunction, and pre-human genital evaluations. Ross and Rachel finally consummate their relationship *wink* and Monica hooks up with someone who is definitely not Burt Reynolds....
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The One with the Prom Video
WE HAVE RETURNED!!! Like another installment in a movie franchise no one asked for. Chris and Becka shake off some rust while discussing a horribly disjointed episode of Friends. Chandler betrays his hatred of Italians when he rejects Joey's traditional Italian gift. Monica makes a dirty salad…
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The One After the Super Bowl, Part 2
The much anticipated Part 2! More celebrities. Less monkeys. Julia Roberts gives it that girl-next-door charm, then goes shoeless in a public bathroom. Joey, Chandler, and Ross don't know what to do with a pair of panties. Monica and Rachel square off over JCVD and it gets saucy. Chris and Becka…
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The One after the Super Bowl Part 1
We are still alive. We held back this episode to release it along with Part 2. Or we just didn't get around to releasing this last week. Who can remember? A celebrity-jam-packed affair. Marcel is a movie star. Brooke Shields has a wonderful turn as Joey's stalker. A then-living Fred Willard…
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The One with the Lesbian Wedding
Better late than never! is what we always say. Ross overcomes his simmering anti-gay impulses and saves a lesbian wedding. Phoebe's elderly massage patient dies during a session. It goes unspoken but it is likely Phoebe killed her in order to gain her wisdom. Joey smells some farts. Friends…
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The One with Russ
We are live from vacation! David Schwimmer does double duty as Ross and Russ, Rachel's hot new date; it's kind of disappointing. Joey decides he is going to fuck his way to stardom. Fun Bobby returns briefly, only to be quickly replaced with the inferior Sober Bobby. Friends Trivia is a real...
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The One with Phoebe's Dad
Published on time! It's a Friends Christmas special! Monica and Rachel still have no money and a gigantic apartment. The title of the episode is a lie! We never see Phoebe's dad. Current dad theories: reformed member of the Hell's Angels or baby boomer/hippie who sold out to become a pharmacist....
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The One with the List
Just Friends continues to keeps its listeners guessing about when episodes will post! Such excitement! Another Ross-and-Rachel-centric episode that isn't terrible?!? How can it be? Have we seen that last of Julie? Chandler wows everyone with a top of the line PC. Monica makes maligned Mocklate...
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The One Where Ross Finds Out
Sorry for the delay, dear listener. Fear not: your favorite inconsistently posted podcast is still going strong. A Rachel and Ross episode?? No thank you. But wait! It's actually good. Ross finds out that Rachel used to be "under him". Everyone pretends Chandler gained weight. Phoebe is super...
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The One with the Baby on the Bus
We've returned after our blackout week! David Schwimmer's vanity ruins a great opportunity for allergic reaction humor. Chandler and Joey aren't gay until they need to be. Phoebe is reduced to panhandling outside Central Perk. Friends gets desperate with a slew of uncredited guest stars! Tune in…
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The One with Five Steaks and an Eggplant
Julie is missing!! But no one seems to care. Income inequality threatens to tear the gang apart. Hootie and the Blowfish party down with their legal counsel. Chandler gaslights a woman into a night of forgettable lovemaking. Joey enjoys a soft pretzel. Friends Trivia is supplanted by our new,...
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The One with Phoebe's Husband
Phoebe has a secret gay husband?!? Or does she?!? Joey was in a porno?!? How many nipples?!? How could this episode disappoint? Well, it does. If you enjoy watching Rachel be insufferable for 15 of the 22 minutes, put this episode on repeat. Becka tries to throw Chris a Friends Trivia bone. Chris...
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The One Where Heckles Dies
Could this episode be any later? We were pretty broken up after the passing of our beloved Mr. Heckles that we took forever getting this episode out. Joey hooks up with a transgender woman. Ross tries to knowledge shame Phoebe. An erotic clock threatens to tear Rachel and Monica apart. If you're...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
A husband and wife team discuss the TV show 'Friends' as they watch it for the first time.
HOSTED BY
Christopher Holtz
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