"Friends" The One with Mrs. Bing (1995)

User Rating:

8.2/10   

Director:

James Burrows

Writers:

David Crane (creator) &
Marta Kauffman (creator) ...

TV Series:

"Friends" (1994)

Original Air Date:

5 January 1995 (Season 1, Episode 11)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Plot:

Chandler's popular, best-selling author mom, Nora Tyler Bing, announces on Jay Leno's show that her book tour's next stop is New York...

Plot Keywords:

Coma | Hospital | Number In Title | Character Name In Title | Actor

Cast

Jennifer Aniston	...	Rachel Green
Courteney Cox	...	Monica Geller
Lisa Kudrow	...	Phoebe Buffay
Matt LeBlanc	...	Joey Tribbiani
Matthew Perry	...	Chandler Bing
David Schwimmer	...	Dr. Ross Geller
Morgan Fairchild	...	Nora Tyler Bing
Cosimo Fusco	...	Paolo
David Sederholm	...	Coma Guy
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jay Leno	...	Himself

Runtime:

USA:22 min | 22 min (approx.) | Argentina:30 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Italian

Certification:

Netherlands:AL | Mexico:B | USA:TV-PG | Argentina:Atp

Filming Locations:

Dijon Street, Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA

Company:

Warner Bros. Television

Goofs:

Continuity: In the last part, when Rachel gives the draft chapter of her book to the friends, she doesn't have any for herself in her hand at first, but in the next shot, you can see that she has one.

Quotes:

Chandler Bing: You're a mother-kisser!

Movie Connections:

References Weekend at Bernie's (1989)

Soundtrack:

My Mother's Ashes

The one with Chandler's mom

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

In this episode, Monica and Phoebe feel bad after seeing a handsome unknown guy that they were flirting, having an accident. They decide to visit him at the hospital and making him company while he is coma. The problem is that they start to compete to see who will be the one staying more time with him and eventually date him when he gets out of the coma.

Paolo and Rachel continue to date, and everybody meets Chandler's mother, Nora Bing, a very famous romance writer, that is also very beautiful and sexy.

When everyone is having dinner, Ross takes too much wine, and he and Nora eventually ends up kissing each other. Joey is the only one who saw the scene, and he makes pressure on Ross to tell Chandler what happened between then (Chandler ends up the episode having a long talk with his mother, telling her all the things she does that makes him upset).