"Friends" The One with the East German Laundry Detergent (1994)

User Rating:

8.1/10   

Director:

Pamela Fryman

Writers:

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

TV Series:

"Friends" (1994)

Original Air Date:

20 October 1994 (Season 1, Episode 5)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Plot:

Eager to spend time with Rachel, Ross pretends his building's washroom is rat-infested so he can join her at the laundromat...

Plot Keywords:

Laundry | Break Up | Underwear | Espresso | Lingerie

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
Camille Saviola	...	The Horrible Woman
Kim Gillingham	...	Angela
Jack Armstrong	...	Bob
Maggie Wheeler	...	Janice Hosenstein

Runtime:

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

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

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:

Bright/Kauffman/Crane Productions

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): When Janice comes into the coffee shop to talk to Chandler, she brings a shopping bag which she sets by the couch. But when she gets back from the restroom and Phoebe breaks up with her for Chandler, she leaves the coffee shop without getting her bag from in front of the couch.

Quotes:

[Ross has traded in his "Snuggles" for a more manly laundry detergent]
Rachel: What's that?
Ross: Uberweiss. It's strong, it's German, it's extra-tough.

Movie Connections:

References "The Bullwinkle Show" (1961)

The One in the Laundry

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

In this episode, we see for the first time Janice, the annoying Chandler's girlfriend who has a bizarre laugh. Chandler wants to get rid of Janice, but he doesn't know how, so Phoebe proposes him to end their current relationships at the same time( I guess I don't need to say that Phoebe ends her relationship perfectly well, while Chandler , in his own words, makes ' the worst break up of history').

Joey wants his ex-girlfriend Angela back, so he invites Monica to go with him on a double date with Angela and her boyfriend Bob. The problem is that he says to Monica that Bob and Angela are brother and sister, so Monica stays terrified with their behavior.

Ross and Rachel go together to a laundry room, where Rachel admits that she has never done laundry before. Funny things happens there (specially all Rachel's clothes staying with the same color!, but the cute moment is to see Ross being kissed by her as a sign of gratitude. :)