The Best Friends Episodes, Ranked — 15 All-Time Greats

The ranking15 episodes

1. 1

   The One with the Embryos

   Season 4

   The apartment-trivia showdown that decides who owns the apartment. Four rounds of increasingly absurd trivia, the high-stakes betting that changes the living arrangements, and the reveal that breaks Monica's brain. As close to a perfect episode as the show ever got.

2. 2

   The One Where Everybody Finds Out

   Season 5

   The 'they don't know that we know they know we know' chain-gossip masterpiece. Chandler and Monica's secret love is the punchline, and Phoebe's hypnotic work on Chandler turns the whole thing into comedy gold.

3. 3

   The One with the Prom Video

   Season 2

   The single most romantic payoff in the series. A mix tape, a prom dress, and Ross standing in his living room ready to take his date to a dance that happened years ago. Rachel's 'I got off the plane' for the 90s.

4. 4

   The One Where Ross Finds Out

   Season 2

   'I'm such a mess' — the restaurant scene where Rachel finally tells Ross how she feels, ending in a kiss that resets the whole series. A turning point delivered with maximum chaos and maximum heart.

5. 5

   The One Where No One's Ready

   Season 3

   A one-room bottle episode that stretches 22 minutes of getting ready for a gala into a masterclass in escalating disaster. Ross's gradual meltdown and Joey's century-old bird are peak simple-premise Friends.

6. 6

   The One Hundredth

   Season 5

   The hundredth episode, and the arrival of the chicks and the ducks. Phoebe gives birth, and Monica and Chandler lock eyes in the delivery room — a quiet milestone that quietly re-shapes the whole back half of the show.

7. 7

   The One Where Ross Got High

   Season 6

   The Thanksgiving episode that weaponises a single lie. Ross's pot-smoking secret, Monica's parents' verdict on her cooking, and the one-line reveal that blows the whole dinner up. And then there's Rachel's dessert.

8. 8

   The One in Vegas

   Season 5

   The gang heads to Vegas for a resolution-packed finale. Joey's hand double, the pretend-couple tension, and a drunk Rachel and Ross stumbling out of a chapel married. A season-ender that lands a huge hook.

9. 9

   The Last One (Part 1)

   Season 10

   The beginning of the end — a cross-country race to catch Emma, the last gift of the group's favourite hand-drawn frame, and the quiet lead-up to the show's goodbye. The 'I got off the plane' reunion is coming, but the ache of the goodbye starts here.

10. 10

    The One with the Blackout

    Season 1

    Season one at its best. A New York blackout traps Joey with a future soulmate's model roommates, Chandler in a bank lobby talking to a transponster, and Ross alone in an ATM vestibule.

11. 11

    The One with the Holiday Armadillo

    Season 7

    A hand-crafted holiday armadillo costume, a Festivus pole, and Ross teaching Ben the true meaning of the season. An absurd, warm celebration of found family and holiday chaos.

12. 12

    The One with Unagi

    Season 6

    Ross declares himself a master of unagi — 'a state of total awareness' — and proves nothing of the sort in a few minutes. A pure martial-arts parody that gets funnier every rewatch.

13. 13

    The One with All the Resolutions

    Season 5

    New Year's resolutions go spectacularly wrong: Ross tries to do something new every day, Chandler's gum gets the band back together, and a shared stuck. A low-key gem full of running gags.

14. 14

    The One with Chandler in a Box

    Season 4

    Chandler spends most of the episode trapped in a packing crate to win Joey's forgiveness. A simple, agonising premise delivered with total commitment to the bit.

15. 15

    The One with the Free Porn

    Season 6

    A cable mix-up gives the boys free adult programming and a brand-new dilemma: keep it, or be honest? A high-concept, low-stakes gem with a surprisingly wholesome end.