The One Where Ross Got High

"**The One Where Ross Got High**"
"The One Where Ross Got High"
Friends episode
Episode no.	Season 6; Episode 9
Directed by	Kevin S. Bright
Written by	Gregory S. Malins
Production code	225559
Original air date	November 25, 1999
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"The One Where Ross Got High" is the ninth episode of Friends' sixth season. It first aired on the NBC network in the United States on November 25, 1999.^[1]

Plot

Monica, preparing the group's Thanksgiving Day dinner, receives a phone call from her and Ross's parents Jack and Judy, who are planning to join them. Chandler is astonished to discover that she has not told them yet that he has moved in with her: she has avoided it because they do not like him. Chandler promises to win them over as best he can. Joey's new roommate, Janine, invites him and Ross to celebrate Thanksgiving with her friends, most of whom are attractive female dancers like her. Monica refuses to let them go, as they had earlier promised to spend Thanksgiving in her apartment, and Joey mopes around the apartment for the rest of the evening.

When Jack and Judy arrive, Phoebe is disturbed to discover she has a crush on Jack after a dream she had about him several days ago. Chandler's attempts to charm Jack and Judy fall flat, but Ross figures out the source of their dismay when Judy sneaks in a comment that Chandler is probably stoned again. During his college years, Ross once tried marijuana; when his parents walked in on him, he claimed that Chandler had been smoking, and had just jumped out the window. Chandler and Monica demand he set the situation right, but he keeps avoiding it for most of the evening.

Rachel has been asked to make a dessert this year, despite her lack of success at culinary endeavors. She has chosen to make a traditional English trifle, which involves many layers of ladyfingers, jam, custard (made from scratch), raspberries, and beef sauteed with peas and onions, topped with bananas and cream. The beef in the trifle concerns Ross and Joey, who discover that two of the pages in Monica's cookbook are stuck together, and her English trifle is actually half shepherd's pie. Rachel does not realize her mistake when she confuses a minced meat pie for a mince pie. Not wanting Rachel to begin again and delay their date with Janine's friends, Ross and Joey decide to convince everyone to pretend her "beef-custard thing" is actually delicious so as not to hurt her feelings. In an attempt to distract Rachel with conversation, Ross is misconstrued with trying to get back together with her, and Joey offers acting advice, but actually turns out to like the dish. Phoebe is unable to eat the dessert because she is a vegetarian and heads to Rachel's old bedroom to take a nap, which forces up a new dream in which Jack cheats on her, and she is swept off her feet by Jacques Cousteau instead. The others all make excuses to eat their portions in locations that will allow them to dispose of the mess discreetly, while Ross devours his portion to stop Rachel realizing how bad it is.

After Ross again tries to get out of telling his parents the truth, Monica takes matters into her own hands. This leads to a barrage of shouted revelations, ranging from childhood grievances to the fact that Monica and Chandler are living together, that Ross was fired from the museum, then married Rachel and got another divorce. Phoebe loves Jacques Cousteau, Rachel has just discovered beef does not belong in a trifle, and Joey just wants to leave. After Judy acknowledges the others about their revelations, she and Jack express their disappointment in Monica and Ross for keeping secrets from them, then apologize to Chandler and thank him for not only making Monica happy, but for being Ross' best friend and supporting him in his problems.

During the closing credits, Rachel is incredulous that everyone ate the dessert she made just so she would not feel bad. However, each person confesses to not having eaten their portion of the trifle, only to find out that Joey polished off each abandoned serving of dessert.

Reception

Purple Clover placed the episode on their list of "20 Funniest Episodes of Friends".^[2]
The website Digital Spy ranked it the twelfth best Friends episode.^[3]
GamesRadar+ ranked "The One Where Ross Got High" the sixteenth best Friends episode.^[4]
Radio Times ranked it the eleventh funniest Friends episode.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b "Friends - TV Guide". TVGuide.com.
^ Clark, Champ (July 23, 2018). "The One Where Ross Got High (Season 6, Episode 9) - 20 Funniest Episodes of 'Friends'". Purple Clover.
^ Wightman, Catriona (15 October 2016). "Friends: The 25 best episodes EVER, ranked". Digital Spy.
^ "The 25 best Friends episodes ever (because we know you're watching on Netflix. Yes, even You)". gamesradar. 2018-02-25.
^ "The 15 funniest Friends episodes on Netflix, ranked". Radio Times.

[tvguide.com-1] "Friends - TV Guide". TVGuide.com.

[2] Clark, Champ (July 23, 2018). "The One Where Ross Got High (Season 6, Episode 9) - 20 Funniest Episodes of 'Friends'". Purple Clover.

[3] Wightman, Catriona (15 October 2016). "Friends: The 25 best episodes EVER, ranked". Digital Spy.

[4] "The 25 best Friends episodes ever (because we know you're watching on Netflix. Yes, even You)". gamesradar. 2018-02-25.

[5] "The 15 funniest Friends episodes on Netflix, ranked". Radio Times.

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Season 1	"The Pilot" "The One with the Sonogram at the End" "The One with the Thumb" "The One with George Stephanopoulos" "The One with the Blackout" "The One with the Monkey" "The One Where the Monkey Gets Away" "The One with the Fake Monica" "The One Where Rachel Finds Out"
Season 2	"The One with Ross's New Girlfriend" "The One with Russ" "The One with the Lesbian Wedding" "The One After the Superbowl" "The One with the Prom Video" "The One Where Dr. Ramoray Dies" "The One with Barry and Mindy's Wedding"
Season 3	"The One with the Princess Leia Fantasy" "The One Where No One's Ready" "The One with the Flashback" "The One with the Football" "The One with the Morning After" "The One at the Beach"
Season 4	"The One with the Jellyfish" "The One with the Cat" "The One with the Embryos" "The One with Ross's Wedding"
Season 5	"The One After Ross Says Rachel" "The One Hundredth" "The One with All the Thanksgivings" "The One Where Everybody Finds Out" "The One with the Girl Who Hits Joey" "The One with the Cop" "The One Where Rachel Smokes" "The One Where Ross Can't Flirt" "The One with the Ride-Along" "The One with Joey's Big Break" "The One in Vegas"
Season 6	"The One After Vegas" "The One Where Ross Got High" "The One with the Apothecary Table" "The One with Unagi" "The One with the Proposal"
Season 7	"The One with Monica's Thunder" "The One with All the Candy" "The One with All the Cheesecakes" "The One Where They're Up All Night" "The One with Ross and Monica's Cousin" "The One with Monica and Chandler's Wedding"
Season 8	"The One After 'I Do'" "The One with Rachel's Date" "The One with the Halloween Party" "The One with the Rumor" "The One Where Rachel Has a Baby"
Season 9	"The One Where No One Proposes" "The One with Ross's Inappropriate Song" "The One with Rachel's Other Sister" "The One in Barbados"
Season 10	"The One After Joey and Rachel Kiss" "The One Where Ross Is Fine" "The One with Ross's Tan" "The One with the Birth Mother" "The One with Phoebe's Wedding" "The Last One"
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