The One with All the Cheesecakes

"**The One with All the Cheesecakes**"
"The One with All the Cheesecakes"
Friends episode
Episode no.	Season 7; Episode 11
Directed by	Gary Halvorson
Written by	Shana Goldberg-Meehan
Production code	226412
Original air date	January 4, 2001
Guest appearances
	Hank Azaria as David; Mailon Rivera as the Waiter; Darlene Kardon as Aunt Millie; Robyn Donny as Frannie;
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"The One with All the Cheesecakes" is the eleventh episode of Friends' seventh season. It first aired on the NBC network in the United States on January 4, 2001.

Plot

Chandler eats from a box of cheesecake that was mistakenly delivered to his door instead of one of his neighbors and falls in love with it. He gives a bite to Rachel and she loves it too, but both of them feel guilty for stealing the cake. When another cheesecake gets delivered to his apartment by accident again two days later, Chandler and Rachel return the cheesecake to their neighbor's doorstep, before leaving to go have lunch as a way to take their mind off the dessert. Upon returning, they find the cheesecake untouched at their neighbor's door, and promptly steal it. Chandler catches Rachel eating the cheesecake alone and says he does not trust her with it. They decide to split it, but in the process; Rachel ends up dropping both her half in the hallway, and when Chandler gloats about it, she drops his half as well. Joey catches them eating the cheesecake on the floor and joins them without thinking twice.

Meanwhile, Monica feels bad that Ross was invited to their cousin Frannie's wedding while she was not. Ross tells Monica that they did not invite her to the wedding because there was limited seating available. Monica makes Ross cancel on his date Joan, the assistant professor from the linguistic department, by telling him that she cares about family and does not want to miss out on her cousin's wedding. Monica confronts Frannie at the wedding and asks her why she was not invited. She then realizes that Frannie has married Stuart, one of Monica's ex-boyfriends.

Phoebe and Joey make plans for their monthly dinner where they discuss the other four, but Joey cancels as he has a date. This annoys Phoebe and Joey tells her he will make it up to her by taking her out for dinner the next night. Phoebe bumps into David, the scientist guy, at Central Perk. David says that he is only in New York for one day for a conference on Positronic distillation of sub-atomic particles. He asks Phoebe out and Monica convinces her that she can make Joey understand why she cancelled on him. Phoebe decides that she will finish up with Joey early and then meet David. Joey finds out about her plans from Chandler and intentionally delays her at the restaurant. Phoebe tells him that she has a date with David and leaves to meet with him. The two manage to have a quick rendezvous at her apartment before David leaves for Minsk. He implies he loves her but says that saying it out loud would make it unbearable for him to leave her. Joey witnesses this and tries to comfort a saddened Phoebe, understanding how upset she felt the first time David left her.

Reception

Digital Spy picked the episode as one of the season's highlights.^[1] They also ranked it the eleventh best Friends episode.^[2]^[3]
GamesRadar+ ranked it the fourteenth best episode from the show.^[4]
BuzzFeed ranked "The One with All the Cheesecakes" #50 on their list of the 53 most iconic Friends episodes.^[5]
Telegraph & Argus ranked it #4 on their ranking of the 236 Friends episodes.^[6]

References

^ Wightman, Catriona (21 September 2015). "Which Friends season is the best?". Digital Spy.
^ Wightman, Catriona (15 October 2016). "Friends: The 25 best episodes EVER, ranked". Digital Spy.
^ Ashurst, Sam (1 January 2018). "Every single Friends episode – RANKED". Digital Spy.
^ Staff 2018-02-25T15:04:22.55ZTV, GamesRadar. "The 25 best Friends episodes ever (because we know you're watching on Netflix. Yes, even YOU)". gamesradar.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ Yandoli, Kayla. "The Definitive Ranking Of Iconic "Friends" Episodes". BuzzFeed.
^ "The definitive ranking of all 236 Friends episodes". Bradford Telegraph and Argus.

[1] Wightman, Catriona (21 September 2015). "Which Friends season is the best?". Digital Spy.

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

[3] Ashurst, Sam (1 January 2018). "Every single Friends episode – RANKED". Digital Spy.

[4] Staff 2018-02-25T15:04:22.55ZTV, GamesRadar. "The 25 best Friends episodes ever (because we know you're watching on Netflix. Yes, even YOU)". gamesradar.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[5] Yandoli, Kayla. "The Definitive Ranking Of Iconic "Friends" Episodes". BuzzFeed.

[6] "The definitive ranking of all 236 Friends episodes". Bradford Telegraph and Argus.

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v t e Friends episodes
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"
Specials	Friends: The Reunion