I actually thought Phoebe would take the opportunity to change her name to Regina Philange.

I think she's used that alias since the first season.

We saw a bit of the old Joey in this show as well. I thought the escrow joke was pretty good ( ) and him calling the girl at the end, and talking to the bear about his career. Stuff thats irreverent, showing him to be dumb but good-hearted.

Some of the other stuff he's been doing in the past few weeks makes it seem like he's missing a chromosome or something...

"I Am Sam" with Sean Penn - I think she was close to being up for best actress Oscar that year.

I loved this episode. Probably the best episode in like 2 years.

@ the Joey room

Dakota Fanning had a great part. Loved it when they talked at the end and with the bear.

I didn't see the Rachel firing/possibly moving to Paris storyline. That should be interesting especially with Ross getting tenure. I could actually see him quitting the professorship and moving to Paris with Emma and Rachel.

I liked it last week when she Frenched the name up (Regine de la Philange, or whatever she called herself).

The funny thing about the Bananahammock name is that I had the exact same reaction as Phoebe when they used the word on Scrubs a few years ago -- I thought it was just a nonsense word (it was the episode where there's an awkward silence J.D. tells himself he has to say something out loud, so he says "banana hammock."). It was only in a later episode, in which the Todd used the word in context, that I realized what a banana hammock is.

Trapped, Uptown Girls and Cat in the Hat. But he was superb in I am Sam. If you haven't seen it, pick it up. Excellent, underrated movie.

I honestly thought she was going to take this name too. But thought the new one was just as funny. If not funnier.

Yes, the Joey/escrow thing was his best bit last night. Definitely his funniest line lately. Very very funny.

Great show all around . It seems like the show's leading up to the group going their separate ways for the series finale, esp. after Rachel's Paris announcement. Add another "awww..." for Gunther - i know the Ross & Rachel thing's almost inevitable, but i can't help rooting for the underdog .

That was a great scene when Ross asked for 6 classes and Gunther thought that they were finally including him. "Oh, I thought Joey was here, 5 will be fine. "

Whens the next new one on? May?

april or late march. there are 5 episodes left (including one more clip show) leading up to the series finale on may 6

That's the #1 reason he always states he wanted to quit the role. He's playing an android that does not age, but it was getting harder and harder to pull that off in real life.


Definitely a great episode, btw. A little uneven, but more laughs than I've had watching Friends in a long time.

I thought the whole Phoebe name change was stupid. The writer's have to think of something better.

Nah, if for nothing else, it was a perfect set up for "Crap Bag".

I guess the gray was the real shocker. last time I saw him was in Nemesis, which he didn't have gray hair for
wish he had had a bigger part, I've liked him since night court

Mike is the best Friend right now. He rocks. He is usually the funniest thing on the episodes that he is in.

I guess you missed him on Independence Day.

Also, was anyone else kind of sad when they saw Craig Robinson, Mutha from FX's short-lived yet excellent Lucky, reduced to a clerk with a whole 4 lines? Boy, I miss that show...

Yeah, especially since he didn't have anywhere near the same "feel" as he did on Lucky.

They've certainly developed him more than any of the other "7th wheel" friends we have seen in the past. I like his character a lot.

Agree. I hated his character at the beginning. He's not so bad now.

I think you are WAAAAAAYYY out in left field on this one.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock and Crap Bag were some of the truest laughs I've had in awhile.

I'm smiling while writing this now.