9 Secret Episodes TV Shows Don't Want You To Find
4. Friends - The One Where Rachel Tells...
You may be thinking, I've seen The One Where Rachel Tells, it's one of the most important episodes of the season, if not the show! You're definitely right in that claim, but what you haven't seen, and what you will never see, is the original version of this episode.
The episode premiered on the 11th of October 2001, and if you're wondering what the date has to do with anything, let me explain.
Just a month prior in September, of course, America had suffered through the devastating attacks on the Twin Towers in New York. To this day, the impact of 9/11 still resonates deeply with people around the world, and it marked a turning point in global security. Understandably, in its wake, most tv and movies avoided storylines or imagery that reflected the real world tragedy.
The Friends episode we are talking about premiered exactly a month after the attacks, and one of its original plotlines was not at all appropriate. If you remember the episode, you'll recollect the lighthearted B-story of Monica and Chandler setting off for their honeymoon only to be beaten to all the upgrades by another couple of newlyweds. Fun and completely non-controversial, right?
Well, the original storyline that was cut from the show, saw the couple get reprehended by airport security because of some tasteless jokes Chandler makes about bringing a bomb on the plane. Despite being written before, the storyline had clear parallels with the attacks that just happened, and the showrunners were worried about rubbing salt in fresh wounds.
So they decided to rewrite the B-story with a more lighthearted one, and the scenes were all re-shot.
Where Can I Find It: You cannot.