Friends: 10 Best Characters Only In One Episode
Who shone the most during their brief stint on the show?
Back in its early days, it didn't take long for Friends to become one of the most successful comedy shows of all time, with its second season regularly drawing in over 30 million viewers with ease.
Due to its status as one of the kings of television, the sitcom could basically snag any celebrity it wanted for a quick cameo or supporting role, and sure enough, Friends is littered with memorable guest stars from its first episode to its very last.
Whether it's Bruce Willis as the scary father of Ross' young girlfriend, Gary Oldman as the drunk actor with a penchant for spitting, or Adam Goldberg as Chandler's crazy roommate Eddie, these multi-episode guest characters are generally remembered the most - only natural, since we've seen a lot of them - but Friends also contains plenty of gems who only showed up for a single episode, never to be seen again.
It's easy to forget about some of these characters since most of them only had one or two scenes, but they deserve a spot in the Friends hall of fame just as much as anyone else does.
10. Erika Ford
Episode: The One After The Superbowl, Part 1 (S2E12)
It's no secret that Joey likes to bed attractive women as a hobby, choosing not to call them back the next day and leaving it at that. But his lust was flipped on its head in this episode, and that's what makes Erika Ford such an entertaining character: she's one attractive woman that Joey actively tried to avoid bedding.
Erika is a crazy, obsessed fan, who actually believes that Joey is Dr. Drake Ramoray - the character he plays on TV soap opera Days Of Our Lives - in real life. Initially, Joey is perfectly happy to go on a date with her, before realizing that she's genuinely nuts (her psychopathic laugh and incessant finger-licking were rather alarming warning signs) and striving to get rid of her at any cost.
This leads to Joey pretending he's actually Hans Ramoray - Drake's evil twin - in order to get Erika off his back. For a man who's usually so confident with women, it was great fun to see him thrown off balance for an episode, and Erika's hilariously over-the-top attachment to the fictional Drake was an adorable - if creepy - quirk.