Friends: 25 Greatest Episodes

4. The One Where Everybody Finds Out (S5E14)

Friends The One Where Everybody Finds Out
NBC

The Episode

Phoebe finds out about Chandler and Monica, and together with Rachel starts messing with them until they reveal the truth. Ross attempts to get Ugly Naked Guy's apartment.

Why It's Great

As previously mentioned, episodes where they're trying to find something out/hide something are great, and this takes that notion to its absolute zenith.

The episode starts off well, but really kicks into gear once the plans go into overdrives, and the messers become the messees. They don't know that we know they know we know, but we know this episode is an utter classic.

The playful game of cat-and-mouse between Phoebe, Rachel, Chandler, and Monica is completely marvellous, with Phoebs and Chandler in particular supreme here as they go head-to-head.

As with many of the best Friends episodes, there's a layer of sweetness underneath the comedy, as Chandler not only reveals the truth, but that he loves Monica. And to top it all off there's a wonderful twist at the end, as Ross - alleging he is free from rage - sees the pair of them from his new apartment. Him getting mad over a sandwich was funny, but this is even better.

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