Friends: The Worst Episode From Every Season

A strong case could be made that The One With Phoebe's Ex-Partner is the worst episode of the entire show. At the very least, it's certainly a cautionary tale in how not to write comedy. Or write anything, for that matter.

There are three major developments in the episode: One follows Chandler as he starts dating Joey's ex Ginger and finds out she has an artificial leg; one follows Phoebe as she reconnects with - and then gets conned by - her old music partner; and one finds Ross getting unnecessarily jealous over Rachel's colleague, Mark.

Between the poor taste of Chandler and Ginger's brief relationship, which comes complete with a series of cringe-worthy jokes about disability and body shaming, and Ross's beyond aggravating fragile ego, the episode is both incredibly tasteless and painfully low on laughs.

How the episode manages to waste its entire ensemble (and a game guest star in Sherilynn Fenn) is really quite impressively frustrating, as is the way it sets up three separate plots and botches them all. How it was greenlit is a mystery.