FRIENDS Season-1 Episode-1 : THE PILOT - Plot,funny quotes and images


The PILOT

    The One Where Monica Gets a Roommate

Season 1 - Episode 1

Directed by James Burrows
Written by David Crane & Marta Kauffman

Plot :

 Joey, Chandler, Monica, and Phoebe sitting inside Central Perk.


Monica reveals that she is going on a date with some guy and is teased by other friends

"Joey : Come on, You are going out with a guy.
  There's gotta be something wrong with him!" 

Conversation drifts to something else and ends Chandler explaining his weird dream.

Ross (Monica's elder brother) arrives central perk , upset of Carol(his lesbian wife) moving out with her stuff. Others try to calm him.

A woman suddenly enters wearing a wedding dress, whom  Monica recognizes as her high school friend Rachel. Rachel explains how and why she left her fiance (Barry) at the altar.

All friends except Rachel are watching a Spanish show on TV(of course they don't understand) while Rachel speaks to her father over phone explaining why she flew during wedding and ended up her father denying her financial assistance  


Rachel: Its like all of my life ,everyone always told me,
 "You're a shoe! You're a shoe! You're a shoe!Then today I stopped and said ," what if I don't wanna be a  shoe? what if I wanna be a purse? you know or a hat?
No, I don't want you to buy me a hat, I am saying I am a hat . It's a metaphor daddy"




       Rachel:Well,may be i don't need your money.                      wait!wait! I said maybe!
Bell rings, and it was revealed that Monica is going on a date with Paul, The wine guy, and he enters

In meantime, Ross asks Rachel if she could help him with fixing furniture and she says no.




Joey, Chandler, and Ross at Ross's apartment trying to fix furniture.
Ross upsets again thinking about Carol.


Joey: Ross,Let me ask you a question.she got the furniture,the stereo ,the good TV .what did you get? Ross: You guys
Chandler : Oh My God!    
Joey: you got screwed"

Monica and Paul went to dinner and Paul talks about his divorce and reveals that he hadn't had sex since 2 years.They both end sleeping together at Monica's apartment.

Rachel phones Barry and apologies. 

Next morning, at work, Monica finds out that Paul had lied about him not having sex for 2 years, just to make her sleep with him.
Monica tells that to their friends at Central Perk and gets teased by other guys.Rachel enters very happy and reveals that she didn't get a job and reason for her happiness is that she a bought a pair of boots on discount.when enquired how she paid for boots, she replied she paid with her father's credit card, resulting in cutting her credit card.


Monica: welcome to the Real world.It sucks you gonna love it.
 That night, Ross reveals that he used to have a crush on Rachel during his high school and asks maybe he could ask her out.




Happy Reading!!



Jennifer Aniston as Rachel Green
Courteney Cox as Monica Geller
Lisa Kudrow as Phoebe Buffay
Matt LeBlanc as Joey Tribbiani
Matthew Perry as Chandler Bing

David Schwimmer as Ross Geller


Next Episode :
FRIENDS S1E2: The One with the Sonogram at the End

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