The One with the Jellyfish
Rachel's 18-page letter and Monica's jellyfish sting.
"The One with the Jellyfish" is the first episode of the fourth season of Friends and the 74th episode overall. Directed by Shelley Jensen and written by Wil Calhoun, it first aired on NBC on September 25, 1997.
Quick Facts
- Starring
- Jennifer Aniston
- Courteney Cox
- Lisa Kudrow
- Matt LeBlanc
- Matthew Perry
- David Schwimmer
- Showrunner
- David Crane; Marta Kauffman
- Episodes
- 24
- Network
- NBC
- First aired
- 25 September 1997
- Last aired
- 7 May 1998
- Season number
- 4
Facts from the source article.
Background
Ross breaks up with Bonnie to get back with Rachel, who asks him to first read her 18-page letter about their relationship and their earlier break-up. Ross falls asleep reading it and unwittingly agrees to take full responsibility for the break-up; when he refuses to take all the blame and insists they were "on a break", they break up again.
Joey and Chandler come to Monica's rescue after she is stung by a jellyfish - one of them has to pee on her leg to relieve the pain, as Joey learned from the Discovery Channel. Phoebe visits her sister Ursula, who reveals that she already knows the truth about their birth mother.
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