Friends Series One New Year Episode (The One with the Monkey)

Friends Series One New Year Episode the One with the Monkey

Previous episodes

Rachel’s Italian boyfriend Paolo has flown back to Rome and isn’t expected back until the New Year

Ross has found out that his ex-wife Carol, now together with her lesbian lover, is going to have his baby.

Chandler has finally broken up with his clingy girlfriend that everyone hates, Janice.

Phoebe’s mother committed suicide during Xmas when she was a child, so she has some “issues” with this season.

 This episode

Because of this, they all promise not to invite any boyfriends and girlfriends to their Xmas party. However…

(match the sentences up to make an overview of the events in this episode that messes up their plan, referring to the previous episodes information above if you need to) 

1.      Joey, the out of work actor and playboy,

2.      Phoebe, the new age masseur and musician,

3.      Chandler, the dating no hoper,

4.      Rachel

5.      Ross

6.      Monica invites her ex-boyfriend

a)      brings his monkey (Marcel), who he has decided to look after because his house feels empty and lonely

b)      gets together with a scientist who she yells at for speaking loudly to his lab partner while she is playing

c)       misses out on a job as Santa to a fat guy and has to work as a helper elf, but meets a hot mum while wearing his costume

d)      hears that her boyfriend has got an earlier flight and goes to meet him at the airport

e)      “Fun Bobby”

f)       gets so desperate that he phones the only person he knows won’t say no

   Using the plot summaries and descriptions of the characters above, try to guess what or who is being referred to in each of the underlined parts below (difficult words you might want to look up or ask your teacher about are in italics) 

He’s not even jolly. It’s all political.

 The desperate scramble to find anything with lips just so you can have somebody to kiss when the ball drops 

While Daryl Hannah is beautiful in a conventional way, you are luminous with a kind of delicate grace.

Then that’s when you started yelling.

He’s very methodical.

She’s gonna break the pact.

I snapped, okay! I couldn’t handle the pressure and I snapped.

He’s playing with my spatulas again.

I said some things that I didn’t mean and he threw some faeces.

That’s so weird, I had such a blast with him the other night.

With the balled up socks. I figured you taught him that.

If you see him, tell him to pack his bags- we are going to Minsk.

I’m thinking your new girlfriend wouldn’t urinate on my coffee table.

What do you say you and I do a little mingling?

The jerk missed his flight.

And I hit my head on the curb and cut my lip on my whistle.

It was probably the first time I ever mentally undressed an elf.

I’m not saying he has to spend the whole evening with me, but at least check in.

I’m gonna blow this one up, and I’m gonna write “reunited” in glitter.

It’s tearing me apart, but I have no choice.

And then the peacock bit me, ha ha. Please kiss me at midnight!

And the moment of joy is upon us.

I’m still in there, you know- changing his diapers, picking his fleas…

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