Friends (TV Series) The One with the Soap Opera Party (2003) User Reviews

The One with the Soap Opera Party

[ComedyFan2010 · 7/10 · 11 September 2011]

In this episode we get introduced to a new character, Charlie. She is the hot professor that will now be working with Ross. It is pretty interesting how they introduce her as someone who only dated Nobel price winners and how the episode ended

A great scene I should mention is Joey being told to take off his robe because he got caught lying and there is nothing under it. So funny, and great facial expression by Matt LeBlanc, he looks as if it is not a big deal and introduces himself to Charlie after

Chandler has some good small story in this episode as well. he looks very funny alone in this theater and he gets a great revenge on Phoebe and Monica

The one Rachel finds out about Joey's parties

[Lady_Targaryen · 7/10 · 11 March 2009]

Joey offers to all friends tickets to a play. He tells them that he cannot go because he needs to wake up really early in the next day to go to work, but they can invite anyone they want.

Rachel still wants to kiss Joey and she tells Monica about it. Monica says that she should not continue with this idea, since Joey is Rachel's friend and they can lose their friendship.

Ross is annoyed. He needs to show the university campus for 2 new professors. When he sees that professor Wheeler is in fact a beautiful and young woman, he gets excited and tries everything to stay alone with her.

Rachel discovers by the answering machine that Joey is going to have a party for people from ''DAYS OF OUR LIVES', and she discuss with him about it. Joey tells that he does this parties every year, but he hates to see the Friends behaving like idiots close to famous people, so that's why he doesn't invite them. In the end, Rachel tells all the Friends about the party and they all (with Chandler's exception)go there, even Charlie Wheeler.

In the party, Ross discovers that Charlie only dated genius and Nobel winners, what makes him think that he is too ordinary for her.

Iconic episode of Friends

[diegoBrasil · 10/10 · 12 May 2020]

This is one of the best episodes from all the series. The spirit of Friends is entirely there. Love for NYC, a party like 90's, rooftop, entertainment culture, rooftop, entertainment culture and art on theater. The screenplay was so well written. And You can remember the fresh air from the first and second Seasons. This episode is a symbol what Friends trully is!

When you are nott smart, but you try to write about being smart

[puzgolac · 3/10 · 8 August 2023]

There are a couple of good jokes here, but, unfortunately, the premise of this episode is, again, pretty stupid, and that ruins the overall impression for me.

In a typical failed attempt to convey intelligence by someone who is not very intelligent, we are shown a character who is so smart that she only dates Nobel prize winners. And not just that, one of her boyfriends was a double laureate. Now, just to show how stupid the idea is, at the time of writing this, there were 892 individuals in history who have been awarded the Nobel prize, and only FIVE of them got two. No person got three. But to the clearly not very intelligent person who wrote this, Nobel prize is something similar to a participation trophy in an elementary school race, and it is handed to everybody who happens to be walking by. Never mind that there is no such thing as a Nobel prize for paleontology. But to a stupid person, the recipe for writing a smart character is connecting it to something smart they heard of, and then saying "But, wait, he doesn't have one smart thingy - he has ten smart thingies! Boy that is so smart! And so am I!" This episode also introduces Charlie, probably the worst of the recurring support characters in the history of the show. No doubt thrown in just because of the criticism for "the lack of diversity". Charlie was not interesting, her acting was weak, and on top of it all, she was just average looking, while she was supposed to be gorgeous. Then again, this is nothing new for this show. Just think of all the time different characters made a fuss about how gorgeous looking Phoebe is, which was funny for all the wrong reasons, when you consider Lisa Kudrow's looks.

Up on the roof

[studioAT · 5/10 · 12 August 2017]

Although it feels risky revisiting the 'Joey and Rachel love story' plot, as well as feeling a bit of a rehash of what was covered in series 8, the main reason it works is down to the genuine performances of Jennifer Aniston and Matt Le Blanc.

I thought Phoebe and Chandler were underused here, but it was nice to see another side of Monica the soap opera party.

Aisha Tyler was introduced as Charlie Wheeler too, and her character will keep Ross busy as we move towards the end of series 9.