Friends Season 1 Episode 1-3

Storyline
Rachel Green, Ross Geller, Monica Geller, Joey Tribbiani, Chandler Bing and Phoebe Buffay are all friends, living off of one another in the heart of New York City. Over the course of ten years, this average group of buddies goes through massive¹ mayhem², family trouble, past and future romances, fights, laughs, tears and surprises as they learn what it really means to be a friend.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108778/
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The One Where Monica Gets a Roommate
http://friends.wikia.com/wiki/The_Pilot
Monica and the gang introduce Rachel to the “real world” after she leaves her fiancé³ at the altar⁴.
In a New York City coffee house called Central Perk, we’re introduced to six friends: chef⁵ Monica Geller, data controller Chandler Bing who lives across the hall from Monica, Chandler’s roommate/actor Joey Tribbiani, Monica’s brother Ross Geller, new ageist⁶ Phoebe Buffay, and “born to be a wife” Rachel Green. One of the friends is just getting into a relationship and two are just getting out of one each. Monica is in the former category, going on a real/not-so-real date, dates with guys she’s interested in being a rare⁷ occurrence⁸. But she is excited by her upcoming one with Paul the Wine Guy from her place of work. Out on their date, their intimate ⁹conversation includes the fact that trauma¹⁰ from his last relationship has left him sexually incapable, something that only the right woman like Monica can fix, and she apparently¹¹ does. Later however she finds that it was just a line to get her into bed, and thus her streak with the “wrong guy” continues. Ross is one of the two in the getting out of a relationship category. He and his ex-wife Carol broke up when she found out she was a lesbian. However waltzing¹² into town is his old crush and Monica’s best friend from high school Rachel, who is the second friend on a break-up: she has just left her fiancé Barry at the altar, she still in her wedding dress when she first shows up at the coffee house. This move was based on the fact that she realized she was more interested in being married than in being with Mr. Potato Head lookalike ¹³Barry. She and Monica had not seen each other since high school, she turning to Monica now since Monica is the only person she knows in the city. Rachel barges¹⁴ into Monica’s life since she has no skills, no job and no money – up to this point in her life, she has lived off the wealth of her father – but needs to flee¹⁵ the direction of her life with Barry and her parents. Although she now has a place to stay with Monica, she needs a job and she needs a new support network. As old flames¹⁶ die slow and reignite¹⁷ easily, Ross hopes to be one of her more intimate¹⁸ supports.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0583459/
The One with the Sonogram at the End
http://friends.wikia.com/wiki/The_One_With_The_Sonogram_At_The_End
Ross finds out his ex-wife is pregnant. Rachel returns her engagement ring to Barry. Monica becomes stressed when her and Ross’s parents come to visit.
In this episode¹⁹, Ross finds out that his ex-wife Carol is pregnant with his child. He’s stunned²⁰ to learn she wants to give the baby her and her lesbian lovers last name. Ross and Monica’s parents come for dinner which makes Monica really stressed. Rachel decides to return her engagement ring to Barry, the man she left at the alter and learns that he didn’t let their honeymoon go to waste. He spent it with her maid of honor Mindy.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0583647/
The One with the Thumb
http://friends.wikia.com/wiki/The_One_With_The_Thumb
Monica becomes irritated²¹ when everyone likes her new boyfriend more than she does. Chandler resumes his smoking habit. Phoebe is given $7000 when she finds a thumb in a can of soda.
Monica is reluctant²² to introduce her new boyfriend, Alan, to her friends because they’ve mocked²³ all of the boyfriend they’ve met before. To her surprise, they love Alan. However, she realizes she doesn’t feel a spark²⁴ with Alan and breaks up with him. Her friends take the news very hard, but Alan is relieved (since he couldn’t stand her friends). Chandler resumes his smoking habit. Phoebe encounters a problem with her bank account, when a bank error in her favor nets her $1,000. She gives the money (and a complementary²⁵ football phone) away to a homeless friend, who in turn buys her a soda. When Phoebe opens it, she sees a thumb, so the soda company gives her $7,000.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0583653/

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