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"The One With the Flashback" is the sixth episode of season three of the Television Situation Comedy '' Friends ''. First aired: October 31 , 1996 PLOT Janice asks the group if any of the six of them have almost slept with each other. The episode then flashes back to three years previous... Phoebe notices that Cute Naked Guy has put on weight. Also, she's tired of roommate Monica 's obsession with cleanliness, so she moves out of their apartment a little at a time. Monica doesn't notice - Phoebe explains her missing things by saying she's taken them to get repaired; and Phoebe sneaks away at night and sneaks back in before Monica wakes. Monica realizes something's up when she's cleaning and notices Phoebe's bed is gone. Phoebe then finally admits she's moved out, because she needs to "live in a land where people can spill." Chandler is looking for a new roommate after his previous one, Kip, gets married and moves out. He's been doing interviews - after rejecting a guy who spits, a guy who has ferrets and a guy who loves Chandler's last name, he has two more candidates - a photographer and an Italian-American actor. When the photographer - Eric - mentions that there may be models in the apartment and that his sister is a Porn star, Chandler immediately jumps at the chance for the guy to move in. However, when Eric comes to move in, the girls' downstairs neighbor Mr. Heckles claims HE is Chandler's new roommate. Thinking Eric was a no-show, Chandler goes with his second choice - actor Joey Tribbiani . As Joey is moving in, he and Monica flirt, and she invites him in for a glass of Lemonade . Joey, however, thinks this means she wants to have sex with him, so he strips naked before she gives him his lemonade. After realizing she didn't want sex after all, he apologizes and hurriedly dresses. One night, while hanging out at their favorite bar, Monica mentions to Chandler that the bar is closing down to make room for a coffee shop (which would later become Central Perk ). While there, she sees old high school friend Rachel Green , celebrating her recent engagement to orthodontist Barry Farber with friends Betsy and Kiki. Rachel mentions to her friends that she wants to have "one last fling" with the next guy she sees. Chandler, overhearing this, throws a pool ball near her table and goes to pick it up - but she ignores him. Monica and Rachel briefly catch up and promise to have lunch the next time Rachel's in the city. Monica then says to Chandler, "Ten bucks says I never see that woman again in my life." Ross is glad that his wife, Carol, has finally made a friend - a woman she met at the gym named Susan. It doesn't take Ross long to realize that Carol likes Susan as more than "just a friend." He mourns over the death of his marriage; Phoebe consoles him - and they start making out. They almost have sex on the pool table in the bar, but Ross hits his head on the light above the table, then his foot gets stuck in a pocket, then the balls--the pool balls--get in the way. They decide that sleeping together wouldn't have solved anything, and are content to just remain friends. Monica is sad that Phoebe moved out, and wonders why she doesn't have a boyfriend. Chandler tells her she should have a boyfriend, and offers a hug. He says she's one of his favorite people, and the most beautiful woman he knows in real life. He convinces her that she will find someone, and then goes back to his place to watch Baywatch with new roommate Joey. At the end of the episode, Chandler introduces Joey to Ross. While driving back, Rachel fantasises about making out with Chandler - which causes her to miss her exit home. When Betsy and Kiki ask what she was thinking about, she tells them she was thinking about Barry. TRIVIA
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