“Following a fishing trip, Joey neglects to shower before beginning work on a film alongside Charlton Heston. Meanwhile, Rachel arranges a date for Ross with her boss’s niece, allowing her to attend a nightclub with Joshua. Chandler continues to grapple with his breakup with Kathy.
Did you know ?!
• First appearance of Emily Waltham.
• While Chandler and the girls are at the strip club, you can see Mr. Zelner in the background who later appears in season 5 as Rachel’s boss at Ralph Lauren.
• Charlton Heston and Tate Donovan previously appeared together as voice actors in the animated feature Hercules (1997).
• Emily was the name that Ross liked for a daughter with Rachel.
• Chandler describes phase four as just wanting to “have sex with strippers and my friends.” Within a few episodes, he is having sex with Monica.
• In the episode Chandler tells Joey that he will have plenty of opportunities to go to the strip club because “there are still thousands of women waiting to screw me over”. Ironically, he dates Janice briefly and Marjorie, the girl he meets in sleep clinic. After that, Chandler gets together with Monica and they never break up.
• Chandler talks about getting drunk and wanting to call Kathy and Janice. Janice reappears in the next episode.
• When Chandler tells the girls he’s achieved Phase Four — having sex with strippers and his friends — Phoebe and Rachel laugh, but Monica does not. This could also forshadows her future relationship with Chandler.
