Chandler develops feelings for Joey’s new girlfriend, leading him to avoid her, which Joey misinterprets as dislike. Concurrently, Rachel and Ross engage in attempts to incite jealousy through their respective dates. Phoebe contracts a cold that unexpectedly enhances her singing voice, adding a sultry quality. In an effort to regain this voice after Monica and Gunther also fall ill, Phoebe employs various strategies to restore her newfound allure.
Did you know ?!
• First appearance of the solitary double fist bump that became so popular throughout the series.
• When Chandler dodges traffic trying to catch Kathy the song playing is the theme song to The Mod Squad.
• The late night movie that Chandler is watching at about 8:15 is an old B/W B-Movie called Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958) starring Allison Hayes, William Hudson and Yvette Vickers
• First appearance of Paget Brewster as Kathy.
• Rachel tells Gunther that her birthday is May 5th.
• Monica has much shorter hair starting with this episode. This is because Courteney Cox had streaks in her hair from her role in Scream 2 (1997). The streaks did not go well with Monica’s character. Hence the showrunners decided to give her short hair for the season.
• When in the coffee shop, just before Chandler (Matthew Perry) meets Kathy (Paget Brewster), Rachel (Jennifer Aniston) is reading the October 1997 edition of “Wired” magazine
