I don't know why the writers had Phoebe get more angry and more of a bully as the series went on. Yes, I know she spent a lot of time in her tween/teen years on the street and her "mother" killed herself, but the more Phoebe was with her friends on the show, she was fairly kind. Yeah, she had strange quirks but if you watch the earlier seasons, she was really sweet and fit in more.
Here, in this episode, when Ross interferes with Phoebe's potential relationship with new interest Mike, Phoebe loses her cool and shouts, "I swear to Lucifer!" What? Why did they have her invoke the devil's name? She never said she was a devil-worshipper or anything like that. She would talk about the "voices in her head" or living in past lives, but I always thought that was because she was just a bit off, not a Satanist. This line seems so out of place and just meant to shock. I never heard anyone (even Phoebe) say anything like this on the show before or after, so what was up with that?
Other than that, it was a serviceable episode. Joey not knowing that he had dated another girl who lived in the same apartment---c'mon, Joey remembers all the girls he's dated or slept with. Oh, well, no biggie. And Monica thinking Chandler was into shark "porn"---I thought that was the only funny thing in this episode. It was just dumb enough to save this episode but just by a bit.
An okay episode but Phoebe's swearing to the devil left a bad taste that made it really hard to like the episode.
Here, in this episode, when Ross interferes with Phoebe's potential relationship with new interest Mike, Phoebe loses her cool and shouts, "I swear to Lucifer!" What? Why did they have her invoke the devil's name? She never said she was a devil-worshipper or anything like that. She would talk about the "voices in her head" or living in past lives, but I always thought that was because she was just a bit off, not a Satanist. This line seems so out of place and just meant to shock. I never heard anyone (even Phoebe) say anything like this on the show before or after, so what was up with that?
Other than that, it was a serviceable episode. Joey not knowing that he had dated another girl who lived in the same apartment---c'mon, Joey remembers all the girls he's dated or slept with. Oh, well, no biggie. And Monica thinking Chandler was into shark "porn"---I thought that was the only funny thing in this episode. It was just dumb enough to save this episode but just by a bit.
An okay episode but Phoebe's swearing to the devil left a bad taste that made it really hard to like the episode.