Friends (TV Series) The One with the Ick Factor (1995) User Reviews

The One Rachel has erotic dreams

[Lady_Targaryen · 8/10 · 22 October 2007]

Rachel has erotic dreams with Chandler and Joey, making Ross jealous.

Phoebe starts to work with Chandler as his secretary, and starts to have friendship with the people from their work. She tells Chandler that nobody likes him at work, making him feel bad. He then tries to change his image, but without much success.

Monica finds out that Ethan, the guy she is going out, is younger then she thought: instead of being in the university, Ethan is in fact in high school!

Carol, Ross' ex wife, beeps Ross that she is in labour, making everybody run to the hospital.

Perry Saves This Episode

[slightlymad22 · 7/10 · 27 November 2014]

Another so so episode helped out greatly by Matthew Perry as Chandler.

Plot In A Paragraph: Chandler gives Phoebe a temp job whilst his secretary has an operation, but he is horrified to find out that none of his friends at work like him, now he is boss. Ross gets jealous when Rachel has a dirty dream about having sex with Chandler, then Chandler and Joey. Meanwhile Monica is dating a guy known as "Young Ethan".

I'll start with the negative. The actor who played "Young Ethan", Stan Kirsch, is clearly mid to late 20's at the time this episode was made. Ross gets ridiculously jealous and heaves stupidly about Rachel's dreams making a big deal about pretty much nothing.

Matthew Perry is great as Chandler again. Probably my favourite male character of the first season. With Aniston being my favourite female.

The One with the Ick Factor

[ComedyFan2010 · 9/10 · 11 June 2011]

Great episode! I don't really get why they were making fun of Monica for dating Ethan first when they thought he was a senior in college. Not a very bad age difference and if it was the other way around it would be no problem, but maybe it was different in the 90's. But once they start "telling stuff" and she find out his real age....boy, was I laughing!

Rachel having sexual dreams about Chandler and Joey was funny too, especially Ross being jealous about it

Feel bad for Chandler but Idid like the idea of his previous work friends not liking him anymore now that he is the boss. And Phoebe being his secretary was a good idea too, although I feel they could have done more with this

The One With Dream Sex

[devashishparnami · 8/10 · 6 February 2018]

Rachel had a dream about her and Chandler having sex and Ross is jealous. Monica's boyfriend Ethan is a senior at college but their age difference is no problem because Monica told him she was 22. Phoebe fills in for Chandler's secretary but tells Chandler that nobody likes him. Ethan and Monica have sex after Ethan tells her he is a virgin and Monica confesses to being 26. Ethan then tells her that he is a senior in high school and Monica freaks out. Rachel has another dream about Chandler - but this time Joey was there too. Chandler accompanies Phoebe to a party with people from work even though he was not invited but they still don't like him. Monica tells Ethan she loves him but can't be with him. Rachel has a dream about Ross while Ross is there and she yells out his name. They share an almost intimate moment when Ross gets beeped that Carol is in labor. Everybody leaves for the hospital.

Not a classic, but better than the last few episodes

[studioAT · 8 September 2019]

There was a run of weaker episodes towards the end of 'Friends' first year, but this one is slightly better.

I didn't care for the Rachel or Monica storylines, but there was some fun to be had in the one involving Phoebe and Chandler, as the latter learns he's not half as popular at work as he first thought.

Not a classic, but better.

The One Where Chandler's Coworkers Don't Like Him...

[taylorkingston · 9/10 · 30 May 2018]

I really enjoy this episode. I enjoy it everytime I watch it. In fact, I watched it about four days ago.

In this episode, Monica is dating a college senior who thinks she's twenty-two. They eventually have sex, his first time, I might add, and she reveals that she is actually twenty-six. The boyfriend also comes clean, disclosing that he is a senior, but not in college. That's right, he's a senior in high school and seventeen-years-old. He says he's falling in love with Monica, but she can't get over the age thing, not that I blame her. She said she feels that it's icky, hence the title of the episode. Meanwhile, Phoebe accidentally loses business because she taught a "Massage Yourself At Home" workshop. "And they are." - Phoebe. Anyway, since Chandler's secretary is getting one of her breasts reduced because "It's a whole big breast thing," or something like that, Phoebe comes and works at Chandler's office. Phoebe finds out that Chandler's coworkers don't like him since he got promoted, and that they make fun of him. Chandler eventually goes along with it, enjoying the fact that he has the power to make his coworkers work on the weekend.

Best part of this episode: When Phoebe says Boss Man Bing over and over in different ways.

Worst part of this episode: When you find out the boyfriend's real age and you feel icky, just like Monica.

Best quote of the episode: "Some people are going to be working this weekend." - Chandler Bing, but with his funny emphasis on this weekend, which he is purposely doing.

Overall, I give this movie a 9 out of 10, which in my ratings book is: Amazing.

Ick indeed

[bevo-13678 · 10/10 · 16 December 2020]

Funnier than the time I pooed my pants in year 2 at school

Not so great but Matthew Perry is amazing as usual

[seljangalal · 7/10 · 5 April 2023]

In this episode, Monica is going out with a guy named Ethan, who is a senior in college. She tells him that she's 22 when she's actually 26 and later they have sex and start telling each other stuff and Monica finds out that young Ethan is actually a senior in high school.

Rachel has a dream about having sex with Chandler and then Chandler and Joey. Ross gets unreasonably jealous about the dream.

Phoebe loses her business and Chandler gives her a temporary job as his secretary since he's secretary has a breast operation. Phoebe tells Chandler that his coworkers don't like him since he got promoted and mock him. Chandler feels bad about it and tries to change but realizes that it doesn't work so he uses his power to make his coworkers work all weekend.

Ross's ex wife Carol beeps Ross that she is in labour and everyone runs to the hospital.

This episode is so so but I really enjoyed Chandler & Phoebe's storyline.

Best part of the episode: Chandler and Phoebe

Worst part of the episode: Ross being jealous about Rachel's dreams and making a big deal about nothing.

The second of the two worst episodes of Friends

[crimsonsun-60486 · 1/10 · 24 June 2023]

Get ready for the worst episode of Friends. It's so bad and unfunny that it will leave that 'ick' taste (even the writers knew this was bad..) in your mouth for a very long time.

It's a Monica episode - a character the writers were clearly very unsure about even this far into the 1st season - and even worse than the previous Monica episode, which happens to be the episode before this one. So, we get a double bill of terrible Monica episodes to deal with.. yikes.

In this episode Monica dates a much younger character (that in true US tv style is played by an actor who's clearly at least 7 or 8 years older than his character is supposed to be) who is completely devoid of personality and charm. He even comes of as pretty obnoxious in most of his scenes and lines. There's no chemistry with Monica at all. They are not, in the slightest, convincing as a match.

The characters - with zero chemistry - proceed to jump into bed after a really icky 'romantic' scene. In the bedroom, he reveals that he tricked her into sleeping with an underage guy. The only thing he cares about is that he 'just had sex' which he says with a creepy grin. Monica, understandably, is mortified. The next scene is an utterly ridiculous, cringe scene in the coffee house where they're calmly talking (after his unforgivable deception and entrapment) about the fact that he thinks he's falling in love with her. Monica even entertains a fantasy situation where she might feel the same way if he wasn't underage despite that fact he tricks girls into having sex for his own selfish needs. It is a wholly abysmal episode that's not only terribly written and acted, but in extremely poor taste for a show of this nature. Poor Monica.. the writers must have had a strange course for her before steering her back to the Monica we all love, thankfully. It's all up from here but you'll have that awful memory of the 'ick' episode. One to skip for sure.