That which moves

That which moves (also known under the name of the episode controls ) is the very first episode of the Sitcom Friends which will count 236 on the whole of them (10 seasons).

Description

original Titles : The One Where Monica Gets has New Roomate (reads. " That where Monica has a new joint tenant) - The One Where It All Began (reads. " That where all has commencé") - Pile
Number (S) : 1 (1.1)
Scenario writer (S) : Marta Kauffman & David Crane
Realizer (S) : James Burrows
Diffusion (S) :

the United States: September 22nd 1994
France: April 16th 1996

Invited (be) : John Allen Nelson (Paul, the wine waiter), Clea Lewis (Franny), Cynthia Mann (Jasmine, the waitress).

Complete summary

It is the first episode of the series. The action proceeds with the Central Perk. Monica To freeze, chief in a restaurant (Iridium), has a amorous meeting and puts forth assumptions with his/her friends, the Acteur Joey Tribbiani, monotonous of the office Chandler Bing and a masseuse all in smoothness Phoebe Buffay. Joey says that the guy with whom Monica wants to leave is a patient. Phoebe feels all the more concerned as it left with a guy, Carl, who ate Craie. Chandler tells a dream which it made, upright in front of the cafeteria of the university and finding itself very naked, it lowers the eyes then and discovers that there is “a telephone there” (implied for “its genitals”) and the telephone starts to sound. When it takes down, it realizes that it is his/her mother. What astonishes it since his/her mother never calls it. Notice which does not fail to make smile the band of friends.

The big brother of Monica, Ross To freeze, Paleontologist, enters the coffee, depressed. Its ex-wife, Carol, moved her business to go to live with her friend lesbian. Joey suggests to him going to the striptease - but that does not function - and Phoebe tries to clean its Will have, thing that Ross has evil to accept. Ross says that all that he wants is to marry again. On the fact, a woman vêtue of a wedding gown enters the Perk Exchange. The woman is in fact Rachel Green, a rich girl and a friend of Monica from the university (in fact, it is about the college, Lincoln High).

Rachel explains why right before its marriage, it was in the room where were all the gifts. A splendid boat of cruising then passed. It realized at this moment that the boat excited it more than its been engaged Barry and than this one resembled Frankenstein a little (Mr Patate in the original version). Understanding that she really does not like it, she flees of the church and thinks of joining the only person that she knows, always living in the city (without counting the fact that she did not invite Monica with the marriage, which would not have been an exit).

While the group looks at a Soap operated Spanish, Rachel calls his/her father to explain to him why she east flees of the marriage and to force Monica to keep it like Colocataire. Monica accepts in spite of it, indicating that it will be a good thing for it. Joey finishes by flasher on Rachel, Monica explains to him why it should not make it because today it is its day of marriage, which Joey answers: “Why this day, has a special rule there? ”

The amorous meeting of Monica, Paul the wine waiter, arrives. Since Ross is upset in connection with Carol and that Rachel left fallen a man with the furnace bridge, Monica does not wish to go there. Ross and Rachel try to convince it then it ends up deciding to go there. With the dinner, Paul tells him that for two years, following his divorce, it has not been able to ensure the bed. Monica, touched by its confidence, assistance to be improved, which gives again hope to him. She will learn later with her costs that the weather would have already been the same thing with his colleague, Franny.

Chandler and Joey go to the apartment of Ross to help it to assemble its new pieces of furniture (Carol having practically recovered all furniture). Ross finds the favorite beer quill of Carol (“She drank directly with the quill, I will have had to be wary”) and becomes again upset. Joey and Chandler help it by saying to him that since it is again unmarried, it is free and can leave with girls.

Rachel decides that as it does not have anything any more, it will seek work. After twelve unfruitful research, it bought something - a pair of boots, with half price, paid by the credit card of her father. The band of buddies tries to convince it that it does not require more for the money of her father, and that it must cut the credit cards. Phoebe makes an account of lived of its childhood: his/her mother killed herself when it was 14 years old, her father-in-law is turned over in prison, it unloaded downtown, it was done devalized and it was found with a Albinos Chinese which washed avoid-break in front of the toll of 15th and which drew a ball in the head. Then, she discovered the Aromathérapie. Later, Ross reveals in Rachel that at the university (the college in fact), it gripped some drôlement for her, it asks to him whether she would be of agreement to leave with him. Thinking that Ross is a nice being, it accepts.

At the end of the episode, Rachel finds a work as waitress with the Perk Exchange but its coffee does not seem to be very appreciated by his/her comrades. (" It is you who did it? " , Chandler request, after she answered negatively everyone street on the coffee machine)

Follow-up of the history

the group

the band was made up at the beginning only of 5 members (Monica, Phoebe, Ross, Chandler and Joey). Rachel joined them at the time of this pilot episode.
Friends already turned into to Central Perk their general headquarter and the settee is already their property (only an episode on all 10 season, where it is besides in the middle of the action, will show it occupied by someone else).

Chandler

In the way in which it is presented in this episode, one would be tempted to believe that it has homosexual leanings. It will be learned thereafter that it of it is nothing.
His/her mother never calls it.
It makes odd dreams.

Joey

He is actor and played in particular the part of Pinocchio in a film in pornographic matter.
It divides an apartment with Chandler.

Monica

Monica and Rachel was very close with the college (and not at the university, it later will be learned) Lincoln High.
It works as a cooker with Iridium. His/her colleague of job is called Franny.
It leaves (just the time of the episode) with Paul, the wine waiter.

Phoebe

It arrived at New York at the 14 years age.
His/her mother committed suicide at that time.
His/her father-in-law made prison.
It lived with a washing albino of avoid-break who also committed suicide.
It practices the Aromathérapie.
It had a history with a certain Carl, which ate chalk.

Rachel

One learns the existence from Barry, with which Rachel, which has just planted it in front of the furnace bridge, was to marry and leave out of honeymoon to the the Bahamas.
It still lives with the hook of his/her parents (his/her father especially).
It with the extravagant madness.
It does not have any diploma.
Its first job will be to be a waitress with the Central Perk, but obviously its coffee (it in had never made before) does not seem to be very appreciated by his/her new friends.

Ross

It is married with Carol, which has just announced its homosexuality to him.
He was also high-school pupil in Lincol High, at the same time as Monica and Rachel.
It appreciated much Rachel with which it was probably in love.

Cultural references

real or fictitious Places

Barry and Rachel was to convoy out of honeymoon with the the Bahamas. In the following episode, the place changed since it is then question of Aruba!!

Tele /cinema

Friends looks at an episode of a series turned in Spanish (Mexican perhaps?)
Rachel, only, looks at an episode of Joanie likes Chachi (Joanie coil Chachi).

Musique

Phoebe sings an extract of " All the rain falls on moi" of Sacha Distel, a French adaptation (the text is signed Maurice Tézé) " Raindrops Keep Fallin' One My Head" (Hall David - Burt Bacharach), popularized by B.J. Thomas.
the music which one hears when the plan passes from Ross in front of its window to Rachel, in the same position, is " Sky blue and black" of Jackson Browne
Chandler mentions the name of Liza Minnelli by evoking some of its dreams.

Divers

Rachel compares its been engaged, Barry, with Frankenstein or Mr Patate (Mr. Potato Head) in the original version.

Irony

When Ross says that all that he wants it is remarier, Chandler known as “Me I want a million dollars” to the manner of a wish as if he could be carried out.
One discovers the old haircut of Joey which it will not have any more in the future seasons.
When Monica presents Rachel to Ross, this one does not fail to open, by inadvertency, its umbrella right in front of it, which makes it confused.
Paul is called “Paul the wine waiter” because he works to put wine holds some in the restaurant of Monica.

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