Episode
Friends: The One with the Fake Monica
Overview
When Monica's credit card is stolen, she, along with Phoebe and Rachel, decide to catch the thief. Joey enlists his friends to help him come up with a less ethnic-sounding stage name. And Ross finds out that Marcel has reached sexual maturity and needs to be with other monkeys.
Details
- Series
- Friends
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 21
- Air date
- 1995-04-27
- Runtime
- 23 min
Episode context
The One with the Fake Monica is Episode 21 in Season 1 of Friends. It aired on 1995-04-27. The runtime is 23 min.
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Episode 12: The One with the Dozen Lasagnas
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