Episode
Friends: The One Where Phoebe Hates PBS
Overview
Joey lands a job with a PBS telethon, which ignites an old hatred Phoebe has towards the network. Meanwhile, Monica tries to convince Rachel that she's dating someone from work to hide her relationship with Chandler. And Ross finally gets in touch with Emily and they try to work it out.
Details
- Series
- Friends
- Season
- Season 5
- Episode
- Episode 4
- Air date
- 1998-10-15
- Runtime
- 23 min
Episode context
The One Where Phoebe Hates PBS is Episode 4 in Season 5 of Friends. It aired on 1998-10-15. The runtime is 23 min.
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