Sitcom · 1990s
Friends
The One Where Rachel Quits
Mint treats, Christmas trees and Rachel handing in her notice.
- American
- Family-safe
Content note: Some mild innuendo
NBC
1996
First shown 12 Dec 1996
- First shown
- 12 December 1996
- Channel
- NBC
- Runtime
- 22 mins
- Genre
- Sitcom
Where to watch
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Rachel quits Central Perk, which is a bold move when the coffee shop is basically your living room. Elsewhere, Phoebe is up in arms about the treatment of Christmas trees, Ross is selling cookies on behalf of a scout he accidentally injured, and Monica becomes dangerously hooked on a chocolate mint treat. Four plots, a festive backdrop and the gang at their early best, back when they were all squashed in the coffee shop on the sofa. The kind of episode you stick on when the telly's gone quiet, and then find yourself watching three more.
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