Friends: Season 7

The gang prepare to celebrate the engagement of Monica and Chandler. However, plans are upended when Monica walks in on Ross and Rachel kissing in the hallway, and she accuses them of stealing her thunder; Ross and Rachel had been planning a "bonus night", where two exes have a one-night stand. Meanwhile, Chandler has bedroom-related problems, Joey intends to audition for the role of a 19-year-old, and Phoebe wants to play her guitar at Monica’s and Chandler’s wedding.

Monica is devastated that her parents have spent her entire wedding fund to build their beach cottage. She soon perks up after learning that Chandler has just enough money to pay for her dream wedding. However, Chandler's refusal to use all the money on their wedding instead of saving it for their future causes an argument between the two. Joey teases Rachel after finding an erotic novel that she is reading. Phoebe temporarily moves into Ross's apartment and brings all her massage clients to the

Phoebe offers to give her grandmother's secret cookie recipe to Monica as an engagement gift, but the recipe was destroyed in the fire. Monica obsessively attempts to recreate it, only to learn later that the recipe is Nestle Toll House’s. Rachel offers to teach Joey how to sail, but soon finds herself being verbally abusive to him for his lax attitude. Her abusive teaching style makes her realize that she is acting just like her nasty father back when he taught her sailing. Chandler's new eyegl

Rachel must choose between a hunky young guy, Tag, and an experienced and well-qualified woman to hire as her executive assistant. Joey is offered the part of Dr. Stryker Ramoray, the twin of his old character Dr. Drake Ramoray, on Days of Our Lives, but is offended when he is asked to audition for the part. However, when Mac and C.H.E.E.S.E. is cancelled, Joey finds himself crawling back to the producers and eventually gets hired back onto the show as Dr. Drake Ramoray who is now recovering fro

Chandler is unable to smile naturally for his and Monica's engagement photo, so Monica ends up taking a photo with Joey. Joey teaches Tag how to pick up women, much to Rachel's annoyance. Ross and Phoebe date a couple who are divorcing.

Joey and Ross accidentally take a nap together and, much to their dismay, find that they like it. Phoebe and Rachel compete to be Monica's maid-of-honor with the help of Joey and Ross. Chandler's breakup with a past girlfriend, due to her being overweight, places Monica in doubt about him being committed to their relationship.

Ross is excited that his dissertation has been published and is currently placed in the school library, but he soon learns that it is in an isolated aisle where students go to hook up. He then tries guarding the aisle (and effectively his dissertation) from more potential hook-ups, but soon finds himself jumping on the bandwagon when he encounters a woman there who admires his work, and the pair ends up getting caught by the library staff. Rachel and Phoebe believe that they have found the perfe

Phoebe sneaks a dog into the apartment; Chandler reveals that he hates dogs. Ross becomes obsessed with naming all fifty U.S. states in order to earn his Thanksgiving dinner. After learning that Tag has broken up with his girlfriend and has nowhere to go for Thanksgiving, Rachel invites him to Monica’s and Chandler's apartment. She is hesitant to tell Tag that she has a crush on him.

When Phoebe tells the gang about how she was too poor to have a bike as a child, Ross goes out and buys her one. While Phoebe absolutely loves the bike, the gang soon discovers that she doesn't actually know how to ride one. Meanwhile, Monica decides to make candy in order to get to know her neighbours, and while they all love the candy, nobody is particularly interested in Monica herself. Rachel and Tag try to hide their relationship at work, but things go awry when Rachel writes a playful work

Ross wants to introduce his half-Jewish son to Hanukkah, but the latter loves Christmas, so, unable to get a Santa costume, Ross dresses up as the "Holiday Armadillo" and tries to get Ben excited about the festivities of Hanukkah. Phoebe’s and Rachel's apartment has been repaired, but Phoebe fears that Rachel prefers living at Joey's. In order to get Rachel to live with her again, Phoebe presents Joey with various gifts: a spider that scares Joey more than Rachel and a drum kit that annoys Monic

Rachel and Chandler get hooked on the home-delivered cheesecakes meant for another tenant. David (Hank Azaria), Phoebe's Scientist Guy, is in town for just one night and wishes to have dinner with Phoebe. However, she already has dinner plans with Joey. Phoebe has to decide whether to blow Joey off after criticising him for having done it to her the night before. Monica is upset that she is not invited to her cousin Frannie’s wedding. Monica goes as Ross’s plus-one anyway, only to discover that

The gang is awake for the entire night after trying to see a comet from the rooftop. Monica and Chandler are unable to sleep and decide to have sex, but she falls asleep mid-sex. Rachel and Tag go back to the office to search for a business file that she claims he has misplaced. Joey and Ross get stuck on the roof and try to escape. Phoebe's smoke detector goes off and will not stop beeping, leading to a run-in with a firefighter.

Rachel accidentally breaks Rosita, Joey’s recliner, while trying to shift it. When Rachel goes out with Joey to buy a new recliner, Chandler goes into Joey’s apartment and sits on the already-broken Rosita, causing him to think that he has broken his best friend’s favourite recliner. Guilt-stricken, he secretly swaps Rosita out for his own recliner. As a result, Joey believes that Rosita has been "healed", and Rachel gets to keep the new and luxurious La-Z-Boy for herself. Joey, who is jealous t

Rachel frets over turning 30, prompting everyone else to remember what they did when they reached the same milestone. Joey ruined his party due to being distraught over his aging; Chandler's party was ruined by Joey for the same reasoning; Ross had a crisis and bought a vintage car which the gang then struggles to get out of its parking spot; Monica turned up to the surprise party Chandler planned blackout drunk; and Phoebe completed her list of life goals before 30, only to discover from Ursula

Joey learns that his Days of our Lives character, Dr. Drake Ramoray, will be coming out of a coma by having the brain of a killed-off female character, Jessica Lockhart, transplanted into his body. In hope of learning more about Jessica’s motivation on the show, Joey visits the actress playing Jessica, Cecilia Monroe (Susan Sarandon), and accidentally tells her that Jessica will be killed off in favour of Dr. Drake Ramoray’s reintegration into the show, which infuriates Cecilia. Joey then charms

Rachel teaches Ben practical jokes, much to Ross’s chagrin. Meanwhile, Chandler becomes paranoid when he learns that Monica was actually planning to sleep with Joey the night they first got together, and Joey becomes ordained over the Internet in preparation to officiate Monica’s and Chandler's wedding.

Monica beats another bride-to-be in a fight over a discounted wedding dress. However, her happiness is short-lived when she is forced to relinquish her prize after the other bride-to-be blackmails her into giving the dress back by booking Chandler's favorite band on the same day as her wedding. Meanwhile, Joey and Ross are interested in the same girl (Gabrielle Union) and go to drastic measures to win her.

Joey proves to be a sore loser after being nominated for a "Soapie" award. When he accepts an award from a different category on behalf of a co-star, he is unwilling to hand it over. However, he later keeps the award anyway when the actress who has won it considers it insignificant. Meanwhile, a male student in Ross’s class angles for a higher test grade by claiming that he loves Ross. Another student reveals that the guy is actually straight, and has used the same ploy on other professors. Ross

Ross’s and Monica's gorgeous cousin, Cassie (Denise Richards) visits, and Chandler, Ross, and Phoebe become attracted to her. Rachel and Phoebe throw a last-minute bridal shower for Monica. Joey auditions for a part which is perfect for him, apart from it calling for an uncircumcised actor (and Joey is circumcised). Upon finding out he lied about his 'downstairs' area, Monica tries to fix it so he can still get the part, using a variety of methods including Silly Putty and cold cuts. Note: The s

Rachel runs into Melissa (Winona Ryder), a former sorority sister with whom she once had a passionate kiss. However, Melissa denies it ever happened. Phoebe disbelieves that Rachel is capable of kissing a woman, so the latter recreates the kiss with surprising results: Melissa does remember and has feelings for Rachel. Meanwhile, Chandler is excited when he rents the same tuxedo that Pierce Brosnan had worn as James Bond, but feels outdone when Ross claims to have tried on the same tux that Val

Chandler and Monica struggle to write their wedding vows. Meanwhile, the rest of the gang reminisces the couple’s journey over the past few years via flashbacks. Note: This is a clip show and was the lowest-rated episode in the series with 15.65 million viewers.

Chandler tries to reconcile with his estranged gay father (Kathleen Turner), at the behest of Monica: the couple goes to Vegas to attend one of Mr. Bing's drag shows, where the father and son finally reconcile, and Mr. Bing agrees to attend the wedding. Rachel, who is an irresponsible driver, takes Monica's Porsche for a spin with a fearful Ross, and ends up getting caught driving without a valid license. She then flirts with the officer to avoid getting a ticket. Later, Ross is pulled over for

So close to the wedding, Chandler suddenly realizes the overwhelming meaning of getting married and takes off without warning anyone. Meanwhile, Joey acts opposite a famous actor in a movie, but can't bring himself to tell him that he spits when he says his lines. Phoebe and Ross try to find Chandler before the wedding starts, while Rachel tries to hinder Monica, so that she doesn't find out the shocking news. On the day of the wedding Joey encounters a scheduling problem, while Phoebe and Rache