The Best Episodes Directed By Sam Simon

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.2/10(54 votes)

   #1 - The One Without the Ski Trip

   S3:E173/6/1997

   Ross and Rachel compete to spend time with their other friends. When a lonely Ross is excluded from Rachel's ski trip with her pals, he visits Carol. On the way to the cabin, they run out of gas. Meanwhile, Chandler starts smoking again.

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   8.0/10(1 votes)

   #2 - The Joining of Two Unlike Elements Is a Mixture

   S1:E39/27/1995

   Drew vows to throw Kate a surprise shotgun wedding, after she laments that one of the states she never entered was that of holy matrimony. Meanwhile, a co-worker asks Drew to fire him.

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   8.0/10(1 votes)

   #3 - Miss Right

   S1:E29/20/1995

   Drew finally meets "Miss Right," only to discover she's also just right for a job he's trying to fill. Meanwhile, Mimi's back--and this time, it's personal: she's been hired as personal assistant to Drew's boss.

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   8.0/10(1 votes)

   #4 - Atomic Cat Fight

   S1:E192/21/1996

   Lisa, Kate and Mimi are candidates to head the store's personal-services department, and Drew has trouble deciding among them.

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   7.0/10(6 votes)

   #5 - Charlie Dates Kate's Patient

   S1:E67/26/2012

   Inflamed by Kate's comment that he's only "nouveau smart", Charlie starts covertly dating a brilliant coffee-shop barista. The only problem is that the woman is turned on by sex where there's a chance of getting caught -- and she's Kate's patient.

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   7.0/10(1 votes)

   #6 - Science Names Suck

   S1:E1012/6/1995

   Drew and his buddies welcome back an old high-school friend, but Kate's up in arms about the "new guy" horning in on her territory.

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   7.0/10(1 votes)

   #7 - The Electron Doesn't Fall Far from the Nucleus

   S1:E1112/13/1995

   Drew's dad pressures him to join his lodge, the Wildebeests, so he can make gnu, er, new business connections.

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   7.0/10(1 votes)

   #8 - Drew and Mrs. Louder

   S1:E911/29/1995

   The store's owner asks Drew to be her personal assistant, but his new position soon turns compromising when her interest extends into his private life.

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   7.0/10(1 votes)

   #9 - There Is No Scientific Name for a Show about God

   S1:E151/17/1996

   A life-altering experience reawakens Drew's aspiration to spend his life behind an altar--as a minister. But his renewed devotion leads to a baptism of fire when he's called upon to dispense advice.

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    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #10 - George Sees an Airplane

    S1:E21/23/1994

    George's sanity is questioned after he sees a UFO.

    Director:Sam Simon

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