8.2/1041 votes#1 - The One Without the Ski Trip
Season 3 Episode 17 - Aired 3/6/1997
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.
Director: Sam Simon
Writer: Shana Goldberg-Meehan
8.0/101 votes#2 - Miss Right
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/20/1995
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.
Director: Sam Simon
Writer: Clay Graham
- 8.0/101 votes
#3 - The Joining of Two Unlike Elements Is a Mixture
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/27/1995
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.
Director: Sam Simon
Writer: Lona Williams
- 8.0/101 votes
#4 - Atomic Cat Fight
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 2/21/1996
Lisa, Kate and Mimi are candidates to head the store's personal-services department, and Drew has trouble deciding among them.
Director: Sam Simon
Writer: Lona Williams
- 7.0/101 votes
#5 - Drew and Mrs. Louder
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/29/1995
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.
Director: Sam Simon
Writer: Clay Graham
- 7.0/101 votes
#6 - Science Names Suck
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/6/1995
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.
Director: Sam Simon
Writer: Lona Williams
- 7.0/101 votes
#7 - The Electron Doesn't Fall Far from the Nucleus
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/13/1995
Drew's dad pressures him to join his lodge, the Wildebeests, so he can make gnu, er, new business connections.
Director: Sam Simon
Writer: Lona Williams
- 7.0/101 votes
#8 - There Is No Scientific Name for a Show about God
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 1/17/1996
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.
Director: Sam Simon
Writer: Lona Williams
7.0/103 votes#9 - Charlie Dates Kate's Patient
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 7/26/2012
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.
Director: Sam Simon
Writer: N/A
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"The One Without the Ski Trip" is the best rated episode directed by Sam Simon. It scored 8.244/10 based on 41 votes. It was written by Shana Goldberg-Meehan. It aired on 3/6/1997 and is rated 0.2 points higher than their second-best episode, "Miss Right".