The Best Episodes of Friends Season 4
Every episode of Friends Season 4 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Friends Season 4!
Six young people from New York City, on their own and struggling to survive in the real world, find the companionship, comfort and support they get from each other to be the perfect antidote to the pressures of life.
Season 4 Ratings Summary
The best episode of "Friends" season 4 is "The One with the Jellyfish", rated 8.9/10 from 6700 user votes. It was directed by Shelley Jensen and written by Wil Calhoun. "The One with the Jellyfish" aired on 9/25/1997 and is rated 1.0 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "The One with the Cat".
8.9/10 6,700 votes#1 - The One with the Jellyfish
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 9/25/1997
Ross chooses between Rachel and his bald-headed girlfriend Bonnie. Phoebe struggles to deal with the revelation that her mother's friend is actually her mother. Monica gets stung by a jellyfish, forcing Chandler and Joey to step up to the plate in order to relieve her pain.
Director: Shelley Jensen
Writer: Wil Calhoun
7.9/10 5,268 votes#2 - The One with the Cat
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 10/2/1997
Phoebe believes that her adoptive mother's spirit resides in a cat that jumped into her guitar case in Central Perk. Monica goes on a date with Rachel's hunky high-school boyfriend, who was cool in high-school, but a failure now. And when Joey and Chandler decide to sell the entertainment center, Joey takes stupidity to a new level.
Director: Shelley Jensen
Writer: Jill Condon, Amy Toomin Straus
8.4/10 5,387 votes#3 - The One with the 'Cuffs
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 10/9/1997
Monica caters a party for her mother, who still doesn't quite know how to talk to her daughter. Chandler's encounter with Rachel's boss leads to an embarrassing situation. And an encyclopedia salesman takes advantage of Joey.
Director: Peter Bonerz
Writer: Seth Kurland
8.0/10 5,164 votes#4 - The One with the Ballroom Dancing
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 10/16/1997
Joey attempts ballroom dancing in order to help Monica and Rachel keep their illegal sublet. Phoebe is attracted to one of her massage clients. And Ross tries to help Chandler quit the gym.
Director: Gail Mancuso
Writer: Andrew Reich, Ted Cohen
8.2/10 5,233 votes#5 - The One with Joey's New Girlfriend
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 10/30/1997
Chandler hits on a woman at Central Perk, not realizing she is Joey's new girlfriend. He soon realizes he is very attracted to, possibly in love, with her. Ross and Rachel play the jealousy game in their relationships. And Phoebe desperately tries to catch a cold after discovering that her voice is sexier and her singing better when she has phlegm in her throat.
Director: Gail Mancuso
Writer: Michael Curtis, Greg Malins
8.4/10 5,343 votes#6 - The One with the Dirty Girl
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 11/6/1997
Ross's new girlfriend seems nearly perfect until he visits her house and discovers that her apartment is incredibly dirty. Chandler helps Joey pick out a thoughtful present for Kathy's birthday. Rachel attempts to finish a crossword puzzle by herself. And Phoebe helps Monica cater a funeral.
Director: Shelley Jensen
Writer: Scott Silveri, Shana Goldberg-Meehan
8.6/10 5,396 votes#7 - The One Where Chandler Crosses the Line
Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 11/13/1997
Chandler must decide between the girl of his dreams and his best friend when he and Kathy share a passionate kiss. Needless to say, Joey is not happy when he finds out about it. And nobody wants to tell Ross how awful his keyboard playing is.
Director: Kevin S. Bright
Writer: Adam Chase
9.0/10 6,654 votes#8 - The One with Chandler in a Box
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 11/20/1997
Chandler agrees to spend Thanksgiving in a shipping crate as penance for kissing Kathy. The gang decides to give each other Secret Santa gifts. After Monica gets ice in her eye, she ends up visiting Richard's son, who is as attracted to Monica as his father was.
Director: Peter Bonerz
Writer: Michael Borkow
7.7/10 5,040 votes#9 - The One Where They're Going to Party!
Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 12/11/1997
Chandler and Ross's college friend Gandalf is planning to come to town. Gandalf is "the party wizard." Ross and Chandler are very excited until Gandalf cancels. However, they decide to make their own party with Joey's help. Joanna squashes Rachel's chance at a promotion. And when Monica fills in for a friend as food critic for a small newspaper, she must decide between a steady job as head chef of a restaurant she panned or keeping her catering business with her friend Phoebe.
Director: Peter Bonerz
Writer: Andrew Reich, Ted Cohen
7.9/10 5,046 votes#10 - The One with the Girl from Poughkeepsie
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 12/18/1997
Ross must decide whether to continue dating a girl he must travel two-and-a-half hours to see. Chandler sets Rachel up with a co-worker who misunderstands her intentions. Monica is being treated poorly by her new co-workers so she hires Joey just so she can fire him and show who's the boss. And Phoebe tries to write the perfect holiday song.
Director: Gary Halvorson
Writer: Scott Silveri
8.4/10 5,453 votes#11 - The One with Phoebe's Uterus
Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 1/8/1998
Phoebe considers her options when her brother visits with his new wife and asks her to carry their child. Joey works as a tour guide at Ross's museum and tries to tear down the walls between tour guides and scientists. And Chandler seeks advice from Monica and Rachel after he fears that he will not live up to Kathy's sexual expectations--especially since the last guy she slept with before him was Joey.
Director: David Steinberg
Writer: Seth Kurland
9.4/10 9,841 votes#12 - The One with the Embryos
Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 1/15/1998
Phoebe's uterus is examined for implantation of the embryos. Meanwhile, a seemingly harmless game between Chandler and Joey against Monica and Rachel escalates into a full blown contest where the stakes are raised higher and higher.
Director: Kevin S. Bright
Writer: Jill Condon, Amy Toomin Straus
8.0/10 5,018 votes#13 - The One with Rachel's Crush
Season 4 Episode 13 - Aired 1/29/1998
After seeing Kathy's play, Chandler becomes convinced she is cheating on him with her co-star. Rachel develops a crush on one of her customers. Monica becomes jealous when she realizes she is no longer the 'hostess'.
Director: Dana De Vally Piazza
Writer: Shana Goldberg-Meehan
8.1/10 5,065 votes#14 - The One with Joey's Dirty Day
Season 4 Episode 14 - Aired 2/5/1998
After a three-day fishing trip with his dad, Joey is in a jam when he doesn't have time to take a shower before going to the set of Charlton Heston's new movie. Rachel, continuing to fawn over clothing shopper Joshua, sets Ross up with her boss's niece Emily when she is unable to take her to the opera. And while Chandler is despondent after his breakup with Kathy, the girls take him to a strip club.
Director: Peter Bonerz
Writer: Wil Calhoun
8.3/10 5,281 votes#15 - The One with All the Rugby
Season 4 Episode 15 - Aired 2/26/1998
Chandler runs into Janice, and finds her more irritating than ever. Meanwhile, Ross attempts to learn how to play rugby to impress Emily and Monica obsesses over an electric switch in her new apartment.
Director: James Burrows
Writer: N/A
8.0/10 5,098 votes#16 - The One with the Fake Party
Season 4 Episode 16 - Aired 3/19/1998
With two days left until Emily's departure back to England, Rachel throws a fake party for her, just so that she can see Joshua outside of work. And a pregnant (vegetarian) Phoebe craves meat.
Director: Michael Lembeck
Writer: N/A
8.5/10 5,254 votes#17 - The One with the Free Porn
Season 4 Episode 17 - Aired 3/26/1998
Chandler and Joey discover that they're getting a free porno station on their TV. Monica encourages Ross to tell Emily he loves her just before she leaves for London. Phoebe gets some shocking news when she visits her OB-GYN.
Director: Michael Lembeck
Writer: N/A
8.1/10 5,015 votes#18 - The One with Rachel's New Dress
Season 4 Episode 18 - Aired 4/2/1998
Rachel has an awkward encounter with Joshua's parents. Phoebe is offered the chance to name one of the triplets. Ross becomes paranoid when Emily goes to London with Susan.
Director: Gail Mancuso
Writer: N/A
8.6/10 5,303 votes#19 - The One with All the Haste
Season 4 Episode 19 - Aired 4/9/1998
Ross proposes to Emily. Monica and Rachel try to win their apartment back from Chandler and Joey.
Director: Kevin S. Bright
Writer: Scott Silveri, Wil Calhoun
8.4/10 5,206 votes#20 - The One with All the Wedding Dresses
Season 4 Episode 20 - Aired 4/16/1998
Chandler takes Joey to a sleep clinic when he starts snoring. After Ross asks Monica to pick up Emily's wedding dress, she tries it on and can't stop wearing it. Meanwhile, jealous of Ross's proposal to Emily, Rachel tries to talk Joshua into marriage.
Director: Gail Mancuso
Writer: N/A
6.9/10 5,576 votes#21 - The One with the Invitation
Season 4 Episode 21 - Aired 4/23/1998
As Ross and Emily send out wedding invitations, he and Rachel each look back on their relationship together while Joey and Chandler look for a purpose in life.
Director: Peter Bonerz
Writer: Seth Kurland
8.3/10 5,069 votes#22 - The One with the Worst Best Man Ever
Season 4 Episode 22 - Aired 4/30/1998
Joey convinces Ross to pick him as his best man instead of Chandler. He throws a great bachelor party, but the next morning he's shocked to find out that the wedding ring is missing and he suspects that the stripper stole it. Meanwhile, Phoebe is experiencing major mood swings due to her pregnancy and the girls decide to throw her a baby shower to cheer her up, but it only makes matters worse.
Director: Peter Bonerz
Writer: N/A
8.6/10 5,530 votes#23 - The One with Ross's Wedding
Season 4 Episode 23 - Aired 5/7/1998
The gang heads over to London for Ross and Emily's wedding. Joey can't contain his excitement about London which annoys Chandler to no end and results in two of them arguing. While the guys are touring the city, Monica, together with Ross and Emily, visit the chapel where the wedding ceremony is supposed to take place only to find out that it's being torn down prematurely. Phoebe tries to warn the gang that Rachel is coming to London to tell Ross that she still loves him. After the initial excitement about visiting England dissipates, Joey begins to feel homesick, however, one of the bridesmaids helps him to forget about it. Meanwhile, Ross and Emily's parents get into an argument over the bill for the wedding.
Director: Kevin S. Bright
Writer: Michael Borkow