S08E21 · SCENE 1/17 · 00:02
The One With the Cooking Class · Monica and Chandler's apartment
Monica gets bad review

Monica is devastated by a horrible restaurant review from a food critic.

00:02→02:14
in the episode · 2m 12s · S08E21

What happens

00:02–02:14

Monica learns her restaurant got a terrible review in the Post. Chandler tries to hide the newspapers but she finds out. Joey makes an awkward joke about his own bad review. Monica feels humiliated and questions her cooking skills.

WhereMonica and Chandler's apartment
DriverMonica
Positionact1 · setup
ThreadMonica's cooking class revenge

Key lines

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00:32

Joey Tribbiani was abysmal."

00:51

But the good news is, no one in a two-block radius will ever know.

01:08

You don't think that, um, "the chef's mahi-mahi was awful-awful" is bad press?

01:27

Your food is abysmal!

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Scene DNA

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humiliation0.7
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petty grievance0.3
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Beats

00:11Monica's restaurant gets a horrible review

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00:02–02:14
A · Monica's cooking class revenge
B · Rachel's jealousy over Ross
C · Chandler's interview practice

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Monica Geller232 episodes · drives 572 scenes
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Ross Geller232 episodes · drives 707 scenes
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Phoebe Buffay232 episodes · drives 425 scenes

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