
‘The One in Massapequa’
Season 8, Episode 18 - Aired March 28, 2002
When the group spend the evening in Massapequa celebrating Monica and Ross's parents' thirty-fifth wedding anniversary, Phoebe takes an extremely upbeat guy, Parker, she met at the dry cleaners, Monica tries to give a toast that will have the audience in tears, and Ross and Rachel pretend to be married.
Quote from Joey
Monica: Aw, Joey? You got a present for my parents? That's so sweet.
Joey: Yeah. Look, in honor of their 35th wedding anniversary, I had a star named after them.
Ross: That is so cool.
Joey: And I got them a book on "Kama Sutra for the Elderly."
Quote from Chandler
Phoebe: Ross, Mon, is it okay if I bring someone to your parents' anniversary?
Monica: Sure.
Ross: Yeah.
Joey: Who's the guy?
Phoebe: Well, his name's Parker and I met him at the dry cleaners.
Chandler: Ooh. Did he put a little starch in your bloomers? Who said that?
Quote from Phoebe
Phoebe: No, he's really great, though. He has this incredible zest for life. And he treats me like a queen. Except when he treats me like the naughty girl I am.
Quote from Monica
Chandler: What are you doing?
Monica: I'm working on my toast for the party. Or as I like to call it: "Sob-fest 2002." Hey, check this out.
Chandler: It's a dog.
Monica: It's a dead dog. That's Chi-Chi. She died when I was in high school.
Chandler: It's your parents' anniversary and you're going to talk about their dead pet?
Monica: It's good stuff, huh?
Quote from Joey
Joey: I have to go to the bathroom too, but I don't want him complimenting my thing.
Quote from Phoebe
Parker: What a great time to be alive. Look at this plate bouncy thing. What an inspired solution to man's plate-dispensing problems. Ah, oysters! Let me feed you.
Phoebe: Oh, that's not necessary.
Parker: Please?
Phoebe: Actually, I don't eat-
Parker: I won't quit until you try one.
Phoebe: Okay, fine. Fine. Mmm. Good.
Parker: What are they like? I've never had one.
Phoebe: Why don't you just try one?
Parker: Nah, they look too weird.
Quote from Phoebe
Phoebe: Oh, look, the Bunny Hop. Oh, I love it.
Parker: You do?
Phoebe: Are you kidding? People acting like animals to music? Come on.
Quote from Phoebe
Parker: I must say, this apartment, it's there are no words.
Phoebe: Oh, thank God.
Parker: It's a haven. A third-floor paradise, a modern-day Eden in the midst of-
Phoebe: Yeah, I know, I know. Uh-huh. Gotcha. Listen, why don't we just sit and relax. You know, just be with each other quietly.
Parker: That sounds great. My God, this is the most comfortable couch I've ever sat on in my entire life.
Phoebe: All right. Let's try something else. Let's play a game.
Parker: I love games.
Phoebe: Shocking.
Quote from Ross
Ross: And then we could have gone from the ceremony to the reception with you in the sidecar.
Rachel: Ross, it just wouldn't have been feasible.
Ross: But having a dove place the ring on your finger would've been no problem.
Quote from Ross
Rachel: Hey, Ross, can I ask you something? That proposal at the planetarium?
Ross: I know, I know. It was stupid.
Rachel: Are you kidding? With the lilies, and the song and the stars? It was really wonderful. Did you just make that up?
Ross: No, actually, I thought about it when we were going out. That's how I imagined I would ask you to marry me.
Rachel: Wow. Well, that would've been very hard to say no to.
Ross: Well, it's a good thing I didn't do it, it sounds like it would have been a very expensive wedding.