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The One with the Rumor

‘The One with the Rumor’

Season 8, Episode 9 -  Aired November 22, 2001

When Monica invites Will (Brad Pitt), a high school friend, to Thanksgiving dinner, he reveals a long-standing grudge against Rachel.

Quote from Ross

Ross: I don't think I've seen you since Lance Davis's graduation party.
Will: That was such a fun night.
Ross: Yeah. It would've been good if we had gotten in, but still fun.
Will: God, we were lame back them. Do you remember how into dinosaurs we were?
Ross: Yeah.
Will: So what do you do now?
Ross: So how long are you in town?

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Quote from Monica

Rachel: Wow, he's really got that sexy smoldering thing going on. Oh, my God. Look at the way he's just staring at me. I think he's trying to mouth something to me, but I can't make it out.
Will: [mouths] I hate you!
Monica: Okay, dinner's ready!

Quote from Rachel

Rachel: Hi! Will, right?
Will: Right.
Rachel: Hi, I'm Rachel Green.
Will: Oh, I remember you.
Rachel: Really? Aren't you sweet? I gotta tell you, though, I'm having the hardest time placing you. Oh, oh, hang on! I think I remember you. Did we fool around at Lance Davis's graduation party?
Will: You are unbelievable.
Rachel: Thank you.

Quote from Joey

Rachel: Who would like some yams? Will?
Will: Oh, you'd like that, wouldn't you?
Rachel: What? Oh, you know what, can we please keep the chicken and the turkey and everything on the other side of the table? The smell is just yuck.
Will: Typical.
Rachel: I'm sorry. What?
Will: I said it was typical. Typical of you, Rachel Green. Queen Rachel does whatever she wants in little Rachel-land.
Joey: Seriously, who is this guy?

Quote from Phoebe

Rachel: Um, sorry, do you have a problem with me?
Will: I don't know. Do I? Do I?
Phoebe: I think you do.

Quote from Monica

Monica: Apparently, you were a little mean to him in high school.
Will: A little mean? You made my life miserable.
Rachel: I- I had no idea. I'm sorry.
Will: Well, you should be. Screw it. Bring on the yams.
Monica: Aw, Will, but you worked so hard.
Will: Yams!
Monica: Okay.

Quote from Ross

Rachel: So you were in an "I Hate Rachel" club?
Will: Yes, he was. [Will goes to high five Ross]
Ross: No, no.
Rachel: So who else was in this club?
Ross: Uh, actually, there was also that exchange student from Thailand. But I don't think he knew what it was.

Quote from Ross

Rachel: So, Ross, we went out for two years and you never told me you were in an "I Hate Rachel Club"?
Will: You went out with her? We had a pact.
Ross: That was in high school. It's not like it was binding forever.
Will: Then why did it have the word "eternity" in it?

Quote from Ross

Ross: Look, Rach, I'm sorry, okay? I was a stupid kid, okay? The only reason I joined-
Will: Cofounded.
Ross: Cofounded. Cofounded he club, was that I was insanely in love with you. Obviously I didn't handle it very well. But if you think about it, the "I Hate Rachel Club" was really the "I Love Rachel Club."
Will: Uh, except that it was really the "I Hate Rachel Club."

Quote from Phoebe

Rachel: So what, you guys would just get together and say mean things about me?
Will: Well, we did a little more than that.
Ross: No, no. No, no. No, no.
Phoebe: Why? What else did you do?
Will: We started a rumor.
Rachel: What rumor?
Phoebe: Oh, come on, Will. Just take off your shirt and tell us.

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