An introduction to the gang. After Rachel leaves her Mr Potato Head look-alike fiancé Barry at the altar, she moves in with Monica and discovers that independence sucks when you don't have Daddy's credit cards to rely on. Meanwhile, Chandler and Joey encourage Ross to experience the advantages of bachelorhood, and Phoebe supports herself by playing guitar in the subway.

Ross's lesbian ex-wife is pregnant with his child and he doesn't like her choice of last name for the baby. Elsewhere, Rachel finds out that her ex-fiancé went on what would have been their honeymoon.

Monica finds it difficult to break up with her latest boyfriend whom everyone likes, Chandler is reunited with his beloved cigarettes, and Phoebe receives a large sum of money.

While the men attend a hockey game and end up at a hospital, the women spy on President Clinton's top aide, George Stephanopoulos, who lives across the street. Meanwhile, Rachel receives her first pay packet.

While Chandler and Phoebe decide to break up with their significant others on the same night, Ross and Rachel have their first date doing laundry together.

An agent offers Joey a movie role as Al Pacino's naked body double, Ross tries to be less conservative, and Chandler thinks his fantasies have come true when he has an affair with a married woman.