Monica hires "Dragon" so she can fire him to intimidate the other employees who pay her no respect, but Joey makes a lot of tips and backs out of the deal.

Estelle dies in the last season, and Joey gives a speech at her memorial service, where it is revealed that her only other client is Al Zebooker, a man who eats paper.

Chandler began smoking when he was nine years old, just after his parents announced their divorce.

In "The One with the Jam", Monica decides that she needs a project to help her get over Richard, so she starts making tons of jam (the 'Jam Plan'). When she realizes that the jam isn't working, she comes up with a new plan (the 'Baby Plan'). She wants to go to the sperm bank in order to get pregnant and have a baby.

The two-part episode that aired after the Super Bowl in 1996 was the most-watched episode of the series. 52.9 million people tuned in as Chandler almost hooked up with Julia Roberts, Joey was stalked by Brooke Shields, and Monica and Rachel fought over Jean Claude Van Damme.

Monica and Chandler sleep together and decide to begin dating, though they originally hide their relationship from the other Friends.

Ross very briefly dates Rachel's spoiled younger sister Jill (played by Reese Witherspoon) after her father sends her to New York to take lessons from Rachel in self-sufficiency. Although Jill finds Ross boring and geeky, she dates him anyway because it makes Rachel uncomfortable.

In "The One with the Thumb", Phoebe struggles to get rid of all the free money she's receiving, including $7,000 from a soda company when she finds a severed thumb in her drink.

Gunther is the manager of Central Perk. Both Rachel and Joey are employed there at various points in the series, but both are fairly inept at the job.

After Monica overhears Chandler refer to her as Ross' "fat sister", she unintentionally gets revenge by dropping a knife and severing one of his toes during a failed attempt to seduce him.