The One With the Monkey
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Friends

Is Friends S1 E10 OK for kids?

The One With the Monkey

📺 Where to watch

Netflix, HBO or Disney+ — catalogs differ by country.

🛒 Where to buy

Digital seasons or a box set to keep.

Content guide

👊 Violence
💋 Sex
🙊 Language
⭐ Overall

Preview first — about 10+

Friends S1 E10, “The One With the Monkey”, scores 3/5 for violence, 2/5 for sex and 3/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 3/5 — Preview first — about 10+.

Across the episode we counted 6 flagged moments in 4 themes: Sex & hookups (2); Nudity & bodies (1); Suicide & self-harm (1); Swearing (2). Every moment below is either a direct quote from the episode transcript or a short description of what happens on screen, so you can decide before you press play.

Watch for — every moment, theme by theme

Sex & hookups 2 moments

How Sex & hookups shows up in Friends S1 E10:

  • Joey I dunno. Some fat guy's sleeping with the store manager. He's not even jolly, it's all political.
  • Max Tell her, David. 'I don't wanna go to Minsk and work with Lifson and Yamaguchi and Flench, on nonononononono. I wanna stay here and make out with my girlfriend!!' (Storms out)

Nudity & bodies 1 moment

How Nudity & bodies shows up in Friends S1 E10:

  • Rachel Pheebs, I can't believe he hasn't kissed you yet. I mean God, by my sixth date with Paolo, I mean he had already named both my breasts! ...Ooh. Did I just share too much?

Suicide & self-harm 1 moment

How Suicide & self-harm shows up in Friends S1 E10:

  • Phoebe So you guys, I'm doing all new material tonight. I have twelve new songs about my mother's suicide, and one about a snowman.

Swearing 2 moments

How Swearing shows up in Friends S1 E10:

  • Rachel ...I think that bitch cracked my tooth.
  • David Okay, what the hell, what the hell. (Sweeps the remaining papers off the desk and grabs Phoebe) You want me to actually throw you or you-you wanna just hop?

Watch With The Kids · You kids — your rules! · Informal parent guidance, not an official rating.