The One With Ross's Thing
🎞️ S3 E23 🚫 Hard pass

Friends

Is Friends S3 E23 OK for kids?

The One With Ross's Thing

📺 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

Skip for under 13

Friends S3 E23, “The One With Ross's Thing”, scores 2/5 for violence, 4/5 for sex and 3/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 4/5 — Skip for under 13.

Across the episode we counted 8 flagged moments in 5 themes: Sex & hookups (1); Nudity & bodies (3); Affairs / cheating (1); Violence & injury (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 1 moment

How Sex & hookups shows up in Friends S3 E23:

  • Monica Y'know when girls sleep with guys with weird things on their body, they tell their friends about it.

Nudity & bodies 3 moments

How Nudity & bodies shows up in Friends S3 E23:

  • Chandler Y'know what? You should go to my guy, because when I went in there with my third nipple. He just lopped it right off. Y'know? So I guess I'm lucky. I mean not as lucky as people who were born with two nipples.
  • Ross Th-th-that's all it is, a third nipple. Y'know? Just your run-of-the-mill third nipple. Y'know? You can take it off. Just slice that baby right off!
  • Phoebe (singing) “Crazy underwear, creepin’ up my butt.

Affairs / cheating 1 moment

How Affairs / cheating shows up in Friends S3 E23:

  • Joey Yeah, maybe he just cheated on you.

Violence & injury 1 moment

How Violence & injury shows up in Friends S3 E23:

  • Pete Yeah. Monica, I want you there in the front row when I win. I want you close enough to smell the blood. What do you think?

Swearing 2 moments

How Swearing shows up in Friends S3 E23:

  • Chandler (comforting the duck) Everything’s gonna be all right. Okay, Dick?
  • Monica Joey, put that down! (the phone rings) Oh my God! It's Pete. Okay, get out!! How the hell do you answer a video-phone! (steps in front of it, and automatically answers it)

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