The One With Joey's New Girlfriend
🎞️ S4 E5 ✅ All clear

Friends

Is Friends S4 E5 OK for kids?

The One With Joey's New Girlfriend

📺 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

Mild — okay from about 10+

Friends S4 E5, “The One With Joey's New Girlfriend”, scores 1/5 for violence, 2/5 for sex and 1/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 2/5 — Mild — okay from about 10+.

Across the episode we counted 11 flagged moments in 3 themes: Sex & hookups (3); Nudity & bodies (1); Alcohol & drugs (7). 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 3 moments

How Sex & hookups shows up in Friends S4 E5:

  • Phoebe It's fun, God I love how sexy I am. (Coughs really loudly.)
  • Phoebe Yeah, I should go to, `cause I'm playing in one hour. Hey, (clears her voice and in her normal voice) you guys should come hear me, ooh hear me. Ooh, (tries to sing) My sticky shoes--eww! Eww! I lost my sexy phlegm!
  • Rachel I mean y'know, I'm thinking. You could bring her, and you guys could go up to your old room, and not make out.

Nudity & bodies 1 moment

How Nudity & bodies shows up in Friends S4 E5:

  • Kathy Ohh, God, guys, check it out, you can see that girl's underwear!

Alcohol & drugs 7 moments

How Alcohol & drugs shows up in Friends S4 E5:

  • Phoebe (Singing) Smelly cat, smelly--(stops singing) Hey Gunther, be a good little boy and bring me a whiskey.
  • Phoebe (singing, drunk) My sticky shoes, my sticky-sticky shoes, why do you stick on me, ba-a-by! Thanks for the lights honey.
  • Ross Yeah, I mean ah, the kids are gonna play together and then when they're asleep, I'm thinking Amanda and I break open a bottle of wine, and do a little "playing" ourselves.
  • Amanda (noticing the bottle of wine he has) Oh, I don't mean to be a square, but I'd really appreciate it if you wait and drink your wine after the kids are asleep?
  • Joey Yeah-yeah, I told her about the time you got drunk and fell asleep with your head in the toilet.
  • Josh So I'll see you at the party? Beer's beer man, 24, 7!!
  • Chandler Listen, I-I'm gonna grab a beer. (Leaves)

What to watch in Friends · Season 4 guide

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