The One With The Ride Along
🎞️ S5 E20 🤔 Caution

Friends

Is Friends S5 E20 OK for kids?

The One With The Ride Along

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Content guide

👊 Violence
💋 Sex
🙊 Language
⭐ Overall

Preview first — about 10+

Friends S5 E20, “The One With The Ride Along”, scores 1/5 for violence, 3/5 for sex and 2/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 3/5 — Preview first — about 10+.

Across the episode we counted 6 flagged moments in 2 themes: Sex & hookups (1); Alcohol & drugs (5). 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.

Parents need to know

Age 10+

Drinking, sex talk, mild language in live-action sitcom.

Parents need to know that Friends S5 E20, "The One With The Ride Along", is a live-action sitcom episode. The series is known for dating and hookup talk is constant; the violence is slapstick. Sits in the gray area mainly on alcohol & drugs (joke or passing mention, in dialogue). Sexual content includes Joey says, "Okay, imagine the best sex you've ever had". Some mild language appears in the dialogue. Characters drink or talk about alcohol and drugs — Rachel says, "Ohhhh. Honey, honey, honey, it's okay, it's okay honey. I'm gonna fix you a drink, huh?…". Every flagged moment below is a direct quote from the transcript or a short description of what happens on screen.

Watch for — every moment, theme by theme

Sex & hookups 1 moment

How Sex & hookups shows up in Friends S5 E20:

  • Mild
    Joey Okay, imagine the best sex you've ever had.

Alcohol & drugs 5 moments

How Alcohol & drugs shows up in Friends S5 E20:

  • Mild
    Rachel Ohhhh. Honey, honey, honey, it's okay, it's okay honey. I'm gonna fix you a drink, huh? Maybe a margarita?
  • Mild
    Rachel No honey, it's okay! Listen, I'll got to Ross's and get the blender, you get all the margarita stuff ready.
  • Mild
    Monica I need a few more things to make the margaritas. Uhh, I need some salt, some margarita mix, and tequila.
  • Mild
    Emily (Rachel runs back into the room with the tequila.) I know this is out of the blue but uh, I'm getting married tomorrow.
  • Mild
    Rachel Oh. Oh! (Takes a slug of tequila.)

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