The One With The Truth About London
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Friends

Is Friends S7 E16 OK for kids?

The One With The Truth About London

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Content guide

👊 Violence
💋 Sex
🙊 Language
⭐ Overall

Preview first — about 10+

Friends S7 E16, “The One With The Truth About London”, 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 21 flagged moments in 6 themes: Sex & hookups (11); Nudity & bodies (2); Porn / strippers / sex work (2); Affairs / cheating (2); Alcohol & drugs (3); Homophobic jokes (1). 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 11 moments

How Sex & hookups shows up in Friends S7 E16:

  • Rachel Okay. Well that’s pretty much all that we have—Oh! Oh! Have you ever had a virgin margarita? (Holds up a bottle of margarita mix.)
  • Ben What’s a virgin?
  • Chandler No, but Horny for Monica Minister called, wanting to know if we were still together.
  • Joey All right!!! Okay!! All right! Okay-okay, I gotta get started on my speech! Oh, wait a minute, Internet ministers can still have sex right?
  • Joey Oh. Okay. Ooh! Ooh! Okay, maybe I’ll talk about London! Y’know when you two hooked up! Only, only I won’t say hooked up. I’ll say, "Began their beautiful journey…"
  • Joey Hey no-no-no-no! It’s cool! It’s cool! I-I’ll only be a second, I’m still with my bride’s maid, I just—Where are those condoms you brought?
  • Phoebe Yeah, it’s totally meant to be. (To Monica) Tell him who you originally wanted to hook up with that night.
  • Chandler Who did you originally want to hook up with?
  • Chandler It is to me. You wanted to sleep with Batman, and instead you had to settle for Robin. (Walks out and slams the door.)
  • Chandler Hey. Do you want this scone? (Holds up his plate) It came for me but it would probably rather sleep with you!
  • Phoebe I’m really glad you guys are okay but, I just keep thinking what would happen if-if you two (Points to Monica and Joey) actually had hooked up.

Nudity & bodies 2 moments

How Nudity & bodies shows up in Friends S7 E16:

  • Joey No-no-no-no look no! I won’t spit, and I won’t stare at Monica’s breasts! Y’know? Everyone knows I’m an ass man!
  • Monica We’re gonna see each other naked.

Porn / strippers / sex work 2 moments

How Porn / strippers / sex work shows up in Friends S7 E16:

  • Joey Yeah, I just got off the Internet! Man, there is a lot of porn out there!
  • Joey Ooh-ooh! Could you imagine if I sent that hooker up to the room like I was gonna?!

Affairs / cheating 2 moments

How Affairs / cheating shows up in Friends S7 E16:

  • Ben ‘Cause you guys were on a break.
  • Ben That you and daddy were not on a break.

Alcohol & drugs 3 moments

How Alcohol & drugs shows up in Friends S7 E16:

  • Rachel Hey! We were not on a—Okay. That’s fine! Fine. Y’know what Ben? One day when you are a lot older I am going to tell you that entire story over a pitcher of real margaritas, okay?
  • Chandler How drunk are you?
  • Monica Drunk enough to know that I want to do this. Not so drunk that you should feel guilty about taking advantage.

Homophobic jokes 1 moment

How Homophobic jokes shows up in Friends S7 E16:

  • Phoebe I know! Robin is so gay!

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