The One Where Joey Dates Rachel
🎞️ S8 E12 🤔 Gray area

Friends

Is Friends S8 E12 OK for kids?

The One Where Joey Dates Rachel

📺 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 S8 E12, “The One Where Joey Dates Rachel”, scores 2/5 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 13 flagged moments in 5 themes: Sex & hookups (2); Nudity & bodies (3); Violence & injury (2); Swearing (4); Alcohol & drugs (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 S8 E12:

  • Joey You sure are naming a lot of ways to postpone sex, I’ll tell ya…
  • Joey I gotta say, I never knew I could enjoy the non-sex part of the date so

Nudity & bodies 3 moments

How Nudity & bodies shows up in Friends S8 E12:

  • date! Although, I have a hint of morning sickness, and I’m wearing underwear that
  • goes up to about…(She snaps the waistband on her underwear that is just slightly
  • below her breasts)…there.

Violence & injury 2 moments

How Violence & injury shows up in Friends S8 E12:

  • you had to, if you had to, who would you punch?
  • Rachel No one! They are my friends, I wouldn’t punch any of them.

Swearing 4 moments

How Swearing shows up in Friends S8 E12:

  • Well, you’re just a little bitch, aren’t you?
  • Chandler I don’t suck. It’s sucks. You suck.
  • phrase, "Get the hell out of my way!"
  • Phoebe Chandler sucks! He couldn’t have gotten this good!

Alcohol & drugs 2 moments

How Alcohol & drugs shows up in Friends S8 E12:

  • Joey Oh alright. Umm, well, okay, I usually start by having a bottle of wine
  • Joey I never laughed so hard—Did you see the wine come out of my nose?

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