Content guide
Skip for under 13
Friends S9 E2, “The One Where Emma Cries”, scores 1/5 for violence, 4/5 for sex and 2/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 4/5 — Skip for under 13.
Across the episode we counted 7 flagged moments in 4 themes: Sex & hookups (2); Affairs / cheating (1); Violence & injury (3); Alcohol & drugs (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 2 moments
How Sex & hookups shows up in Friends S9 E2:
- Monica
(looking at Chandler sleeping with a balloon in his mouth) So sexy. (Waking him up.) Honey.
- Phoebe
Yeah, no kidding, this just proves no good can come from having sex with Ross!
Affairs / cheating 1 moment
How Affairs / cheating shows up in Friends S9 E2:
- Phoebe
I dunno, well he got over the "We were on a break" thing really quickly.
Violence & injury 3 moments
How Violence & injury shows up in Friends S9 E2:
- Ross throws a punch, but Joey ducks and Ross punches the pole. Ross then screams from the pain and turns to Gunther, and Gunther has a huge smile on his face.
- Joey
I couldn’t help it! When a fist comes at your face, you duck! Look! (He goes to punch Ross, expecting him to duck, but he doesn’t and Joey punches Ross. Gunther is amused.)
- Joey
Your thumb? That’s weird. (Makes a fist.) You sure you’re punching right? Make a fist. (Ross just looks at him with his thumb in a cast.) Maybe later. Ross I feel terrible.
Alcohol & drugs 1 moment
How Alcohol & drugs shows up in Friends S9 E2:
- Chandler
Umm, you know how we always said that it would be fun to move to Paris for a year? You know, you could study French cooking and I could write and we could take a picnic along the Seine and go wine tasting in Bordeaux?
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