The One With Phoebe's Birthday Dinner
🎞️ S9 E5 🚫 Hard pass

Friends

Is Friends S9 E5 OK for kids?

The One With Phoebe's Birthday Dinner

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Content guide

👊 Violence
💋 Sex
🙊 Language
⭐ Overall

Skip for under 13

Friends S9 E5, “The One With Phoebe's Birthday Dinner”, scores 2/5 for violence, 4/5 for sex and 3/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 4/5 — Skip for under 13.

Across the episode we counted 11 flagged moments in 4 themes: Sex & hookups (6); Nudity & bodies (2); Violence & injury (1); Swearing (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 6 moments

How Sex & hookups shows up in Friends S9 E5:

  • Monica Well, I�ll tell you what we�re gonna do: We are already late for Phoebe�s birthday dinner, so you point out put out that cigarette, we�re gonna put this fight on hold and go have sex.
  • Monica Oh sure, now you�re Mister Sensitivity. But when you wanted to have sex right after my uncle�s funeral
  • Chandler So you never had sex with a Kennedy, have you?
  • Monica You said that was sexy!
  • Monica Sex! This is the last day I�m ovulating, and when we don�t do it now, we�ll have to wait till next month. (walks towards bedroom)
  • Chandler (to Joey) You not gonna believe this: She lied! She tricked me into having sex with her.

Nudity & bodies 2 moments

How Nudity & bodies shows up in Friends S9 E5:

  • Phoebe Ooh, and treat it is. (Monica�s breasts.)
  • Phoebe Wow, so glad I changed. Almost wore my ??? outfit that can�t contain my breasts.

Violence & injury 1 moment

How Violence & injury shows up in Friends S9 E5:

  • Phoebe Are you kidding? The woman has the nose of a bloodhound � and the breasts of a Greek goddess.

Swearing 2 moments

How Swearing shows up in Friends S9 E5:

  • Joey Son of a bitch!
  • Joey (returns to their old table where elderly people are sitting now, sits) Finally you guys made it. (looks up, turns left to Phoebe�s chair) Pheebs, who the hell�uhuhh!

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