2024-10-01
Phoebe thinks her mother's spirit resides in a cat; Monica dates a former high-school hunk; Joey tries to sell the entertainment center. Chip: Dan Gauthier. Phoebe: Lisa Kudrow. Monica: Courteney Cox. Tony: Matthew Kaminsky. Joey: Matt LeBlanc. (Repeat).
Chandler's torrid fling with Rachel's boss (Alison LaPlaca) puts him in a compromising position; Monica caters her mom's party. Salesman: Penn Jillette. Judy: Christina Pickles. Chandler: Matthew Perry. Rachel: Jennifer Aniston. Monica: Courteney Cox. (Repeat).
Joey' s roped into being the superintendent's practice dance partner; Phoebe gets fired. Mr. Treeger: Michael G. Hagerty. Rick: Jason Brooks. Joey: Matt LeBlanc. Phoebe: Lisa Kudrow. Chandler: Matthew Perry. (Repeat).
Chandler falls for Joey's new girlfriend (Paget Brewster); Phoebe likes the effect of a cold on her singing voice. Chandler: Matthew Perry. Joey: Matt LeBlanc. Phoebe: Lisa Kudrow. Josh: Brian "Fish" Smith. (Repeat).
Phoebe helps Monica cater a funeral; Chandler buys Kathy a special birthday gift; Ross's beautiful date has a very messy place. Cheryl: Rebecca Romijn. Kathy: Paget Brewster. Chandler: Matthew Perry. Monica: Courteney Cox. (Repeat).
Chandler keeps Kathy (Paget Brewster) company while Joey's out with another girl---and one thing leads to another. Ross: David Schwimmer. Joey: Matt LeBlanc. Rachel: Jennifer Aniston. (Repeat).
On Thanksgiving, Chandler begs for Joey's forgiveness about Kathy (Paget Brewster); Monica has eyes for Richard's son. Tim: Michael Vartan. Joey: Matt LeBlanc. Monica: Courteney Cox. (Repeat).
Rachel is promised a promotion; a restaurateur confronts Monica after she writes a scathing review; Chandler and Ross prepare to party with a world-class carouser. Dominick: Taylor Negron. Joanna: Alison LaPlaca. (Repeat).
In the Season 7 finale, Sheldon gets caught up in all the life-altering changes going on around him and considers a monumental move. (Repeat).
In the Season 8 premiere, Amy and Leonard take a surprise road trip to Arizona to retrieve Sheldon, while Penny goes on a job interview at Bernadette's company, and Howard has problems wrapping his head around Stuart's relationship with Mrs. Wolowitz. (Repeat).
Sheldon is ordered to teach a class, and the gang is surprised when Howard signs up to take it; and tensions between Penny and Bernadette afford Amy an opportunity to play one against the other. (Repeat).
A nervous Wolowitz is thrown for a loop when NASA asks him to toss out the first pitch at a Los Angeles Angels baseball game. Meanwhile, Sheldon brags that he and Amy are a better couple than Leonard and Penny, so they set out to prove he's way off base. (Repeat).
Raj's girlfriend, Emily, gives Penny the cold shoulder after he reveals some info about their past history; and the guys contemplate buying into Stuart's comic-book emporium. (Repeat).
Amy and Bernadette accuse former party girl Penny of becoming a party pooper when she lets an email from work impact their girls' weekend in Las Vegas. Meanwhile, the guys brainstorm about inventing something cool, but their heads just don't appear to be totally into it. (Repeat).
Sheldon and Raj undertake an underground research expedition that turns into a test of how long before they get under each other's skin. Meanwhile, Leonard and Penny argue about money, and go to Wolowitz and Bernadette for advice. (Repeat).
Penny's flirtatious sales pitch leaves a doctor-client smitten and the guys must pitch in to help her deal with him, while, Bernadette and Amy debate whether female scientists ought to play the sexuality card. (Repeat).
Amy and Bernadette organize a prom to be held atop the guys' apartment complex, but Sheldon is leery of all the prom pomp, circumstance and romancing that goes with it. (Repeat).
Leonard needs surgery for a deviated septum, and Sheldon gets his nose out of joint because he feels an operation is too dangerous and that his roommate may not make it out alive. Meanwhile, a distraught Raj learns his parents have divorced on the eve of their 40th anniversary. (Repeat).
It's a banner day for Sheldon as he bids a sad farewell to his "Fun With Flags" podcast. Meanwhile, Leonard, Howard and Raj probe a late professor's research in search of some hidden significance; and Bernadette is surprised when Penny reveals how her co-workers really feel about her. (Repeat).
On Christmas Eve, Amy plans a traditional Victorian dinner, while Raj, Leonard and Howard scramble to remove a pigeon that flew into the clean room at the university. To prove a point to Amy, a Scrooge-like Sheldon buys her the worst possible gift. (Repeat).
Stan prays for a friend and one is provided: a guy named Brett (voice of Jay Thomas) who's like him in every way but one---he's an atheist. So Stan has some evangelizing to do. Meanwhile, Steve is accepted into wizardry school. Eartha Kitt has a voice cameo as a fortune-teller. (Repeat).
Stan seeks out Francine's birth parents because her visiting adoptive parents annoy him so much. But they don't annoy Steve, especially after they give him fireworks. Holland Taylor and Jeff Perry provide the voices of Francine's birth parents. (Repeat).
Stan, who had Hayley brainwashed because he wanted her to be a sleeper CIA agent, activates her and orders her to marry a senator's son, who turns out to be gay. Meanwhile, Roger and Steve decide to open a detective agency like the ones in the '70s TV shows they have been watching. (Repeat).
Although Stan is a veteran CIA agent, it turns out that he has never killed anyone, so three of his buddies from the agency (and Roger) take him out so he can bag his "first kill." (Repeat).
Terry and Greg, the Smiths' gay neighbors, want to have a baby, and Francine offers to be their surrogate. Not surprisingly, Stan objects. At first. Meanwhile, Steve and Roger play a practical joke on Klaus, who vows revenge. The guys take this threat very seriously. (Repeat).
Stan and Francine give the constantly nasty Roger an ultimatum: Be nice or ship out. Meanwhile, Klaus and Hayley play truth or dare, and Steve decides to become a backup dancer. (Repeat).
A James Bond spoof casts Stan as a 007-type agent assigned by B (Bullock) to infiltrate the set of a movie producer named TchochkieSchmear (Klaus), who's in cahoots with the diabolical villain Tearjerker (Roger). Their plan? To kill everyone in the world by making movies so sad, people will cry themselves to death. (Repeat).
When Stan's mom (voice of Swoosie Kurtz) gets dumped by yet another boyfriend, she comes running to Stan for support, which he willingly provides (yet again). Francine, feeling threatened, seeks to loosen this umbilical cord, with Roger's help. Meanwhile, Klaus inadvertently gives Steve a fish disease called "ick." (Repeat).
Francine wants Stan to open up emotionally, and after a few sessions with "pretend psychiatrist" Roger, he's more touchy-feely than she can handle. Meanwhile, Hayley kills the queen bee from Steve's science project, and he vows vengeance. (Repeat).
Stan hunts for an ex-KGB agent but can't find him---until he moves in next door. And Steve is building a rocket for a school science project, but can't get it to work---until he gets some help from his new next-door neighbor. Meanwhile, Roger and Klaus head off on a European vacation. (Repeat).
Celebrity impersonators, helicopter pilots and shredded newlyweds all walk into a bar: our Sweeper bar, that is. The team that can conquer our most challenging course in history will take home the $25,000 prize. (Repeat).
It's Yacht Rock week. Coaches, engineers, and parkour enthusiasts must walk the Spanker Planks and take on other obstacles for a chance at the $25,000 prize. (Repeat).
Carl thinks there's no harm in pushing Eddie (Darius McCrary) to become a cop---and signing him up for the ride-along program. Lt. Murtagh: Barry Jenner. Carl: Reginald VelJohnson. Steve: Jaleel White. (Repeat).
On Halloween, a man (Mark Nassar) dressed as Abe Lincoln robs the bank, and hostage Steve fantasizes about overpowering him and rescuing Laura (Kellie Shanygne Williams). Marcy: Doris Hess. Rodney: Randy Josselyn. (Repeat).
After Steve goes away for a few weeks, his cousin Myrtle (Jaleel White in a dual role) takes his place pestering the Winslows. Richie: Bryton McClure. Laura: Kellie Shanygne Williams. (Repeat).
Harriette points out the obvious when a seductive neighbor (Susan Beaubian) sets her sights on Carl; and Laura may soon regret steering Steve to a shy young girl. Susie: Caryn Ward. Carl: Reginald VelJohnson. (Repeat).
Dr. Sturgis recommends Sheldon and Missy for a university research study on twins, and Mary is unhappy when the test results go to Sheldon's head. (Repeat).
Mary clashes with Sheldon's drama teacher over plans for a Halloween fundraiser for the church. Also, Georgie falls for a rebellious teenage girl that Sheldon is tutoring. (Repeat).
Sheldon gets into trouble with fellow child genius Paige at the science museum. Also, George Sr. is forced to play therapist to Paige's bickering parents, and Mary, Georgie and Missy help Meemaw with a garage sale. (Repeat).
A video game takes over Sheldon and Meemaw's life. Also, George Sr. is jealous when Georgie bonds with Herschel at the auto shop. (Repeat).
Sheldon studies his family for a psychology project, and Thanksgiving dinner turns into a family fight when George Sr. is offered a job in Oklahoma. (Repeat).
Sheldon learns that people with stunted childhoods can turn into social outcasts, so he tries to act like a kid. Also, Meemaw and Dr. Sturgis' relationship is tested when she teaches him how to drive. (Repeat).
Monica hires Joey so she can fire him to show who's the boss at the restaurant; Ross goes extra miles to date a gal from Poughkeepsie; Chandler plays matchmaker for Rachel. Monica: Courteney Cox. Ross: David Schwimmer. (Repeat).
In lieu of a gift, newlyweds Frank Jr. and Alice (Giovanni Ribisi, Debra Jo Rupp) ask Phoebe to be a surrogate mother for their child; Ross breaks an unwritten rule at the museum. Phoebe: Lisa Kudrow. Phoebe Sr.: Teri Garr. Ross: David Schwimmer. (Repeat).
Phoebe undergoes in-vitro fertilization; Monica and Rachel go up against Joey and Chandler to determine which pair know the other better. Frank Jr.: Giovanni Ribisi. Alice: Debra Jo Rupp. Phoebe: Lisa Kudrow. (Repeat).
Kathy's sexy role in a play irks Chandler; personal-shopper Rachel develops a crush on a client (Tate Donovan). Kathy: Paget Brewster. Mr. Waltham: Paxton Whitehead. Chandler: Matthew Perry. Rachel: Jennifer Aniston. (Repeat).