An episode of 'Friends' was heavily changed after 9/11 and you probably never realized it
Emily Schmidt Publish date: 2023-11-25
- If you've seen all 10 seasons of "Friends," there's one alternate subplot you may have never seen.
- After 9/11, the show changed Monica and Chandler's scenes on the third episode of season eight.
- On the aired episode, the two are seen feuding with another newlywed couple heading out to their honeymoon.
- The alternate scenes show Chandler and Monica detained at the airport after Chandler makes an ill-timed bomb joke.
- Years after the show ended, the alternate scenes found their way online.
If you're a big fan of NBC '90s sitcom "Friends," there may be one episode you've never really seen as it was originally intended.
The September 11, 2001 attacks altered the production of different shows and movies including a season eight episode of "Friends" that could have played out differently.
On the third episode of season eight, "The One Where Rachel Tells Ross," Chandler and Monica head on their honeymoon. The episode shows the two getting upstaged by another newly-married couple every leg of the way on their vacation. The other couple gets upgraded to the last first class seats on a flight. When they check in to the same hotel, they get upgraded to a nicer suite room seconds ahead of Chandler and Monica.
In reality, Monica and Chandler were never supposed to arrive at their destination in the original version of the episode.
Alternate deleted scenes from the October 11, 2001 episode show the two were to be detained in the airport after Chandler makes a joke about bombs.
"You don't have to worry about me, ma'am. I take my bombs very seriously," says Chandler after spotting a sign that deliberately states that federal law prohibits any joking about aircraft hijacking or bombings.
It doesn't end there. When they're cleared to get on their flight, Monica receives a call from Joey and Phoebe about their apartment door being damaged. When Joey asks Monica whether or not she'll charge them for it, she yells out, "No, I want you to stand there and wait for the entire place to blow up!"
The two are immediately brought back into the interrogation room at the airport.
Unless you know to look for the scene online, you may not have ever seen it. The deleted scenes are reportedly on a 2004 UK release of the DVDs. The scenes eventually made their way to YouTube and it's easy to see why the episode was retooled.
You can watch the alternate scenes below:
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