Erica goes into labor and the new parents, Monica and Chandler, get a bit more than they bargained for. Meanwhile, Joey gets them a housewarming gift - Chick Jr. and Duck Jr., who unfortunately get trapped inside the foosball table. Also, after their night together, Ross realizes that he's still in love with Rachel and doesn't want her to leave. Other friends convince him to go after her and Phoebe races Ross to the airport in a bid to stop Rachel from leaving for Paris.
The six friends prepare to say goodbye and embark on the next chapters of their lives.
Series finale prioritizes sentiment over laughs: 2.41 jokes/min, lowest density of Season 10.
Directed by Kevin S. Bright · Written by Marta Kauffman, David Crane
WAR
104.6
Wins Above Replacement
“The Last One” ranks #50 of 236 Friends episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 77.5 — Great. The episode packs 102 scored jokes at 2.4 per minute, averaging 7.1 on craft and 7.0 on impact, with Chandler landing the most laughs. Every joke is ranked below with its individual craft and impact scores.
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Top Jokes
Joey: Listen, Ross, you gotta get back out there. You're a paleontologist, right? So go be the best dinosaur guy you can be!
Ross: Joey, I appreciate the sentiment, but that doesn't really help.
Joey: No, no, no, I'm not done. I'm visualizing it for you. You're in the museum, the dinosaurs are looking at you like 'That's our guy,' and you're just killing it with the fossils and the... the bones and stuff.
Ross: Okay, but—
Joey: You know what? You're gonna go in there tomorrow and you're gonna tell those dinosaurs that Joey Tribbiani believes in you!
Joey Ross Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Ross: I'm not messing around anymore. We're done with the games.
Rachel: I agree. No more of this on-and-off thing.
Ross: Right. And just to be clear... we are NOT on a break.
Ross Callback ★ Rewatch Callback Phoebe: So where are we gonna get coffee now that Central Perk is closed?
Phoebe Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch Callback Joey: It's like I would have said in that sci-fi movie, if I'd gotten the part. 'Those are our men in there, we have to get them out! Even if I have to sacrifice the most important thing in my life... my time-machine.'
Joey Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Phoebe: Wait, wait, wait! You can't get on that plane!
Rachel: Phoebe, what are you talking about?
Phoebe: I have a feeling something bad is going to happen on that plane.
Rachel: What? Phoebe, that's crazy.
Phoebe: No! I'm telling you, I have a premonition. The левian core is gonna fail!
Phoebe Character Comedy ★ Rewatch All Jokes — 102 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Monica: Phoebe, these boxes need to be labeled properly. I need to know what's in each one.
Phoebe: Oh, okay! I got it.
Phoebe: This one says 'Stuff.' This one says 'Other Stuff.' And this one is 'Things That Used to Be Alive.'
Monica: Phoebe!
Phoebe Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Joey: Wait, why are we doing this?
Chandler: I have no idea.
Joey: Should we stop?
Chandler: Probably.
Joey: Are we going to stop?
Chandler: No, not really.
Monica: Three weeks early? That is so typical. I specifically asked this baby to arrive on schedule. I even gave it a written timeline.
Monica: Do you know how hard it is to plan a nursery around an unreliable birth date? I had everything color-coordinated for week 39!
Monica Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Chandler: I'm never having sex again.
Chandler: I'm not worried about the baby's size. I'm worried about Monica.
Monica: What? Why?
Chandler: Well, let's just say if this baby is as big as I think it's going to be, you're going to need a C-section. Actually, you're going to need a C-section, a D-section, and possibly an E-section.
Monica: Chandler!
Chandler: What? I'm just saying, I may end up giving birth to you.
Chandler: The baby's so big, they had to special order clothes from a tent manufacturer.
Rachel: Wow, Ross, your dancing has really improved!
Ross: Thanks! I've been watching this instructional video.
Rachel: Really? Who's it by?
Ross: Chandler made it. He titled it 'How Not to Dance: A Guide by Ross Geller.'
Ross: Well, I've read it cover to cover, and I'm here to tell you — it works!
Monica: You can't coach my breathing during labor!
Chandler: Why not? I'm great at this. Remember when I helped you practice?
Monica: That was different.
Chandler: How? I told you to breathe in... breathe out... in... out...
Monica: You told me to 'think of a happy place' and then described Hooters.
Monica Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Chandler: Stay with her? What do you mean stay with her? Like, in the same room?
Monica: Yes, Chandler. Just for a little while. She's nervous.
Chandler: Nervous? Monica, I can barely talk to people I *know*. What am I supposed to say to her? 'Hey Erica, nice uterus'?
Monica: Chandler, you can't just stand there staring at people. You have to actually talk to them.
Chandler: I am talking to them. I'm using my words.
Monica: Making weird noises is not talking, Chandler. And stop doing that thing with your face.
Monica: You're going to be fine.
Chandler: Really?
Monica: No, not at all. You're going to die alone.
Chandler: So, Erica, how are you feeling? You know, I gotta say, you're handling this really well. I mean, I've seen women in labor before—well, not before, but I imagine this is... this is going great. You're doing great. Could this BE any more of a contraction?
Chandler: You know what? I'm just gonna sit here and not say anything. Because clearly, anything I say is going to be wrong. So I'm just gonna... [long pause] ...have you ever noticed how they never explain how they got off the island on Gilligan's Island?
Chandler Awkward Silence Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Chandler: So what are you doing this summer?
Erica: Well, I'm 8 months pregnant, so I'll probably just stay home, lie on the couch, and try not to think about the fact that I'm carrying your babies.
Chandler: Church camp? Really? Because I gotta say, the irony of that is not lost on me.
Chandler: So... how about that decomposition? I read that after you die, your body breaks down and the gases make you swell up like a balloon. Could be a fun party trick!
Chandler: Could the peanuts be any more of a labor issue?
Joey: What are you talking about?
Chandler: I'm just saying, think about it. The working conditions, the exploitation... it's a real philosophical question.
Phoebe: Wow, that's actually really deep, Chandler.
Chandler: What could be more painful than labor or getting kicked in the nuts?
Erica: *has a labor contraction*
Joey: I named it 'The Shining.'
Ross: You named your apartment after a Stephen King novel?
Joey: No, after the movie.
Ross: It's based on a Stephen King novel.
Joey: Oh. Well, I didn't know that.
Ross: Of course you didn't.
Phoebe: They have a strict no-visiting policy.
Ross: Phoebe, you said it was going to be a boy. The ultrasound clearly showed it's a girl.
Phoebe: Well, yeah, but the baby was carrying low.
Ross: Look, what happened between me and Rachel is private, okay? I'm not going to discuss it.
Ross: We did it on the kitchen counter, the couch, and then again in the shower. It was incredible.
Ross Misdirection ★ Rewatch Phoebe: Oh my God! Oh my God! Oh my God! This is the best day of my entire life! I'm so happy I could just... I could just explode into a million pieces of pure joy right now!
Phoebe: Oh my God, I think I'm in a musical! ♪ There's a man... with a cat... and the cat's name is... Mittens! ♪ He's so... cat-like... and Mittens is... so... mit-tensy! ♪ Should we get married? Should we get divorced? These are the questions that plague us all! ♪
Joey: Aw, come on! I was really enjoying that! Phoebe's got pipes, you know?
Rachel: Joey, she was literally just humming.
Joey: Exactly! And you ruined it!
Rachel: Phoebe, I have to tell you something about Mr. Whiskers and Fluffy...
Phoebe: Oh! You mean Bizarro Mr. Whiskers and Bizarro Fluffy!
Phoebe: I grew up on a farm, and we had to be very creative with our food sources. My grandmother taught me how to make a delicious stew from whatever we could find in the fields.
Monica: Wait, what kind of farm?
Phoebe: Well, it wasn't really a traditional farm. More like a... free-range situation. We'd just let things grow and see what happened. One year we got seventeen pounds of a vegetable we couldn't identify.
Chandler: Seventeen pounds? What did you do with it?
Phoebe: We made soup. It was either the best soup we ever had or the worst mistake of our lives. Either way, everyone was really quiet the next day.
Phoebe Escalation ★ Rewatch Callback Ross: So... last night was amazing. I've been thinking about us getting back together.
Rachel: Ross, last night was closure.
Rachel: Goodbye, Ross.
Ross:
Erica: Oh God, oh God, this hurts so much!
Chandler: Remember when I asked if it was going to hurt?
Erica: Yes!
Chandler: I wasn't asking for me.
Erica Callback ★ Rewatch Callback Monica: It's the miracle of life.
Chandler: I'd call it a miracle if I never have to see it again.
Monica: I have a beautiful baby. My life is perfect. Everything is clean and organized.
Monica: Who am I kidding? There's spit-up on my shoulder, I haven't showered in three days, and I'm pretty sure that's a diaper explosion on the couch.
Chandler: Could this BE any more slimy?
Monica: Oh my God, he's so perfect. I'm never letting anything bad happen to him. Ever.
Chandler: Mon, he's been alive for like twenty minutes.
Monica: I don't care. This is my son. I will protect him from everything. The world is dangerous, Chandler. There are germs, and mean people, and—
Chandler: And you're going to keep him in a bubble.
Monica: If I have to!
Monica Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Doctor: Congratulations, you're having twins!
Chandler: Twins? Two babies? That's... that's great. Wait, whose is the other one?
Chandler: Could I BE any more excited about twins? I'm gonna need a bigger boat. Wait, wrong metaphor. I'm gonna need a bigger apartment. Actually, I'm gonna need a bigger EVERYTHING. Do you know what twins means? Two babies. Two! That's like ordering from a restaurant and saying, 'I'll have the baby, and I'll have another baby.' And they just BRING them both out.
Monica: Oh, I'm sorry, did you not notice the two babies? I thought the matching outfits were a dead giveaway.
Doctor: This has never happened before.
Chandler: Well, I'm a little turned on right now.
Monica: Don't panic.
Chandler: Too late. I'm already panicking. You wanna join?
Chandler: Treating babies like a business deal? We're gonna need a better ROI strategy and a five-year plan!
Chandler: Because somewhere down the line, they're gonna meet on a runway in Paris, and they're gonna lock eyes across a croissant, and know that they're connected by blood.
Chandler: Could I BE any more emotionally unavailable? I'm selling the emotional payoff of this entire medallion reunion to the highest bidder.
Chandler: So we'll adopt a baby, and everything will be perfect. We'll have a beautiful nursery, and the baby will sleep through the night, and we'll never argue about anything.
Monica: Yeah, and then we'll win the lottery, and I'll become a supermodel, and you'll finally get that acting job.
Monica: We'll take whatever babies we get!
Chandler: Even if there's 20 of them?
Monica: Even if there's 20 of them!
Chandler: Even if they're all horrible?
Monica: Even if they're all horrible! We are going to have a big, beautiful family!
Monica: Okay, but we're not doing any of that crazy stuff we said before.
Monica: No helicopter parenting, no participation trophies, no screen time before age five.
Joey: Listen, Ross, you gotta get back out there. You're a paleontologist, right? So go be the best dinosaur guy you can be!
Ross: Joey, I appreciate the sentiment, but that doesn't really help.
Joey: No, no, no, I'm not done. I'm visualizing it for you. You're in the museum, the dinosaurs are looking at you like 'That's our guy,' and you're just killing it with the fossils and the... the bones and stuff.
Ross: Okay, but—
Joey: You know what? You're gonna go in there tomorrow and you're gonna tell those dinosaurs that Joey Tribbiani believes in you!
Joey Ross Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Phoebe: You have to tell her how you feel! This is like, the second act breakup moment. If you don't do something now, we're never getting to the third act resolution!
Phoebe Meta/Self-Referential ★ Rewatch Callback Phoebe: Oh, come on! Every time I start singing, someone interrupts me! I was just getting to the good part of 'Sticky Shoes.'
Phoebe: Do you know how long I've been working on that song? Years! And nobody ever hears the ending because someone always—
Phoebe: You know what? Forget it. I give up. I'm never finishing another song again.
Rachel: An eight-hour flight with a one-year-old? That's nothing. You know what's really hard? Dealing with my mother.
Gunther: Rachel, I've been wanting to tell you something for a long time. I'm in love with you.
Rachel: Gunther... that's really sweet, but I don't feel the same way about you. I care about you, but only as a friend.
Rachel: Gunther, you're such a sweet guy, and I really appreciate how much you care about me. But I just don't see us together romantically.
Gunther: Is it because of my hair?
Rachel: No, no... I mean, it's very... golden.
Rachel Character Comedy Callback Joey: Could you just... could you get me a muffin?
Ross: Joey, he just said no.
Joey: Yeah, but maybe if you ask him...
Ross: No! No muffin!
Chandler: It's like you're born next door to someone, and you spend nine months pressed against the wall listening to them, and then you're suddenly separated and you don't even know what they look like. But you recognize their cry from across a crowded room.
Erica: You're naming the baby after me?
Chandler: Well, we wanted to honor the woman who made this all possible.
Erica: Oh my God, that's amazing!
Chandler: Yeah, we figured it was the least we could do.
Erica: You guys are gonna make great parents. And Chandler, you'll be there too.
Erica Deadpan/Understatement Monica: What is that?
Phoebe: What? Oh, this? It's my baby.
Monica: Your baby?
Phoebe: Yeah, I'm babysitting for my friend. Well, actually, she doesn't know I have him yet.
Joey: Come on, man! You're way better than Gunther. You've got a real job, you're smart, you're confident...
Ross: Thanks, Joey.
Joey: I mean, Gunther, he just stands there all day, makes coffee, pines after Rachel like some lovesick puppy... At least you have some dignity and self-respect.
Gunther: I'm standing right here, Joey.
Joey: Yeah, and you're doing it with real grace, man. Real grace.
Joey Misdirection ★ Rewatch Phoebe: Okay, but just be careful, because Parisian men are very seductive.
Ross: I think I can handle it.
Phoebe: Oh, can you? Have you ever been compared to Gunther?
Phoebe Escalation ★ Rewatch Callback Phoebe: That's beautiful, Mike, but where's the baby gonna sleep?
Phoebe: Yeah, did she sound happy about it? 'Cause my friend Ethel's baby... was born with a teeny, tiny beard.
Phoebe: Oh my God, your name is Chandler and you're a chandelier maker!
Chandler: I'm not a chandelier maker.
Phoebe: Well, the universe is just funny sometimes.
Chandler: Yeah, hilarious. I've only spent the last six years correcting people about this.
Chandler: The name is Bing. Jack Bing. *adopts 1940s noir reporter voice* I'm a private eye, see? The dames come and go, but the bourbon stays cold.
Phoebe: I want a baby.
Chandler: I can steal one for you.
Phoebe: What?
Chandler: I'm serious. I know a guy.
Phoebe: I want to have babies. I want to have maybe four or five babies.
Phoebe: I know exactly what I'm going to do. I'm going to move to the country, and I'm going to breed.
Phoebe: I'm gonna have sixteen babies.
Phoebe: You know, like Maria von Trapp in The Sound of Music. She had sixteen children.
Phoebe: But I'm not going to marry some guy and escape on a motorcycle. I'm just going to have the babies.
Rachel: You guys are gonna be great parents. I mean, look at you two — you're already arguing about whose turn it is to change the diaper, and the babies aren't even here yet.
Rachel: Seriously though, I give it three weeks before Monica has a color-coded spreadsheet for their sleep schedules, and Chandler will have made approximately four thousand jokes about it.
Rachel: But honestly? They're lucky. Because no matter how insane you both are, those kids are gonna know they're loved.
Rachel: I'm going to France and I'm going to speak French.
Rachel: And when I get there, they're going to take one look at me and go, 'Oh my God, she's American. She's going to butcher our beautiful language.'
Joey: Wait, wait, wait. You slept with Rachel? When?
Ross: Last night.
Joey: Last night?! But... but you were with us at the bar until like midnight!
Joey: How is that even possible?
Monica: I can't believe everything actually worked out perfectly!
Phoebe: Yeah, well... about that...
Monica: What? What is it?
Phoebe: I may have gotten some paint on your couch earlier.
Monica: WHAT?!
Phoebe: Oh, that? I have no idea. Could be anything. Could be blood. Could be paint. Could be a painting of blood. I'm not a scientist.
Phoebe: Well, if we crash, I don't want to be trapped in the wreckage.
Ross: I'm going to report you to the taxi commission!
Cab Driver: Go ahead. My medallion number is 'You're Dead.'
Chandler: Monica, I have something to tell you. I adopted a baby.
Monica: Oh my God! Congratulations! When do I get to meet him?
Chandler: Well, that's the thing. I need you to watch him while I go to work.
Monica: Of course! I'd love to! What's his name?
Chandler: Rubber Ducky.
Monica: You named your baby Rubber Ducky?
Monica: That's Jack.
Chandler: That's a girl.
Ross: Pheebs, how many times have you hit something while driving?
Phoebe: Oh, um... well there was that old man on the bike.
Ross: You hit an elderly man on a bike?
Phoebe: Well, he shouldn't have been in my way!
Ross: I need to get some money from the glove compartment.
Chandler: What happened to your hand?
Ross: The lock was stuck.
Joey: Hey, check it out! I got a chick and a duck!
Chandler: A chick and a duck? Joey, what are you going to do with a chick and a duck?
Joey: They're cute! And they're gonna live here with me!
Chandler: Oh, that's great. And when they get big and the smell gets worse, that'll still be great.
Chandler: I didn't step on it, it fell on my foot. There's a difference.
Joey: You know birdcalls?
Chandler: Oh yeah, I'm very outdoorsy. I've spent a lot of time in nature. In fact, last weekend I was in Central Park for like, twenty minutes.
Joey: Twenty minutes?
Chandler: Yeah, I bought a hot dog.
Joey: It's like I would have said in that sci-fi movie, if I'd gotten the part. 'Those are our men in there, we have to get them out! Even if I have to sacrifice the most important thing in my life... my time-machine.'
Joey Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Joey: It's like that scene in 'Unbearable Lightness of Being'
Chandler: Joey, that's not a real movie.
Joey: Yes it is!
Chandler: No, it's not. You just made that up.
Joey: I did not! It's a famous film!
Phoebe: Have you ever chased anyone through an airport?
Ross: No, why would I do that?
Phoebe: I had a show that got cancelled after two episodes.
Phoebe Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Rachel: My seat number is 12B. I remember it because it's my bra size and my birthday month.
Rachel: I can't believe they're using my bra size as a security question. That's so invasive!
Monica: Well, at least it's something only you would know.
Rachel: Oh really? Because apparently it's also my seat number on the airplane.
Chandler: That's... that's a lot of seats.
Rachel: It gets worse. They're also using it for my locker combination at the gym.
Joey: Can I get that number?
Phoebe: We're on our honeymoon.
Ross: You're on your honeymoon? With who?
Phoebe: With my husband.
Ross: I didn't know you were married.
Phoebe: Yeah, we eloped. It was very romantic. We went to Vegas, got married by an Elvis impersonator.
Ross: Phoebe, that's... that's not real.
Phoebe: It's real to me, Ross.
Rachel: I found it! I found my boarding pass!
Gate Agent: Ma'am, you've been talking to the water fountain for the last five minutes.
Ross: I can't find Rachel's flight!
Monica: What do you mean you can't find it?
Ross: I've checked everywhere - it's not here.
Monica: Ross... which airport are you at?
Ross: LaGuardia.
Monica: She's flying out of Newark.
Joey: I'll get the birds out, and I'll buy them hearing aids!
Chandler: We gather here today to honor the memory of these brave foosball men. They've given us countless hours of joy, laughter, and competitive rage. Little Rod in the middle—we all knew him. Quiet. Dependable. He asked for nothing but a gentle spin and maybe some WD-40. The goalie... the unsung hero. How many times did he throw himself in front of a spinning ball for us? And these strikers on the sides—they lived fast, died young. They lived their entire lives in a three-inch arc.
Joey: Hey guys, I just want to say goodbye to this table properly. You've been a real friend to me.
Joey: Red team, you were solid. White team, you had your moments.
Joey: And to all of you out there on the field... it's been an honor.
Joey Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Phoebe: Wait, wait, wait! You can't get on that plane!
Rachel: Phoebe, what are you talking about?
Phoebe: I have a feeling something bad is going to happen on that plane.
Rachel: What? Phoebe, that's crazy.
Phoebe: No! I'm telling you, I have a premonition. The левian core is gonna fail!
Phoebe Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Phoebe: You know, I have to say, for a blind woman, I'm having a great time on this plane.
Passenger: Wait, you're blind?
Phoebe: Yeah.
Passenger: Oh my God!
Passenger: *gets up and leaves*
Flight Attendant: Sir, that's not correct. We're not going down.
Passenger: Oh my God, we're not going down? Then where are we going?
Phoebe: Tools are a crutch. They distance you from the work.
Joey: Oh no, the baby birds fell out of the nest. I gotta put them back.
Joey: Wait a minute... how do I know these are even my kids?
Joey: Hey, check it out! I'm gonna get a couple of ducks, maybe a goose. Oh! And a chicken!
Chandler: Joey, no.
Joey: What? It'll be like a farm!
Monica: A farm? Joey, you can barely take care of yourself.
Joey: I'm gonna call it 'Joey's Farm.' It's gonna be huge!
Joey: I'm going to get a goose.
Chandler: A goose? Joey, where are you going to keep a goose?
Joey: I don't know, I'll figure it out.
Chandler: Oh sure, because that's worked out so well for you in the past.
Flight Attendant: Ladies and gentlemen, I know you're all concerned about that part we found in the cockpit, but I want to assure you that it's probably not important. In fact, I'm sure the plane is better off without it. So just sit back, relax, and try not to think about which part of the plane might fall off next.
Ross: I'm not messing around anymore. We're done with the games.
Rachel: I agree. No more of this on-and-off thing.
Ross: Right. And just to be clear... we are NOT on a break.
Ross Callback ★ Rewatch Callback Ross: We were on a break!
Rachel: Ross, we were together for three years. You don't just get to use that one line forever.
Monica: This apartment meant everything to me. It was where I grew up, where I fell in love, where I built my life with Chandler and the kids.
Monica: But you know what? I'm going to miss the rent control even more.
Phoebe: Remember when you used to dance?
Ross: I don't know what you're talking about.
Phoebe: Oh come on! You were always doing those moves!
Ross: That was a long time ago, and I would appreciate it if we never spoke of it again.
Ross Meta/Self-Referential ★ Rewatch Phoebe: So where are we gonna get coffee now that Central Perk is closed?
Phoebe Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch Callback ⏩ The part you fast-forward
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