S6E21The One Where Pauls The Man
74.8
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Season 6, Episode 21 · 2000-05-04

The One Where Pauls The Man

Ranked #90 out of 236 episodes in Friends

While visiting an art museum, Monica puts her name on a two-year waiting list to use the museum for a wedding. Accidentally Chandler finds out about this and freaks out. Meanwhile, Paul threatens to have Ross fired from the university if he continues to date Elizabeth, however, that doesn't stop the two of them from going to her dad's mountain cabin over the weekend. Unfortunately for them, Paul has the same idea to bring Rachel there.

Mid-tier escalation comedy stretches thin across 55 jokes with minimal standout moments.

Directed by Gary Halvorson · Written by Sherry Bilsing, Ellen Kreamer, Brian Caldirola

74.8/ 100

Humor Index

WAR

43.5

JPM

2.8

Craft

6.9

Impact

6.7

IMDb

8.5

The One Where Pauls The Man” ranks #90 of 236 Friends episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 74.8Great. The episode packs 55 scored jokes at 2.8 per minute, averaging 6.9 on craft and 6.7 on impact, with Monica landing the most laughs. Every joke is ranked below with its individual craft and impact scores.

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Our scorer flagged 20:30-21:03 as the stretch with the fewest or weakest comedic moments. Everything else lands harder.

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