"Friends" The One with Unagi (TV Episode 2000) Poster

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9/10
The One with Unagi
ComedyFan201019 August 2011
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The unagi story is one of the funniest ones. This is also of course thanks to David Schwimmer's acting in it. He was absolutely hilarious. But I also like the whole idea. Actually I think of this episode whenever I go to a sushi place, he changed the meaning of unagi for me! And the part where Ross goes to women self defense class and asks the instructor how to act next for the attacker was hilarious

The story of Monica and Chandler making presents for each other was pretty good too. Especially I like how Chandler got busted when we hear Janice's voice on the tape, and when she starts singing!

Joey's twin story was kind of dumb and not very funny but it didn't ruin the episode
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10/10
Unagi
sbkr-4978724 September 2019
My favourite episode. The only minus is Joey's stupid twin story.
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8/10
Ross, the Unagi's master!
Lady_Targaryen8 June 2009
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Phoebe and Rachel start to go to self defense classes, and Ross talks to them that they need to know a concept called ''Unagi', that he learned when he did karate classes. Unagi is a state of total awareness that Ross says it is essential to everybody who practices martial arts, but he is not aware all the time as he says, since Rachel and Phoebe are always trying to scare him to see if he really masters the ' Unagi' .

Joey needs some money for the pictures of his Book, that are more expensive then he imagined it would be. He wants to go back to the lab studies, the problem is that the next study only serves for people who are identical twins, and this is not Joey's case. In order to receive some money, Joey tries to find an actor who looks like him to pretend to be his identical twin.

Chandler has difficulties to find a good Valentine's present to Monica, specially because they decided to make their own presents. He gives her a tape full of songs, but what he doesn't remember is that Janice made that tape for him.
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Freshwater Eel
vivianla21 December 2020
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Rachel has her hair half up and wears cute cargo pants. Rachel and Phoebe have been taking selfdefense classes. Ross insists he is an expert because he took karate previously and brings up unagi, to have a state of awareness.

Chandler and Monica fret over what to make the other because they decided to make homemade gifts for their Valentine's Day which they postponed for two weeks. Monica gives the sock bunny that Phoebe made. Chandler gives a mixtape he found. Monica says she will make anything for him there (kitchen) and do anything he wants in there (bedroom). For a few days Chandler comes home to beautiful candlelit dinners and amazing sex.

Monica puts on the mixtape and her favourite song comes on. Then Janice's voice comes on exposing the truth. Janice later sings My Funny Valentine.
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7/10
Not Great
pgall-111723 July 2020
Funny in parts; Ross wanting tips on how to attack his friends from a self defense teacher, and Joey thinking an actor who looks nothing like him would make a good identical twin for a twin study he wants to get paid for, and Chandler having to make a belated Valentines day present from scratch. A few annoying things; Chandler finding a mix tape all of a sudden in his and Monica's closet. How did she never see it? Why would Chandler even keep it in the first place? Another very contrived scene has Phoebe and Rachel sitting at the window of Central Perk,just to set up the scene where they see Ross attack two women he thinks is them outside. The bit where Rachel wants to tell the customers on the couch to move was so stupid.
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5/10
The One with Unagi
studioAT19 June 2021
Ross is pretty creepy here when you think about it, but actually the storyline is well played out.

The Monica/Chandler one grated on me a little, and the Joey centred one was fun but thin.

A decent episode overall though.
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5/10
There are some good classic Friends scenes from this episode
jpapanone20 June 2021
But it is not a good episode overall.

If you like the slapstick over the top absurd Friends, then you'll probably like it.

But if you're a fan of classic early, pre Monica and Chandler, this ain't it.

This for me was clearly not a 7...and I almost could see giving a generous 6.

But no. Too annoying.

5 for you.

If it happened to be on a rerun....eh.

Either way. Watch or don't.

It isn't bad...but if you've already seen the few good scenes and remember em, no need to revisit the whole 20 minutes again.
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