Friends Season 4, Episode 18, titled “The One with Rachel’s New Dress” (air date: April 2, 1998), places Rachel front and center in a delightfully awkward romantic comedy plot.

Eager to impress her new boyfriend, Joshua, she splurges on a figure-hugging dress and plans an intimate dinner for two—only for things to go hilariously sideways when Chandler and Joey’s ever-present duck (and a rooster) roam into view, upending the mood . Continues…