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The One with Phoebe’s Dad
Phoebe confronts her grandmother (Audra Lindley) about the father she never knew; things heat up at Monica’s holiday party. Mr. Treeger: Michael G. Hagerty. Ross: David Schwimmer. Rachel: Jennifer Aniston. Monica: Courteney Cox. Joey: Matt LeBlanc., It’s Christmas time and Monica tries tipping with cookies, Phoebe finds out that her picture of her father, whom she never knew, is just a generic photograph that came with the picture frame. And after Ross makes Monica’s heater malfunction, her Christmas party guests swelter in the middle of winter., This is also “The One Where Phoebe (Lisa Kudrow) Finds Out Her Dad Isn’t Her Dad”– thus launching one of the series’ most poignant (and hilarious) story threads. Appropriately enough, the episode occurs at Christmas time, when Monica (Courteney Cox) tries to tip the paperboy, mailman, and the rest with homemade cookies, and is not always greeted with the appropriate holiday spirit. As for Joey (Matt LeBlanc) and Chandler (Matthew Perry), they’ve reversed the usual procedure and done their Christmas shopping late — a bit too late., Phoebe finds out that her picture of her father, whom she never knew, is just a generic photograph that came with the picture frame, and after Ross makes Monica’s heater malfunction, her Christmas party guests swelter in the middle of winter., Phoebe confronts her grandmother about the father she never knew; things heat up at Monica’s holiday party., Phoebe tries to track down her real father. Meanwhile, Ross asks Rachel to make a list of pros and cons about him.
