Second Look: Friends Season 5, Episode 9 – “The One with Ross’s Sandwich”
Friends treads water with an inert episode of great jokes and underwhelming character work.
Author: Randy Dankievitch
Randy is the founder of Processed Media and The Mid-Season Replacements Podcast, and a Rotten Tomatoes-approved TV critic. He's written about TV and culture across the internet since 2010, and also writes a monthly column for UpPortland Magazine.
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Second Look: Friends Season 5, Episode 7 – “The One Where Ross Moves In”
Friends takes a load off for an inconsequentially silly, funny half hour.
Second Look: Scrubs Season 1, Episode 7 – “My Super Ego”
Scrubs welcomes in a guest star for a familiar, if mostly effective, story about the life of an intern.