Watch 'Friends' Thanksgiving Episodes

Is Thanksgiving really Thanksgiving without Ross, Rachel, Monica, Chandler, Phoebe, and Joey? No, no it is not, which is why you need to watch all the Friends Thanksgiving episodes this holiday season. At this point, the holiday episodes are iconic. Who doesn't remember the time when Monica put a raw sunglass-wearing-turkey on her head in an effort to cheer up Chandler? Or when Chandler locked himself in a box to prove his friendship to Joey? Whether you're looking for something to watch while you prepare your famous Thanksgiving sides or just need something to fall asleep to during your post-feast nap, watching all 10 of these episodes (or even just a few) is simple.

There Are 10 Episodes Total

Every season of Friends has a Thanksgiving episode, which means there are 10 episodes in total. This makes it easy to pick your favorites or watch them all in one go. Here are the Thanksgiving episodes, in order of air date:

• Season 1, Episode 9 — “The One Where Underdog Gets Away” — Leave it to the first Thanksgiving episode for everything to go terribly wrong. In this episode, the gang of friends get locked out on the roof after watching a balloon run away from the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade, Joey wins his first modeling gig — but it’s not for what he expects, and Ross enters in a competition with his ex-wife.
• Season 2, Episode 8 — “The One with The List” — Torn between dating Rachel and his current girlfriend, Julie, Ross makes a list with Rachel’s negative qualities on it in order to compare the two women. Unfortunately, Rachel sees the list. Who ordered a side of beef this Thanksgiving?
• Season 3, Episode 9 — “The One with the Football” — Football and Thanksgiving go hand-in-hand. But when the friends split into two teams and play a game of football, things go awry. Ross and Monica’s sibling rivalry always has to ruin the party.
• Season 4, Episode 8 — “The One with Chandler In A Box” — This funny gem focuses on the dynamics of the friend group. In this episode, Chandler is, indeed, in a box in order to win Joey’s forgiveness, Monica accidentally gets ice in her eye, and Rachel’s habit for not keeping presents comes back to haunt her.
• Season 5, Episode 8 — “The One with the Thanksgiving Flashbacks” — Relive the friend group’s worst Thanksgivings ever as they reminisce after digesting another one of Monica’s amazing Thanksgiving meals.

• Season 6, Episode 9 — “The One Where Ross Got High” — Ross has to share why his parents don’t like Chandler, meanwhile Rachel makes dessert for her friends, but it doesn’t go according to plan.
• Season 7, Episode 8 — “The One Where Chandler Doesn’t Like Dogs” — Phoebe reveals that she has been secretly keeping a dog in the apartment she shares with Chandler and Monica while her friend is away. But as the title reveals, not everyone in the friend group is happy with this.
• Season 8, Episode 9 — “The One with the Rumor” — Brad Pitt guest stars in this episode, where it’s revealed that his character, who is a special guest at Thanksgiving, isn’t a fan of Rachel. At the same time, Chandler and Phoebe try their hardest to get out of helping Monica in the kitchen.
• Season 9, Episode 8 — “The One with Rachel’s Other Sister” — Meet Rachel’s younger sister, who ruins everyone’s holiday with her uncensored thoughts. At the same time, Joey gets into trouble when he forgets to join his cast mates at the big Thanksgiving parade.
• Season 10, Episode 8 — “The One with the Late Thanksgiving” — In the final Thanksgiving episode, Monica reluctantly agrees to cook her friends Thanksgiving dinner, but locks everyone out when they show up late. She also receives some shocking adoption news that will surely bring a smile to your face.

You Can Stream All Of Them On HBOMax

In case you missed it, Friends left Netflix at the beginning of 2020 and calls HBO Max home now. You can find all 10 seasons of Friends currently streaming on HBO and Warner Media's streaming service, HBOMax. You will, of course, need an HBO Max subscription to watch. A basic subscription costs $9.99 a month, with ads, while an ad free version will run you $14.99 per month.

The Episodes Could Air On TV

If you don’t have HBO Max, you might be out of luck. Although select Friends episodes aired on Nickelodeon's Nick at Nite nighttime programming block last Thanksgiving, the network has not yet announced if they will be doing the same this year. However, TBS does air episodes of Friends at random times throughout the day, so it’s very likely that the Thanksgiving episodes will be airing on TBS on Thanksgiving.

Although you might not have been able to have your own Friendsgiving with your friends this year, watching these Friends Thanksgiving episodes is pretty much the next best thing. Spending Thanksgiving with Monica, Chandler, Joey, Ross, Rachel, and Phoebe sounds like pretty great company to me.