Friends (TV Series) The One with the Ring (2000) User Reviews

Chandler chooses the perfect ring!

[Lady_Targaryen · 8/10 · 9 June 2009]

Chandler has serious doubts about which engagement ring he should buy to give Monica, and he asks Phoebe for some help to pick the perfect ring. (Phoebe is the only one who knows that Chandler will propose to Monica!) Chandler finds the perfect ring, but it costs U$ 8.600. He needs to get his credit card with Joey, so he asks Phoebe to be responsible to watch the ring while he is not in the store. But Phoebe gets distracted and another guy buys the ring that Chandler wanted to give Monica.

Rachel tells Phoebe that Paul is a very serious and introverted guy, that hardly says about his feelings. This is annoying Rachel a lot, since she almost doesn't know anything about him and when she asks him about something he almost doesn't develop the chat. When Rachel asks Paul about his childhood,however, he cries a lot, making their dinner be canceled and Rachel be nervous and irritated. Now, the problem is the opposite: Paul won't stop crying. So Rachel ends up their relationship.

Ross and Joey think that Chandler is ignoring them, but Chandler tells them that he is going to propose Monica.

The One with the Ring

[ComedyFan2010 · 8/10 · 19 August 2011]

The greatest part of this episode is Phoebe and Chandler going to get a ring together. I liked how Chandler left to get his credit card and Phoebe stayed to guard the ring and yet let someone buy it because she was playing with jewelry and the gun. An even better part is when they go to change the ring back. Phoebe pretending that she is dying was funny and I must say a great idea, this is probably what made the man change the ring! And then Chandler ruins the proposal to make it even better

Not bad is also the story of how Paul turns from a guy who didn't want to share his feelings to a guy who couldn't stop crying. I must say it made me think that Bruce Willis is really not right for the sitcoms, although he usually is a great actor

Very Good Episode!

[ahickey-69474 · 10/10 · 6 November 2020]

This is one of my favorite episodes so far! I loved how Phoebe was the one to help with Chandler pick out the ring for Monica. Overall that episode was very funny.

The One with the Ring

[studioAT · 6/10 · 27 June 2021]

Having hinted at his insecurities in the last episode here the writers go leaps and bounds further, sending Paul (Bruce WIllis) into meltdown, not that Rachel seems that bothered.

That and a bit of a black comedy-esque end to the Chandler/Phoebe storyline make for a weird old episode, but it's a fun one if you take it in the spirit it was intended.

The Ross/Joey storyline is fun too, and Monica only appears very, very briefly.

A good episode in my book.

This episode isn't that good

[jpapanone · 6/10 · 13 August 2021]

Overall boring.

Some decent scenes.

I laughed the most I think at 2 scenes with Phoebe.

Joey Ross plot with chandler...eh. Mediocre.

Barely memorable. Not that funny.

Yeah I didn't miss Monica in this episode.

Bruce Willis plot was dumb.

Not a 7.

I guess I can give this a 6. I'd watch it again...unless I check imdb and read this review...then hey..me...you can probably skip this.

It isn't bad. But it isn't good.

You'll laugh maybe twice. Maybe a smile here and there, but a lot of just blank stares ahead.

Maybe the ugliest Friends episodes

[antony-1 · 2/10 · 25 October 2018]

Friends is all about good natured barbs and insults, it's not always appropriate but it's good natured and generally positive.

But here is just crosses a line so far that it's almost hard to watch.

Paul Stevens (Bruce Willis) had shown insecurity in a previous episode, but here he has a full on emotional breakdown. He's had a lot of deaths to deal with, and childhood issues comes out... and he has a breakdown.

And the abuse he gets from Rachel.

He's a "big girl". That she would get money as his therapist, and how much money he owed her. That he's a cry baby.

Then she DUMP him for having issues.

It's horrid. It reflects so badly on her. And you never see him again. Maybe he went and just hung himself, who knows!

Really ugly episode, probably the worst in the entire show's run.

Not funny

[puzgolac · 3/10 · 5 July 2023]

There are few laughs in this one. None of the plots are good. The writers tried to hide their poor writing behind "a big event" that is happening - the upcoming proposal, and, sadly, a lot of people fell for it. Just because an episode features a big event that is happening to the characters of a show doesn't mean that the episode is necessarily good, and this episode is a prime example of that.

Not only is the writing lazy and not funny, but it features a huge plot hole. After Chandler's ring is bought by someone else, Phoebe says she overheard the buyer talking about where he was going to propose, and later she recognizes the man in a restaurant. But while she was at the store she wasn't aware at all that someone has bought the ring, so she could neither know who bought it nor where he would propose.

Rachel comes across as a terrible person in this episode, and Paul is another character who got removed from the show in a completely ridiculous way. I never liked the character, so I'm not sorry to see him gone, but this is another trademark of this show - they would introduce a side character, go with him for a few episodes and then cut him out abruptly and clumsily, in a completely ridiculous way.

Shopping For A Ring and Paul's Emotions

[vivianla · 22 December 2020]

Rachel wants Paul to open up to her because he always has a cold hard exterior. Rachel asks him how was his childhood, how was puberty? She experienced a sleepover where a girl put Rachel's hand in hot water so when Rachel woke up she thought she peed in her sleeping bag.

Paul asks Chandler if his dad ever hugged him. They hug it out because they didn't in their childhoods.

Phoebe and Chandler go shopping for a ring at an antique store. Chandler has his eyes on a ring with sapphire stones on each side. But when he steps out to get his credit card from Joey, another man has bought it.

I love Rachel's half up hair look with the jean jacket after she tells the guys she broke up with a crybaby.