Ross and Charlie decide that they can’t go forward with a relationship before Ross talks to Joey, while Joey and Rachel decide that they can’t go forward with a relationship before talking to Ross.
Phoebe tries to teach Joey how to speak French, but he has a hard time learning. Meanwhile, Rachel’s father has a heart attack.
Ross and Phoebe race to the other airport, afraid they are not going to make it in time to catch Rachel. Phoebe calls Rachel, and tells her there is something wrong with the “left phalange” which creeps out the rest of the passengers so everyone gets off. Ross and Phoebe get to the correct airport but Rachel has just boarded again. Phoebe screams as loud as she can, and Rachel comes back out. Ross tells Rachel he loves her, but she gets on the plane anyway. Meanwhile, Chick Jr and Duck Jr are stuck inside the foosball table, and Monica volunteers to break the table. When Ross gets back to his apartment, he finds a message that Rachel had left him. She says that she is trying to get off the plane. Ross listening to this, does not know that Rachel is standing beyond him and they finally get back together. Monica and Chandler pack the final things in their apartment, and leave their keys, along with the rest of the gang who produce keys. Monica & Chandler, their twins, Joey, Pheoebe , Rachel & Ross all go downstairs to have one more cup of coffee in Central Perk.
Ross has a hard time dealing with Rachel’s decision to move to Paris, and the birth mother of Monica and Chandler’s child goes in to labor.
The gang throw Rachel a going away party. While there, Rachel says good-bye to each one of her friends, except for Ross, who feels like Rachel doesn’t care about him.
Phoebe tries to hide that Joey’s long-time agent, Estelle, died; Ross tries to get Rachel rehired from Ralph Lauren; Monica and Chandler tries to get Janice to withdraw her offer when they discover that she is bidding on the house next door to their’s.
Ross gets tenure, Ross and Monica visit their new house, and Phoebe changes her name to Princess Consuela Bananahammock.
Phoebe and Mike get married, and Chandler and Ross compete for a spot in the wedding.
Monica and Rachel hire a stripper (Danny Devito) for Phoebes Bachelorette party. Things go badly when the stripper’s not what they expected
Phoebe and Rachel think Chandler is having an affair, but discover another secret they hadn’t expected.