: Monica caters a party for Richard and is immediately smitten, despite the 21-year age difference and his status as her father's close friend.

While the others deal with high-stakes romance, Joey and Chandler embrace pure domestic bliss. Flush with cash from his role on Days of Our Lives , Joey buys:

A and two matching leather recliners (La-Z-Boys).

In the mid-season highlight of Friends ' second season, (S02E15), the show delivers major milestones for its central romances while cementing Joey and Chandler’s iconic living room dynamic. The Milestone: Ross and Rachel's Big Night

: When a late-night emergency at the museum ruins their dinner plans, Ross improvises a romantic picnic under the stars in the planetarium.

This episode marks the first appearance of as Dr. Richard Burke, an old friend of the Gellers who becomes Monica's most significant love interest before Chandler.