The One with the Blackout

"**The One with the Blackout**"
"The One with the Blackout"
Friends episode
Episode no.	Season 1; Episode 7
Directed by	James Burrows
Written by	Jeff Astrof & Mike Sikowitz
Original air date	November 3, 1994
Guest appearances
	Jill Goodacre as herself; Larry Hankin as Mr. Heckles (credited as "Weird Guy"); Cosimo Fusco as Paolo;
Episode chronology
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"The One with the Blackout" is the seventh episode of the first season of the NBC television series Friends. The seventh episode of the show overall, it was first broadcast on November 3, 1994.

In the episode, there's a blackout in the city, and Chandler gets stuck in an ATM vestibule with Jill Goodacre and Ross attempts to tell Rachel his feelings for her.

This episode coined the term "friend zone".^[1]

^ Dickson, E.J. (12 October 2013). "6 reasons the "friend zone" needs to die". Salon.com. San Francisco, California. Retrieved 26 April 2015.

[6_reasons-1] Dickson, E.J. (12 October 2013). "6 reasons the "friend zone" needs to die". Salon.com. San Francisco, California. Retrieved 26 April 2015.

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