25 'Mates' plot holes and inconsistencies that also trouble the present's true followers
Joey turns into a hypocrite when Chandler kisses his sister.
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On season one, episode 11, “The One with Mrs. Bing,” Joey admonishes Ross for kissing Chandler’s mother.
“You broke the code,” he says. “You do not kiss your good friend’s mother. Sisters are OK, possibly a hot-looking aunt, however not a mother. By no means a mother!”
Actually, Joey appears to essentially consider this rule when he dates Phoebe’s twin sister, Ursula, just some episodes later in season one.
However after just a few years, Joey forgets his personal code. After Chandler drunkenly kisses Mary Angela Tribbiani on season three, episode 11, “The One The place Chandler Cannot Keep in mind Which Sister,” Joey is livid — till Chandler lies and says he has emotions for Mary Angela.
In season six, episode 14, “The One The place Chandler Cannot Cry,” Joey reveals that he is nonetheless bitter about the entire affair.
“I can not consider Ross goes out with Rachel’s sister,” he says. “When Chandler made out with my sister, I used to be mad at him for 10 years.”
When Chandler factors out that was 5 years in the past, Joey replies, “Yeah, you have acquired 5 years left.”
