How did everyone on FRIENDS react when they found out about Monica and Chandler? Details explored of "the one where everybody finds out"

Almost more than two decades after it aired its last episode, Friends continues to dominate pop culture. The reason why Friends became so popular was undoubtedly the writing that went behind the scenes as much as the camaraderie between the stellar cast members. One such episode that was quite a sensation at the time of its initial airing and continues to be so is the fourteenth episode from the fifth season of Friends.

The episode was titled The One Where Everyone Finds Out and featured the bombastic revelation of Monica and Chandler's secret relationship. Each of the other cast members, including Phoebe and Ross, find out about the secret and react to it in their own ways.

Friends: What happened on The One Where Everybody Finds Out?

The episode narrated that Phoebe accidentally came to know about Monica and Chandler's secret relationship when she caught Monica having sex with Chandler through the window. Upon making this shocking discovery, she started screaming until Rachel came to attend to her and spilled that she already knew about the affair.

Rachel and Phoebe then proceeded to inform Joey about this while they were at Central Park, and Joey was rather relieved that now that the skeletons were finally out of the closet, they could properly confront each other. However, Phoebe has a twisted idea and decides to take things further as she starts flirting with Chandler in an attempt to make him notice her.

On the other hand, Monica and Chandler soon start suspecting things, and they decide to ask Joey if the others know anything yet. By the time it is known to everyone that everyone already knows, Phoebe and the others are in for a dramatic showdown that results in peals of laughter.

Showrunners open up about Monica and Chandler's secret relationship on Friends

When the said Friends episode first aired, Scott Silveri was one of the executive producers of the show, and he also co-wrote the episode in collaboration with Shana Goldberg-Meehan, who also turned out to be his future wife.

Speaking in an exclusive interview with Vulture magazine, the duo explained in detail the thought process that went on behind the decision to take up the affair as a primary storyline for the episode:

"There was a real fun dynamic between the two of them, so even as early as that, they said, ‘Oh, they’re kind of special together. If we’re ever looking for another relationship, that’s something to file away."

He further added:

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"We had gotten excited about the stories we could tell, but once she said that, we were all shamed and ran away. It became clear it was too early to explore something like that. There was a little bit of relationship ennui among us writers. We’d already done a lot of drama between Ross and Rachel. And nobody wanted it to become the ‘Get Together and Break-up’ show.”

Friends is exclusively available for streaming on Netflix.

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