The One with the Girl Who Hits Joey but very unnatural sense – by proposing to Monica in front of everyone just to say sorry. Monica takes the relationship-problem-solving responsibilities back. In the epilogue, Ross makes jokes about how Chandler apologized by proposing, but then ruins it by doing it on Rachel with the "We were on a break" thing. The One with the Girl Who Hits Joey "The One with the Girl Who Hits Joey" is the fifteenth episode of "Friends" fifth season, and the 112th overall. It first aired on the NBC network in the United States on February 18, 1999. Having discovered about Monica and
The One with the Proposal together, revealing he had intended to propose. Richard advises Chandler to go to Monica, telling him if he succeeds in winning her back, he must never let her go. Feeling envious of Chandler and Monica, Rachel decides to follow Phoebe's lead and secure Ross as her marriage "backup" (i.e. - they will get married if they're both still single at 40), but she finds that Phoebe had long since made Ross her second backup after Joey. All three confront Phoebe about this, and it's decided that Joey will remain Phoebe's backup, while Ross becomes Rachel's. After searching for Monica all