Friends S03e01

What follows is a hilarious montage of Rachel trying to get into character, culminating in her actually donning the gold bikini (a wig and a metallic bra). The scene where she struts out of the bedroom is sitcom gold. Ross’s jaw drops—not just from desire, but from sheer, unadulterated joy. However, the joke subverts itself. Rachel feels ridiculous. She can’t take herself seriously, and the laughter that erupts from both of them is more intimate than any fantasy.

The climax of this subplot is iconic: Joey, friends s03e01

Ross reveals to Rachel that he has a long-standing fantasy involving Princess Leia in her gold bikini from Return of the Jedi . Rachel decides to surprise him by fulfilling the fantasy, but the moment is hilariously ruined when Ross can't stop picturing his own mother after a previous conversation with Chandler. What follows is a hilarious montage of Rachel

Ross confesses his secret sexual fantasy to Rachel: her dressed as Princess Leia in the gold bikini from Return of the Jedi However, the joke subverts itself