by Hal Erickson
synopsis
Tom Selleck makes his first series appearance as Dr. Richard Burke, the optometrist with whom the much-younger Monica (Courteney Cox) has a fling. Elsewhere, Joey's (Matt LeBlanc) soap opera salary enables him to buy such creature comforts as a big-screen TV and a pair of leather recliners -- whereupon he and Chandler (Matthew Perry) turn into couch potatoes (evidently emulating their favorite video stars Beavis and Butthead). And in keeping with the episode's title, Ross (David Schwimmer) and Rachel (Jennifer Aniston) go out on their first date -- and end up as an R-rated planetarium exhibit.
