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Season eight of Friends begins just after the wedding of Monica (Courteney Cox) and Chandler (Courteney Cox). Though this neatly ties up a loose plotline from season seven, there's another strand still dangling, namely: is Rachel (Jennifer Aniston) pregnant? A comedy of errors results in the misapprehension that virtually every one of the female "Friends" is pregnant except Rachel -- and there's quite a scramble to determine the identity of the father (or fathers). In other developments, Chandler's too-tight shoes cause him trouble during his first dance with Monica; Joey (Matt LeBlanc) tries to use his speech as best man as an audition for a big Broadway role; and Ross (David Schwimmer) has an interesting interlude with one of Monica's co-workers. Originally slated to air on September 20, 2001, this episode was moved back to September 27 due to ongoing network coverage of the 9/11 tragedy; indeed, the episode is "Dedicated to the People of New York City." (Note: Christina Pickles' appearance as Monica's mother is considerably larger in the DVD version than in the original broadcast version, in which her lines, and her billing, were cut.)