: While the episode places Joey moving in during 1993, later episodes (like "The One With All The Thanksgivings") imply he was already around in 1992, creating a minor continuity error.
" The One with the Flashback " (Season 3, Episode 6) is a pivotal episode of Friends that rewinds the clock three years to provide origin stories for the group's iconic dynamics. Triggered by Janice asking if any of them have ever slept together, the episode reveals near-misses and secret histories that predate the series pilot. [S3E6] Flashback
: We see Chandler interviewing prospective roommates and eventually settling on Joey—though only after his first choice, a "creepy" guy named Eric, flunked out. : While the episode places Joey moving in