Did You Spot the Huge Mistake When This "Friends" Episode First Aired?

A blogger at Recently Heard spotted a hilarious error in an old episode of Friends,  thanks to Netflix.  In an episode titled "The One With the Mugging,"   Jordan D'Amico  spotted an unfamiliar face where a very familiar one should have been.

During the beginning of the episode, Jennifer Aniston (aka Rachel Green) and Matt LeBlanc (aka Joey Tribbiani) go visit  Monica Geller (played by Courteney Cox ) in her kitchen to talk about Joey's exciting new audition. It was during that scene when D'Amico spotted something surprising. Instead of cutting back from Monica at her table to Joey and Rachel standing togethere, there was someone else there. 

That woman on the left pictured next to Joey in the scene is most certainly not the lovely Jennifer Aniston. (Although I'm sure that, whoever she is, she is also very lovely!)  Again, you'll find this in season 9, episode 15, right around the 3:20 mark (just after Monica gives her line about the possibility of the monkey being at the audition.) 

So how the heck did this happen? Well, the answer is kind of boring, especially if you know a lot about how they make shows like this and what goes on behind-the-scenes during shootings. Shows often use stand-ins, for a variety of reasons, when rehearsing and filming. It seems that this stand-in got edited into the show probably because they wanted to use this take from Matt or because they thought no one would notice. Who could have predicted the rise of "Netflix and Chill" back then, anyway?

In case you're worried, I did a quick check and the real Jennifer hasn't been replaced or anything, so we're good. This just part of the weird fun we can have now that we can constantly re-watch our favorite old shows and obsess over every tiny detail. Thanks, Internet!

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