An episode of “Friends” was significantly altered ahead of its October 2001 airing in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks, with producers scrapping an entire storyline involving airport bomb jokes.
The change affected Season 8, Episode 3, “The One Where Rachel Tells Ross,” which originally included a B-story wherein Chandler made jokes about aircraft hijacking and bombing while going through airport security during his honeymoon with Monica. Deleted scenes show that the original storyline would have kept Monica and Chandler at the airport while Chandler was detained and interrogated. In the episode as aired, that storyline was retooled and saw the newlyweds repeatedly…
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