 " The One with All the Thanksgivings " ( also known as " The One with the Thanksgiving Flashbacks " ) is the eighth episode of the fifth season of Friends . It first aired on the NBC network in the United States on November 19 , 1998 . In the episode , the main characters spend Thanksgiving at Monica 's ( Courteney Cox ) apartment and begin telling stories about their worst Thanksgivings : Chandler ( Matthew Perry ) learning of his parent 's divorce , Phoebe ( Lisa Kudrow ) losing arms in past lives and Joey ( Matt LeBlanc ) having his head stuck in a turkey . Rachel ( Jennifer Aniston ) reveals Monica 's worst Thanksgiving — accidentally cutting off Chandler 's toe after he called her " fat " in their first encounter . When Monica begs Chandler to forgive her , he accidentally reveals that he loves her . 
