 Entertainment Weekly rated the episode " B + " and called the " pre @-@ nose job " Rachel and " Fat Monica " great sight gags . It cited Joey 's line " It 's not so much an <unk> as it is a feat of engineering " ( in reference to a thong ) as the best of the episode . The authors of Friends Like Us : The Unofficial Guide to Friends wrote " This unusual episode is one of the series ' best ever , with the non @-@ stop comedy roller @-@ coaster suddenly throwing a brilliant surprise ending at you " . 
