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=== Season 3 ===
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Season 3 takes on a significantly more serialized format. Chandler and Janice date for several episodes until Joey catches Janice kissing her soon-to-be ex-husband Gary Litman (Mark Cohen). Not wanting to destroy her family, Chandler urges Janice to go back to Gary, then becomes depressed over the breakup for several episodes. Rachel quits her job at Central Perk and begins working at Bloomingdale's, an upscale department store chain. Ross soon becomes jealous of her colleague Mark Robinson ([[Steven Eckholdt]]) and frustrated by Rachel's long work hours. She is tired of his constant jealousy and insecurity, and decides they need a relationship break.

Ross, hurt and somewhat drunk, immediately sleeps with Chloe ([[Angela Featherstone]]), "the hot girl from the Xerox place," causing Rachel to break up with him completely. Although Phoebe initially believes she has no family except her twin sister Ursula Buffay (Lisa Kudrow), she learns she has a half-brother, Frank Buffay, Jr. ([[Giovanni Ribisi]]) and discovers her birth mother, Phoebe Abbott ([[Teri Garr]]) over the course of the season. Joey falls in love with his acting partner Kate Miller ([[Dina Meyer]]), but is jealous of her dating Marshall Townend ([[Reg Rogers]]) the director of their play. They begin a brief relationship that ends when she takes an acting job in Los Angeles.

Monica dates millionaire Pete Becker ([[Jon Favreau]]), despite her initially not being attracted to him. However, she breaks up with Pete after he is seriously hurt trying to become the [[Ultimate Fighting Championship|Ultimate Fighting Champion]] and refuses to quit. Phoebe sets Ross up on a date with her friend, Bonnie ([[Christine Taylor]]), inciting Rachel's jealousy. She tries sabotaging the relationship by coercing Bonnie to shave her head bald, and eventually admits to Ross that she still has feelings for him. The season closes with Ross having to choose between Rachel and Bonnie.