: Ross is devastated to learn that his wife, Carol, is a lesbian, a discovery Phoebe helps him realize.
: The episode acted as an experiment for the writers to test audience reactions to non-standard pairings, such as Rachel and Chandler or Ross and Phoebe , though none of these became permanent storylines.
is the sixth episode of the third season of Friends , which originally aired on October 31, 1996 .