what kind of reception did it receive?
It was the third highest-rated show on NBC that week, after "ER" and "Frasier".
Reception
In its original airing, "The One Where Rachel Smokes" finished third in ratings for the week of April 5 – 11, 1999, with a Nielsen rating of 14.8, equivalent to approximately 14.4 million viewing households. It was the third highest-rated show on NBC that week, after "ER" and "Frasier". The episode premiered in the United Kingdom on Sky1 on May 6, 1999 and attained 1.76 million viewers, making it the most watched program on the network that week.
when does rachel get a job at ralph lauren The eighteenth episode of the fifth season of "Friends" and 115th overall. It first aired on NBC in the United States on April 8, 1999. In the episode, Rachel (Jennifer Aniston) starts her new job at Ralph Lauren. who are the other characters on this show? Monica Geller, Phoebe Buffay, Joey Tribbiani, Chandler Bing and Ross Geller  the other characters on this show. who produced the episode? It was written by Michael Curtis and directed by Todd Holland. does it have any cultural references? Yes, he songs "Never There" by Cake.
It finished third in ratings for the week of April 5 – 11, 1999, with a Nielsen rating of 14.8. It finished third in ratings for the week of April 5 – 11, 1999, with a Nielsen rating of 14.8 . "Entertainment Weekly" rated the episode "C", in its review of the fifth season
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In its original airing, "The One Where Rachel Smokes" finished third in ratings for the week of April 5 – 11, 1999, with a Nielsen rating of 14.8, equivalent to approximately 14.4 million viewing households. It was the third highest-rated show on NBC that week, after "ER" and "Frasier".  In its original airing, "The One Where Rachel Smokes" finished third in ratings for the week of April 5 – 11, 1999, with a Nielsen rating of 14.8, equivalent to approximately 14.4 million viewing households.  "Entertainment Weekly" rated the episode "C", in its review of the fifth season. It cited Chandler's line "You've got to push past this, okay? Because it's about to get sooo good" as the best of the episode. 
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In its original airing, "The One Where Rachel Smokes" finished third in ratings for the week of April 5 – 11, 1999, with a Nielsen rating of 14.8, equivalent to approximately 14.4 million viewing households. It was the third highest-rated show on NBC that week, after "ER" and "Frasier". The episode premiered in the United Kingdom on Sky1 on May 6, 1999 and attained 1.76 million viewers, making it the most watched program on the network that week. "Entertainment Weekly" rated the episode "C", in its review of the fifth season. It cited Chandler's line "You've got to push past this, okay? Because it's about to get sooo good" as the best of the episode.