Joey's soap opera character is killed off after a boastful interview. Chandler is unnerved by Eddie's odd behavior. Ross and Rachel compare past lovers.
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Scene 1
Monica and Rachel's apartment. Everyone except Ross is there watching Days of Our Lives.
14 lines
Amber
Oh Drake.
Dr. Remore
I'm sorry Amber. It's just like Brad to have to have the last word.
[Ross enters]
Ross
I'm sorry I'm late, what happened?
Monica
We, we just wanna see the end.
Amber
I want you Drake.
Dr. Remore
I know you do but you and I can never be together that way.
Amber
What?
Dr. Remore
There's something I never told you Amber. I'm actually your half- brother.
[Everyone gasps. The show ends.]
Rachel
So what happens next?
Joey
Well, I get the medical award for separating the siamese twins. Then Amber and I go to Venezuela to meet our other half-brother, Ramone. And that's where I find the world's biggest emerald. It's really big but it's cursed.
Chandler
God that is good TV.
OPENING CREDITS
Scene 2
Chandler and Eddie's apartment. Chandler is at the foosball table trying to get Phoebe to play a game with him.
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Chandler
Phoebs, play with meeee.
Phoebe
No. This game is grotesque. Twenty armless guys joined at the waist by a steel bar, forced to play soccer forever. Ahh, hello, human-rights violation.
Chandler
Ya know Phoebs, don't feel so bad for 'em. After they're done playing, I break out the little plastic women and everybody has a pretty good time.
Phoebe
Why don't you play with your roommate?
Chandler
Ah he's a, he's not a big fan of foosball.
Phoebe
Uh oh, ooh, are we not getting along with the new boy?
Chandler
No he's, he's alright, just uh, he spends most of his time in his room.
Phoebe
Maybe that's because you haven't taken the time to get to know him. Let's remedy that, shall we?
Chandler
We don't need to remedy that.
Phoebe
Oh yeah, it'll be fun. [throws a tennis ball at Eddie's bedroom door]
Eddie
What was that?
Phoebe
Hi, um, I just thought that it would be fun if the three of us had some beers and got to know each other.
Eddie
Yeah alright, that sounds alright.
Phoebe
Oh good, ok. Oh nooo, I have to go because I'm late for my um, Green Eggs and Ham discussion group. Um tonight it's why he would not eat them on a train. Have fun bye.
Chandler
That was so lame.
Phoebe
I know, yeah. Ok, talk to him. [leaves]
Chandler
So, you uh, you think that Speed Racer guy gets a lot of tickets er?
Scene 3
Chandler and Eddie's apartment. Chandler and Eddie are talking.
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Eddie
That's good, that's good. So, so, so who broke up with who?
Chandler
What're you kidding? I broke up with her. She actually thought that Sean Penn was the capital of Cambodia.
Eddie
That's good man, when everybody knows that the uh, the capital of Cambodia is uh...
Chandler
Well it's not Sean Penn.
Eddie
Not Sean Penn. Alright, I, I've got a funny one, alright. My last girlfriend Tilly. Ok, we're eating breakfast, right, and I made all these pancakes, there was like 50 pancakes right. And all of the sudden she turns to me, alright, and she says, 'Eddie.' I say, 'yeah,' she says, 'Eddie, I don't want to see you anymore.' And it was literally like she had reached into my chest, ripped out my heart, and smeared it all over my life, ya know. And now there's like this incredible abyss, ya know, and I'm falling and I keep falling and I don't think I'm ever gonna stop. [finishes laughing] That uh, wasn't such a funny story, was it?
Scene 4
Central Perk. Phoebe is singing. Monica, Richard, Ross, and Rachel are listening.
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Phoebe
And a crusty old man said I'll do what I can and the rest of the rats played moroccas. That's it, thanks, good night.
Richard
Phoebe's got another job, right?
Rachel
Great set tonight Phoebs.
Phoebe
I know.
Ross
Well, we should probably get going.
Richard
Um, we should go too, I got patients at 8 in the moring.
Monica
Ya know, I was thinking. Ya know how we always stay at your apartment? Well, I thought maybe tonight we'd stay at my place.
Richard
I don't know, I don't have my jammies.
Monica
Well, maybe you don't need them.
Ross
My baby sister, ladies and gentlemen.
Monica
Shut up, I'm happy.
Phoebe
Oh, this is so nice. Alright I have to make a speech. I just wanna say that of all the guys that Monica has been with, and that is a lot, I like you the best.
Richard
Oh, thank you Phoebs. That's very sweet.
Phoebe
Ok.
Richard
Hear that? She likes me best, and apparently there've been a lot.
Monica
Not a lot, Phoebe's kidding, Phoebe's crazy.
Rachel
Phoebe's dead.
Scene 5
Chandler and Eddie's apartment. Chandler is there. There's a knock at the door. He answers it to see a young woman holding a fishtank.
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Tilly
Hi.
Chandler
Hi.
Tilly
I'm looking for Eddie Minowick.
Chandler
Oh, uh, he's not here right now, uh, I'm Chandler, can I take a message, or, or a fishtank?
Tilly
Thanks.
Chandler
Oh, oh, c'mon in.
Tilly
I'm Tilly.
Chandler
Oh.
Tilly
I gather by that oh that he told you about me.
Chandler
Oh yeah, your uh, name came up in a uh, conversation that terrified me to my very soul.
Tilly
He's kind of intense huh?
Chandler
Yes. Hey, can I ask you, is Eddie a little...
Eddie
[walks around corner] A little what?
Chandler
Bit country? C'mon in here you roomie.
Eddie
Hello Tilly.
Tilly
Eddie, I just came by to drop off your tank.
Eddie
That's very thoughtful of you. It's very thougtful.
Tilly
Well, ok then. I'm gonna go. Bye.
Eddie
Bye-bye.
Chandler
Bye.
[Tilly leaves]
Chandler
So, we gettin' a fish?
Eddie
You had sex with her didn't you?
Scene 6
Central Perk. Joey enters with several magazines and runs up to Phoebe.
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Joey
Phoebs, check it out, check it out, check it out, check it out.
Phoebe
Oh, ooh, Soap Opera Digest, oh that's one of my favorite digests.
Joey
Page 42, page 42, page 42.
Phoebe
Ok, ok, ok. Ooh, hey 'new doc on the block, Days of Our Lives' Joey Tribbiani.' Ooh, cool picture.
Joey
Ooh, I look good.
Phoebe
Hey is this true, that you write a lot of your own lines?
Joey
Uh, well, kinda yeah. Like, remember last week when Alex was in the accident? Well the line in the script was, 'If we don't get this woman to a hospital, she's going to die.' But I made it, ' If this woman doesn't get to a hospital, she's not gonna live.'
Phoebe
Ohh, ok, I see what you did there. Aren't you afraid though, that the writers are gonna be kinda mad when they read this?
Joey
Huh? Never really thought about the writers. The scripts just kinda come to my house. But you know what? This makes me look good, which makes the show look good, which makes the writers look good so how could they be mad about that?
Scene 7
At a writer's desk. The writer is working on a script for Days of Our Lives.
1 lines
Writer
Makes up most of his lines. Son-of-a-. Yeah, well, write this jerkweed.
Scene 8
Joey's apartment. The next script is being delivered.
8 lines
Joey
I fall down an elevator shaft? What the hell does this mean, I fall down an elevator shaft?
Delivery Guy
Uhh, I don't know, I just bring the scripts.
Joey
They can't kill me, I'm Francesca's long lost son.
Delivery Guy
Right. Could you sign this?
Joey
No. No way, I'm not signing that.
Delivery Guy
I don't think that's gonna affect the plot of the show.
Joey
How can they do this to me?
Delivery Guy
Er, uh, I'm just gonna go. Sorry.
Scene 9
Monica and Rachel's apartment. Monica, Richard, Ross, and Rachel are returning.
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Monica
Well it wasn't that many guys. I mean, if you consider how many guys there actually are, it's a very small percentage.
Rachel
Hey, it's not that big a deal, I was just curious.
Ross
G'night.
Richard
Night Richard. Good luck Mon.
Monica
Alright, before I tell you, uh, why don't you tell me how many women you've been with.
Richard
Two.
Monica
Two? TWO? How is that possible? I mean, have you seen you?
Richard
Well, I mean what can I say? I, I was married to Barbara for 30 years. She was my high school sweetheart, now you, that's two.
Monica
Two it is. Ok, time for bed, I'm gonna go brush my teeth. [goes in the bathroom]
Richard
Woah, woah, no wait a minute now. C'mon it's your turn. Oh c'mon. Ya know, I don't need the actual number, just a ballpark.
Monica
Ok, it is definitely less than a ballpark.
[Rachel's bedroom]
Rachel
Wow, I am so glad I'm not Monica right now.
Ross
Tell me about it. So what, what's your magic number?
Rachel
Uhhhooo.
Ross
C'mon, you know everyone I've been with. All, both of them.
Rachel
Well, there's you.
Ross
Better not be doin' these in order.
Rachel
Ok, uh, Billy Dreskin, Pete Carney, Barry, and uh, oh, Paolo.
Ross
Oh yes, the weenie from Torrini.
Rachel
Oh honey, are you jealous of Paolo? Oh, c'mon, I'm so much happier with you than I ever was with him.
Ross
Really?
Rachel
Oh please. That Paolo thing was barely a relationship. All it really was was just, ya know, meaningless animal sex. Ok, ya know, that sounded soooo much better in my head.
Scene 10
Chandler and Eddie's apartment.
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Chandler
Eddie, I didn't sleep with your ex-girlfriend.
Eddie
That's very interesting, ya know, 'cause that's exactly what someone who slept with her would say.
Chandler
This is nuts. This is crazy. She came over for like two minutes, dropped off a fish tank, and left, end of story.
Eddie
Where's Buddy?
Chandler
Buddy?
Eddie
My fish, Buddy.
Chandler
There was no fish when she dropped it off.
Eddie
Oh, this is, this is unbelievable. I mean, first you sleep with my ex-girlfriend then you insult my inteligenct by lying about it and then you kill my fish, my Buddy?
Chandler
Hey I didn't kill your fish. Look Eddie...[puts his hand on Eddie's shoulder] Would you look at what I'm doin' here. That can't be smart. So we're just gonna take this guy right off ya and put him here in Mr. Pocket. Tangellon? [picks up the fruit an tosses it to Eddie, it hits Eddie in the chest and falls]
Scene 11
Monica and Rachel's apartment. Monica and Richard are in Monica's bedroom.
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Richard
That's it? That's the giant number you were afraid to tell me?
Monica
Well yeah.
Richard
Well, that's not bad at all. I mean, you had me thinkin it was like a fleet.
Monica
You really ok with it?
Richard
Oh honey, I'm fine.
Monica
Oh, yay. Ok about that two.
Richard
What? Alright, what about my two?
Monica
Well, it just seems like a really small number.
Richard
Right, and...
Monica
And, well, don't you have a lot of wild oats to sew? Or is that what you're doing with me? Oh my God, am I an oat?
Richard
Honey, you are not an oat. I, I mean I don't know, I, I guess I'm just not an oat guy. I've only slept with women I've been in love with.
Monica
But you've only slept with two people.
Richard
Right.
Monica
Wow. Oh wow. You know I love you too, right.
Richard
Now I do. [they kiss and fall to the bed]
[Ross and Rachel are in Rachel's bedroom]
Rachel
Ross, Ross, please listen to me. Ross, you are so much better for me than Paolo ever was. I mean you care about me, you're loving, you make me laugh.
Ross
Oh, hey, if I make you laugh, here's an idea, why don't you invite Paulo over and have a little romp in the sack and I'll just stand in the corner and tell knock-knock jokes.
Rachel
God, Ross, look, what you and I have is special, all Paolo and I ever had was...
Ross
Animal sex, animal sex? So what're you saying, I mean, you're saying that like, there's nothing between us animal at all. I mean there's not even like, uhm, a little animal, not even, not even like, like chipmunk sex?
Rachel
Ok, Ross, try to hear me. Ok, I, hey, I'm not gonna lie to you. Ok, it was good with Paolo.
Ross
Knock-knock.
Rachel
But, what you and I have is so much better. Ok, we have tenderness, we have intimacy, we connect. Ya know, I swear, this is the best I have ever had.
Ross
Until now. [jumps on Rachel on the bed]
[later in the bathroom Monica is looking in the drawer, Rachel runs up]
Rachel
Oh, hi.
Monica
Hi. Richard just told me he loves me.
Rachel
Oh my God, honey that's great.
Monica
I know. I just can't find...
Rachel
Oh they're in the top drawer. Hurry.
Monica
You need one too?
Rachel
Ooooh yeah.
[they pull out the box of condoms but there's only one left]
Monica
There's only one.
Richard
Monica.
Monica
Hi. Uh, we'll be right there, we're just trying to decide something. [shuts the bathroom door]
Ross
[comes out of the bedroom] Rachel. [growls then sees Richard standing there] Hey.
Richard
Hey. They're just trying to decide somehting.
Ross
Good, good, good. So, is uh, was your moustache, did, used to be different?
Richard
No.
Ross
Oh. How do you uh, ya know, keep it so neat?
Richard
I have a little comb.
Ross
Oh. And what do you call that?
Richard
A moustache comb.
Rachel
Ok, I, I will do your laundry for one month.
Monica
No.
Rachel
Ok, ok, ok, I will, I will, I, hey, I will clean the apartment for two months.
Monica
Alright, I tell you what, I'll give this to you now if you can tell me where we keep the dustpan.
Rachel
Agghhh.
Ross
So were you in Nam?
Rachel
Rock-paper-scissors?
Monica
Yeah.
Monica
One two three. [Rachel picks rock, Monica picks scissors]
Rachel
Yeesss.
Monica
Fine, go have sex.
Richard
No. You have got it completely wrong. John Savage was deerhunter, no legs, John Voit was coming home, couldn't feel his legs.
Ross
No, no way. You've got it totally the other way around my friend. John Voit was...
Rachel
Honey.
Ross
What, what oh....[Ross and Rachel go into her room]
Richard
Shall we?
Monica
It's not gonna happen. They're doing it tonight, we can do it tomorrow.
Richard
Uh, in the future, if I could see the schedule beforehand...
Scene 12
Monica and Rachel's apartment. All but Joey are present.
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Chandler
So, when I woke up this morning, he'd stolen all the insoles out of my shoes.
Monica
Why?
Chandler
Because he thinks I slept with his ex-girlfriend and killed his fish.
Phoebe
Why would you kill his fish?
Chandler
Because sometimes, Phoebe after you sleep with someone, you have to kill the fish.
Rachel
Chandler honey, I'm sorry. Ok, can we watch Joey's show now please? [they turn on the TV]
Ross
Yeah.
Monica
Wait, he's not here yet.
Rachel
So, he's on the show, he knows what happens.
Ross
Yeah.
Monica
Alright.
Chandler
Oh, I'm fine about my problem now, by the way.
Rachel
Oh good.
Dr. Remore
Amber, I want you to know that I'll always be there for you, as a friend and as your brother.
Amber
Oh Drake.
Dr Horton
Hard day huh? First the medical award, this.
Dr. Remore
Some guys are just lucky I guess.
Intercom
Dr. Remore, report to first floor emergency, stat.
Dr. Remore
Well then, uh, I uhh, guess that's me. Anyone else need to go on the elevator? Dr. Horton, Dr. Wong?
Dr. Horton
No, no, they only said you.
Dr. Remore
Oh, ok. Alright.
Amger
I love you Drake.
Dr. Remore
Yeah, whatever. Oh no.
Amber
Drake, look out.
Dr. Remore
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.
Monica
Did they just kill off Joey?
Ross
No. [sound of Dr. Remore's body hitting the bottom of the shaft] Now maybe.
Scene 13
Joey's apartment. Everyone is outside knocking.
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Ross
C'mon.
Rachel
Joey.
Ross
Open up. We want to talk to you.
Joey
I don't feel like talkin.
Rachel
Oh c'mon Joey, we care about you.
Chandler
We're worried about you.
Monica
And some of us really have to pee.
[Joey opens the door]
Monica
Sorry Joey [runs to the bathroom]
Joey
Hey.
Phoebe
Listen, sorry about your death, that really sucks.
Chandler
We came over as soon as we saw.
Ross
How could you not tell us?
Joey
I don't know, I was kinda hopin' no one would ever find out.
Rachel
Well, maybe they can find a way to bring you back.
Joey
Naa, they said that when they found my body, my brain was so smashed in that the only doctor that could have saved me was me. Supposed to be some kind of irony or somethin.
Phoebe
But Joey, you're gonna be fine. You don't need that show, it was just a dumb soap opera.
Joey
Phoebe, this was the greatest thing that ever happened to me.
Phoebe
Yes, I was going to incorporate that. Oh good, here's Monica, she'll have something nice to say.
Monica
Um, I straightened out your shower curtain so you won't get mildew. What? To me that's nice.
Chandler
It's gonna be ok. You know that?
Joey
No, I don't. It's like, ya know, you work your whole life for somethin' and you think that when you get it it's never gonna be as good as you thought it would be. But this so was. Ya know, it changed everything. Like the other day, I got this credit card application, and I was pre- approved. Huh? I've never been pre-approved for anything in my life.
Chandler
I'm sorry man.
Rachel
Yeah, Joey honey, I don't know if this'll mean anything to you but you'll always be pre-approved with us.
Joey
No, that means nothin to me.
Scene 14
Chandler and Eddie's apartment.Chandler walks in to see Eddie holding a tray of cookies.
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Chandler
Uhhhaahh.
Eddie
Pecan sandy, just made em.
Chandler
Yeah alright. What're these, raisins?
Eddie
Uh, sure, why not.
Chandler
[throws it across the room while Eddie's not looking] Listen Eddie, um, I've been thinking about our current living situation and uh, why are you smiling?
Eddie
I got a little surprise, look. There's a new fishie. I named him uh, Chandler, you know, after, after you.
Chandler
[looks in the fish bowl to see a fish cracker] Well that's not an, even a real fish. No, that's a goldfish cracker.
Eddie
What's you point man?
Chandler
Ok, good night. [walks towards his room] You big freak of nature.
CLOSING CREDITS
Scene 15
Monica and Rachel's apartment.
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[Ross comes out of Rachel's bedroom in her bathrobe and heads for the bathroom. On his way back, Richard comes out of Monica's bedroom in her bathrobe.]