S04E11

The One With Phoebe's Uterus

Frank and Alice ask Phoebe to be their surrogate. Joey becomes a museum tour guide. Chandler seeks advice from Monica and Rachel on pleasing Kathy.

11 Scenes221 Lines
Scene 1

Central Perk, Frank and Alice are there talking with Phoebe.

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phoebe
Phoebe
Oh my God! I can't believe my little brother is married!
Frank
Oh I know!! (Both he and Alice squeal hysterically)
phoebe
Phoebe
You guys, why didn't you tell me you were eloping?
Frank
'Cause it just sorta happened, y'know we were at the courthouse, we were having lunch...
phoebe
Phoebe
Wait, wait, why were you at the courthouse?
Frank
We were having lunch. Yeah and then all of the sudden we were like, "Hey! Y'know, we're here, having lunch let's get married!
phoebe
Phoebe
Wow, a year and a half ago I didn't even know I had a brother, and now I have a sister too. (They all hug, and Frank and Alice start kissing.) Okay. Okay. Stop it, don't. So, I gotta get you a gift now. Is there anything you need?
Frank
Uhh, yeah.
Alice
We've been trying to get pregnant, uh pretty much ever since we got engaged, we thought we'd get a jump on things, y'know no one's getting any younger.
Frank
See the thing is umm, we're not able to y'know, uh, conceive.
Alice
And we've tried everything, we've seen a bunch of doctors.
Frank
Yeah, and they-and they say that our-that our only chance to have a baby is that if they take my sperm, her egg and put it together in a dish and then put it into another girl. So we were wondering if you could be the girl that we could put it into.
phoebe
Phoebe
(shocked) That's a really nice gift. I was thinking of like a gravy boat.
OPENING CREDITS
Scene 2

Monica and Rachel's, Monica, Rachel, and Chandler are trying to throw cards into a vase.

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joey
Joey
(entering with Ross) Hey! You guys! Check it out, check it out! (He's wearing a blue blazer) Guess which job I got.
chandler
Chandler
I don't know, but Donald Trump wants his blue blazer black.
(The gang is stunned.)
ross
Ross
What?
chandler
Chandler
Blue blazer back. He-he wants it back.
rachel
Rachel
But you-you said black. Why would he want his blue blazer black?
chandler
Chandler
Well, you-you know what I meant.
monica
Monica
No, you messed it up. You're stupid.
chandler
Chandler
So what job did you get Joe?
joey
Joey
Oh, ah, tour guide at the museum. Yeah, Ross got it for me.
rachel
Rachel
Well, how can you be a tour guide, don't you have to be a dinosaur expert or something?
joey
Joey
No, not really. They give you all the information, it's uh, it's like memorizing a script. (Making like a tour guide) "And on your left, you have Tyrannosaurus Rex, a carnivore from the Jurassic period.
rachel
Rachel
Great!! That's great!
ross
Ross
Uh actually Joey, it's the Cretasous period.
joey
Joey
Yeah but, I can pronounce Jurassic.
phoebe
Phoebe
(entering) Hey!!
Everyone
Hey!
phoebe
Phoebe
Guess what. Frank Jr., and Alice got married!
Everyone
Oh my God!!
phoebe
Phoebe
And! And, they're gonna have a baby! (The gang is shocked.) And! And, they want me to grow it for them in my uterus. (The gang is stunned into silence.)
ross
Ross
My God!
monica
Monica
Are you serious?
phoebe
Phoebe
Yeah
joey
Joey
You're really thinking about having sex with your brother?!
phoebe
Phoebe
Ewww! And "Oh no!" It's-they just want me to be the surrogate. It's her-it's her egg and her sperm, and I'm-I'm just the oven, it's totally their bun.
joey
Joey
Huh.
monica
Monica
What did you tell them?
phoebe
Phoebe
Well, they said that I had to think about it first, but what is there to think about? I'm gonna be giving them the greatest gift you can possibly give.
chandler
Chandler
You're gonna be carrying their baby and give them a Sony Play Station?
rachel
Rachel
Honey, this really is an incredible thing to do for them, but there are things to think about.
monica
Monica
Yeah, like you're gonna be pregnant. I mean pregnant.
phoebe
Phoebe
I know!
ross
Ross
Pheebs, you're talking about putting your body through an awful lot, I mean morning sickness, uhh, labour, and it's all for somebody else!
phoebe
Phoebe
Yeah, what's your point?
ross
Ross
Well, the stuff I just mentioned.
rachel
Rachel
Wow! I don't know if I could ever do that. I always figured the first time I had a baby was with somebody I love and that baby would be a...keeper.
phoebe
Phoebe
Y'know you guys were a lot more supportive when I wanted to make denim furniture.
joey
Joey
No, Pheebs, listen, if you decide to do this, we'll be supportive like crazy.
Everyone
Yeah.
monica
Monica
We just want you to think it through.
rachel
Rachel
Yeah, honey, maybe you can talk to somebody who's had a baby. Like your mom?
phoebe
Phoebe
My mom never gave birth. Oh! But my birth mom did.
Scene 3

Central Perk, Chandler and Kathy are kissing.

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Kathy
Umm, (moves her hand's down to his butt) I love this touchy. Can I take it to work with me?
chandler
Chandler
Oh, yeah, sure, it's not mine anyway. It can with the pants.
Kathy
Oh! (They kiss and she leaves)
monica
Monica
I am so jealous.
rachel
Rachel
You guys are really right...there aren't you?
chandler
Chandler
Yes. Right where?
monica
Monica
In the beginning where y'know it's all sex and talking and sex and talking and...
chandler
Chandler
Yeah, you-you gotta love the talking.
monica
Monica
And the sex?
chandler
Chandler
All right, we haven't had sex yet. Okay, what's the big deal? Y'know? This is special, and I want our love to grow until we move on to the next level.
rachel
Rachel
Oh, Chandler that is so nice.
ross
Ross
That is really nice...lying! No way is that the reason!
rachel
Rachel
Why? Just because you're not mature enough to understand something like that?!
chandler
Chandler
No, he's right, I'm totally lying.
(Ross makes an "I was right, and you weren't face." And Rachel does Ross's little I'm-flicking-you-off-but-I'm-not-giving-you-the-finger banging of the fists.)
monica
Monica
Then what is it?
chandler
Chandler
Well, Kathy's last boyfriend was Joey.
ross
Ross
And you're afraid you won't be able to...fill his shoes.
chandler
Chandler
No, I'm afraid I won't be able to make love as well as him.
ross
Ross
Yeah, I was going for the metaphor.
chandler
Chandler
Yes, and I was saying the actual words.
monica
Monica
So big deal, so Joey's had a lot of girlfriends, it doesn't mean he's great in bed.
chandler
Chandler
We share a wall! So either he's great in bed, or she just likes to agree with him a lot.
monica
Monica
Sweetie, with you it's gonna be different. The sex is gonna be great, 'cause you-you guys are in love.
chandler
Chandler
Yeah?
rachel
Rachel
Yeah!
ross
Ross
Just go for it Chandler.
monica
Monica
Yeah, you should.
rachel
Rachel
Yeah, you should, really.
monica
Monica
Go on.
chandler
Chandler
All right, all right, I'll go sleep with my girlfriend. But I'm just doing it for you guys.
Scene 4

The museum, Joey is giving a tour to a bunch of school kids.

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joey
Joey
Okay, now the Mastodon is from the semi-late Jurassic period.
Smart Kid
Isn't the Mastodon from the Pliocene Epic?
joey
Joey
Shhh! This is a museum, no talking. Right down here, (Motions to a fossilised dinosaur foot.) we have a large foot. (Sees Ross working in one of the display cases.) Uhh, and over here we have Ross Geller. (Knocks on the glass) Everyone wave 'Hi' to Ross. Ross is one of our most important scientists, look at him, hard at work. (Ross does the old "Putting a cigarette in your ear and pulling it out of your mouth trick.") Okay, moving right along. Come on.
Scene 5

Phoebe Sr.'s house, there's a knock on the door.

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Phoebe Sr
It's open! Come in!
phoebe
Phoebe
Hi!
Phoebe Sr
Hi!
phoebe
Phoebe
I'm sorry, I'm late.
Phoebe Sr
Oh, that's okay, it gave me time to finish glazing my nipples.
phoebe
Phoebe
Wow! You really go all out when you're expecting company.
Phoebe Sr
No, I was working on my pottery.
phoebe
Phoebe
Oh! Ooh! Oh, I didn't know that you did...pot.
Phoebe Sr
Well, yeah, mostly nudes. It combines my two passions, pottery and erotica.
phoebe
Phoebe
Ooh, erotiery!
Phoebe Sr
Hey! Okay! Well thanks for coming out to see me. I just-I just thought it would be a very good idea to talk about this baby stuff in person. Y'know...
phoebe
Phoebe
Okay.
Phoebe Sr
I really don't think it's a very good idea, Phoebe.
phoebe
Phoebe
Why not?
Phoebe Sr
Well, because you'd be giving up a baby, and I-I really don't-I don't know if there's anything I can say that could make you understand the pain of giving up a baby. So, umm, (Picks up a puppy in the box next to the couch.)
phoebe
Phoebe
Oh no! No-no! I understand the pain! Don't-don't hurt the puppy.
Phoebe Sr
No-no-no, the-the puppy's yours.
phoebe
Phoebe
Oh, I get a puppy!!
Phoebe Sr
Well, yeah! I mean yeah, but only for three days.
phoebe
Phoebe
Why?
Phoebe Sr
I realise I don't have any right to start get all parenty on you and everything now, but umm, (Sees that Phoebe isn't paying attention and is busy mimicking the puppy.) uhh... Phoebe, would you please look at me and not the puppy, it's very important.
phoebe
Phoebe
Okay.
Phoebe Sr
I mean, I know what I'm talking about. I gave up two babies, and I only wish I had someone there that had given up babies, that could tell me how terrible it is to give up babies. I just think that, it would be something you will regret every single day for the rest of your life. So, how ever hard it is to give up this puppy, it would be like a million times harder to give up a child. (Phoebe is playing with the puppy again, and not listening) I really shouldn't have given you the puppy first.
phoebe
Phoebe
All right, I'm sorry.
Scene 6

The museum's worker cafeteria, Joey is eating lunch with the rest of the tour guides. Another tour guide tries to sit down in a seat Joey saved for Ross.

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joey
Joey
Uhh, do you mind sitting there. I'm-I'm saving this for my friend Ross.
Tour Guide
You mean Dr. Geller?
joey
Joey
Doctor? Wow! I didn't know he had a nickname.
Tour Guide
Oh, he won't sit here. Only the people in the white coats sit over there, (Points to there table) and only the people in the blue blazers sit here.
joey
Joey
Well, how-how come?
Tour Guide
That's just the way it is.
joey
Joey
That's crazy.
Tour Guide
Maybe it's crazy in a perfect world, a world without lab coats and blazers, but you not in a perfect world, you in a museum now. See that scientist in the classes, he and I used to play together all the time in grade school, but now...(Turns around) Peter! Hey, Peter! It's me Rhonda! From PS-129! I shared my puddin' which you man! I gave you my Snack Pack! (to Joey) See, he pretend he don't even here me!
joey
Joey
I-I think everybody's pretending they don't hear you. Anyway, look, I don't know about you and your jackets and your separate tables, but Ross is one of my best friends, and if I save him a seat, I'm telling you, he will sit in it! (Ross enters and goes over to the white table) Ross! Ross! Over here, man! I-I saved you seat.
ross
Ross
That's okay, I'm cool over here. I'll catch up with you later, Joey. (Joey is shocked.)
(Another woman enters without a coat or blazer and tries to sit at the 'blue' table.)
Tour Guide
Op, this is saved. (Joey wonders why) Gift shop.
COMMERCIAL BREAK
Scene 7

Monica and Rachel's, Joey is eating dinner, Monica and Rachel are sitting on the couch.

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ross
Ross
(entering) Hey, uh, I'm really, really sorry about what happened in the cafeteria today.
joey
Joey
It's no big deal. Hey, y'know, you do what you gotta do. Right?
ross
Ross
But hey, it's not just me, I mean the scientists and the tour guides never sit together.
joey
Joey
Whatever.
ross
Ross
It's like that everywhere, Joey! Okay, Mon, back me up here. Where you work the uh, waiters eat with the waiters, right? And the chefs eat with the other chefs, right?
monica
Monica
I eat by myself in the alley because everybody hates me.
joey
Joey
Look, Ross, really it's-it's no big deal. Y'know you wear a white coat, I wear a blue blazer, if that means we can't be friends at work, then so be it. Y'know, hey I understand. Y'know? Hey, when I'm in a play and you're in the audience, I don't talk to you, right? So it's y'know, it's uh, it's cool. I'll see you tomorrow. (Leaves)
rachel
Rachel
Yeah, when we're in the audience he doesn't talk to us, but he does wave.
Scene 8

Monica and Rachel's, the next morning, Phoebe is there with her puppy and is trying to sing it to sleep as Chandler enters.

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chandler
Chandler
Hi.
monica
Monica
Hey!
chandler
Chandler
Why is Phoebe singing to Carl Mulden?
phoebe
Phoebe
Ooh, y'know what, I think it's time for puppy to go out again. Come on, let's go to the balcony.
monica
Monica
What?!
phoebe
Phoebe
Umm, the street. Come on, let's go to the street. Ooh, listen, don't go onto the balcony until after I get back. (Leaves)
monica
Monica
(to Chandler) So, did you do it?
chandler
Chandler
Yes, yes, we had the sex.
monica
Monica
Uh-oh, it was bad?
chandler
Chandler
It was fine, y'know? But she didn't agree with me as strongly as she agreed with Joey. She was more like, "I see you point, I'm all right with it."
monica
Monica
Well, it was the first time. Y'know, there's not always a lot of agreement the first time.
rachel
Rachel
Yeah, not girls anyway, guys agree (snaps her fingers) like that.
chandler
Chandler
Look, you have to help me! Okay? I mean, I know what to do with a woman, y'know, I know where everything goes, it's always nice. But I need to know what makes it go from nice to, "My God! Somebody's killing her in there!"
monica
Monica
All right, I'm gonna show you something a lot of guys don't know. Rach, give me that pad, please? (She does so and Monica starts drawing on it) All right. Now...
chandler
Chandler
Look, you don't have to draw an actual wo-whoa! She's hot!
monica
Monica
Now everybody knows the basic erogenous zones. (She starts labelling them) You got one, two three, four (Chandler is shocked to find out there's more than three), five, six, and seven!
chandler
Chandler
(shocked) There are seven?!
rachel
Rachel
Let me see that. (Monica shows her) Oh, yeah.
chandler
Chandler
(Points to one) That's one?
monica
Monica
It's kind of an important one!
chandler
Chandler
Oh, y'know-y'know what, I was looking at it upside down.
rachel
Rachel
Well, y'know, sometimes that helps. (She realises what that could've meant.)
monica
Monica
(continuing) Now, most guys will hit uh, 1-2-3 and then go to 7 and set up camp.
chandler
Chandler
That-that's bad?
rachel
Rachel
Well if you go to Disneyland, you don't spend the whole day on the Materhorn.
chandler
Chandler
Well you might if it were anything like 7!
monica
Monica
All right uh, the important thing is to take your time, you want to hit 'em all, and you mix 'em up. You gotta keep them on their toes.
rachel
Rachel
Oo, toes!! Well, for some people. (Chandler eyes her and her toes.)
monica
Monica
All right. Umm, you could uh start out with a little 1, a 2, a 1-2-3, 3, 5, a 4, a 3-2, 2, a 2-4-6, 2-4-6, 4, (Rachel starts getting worked up) 2, 2, 4-7, 5-7, 6-7, 7, ...7.....7...7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7...(mouths 7)! (They both lean back on the couch satisfied.)
Scene 9

The museum cafeteria, Joey is eating with the tour guides as Ross enters.

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Older Scientist
Dr. Geller, there's a seat over here. (Motions to an empty chair at the 'white' table.)
ross
Ross
Thank you, Dr. Phillips, but I'm having my lunch at this table, here in the middle. I'm having lunch right here, with my good friend Joey, if he'll sit with me.
joey
Joey
(standing up) I will sit with you Dr. Geller. (He goes over to his table and they shake hands.)
ross
Ross
Y'know, we work in a museum of natural history, and yet there is something unnatural about the way we eat lunch. Now, I look around this cafeteria, and y'know what I see, I see-I see division. Division, between people in white coats and people in blue blazers, and I ask myself, "My God why?!" Now, I say we shed these-these coats that separate us, and we get to know the people underneath. (He takes off his coat and throws it down.) I'm Ross! I'm divorced, and I have a kid!
joey
Joey
(stands up, and throws his coat on the floor) I'm Joey! I'm an actor! I don't know squat about dinosaurs!
Another Tour Guide
(standing up and removing his coat) I'm Ted, and I just moved here a month ago, and New York really scares me.
ross
Ross
All right, there you go!
joey
Joey
Yeah, you hang in there Teddy!
Older Scientist
I'm Andrew, and I didn't pay for this pear.
ross
Ross
Okay, good-good for you.
Tour Guide
I'm Rhonda, (motions to her breasts) and these aren't real! (Joey and Ross look at each other, shocked)
ross
Ross
Wow, Rhonda.
Another Scientist
I'm Scott.
ross
Ross
Yeah, okay, Scott!
Another Scientist
And I need to flip the light switch on and off 17 times before I leave a room or my family will die.
Scene 10

Central Perk, Phoebe, with the puppy, Monica, and Rachel are sitting on the couch.

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phoebe
Phoebe
My mom's gonna be here any minute. I can't do this, I can't give him up. Yes-no, I can. I don't want to. But I can. No.
rachel
Rachel
Oo, I can't watch this, it's like Sophie's Choice.
monica
Monica
Y'know, I never saw that.
rachel
Rachel
Ooh, it was only okay.
phoebe
Phoebe
Ooh, I can't do this. My mom was right. If I can't-if I can't give him up, then there's no way I can give up a baby. Ohh, God, Frank and Alice are gonna be so crushed. What-what else, what else can I give 'em-a kidney!
Alice
(entering with Frank) Hi!
Frank
Hi!
Alice
Uhh, we were just in the neighbourhood, so...
Frank
Yeah, so we just thought we'd stop by and let you know there's still no pressure.
Alice
None. But if there was something you wanted to tell us, we're just gonna be right over there (points to the counter) having coffee.
phoebe
Phoebe
Okay.
Frank
(noticing the puppy) Oh, who's this little guy?! (Grabs the puppy)
phoebe
Phoebe
Oh! Ooh! Umm!
Frank
Oh, he's so cute, he reminds me of my old dog, Tumour.
Alice
You are so precious, I could just take you home.
phoebe
Phoebe
Hey, why don't you?
Frank
Are you serious?
phoebe
Phoebe
Uh-huh, yeah!
Frank
Oh, thanks.
monica
Monica
What are you doing?
phoebe
Phoebe
No, I'm really okay with this. Y'know why? 'Cause look at them, and I made that, so... I know it's gonna be like a million times harder to give up a baby but, oh my God, it's gonna feel like a million times better, right? I wanna do this. (To Frank and Alice) I wanna carry your baby.
Alice
(shocked) Oh! Oh! Oh! Thank you so much! You don't know what this means to us! Oh!
Frank
Oh my God, I think I'm gonna cry!
monica
Monica
It's gonna be so great.
Phoebe Sr
(entering) Hi! What's going on?
phoebe
Phoebe
Oh, I-I gave them the puppy and it made them so happy that I decided I'm gonna carry their baby.
Phoebe Sr
But Phoebe...
phoebe
Phoebe
No-no-no, I know, but you and I are different people though, and this is a totally different situation, and I know that I am not gonna regret this.
Phoebe Sr
Oh, I-I-I understand all that, but it's just-that was my puppy.
phoebe
Phoebe
Oh!
CLOSING CREDITS
Scene 11

Monica and Rachel's, Monica and Rachel are sitting at the table.

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monica
Monica
Would you ever be a surrogate for anyone?
rachel
Rachel
It depends on who asked.
monica
Monica
What if I asked?
rachel
Rachel
Oh, Mon, sure.
monica
Monica
Really?
rachel
Rachel
Yes. (Pause) You're not asking are you?
monica
Monica
No.
rachel
Rachel
Yes! Totally!
(Kathy runs in, hair all out of place, and hugs Monica.)
Kathy
Oh! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Yes! Thank you! (Runs back to Chandler)
END