• logo Screen Scripts
  •  /  Friends  /  S01E20 The One With the Evil Orthodontist


    • new scene
    • Scene 1

      Monica and Rachel's, everyone is there.

    • chandler
    • Chandler
      I can't believe you would actually say that. I would much rather be Mr.Peanut than Mr.Salty.
    • joey
    • Joey
      No way! Mr.Salty is a sailor, all right, he's got to be, like, thetoughest snack there is.
    • ross
    • Ross
      I don't know, you don't wanna mess with corn nuts. They're craaazy.
    • monica
    • Monica
      (looking out of the window) Oh my God. You guys! You gotta come see this! There's some creep out there with a telescope!
    • ross
    • Ross
      I can't believe it! He's looking right at us!
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Oh, that is so sick.
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      I feel violated. And not in a good way.
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      How can people do that?... (All but Phoebe walk away from the window in disgust.) Oh, you guys, look! Ugly Naked Guy got gravity boots!
    • OPENING CREDITS
    • new scene
    • Scene 2

      Central Perk, everyone but Rachel is there.

    • chandler
    • Chandler
      I am telling you, years from now, schoolchildren will study it as one of the greatest first dates of all time. It was unbelievable! We could totally be ourselves, we didn't have to play any games...
    • monica
    • Monica
      So have you called her yet?
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      Let her know I like her? What are you, insane? (The girls make disgusted noises.) It's the next day! How needy do I want to seem? (To the guys) I'm right, right?
    • ross
    • Ross
      Oh, yeah. Yeah. Let her dangle.
    • monica
    • Monica
      I can't believe my parents are actually pressuring me to find one of you people.
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      Oh, God, just do it! (Grabbing the phone.) Call her! Stop being so testosteroney!
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      Which, by the way, is the real San Francisco treat. (Calls her, then hurriedly hangs up.) I got her machine.
    • joey
    • Joey
      Her answer machine?
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      No, interestingly enough her leaf blower picked up.
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      So, uh, why didn't you say anything?
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      Oh, no-no-no-no. Last time I left a spontaneous message I ended up using the phrase "Yes indeedy-o."
    • monica
    • Monica
      Look look! It's Rachel and Barry. No, don't everybody look at once!
    • ross
    • Ross
      Okay, okay, what's going on?
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      Okay, they're just talking...
    • ross
    • Ross
      Yeah, well, does he look upset? Does he look like he was just told to shove anything?
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      No, no actually, he's smiling.. and... Oh my God, don't do that!!
    • ross
    • Ross
      What? What? What?!
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      That man across the street just kicked that pigeon! (Rachel enters.) Oh!
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      (bluffing) And basically, that's how a bill becomes a law.
    • Everyone
      Oh!... Right!
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      Hey Rach!
    • monica
    • Monica
      How'd it go?
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Y'know, it was, uh.. it was actually really great. He took me to lunch at the Russian Tea Room, and I had that chicken, where y'know you poke it and all the butter squirts out...
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      Not a good day for birds...
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Then we took a walk down to Bendall's, and I told him not to, but he got me a little bottle of Chanel...
    • ross
    • Ross
      That's nice... now, was that before or after you told him to stop calling, stop sending you flowers and to generally leave you alone, hmm?
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Right,.. well,.. we never actually got to that... Oh, it was just so nice to see him again, y'know? It was comfortable, it was familiar... it was just nice!
    • ross
    • Ross
      That's, that's nice twice!
    • monica
    • Monica
      Rachel, what's going on? I mean isn't this the same Barry who you left at the altar?
    • joey
    • Joey
      Duh, where've you been?
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Yeah, but it was different with him today! And he wasn't, like, Orthodontist Guy, y'know? I mean, we had fun! Is there anything wrong with that?
    • (Ross 'prompts' Chandler by hitting him on the arm.)
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      Yes!
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Why?
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      I have my reasons.
    • monica
    • Monica
      Okay, how about the fact that he's engaged to another woman, who just happens to be your ex-best friend?
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      All right. All right, all right, all right, all right, I know it's stupid! I will go see him this afternoon, and I will just put an end to it!
    • new scene
    • Scene 3

      Barry's Office, the post-coital Barry and Rachel are recovering on the chair.

    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Wow... Wow!
    • Barry
      Yeah.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      I'm not crazy, right? I mean, it was never like that.
    • Barry
      Nooo, it wasn't.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Ooh, and it's so nice having this little sink here...
    • new scene
    • Scene 4

      Monica and Rachel's, everyone is there except Rachel.

    • chandler
    • Chandler
      (on phone, reading from a script) Oh, Danielle! I wasn't expecting the machine... Give me a call when you get a chance. (Rattles some dishes) Bye-bye. (Hangs up.) Oh God!
    • monica
    • Monica
      That's what you've been working on for the past two hours?!
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      Hey, I've been honing!
    • ross
    • Ross
      What was with the dishes?
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      Oh, uh.. I want her to think I might be in a restaurant.. y'know? I might have some kind of life, like I haven't been sitting around here honing for the past few hours.
    • monica
    • Monica
      (looking out the window) Look look! He's doing it again, the guy with the telescope!
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      Oh my God! (Walks to the window) Go away! (Gesturing.) Stop looking in here!
    • monica
    • Monica
      Great, now he's waving back.
    • joey
    • Joey
      Man, we gotta do something about that guy. This morning, I caught him looking into our apartment. It creeps me out! I feel like I can't do stuff!
    • monica
    • Monica
      What kinda stuff?
    • joey
    • Joey
      Will you grow up? I'm not talking about sexy stuff, but, like, when I'm cooking naked.
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      You cook naked?
    • joey
    • Joey
      Yeah, toast, oatmeal... nothing that spatters.
    • (A pause as they look at Chandler.)
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      What are you looking at me for? I didn't know that.
    • new scene
    • Scene 5

      Barry's Office, Rachel and Barry are getting dressed.

    • Barry
      What's the matter?
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Oh, it's just... Oh, Barry, this was not good.
    • Barry
      No, it was. It was very very good.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Well, what about Mindy?
    • Barry
      Oh, way, way better than Mindy.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      No, not that, I mean, what about you and Mindy?
    • Barry
      Well, if you want, I'll just-I'll just break it off with her.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      No. No-no-no-no, no. I mean, don't do that. Not, I mean not for me.
    • Bernice
      (over intercom) Dr. Farber, Bobby Rush is here for his adjustment.
    • Barry
      (into intercom) Thanks, Bernice. (To Rachel) Let's go away this weekend.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Oh, Barry..! Come on, this is all way too..
    • Barry
      We can, we can go to Aruba! When I went there on what would have been our honeymoon, it was, uh... it was really nice. You would've liked it.
    • (Pause as Rachel realises...)
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      I had a bra.
    • (Barry finds it draped on a cupboard and gives it to Rachel, they kiss as Bobby enters.)
    • Bobby
      Hey, Dr. Farber.
    • (Rachel and Barry quickly split and pretend Barry is examining Rachel's mouth.)
    • Barry
      All right Miss Green, everything looks fine... Yep, I think we're starting to see some real progress here.
    • (Bobby looks on, deadpan.)
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      What?!
    • Bobby
      I'm twelve, I'm not stupid.
    • (Rachel glares at him.)
    • new scene
    • Scene 6

      Monica and Rachel's, Chandler enters clutching his phone.

    • chandler
    • Chandler
      Can I use your phone?
    • monica
    • Monica
      Yeah.. uh, but for future reference, that thing in your hand can also be used as a phone.
    • (Chandler dials his own phone and it rings.)
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      Yes, it's working! Why isn't she calling me back?
    • joey
    • Joey
      Maybe she never got your message.
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      Y'know, if you want, you can call her machine, and if she has a lot of beeps, that means she probably didn't get her messages yet.
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      Y'don't think that makes me seem a little...
    • ross
    • Ross
      ...desperate, needy, pathetic?
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      Ah, you obviously saw my personal ad.
    • (He calls and quickly hangs up.)
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      How many beeps?
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      She answered.
    • monica
    • Monica
      Y'see, this is where you'd use that 'hello' word we talked about.
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      I'm not gonna talk to her, she obviously got my message and is choosing not to call me. Now I'm needy and snubbed. God, I miss just being needy.
    • (Rachel enters.)
    • Everyone
      Hey! Hi!
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      How'd he take it?
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Pretty well, actually... (Wandering into the kitchen.)
    • monica
    • Monica
      (wandering in after her) Uh, Rach... how come you have dental floss in your hair?
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Oh, do I?
    • monica
    • Monica
      Uh huh.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      (in a low voice) We ended up having sex in his chair.
    • monica
    • Monica
      You had sex in his chair?!... I said that a little too loudly, didn't I?
    • ross
    • Ross
      You-you had what?
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      Sex in his chair.
    • ross
    • Ross
      What, uh... what were you thinking?
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      I don't know! I mean, we still care about each other. There's a history there. 'S'like you and Carol.
    • ross
    • Ross
      No! No no, it is nothing like me and Carol!
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Please. If she said to you, "Ross, I want you on this couch, right here, right now," what would you say?
    • (Ross flounders.)
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      If it helps, I could slide over.
    • ross
    • Ross
      It's, it's, it's, uh, a totally diferent situation! It's, it's apples and oranges, it's, it's orthodontists and lesbi- I gotta go.
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      Where are you going?
    • ross
    • Ross
      (leaving) I just have to go, all right? Do I need a reason? Huh? I mean I have things to do with my life, I have a jam packed schedule, and I am late- for keeping up with it. Okay?
    • (Ross exits, a phone rings, and Chandler dives for his phone.)
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      Hello? Hello?
    • (Rachel picks up their phone and the ringing stops. As she talks on the phone, an elaborate visual gag is spun out which is too difficult to describe in words.)
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      (on phone) Hello?(Listens) Mindy! Hi! Hey, how are you? (Listens) Yes, yes, I've heard, congratulations, that is so great. (Listens) Really? (Listens) Oh. (Listens) Okay. Okay, well I'm working tomorrow, but if you want you can, you can, you can come by and... (Listens) Okay... (Listens) Great... (Listens) Great... (Listens) All right, so I'll, so I'll see you tomorrow! (Listens) Okay.. (Listens) Okay... (Listens) Bye. (Hangs up and sits down heavily.) Oh God. Oh God. Oh God.
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      So how's Mindy?
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Oh, she wants to see me tomorrow...Oh, she sounded really weird, I gotta call Barry... (Does so, on phone) Hi, it's me, I just.. Mindy!! Mindy! Hi! No, I figured that's where you'd be!
    • COMMERCIAL BREAK
    • new scene
    • Scene 7

      Monica and Rachel's, the next morning. Chandler is sitting and staring at his phone. Monica enters and creeps up next to Chandler.

    • monica
    • Monica
      Brrrrrrr!
    • (Chandler clutches at his phone before realising.)
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      Hell is filled with people like you.
    • joey
    • Joey
      (entering) He's back! The peeper's back!
    • (Rachel enters from her room.)
    • joey
    • Joey
      (ducking) Get down!
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Get down?
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      ...And boogie!
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Thanks, but I gotta go to work and get my eyes scratched out by Mindy.
    • monica
    • Monica
      Relax. Y'know, she may not even know.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Please. I haven't heard from her in seven months, and now she calls me? I mean, what else is it about? Oh! She was my best friend, you guys! We went to camp together... she taught me how to kiss..
    • joey
    • Joey
      (intrigued) Yeah?
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      And now, y'know, I'm like... I'm like the other woman! I feel so..
    • joey
    • Joey
      ..Naughty!
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Right, I'll see you guys later...
    • joey
    • Joey
      Oh, hold up, I'll walk out with you. Now, Rach, when she taught you to kiss, you were at camp, and.. were you wearing any kinda little uniform, or- (Rachel exits and slams the door in his face.) That's fine, yeah...
    • (Joey exits.)
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      Okay, I'm gonna go to the bathroom. Will you watch my phone?
    • monica
    • Monica
      Why don't you just take it with you?
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      Hey, we haven't been on a second date, she needs to hear me pee?
    • monica
    • Monica
      Why don't you just call her?
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      I can't call her, I left a message! I have some pride.
    • monica
    • Monica
      Do you?
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      No! (Calls) Danielle, hi! It's, uh, it's Chandler! (Listens) I'm fine. Uh, listen, I don't know if you tried to call me, because, uh, idiot that I am, I accidentally shut off my phone. (Listens) Oh, uh, okay, that's fine, that's great. (Listens) Okay. (Puts down the phone.) (to Monica) She's on the other line, she's gonna call me back. (He starts doing a little jig.) She's on the other line, she's gonna call me back, she's on the other line, gonna call me back...
    • monica
    • Monica
      Don't you have to pee?
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      'S'why I'm dancing...
    • new scene
    • Scene 8

      Central Perk, Rachel is serving coffee as Mindy enters.

    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Mindy.
    • Mindy
      Hey, you.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Hey, you.... So, what's up?
    • Mindy
      Um.. we should really be sitting for this.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Sure we should... So.
    • Mindy
      Now, I know things've been weird lately, but you're like my oldest friend in the world... Except for maybe Laurie Schaffer, who I don't talk to anywhere, 'cause she's all bitter now that she lost the weight and it turns out she doesn't have a pretty face. ....Okay, I'm just gonna ask you this once, and I want a straight answer.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Okay.
    • Mindy
      Will you be my maid of honour?
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Of course!
    • Mindy
      Oh that's so great!
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Was that all you wanted to ask me?
    • Mindy
      That's all!
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Ohhhh!! (Mindy starts to sob.) ...What? What?
    • Mindy
      That's not all.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Oh sure it is!
    • Mindy
      Oh no, it isn't! No! I think Barry is seeing someone in the city.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Um, what- what would make you think that?
    • Mindy
      Well, ever since we announced the engagement, he's been acting really weird, and then last night, he came home smelling like Chanel.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      (draws back) Really. Mindy, if it'll make you feel any better, when I was engaged to him he went through a whole weird thing too.
    • Mindy
      Oh God! You see, that's what I was afraid of!
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      What? What's what you were afraid of?
    • Mindy
      Okay, okay... when Barry was engaged to you, he and I...kind of... had a little thing on the side.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      What?
    • Mindy
      I know. I know, and when he proposed to me, everyone said "Don't do it, he's just gonna do to you what he did to Rachel," and now I feel so stupid.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Uh... Oh, Mindy, you are so stupid. Oh, we are both so stupid.
    • Mindy
      What do you mean?
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      (offers her arm to Mindy and she sniffs) Smell familiar?
    • Mindy
      Oh no.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Oh, I am so sorry.
    • Mindy
      No me, I am so sorry...
    • (They hug and Joey enters.)
    • joey
    • Joey
      (watches them for a while) Oh my.
    • new scene
    • Scene 9

      Monica and Rachel's, Phoebe and Ross are doing a crossword, Monica is cooking, and Chandler is still staring at his phone.

    • ross
    • Ross
      Four letters: "Circle or hoop".
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      Ring dammit, ring!
    • ross
    • Ross
      Thanks.
    • joey
    • Joey
      (entering) Hey, you know our phone's not working?
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      What?!
    • joey
    • Joey
      I tried to call you from the coffee shop, and there was no answer.
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      (investigating) I turned it off. Mother of God, I turned it off!
    • monica
    • Monica
      Just like you told her you did! (Chandler glares at her.) ... Just pointing out the irony.
    • joey
    • Joey
      Hey, so listen, I went across the street and talked to the doorman- I got the peeper's name! Can I use the phone?
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      Nngghhh!!!!!!!
    • joey
    • Joey
      (to Monica) Can I use your phone? (On phone) Yeah, the number for a Sidney Marks, please.
    • ross
    • Ross
      "Heating device."
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      Radiator.
    • ross
    • Ross
      Five letters.
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      Rdtor.
    • joey
    • Joey
      (on phone) Yeah, is Sidney there? (Listens) Oh, this is? (To the gang) Sidney's a woman.
    • monica
    • Monica
      So she's a woman! So what?
    • joey
    • Joey
      Yeah. Yeah, so what? (On phone) Look, I live across the street, (walking to the window) and I know all about you and your little telescope, and I don't appreciate it, okay? (Listens) Yeah, I can see you right now! (Listens) Hello! (Listens) If I wanna walk around my apartment in my underwear, I shouldn't have to feel like-(Listens)-Thank you, but... that's not really the point... (Listens) The point is that... (Listens) Mostly free weights, but occasionally..
    • monica
    • Monica
      Joey!!
    • joey
    • Joey
      (on phone) Yeah, my neighbor... (Listens) Yeah, the brunette... (to Monica) She says you looked very pretty the other day in the green dress.
    • monica
    • Monica
      The green dress? Really?
    • joey
    • Joey
      Yeah, she said you looked like Ingrid Bergman that day.
    • monica
    • Monica
      (waves dismissively to Sidney) Nooo!
    • new scene
    • Scene 10

      Barry's Office, Barry is preparing his tools alone as Rachel enters.

    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Hey. Got a second?
    • Barry
      Sure, sure. Come on... (Mindy enters) ...in...
    • Mindy
      Hello, sweetheart.
    • Barry
      Uh... uh... what're'you... what're'you guys doing here?
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Uh, we are here to break up with you.
    • Barry
      Both of you?
    • Mindy
      Basically, we think you're a horrible human being, and bad things should happen to you.
    • Barry
      I'm sorry... I'm sorry, God, I am so sorry, I'm an idiot, I was weak, I couldn't help myself! Whatever I did, I only did because I love you so much!
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Uh- which one of us are you talking to there, Barr?
    • Barry
      ....Mindy. Mindy, of course Mindy, it was always Mindy.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Even when we were having sex in that chair?
    • Barry
      (to Mindy) I swear, whatever I was doing, I was always thinking of you.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Please! During that second time you couldn't have picked her out of a lineup!
    • Mindy
      (to Rachel) You did it twice?
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Well, the first time didn't really count... I mean, y'know, 's'Barry.
    • Mindy
      Okay...
    • Barry
      (to Mindy) Sweetheart, just gimme- gimme another chance, okay, we'll start all over again. We'll go back to Aruba.
    • Bernice
      (over intercom) Dr. Farber, we've got a bit of an emergency here...Jason Costalano is choking on his retainer.
    • Barry
      Oh God... (Into intercom) I'll be right there, Bernice. (to Mindy) Look, please, please don't go anywhere, okay? I'll be, I'll be right back.
    • (Barry exits)
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Okay. Okay, we'll be here! Hating you! Did you see how he was sweating when he walked out of there? Listen honey, if I'm hogging the ball too much you just jump right in there and take a couple punches because I'm telling you, this feels great.
    • Mindy
      Yeah... I'm pretty sure I'm still gonna marry him.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      What are you talking about?! Mindy, the guy is the devil! He's Satan in a smock!
    • Mindy
      Look, I know he's not perfect, but the truth is, at the end of the day, I still really wanna be Mrs. Dr. Barry Farber, D.D.S.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Oh God.
    • Mindy
      I hope you can find some way to be happy for me. And I hope you'll still be my maid of honor...?
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      And I hope Barry doesn't kill you and eat you in Aruba.
    • new scene
    • Scene 11

      Monica and Rachel's, Monica and Rachel are there.

    • monica
    • Monica
      You okay?
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Yeah.
    • monica
    • Monica
      Really?
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Yeah! Y'know, ever since I ran out on Barry at the wedding, I have wondered whether I made the right choice. And now I know.
    • monica
    • Monica
      Aww... (They hug)
    • (Joey enters and looks on approvingly.)
    • joey
    • Joey
      Big day.
    • CLOSING CREDITS
    • new scene
    • Scene 12

      Central Perk, everyone is there.

    • joey
    • Joey
      All right, I'll give you this, Mr. Peanut is a better dresser. I mean he's got the monocle, he's got the top hat...
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      You know he's gay?
    • ross
    • Ross
      I just wanna clarify this: are you outing Mr. Peanut?
    • Danielle
      (entering) Chandler?
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      Danielle! Hi! Uh- everybody, this is Danielle, Danielle, everybody.
    • Everyone
      Hi. Hi.
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      What are you doing here?
    • Danielle
      Well, I've been calling you, but it turns out I had your number wrong. And when I finally got the right one from Information, there was no answer. So I thought I'd just come down here, and make sure you were okay.
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      ...I'm, I'm okay.
    • Danielle
      Listen uh, maybe we could get together later?
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      That sounds good. I'll call you- or you call me, whatever...
    • Danielle
      You got it.
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      Okay.
    • Danielle
      G'bye, everybody.
    • Everyone
      Bye.
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      Whoo-hoo!
    • monica
    • Monica
      Yeah, there you go!
    • ross
    • Ross
      Second date!
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      ...I dunno.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      You don't know?!
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      Well, she seems very nice and everything, but that whole thing about her coming all the way down here, just to see if I was okay? I mean,... how needy is that?
    • (They all groan and hit him..)
    • END