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    • new scene
    • Scene 1

      At Ross's. Carol and Susan are picking Ben up

    • ross
    • Ross
      Ok. Here's his diaper bag, and his uh, Mr. Winky, and uh...oh, him. Hi!
    • Carol
      So how did everything go?
    • ross
    • Ross
      Oh, great. Great. There was a projectile, uh, throwing up incident, but he started it.
    • Carol
      Well, we've gotta go.
    • ross
    • Ross
      Ok.
    • Susan
      [clears her throat]
    • Carol
      Oh, right. Um, I've got some news. It's about us.
    • ross
    • Ross
      Oh, you and me?
    • Carol
      Uh, no, Susan and me.
    • Susan
      The other us.
    • ross
    • Ross
      Ok.
    • Carol
      We're uh, we're getting married.
    • ross
    • Ross
      As in, "I now pronounce you wife and wife" married?
    • Carol
      Anyway, we'd like you to come, but we totally understand if you don't want to.
    • ross
    • Ross
      Why wouldn't I want to come? I had fun at the first wedding.
    • Carol
      Look I just thought that...
    • ross
    • Ross
      No no no, I mean, hey, why shouldn't I be happy for you? What would it say about me if I couldn't revel in your joy? I'm revelling baby, believe me!
    • Susan
      Is your finger caught in that chair?
    • ross
    • Ross
      Mmm hmmm.
    • Carol
      Want us to go?
    • ross
    • Ross
      Uh-huh.
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    • Scene 2

      At Rachel and Monica's

    • ross
    • Ross
      This is so cool. You're actually gonna be on television.
    • joey
    • Joey
      It really hit me last night. I'm gonna be on Days of our Lives. And then I started thinkin' about all of u, and how these are the days of our lives..
    • monica
    • Monica
      Yes! Carol and Susan's caterer had a mountain bike accident this weekend, and she's in a full body cast.
    • joey
    • Joey
      Yes!
    • monica
    • Monica
      They want me to do it, which is really cool, seeing as I've never catered before, and I really need the money, and this isn't a problem for you, is it?
    • ross
    • Ross
      Would it matter?
    • monica
    • Monica
      Oh, you are so great! [kisses him] Thank you!
    • joey
    • Joey
      Are you really not going?
    • ross
    • Ross
      I am really not going. I don't get it. They already live together, why do they need to get married?
    • monica
    • Monica
      They love each other, and they wanna celebrate that love with the people that are close with them.
    • ross
    • Ross
      If you wanna call that a reason.
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      [singing to the tune of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood] Who's the bitterest man in the living room, the bitterest man in the living room? Hi, neighbor.
    • monica
    • Monica
      Ross, I thought you were over this.
    • ross
    • Ross
      Look, that has nothing to do with this, ok? She's my ex-wife. If she were marrying a guy, none of you'd expect me to be there.
    • joey
    • Joey
      Hey, if she were marrying a guy, she'd be like the worst lesbian ever.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      [entering hurriedly] Did I miss it? Did I miss it?
    • joey
    • Joey
      No, I'm on right after this guy shoots himself.
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      Whoa, she's pretty.
    • joey
    • Joey
      Yeah, and she's really nice too. She taught me all about how to work the cameras, and smell-the-fart acting.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      I'm sorry, what?
    • monica
    • Monica
      What?
    • joey
    • Joey
      It's like, you got so many lines to learn so fast, that sometimes you need a minute to remember your next one. So while you're thinkin' of it, you take this big pause where you look all intense, you know, like this.
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      Oh, ok.
    • joey
    • Joey
      There's my scene, there's my scene. [Joey on tv] "Mrs. Wallace, I'm Dr. Drake Ramoray, your sister's neurosurgeon.
    • Mrs. Wallace
      Is she gonna be all right?
    • joey
    • Joey
      I'm afraid the situation is much worse than we expected. Your sister is suffering from a..subcranial hematoma. Perhaps we can discuss this over coffee.
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      Nice!
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      That's great!
    • ross
    • Ross
      Excellent!
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      For a minute there I thought you were actually tryin' to smell something.
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    • Scene 3

      Monica and Rachel's

    • ross
    • Ross
      That is so good! Do it again!
    • joey
    • Joey
      All right, all right. "Damnit Braverman, it's right there on the chart!"
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      That's great. All right, I gotta get to work, I got a big dinosaur bone to inspect.
    • ross
    • Ross
      No no, that's me.
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      Oh, yeah.
    • ross
    • Ross
      Oh, hello.
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      Oh, thanks. I couldn't uh...
    • ross
    • Ross
      Is everything ok?
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      Um, no, huh-uh. One of my clients died on the massage table today.
    • ross
    • Ross
      Oh my god.
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      That's a little more relaxed than you want them to get.
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      Yeah, um, she was 82 years old. Her name was um, Mrs. Adelman.
    • monica
    • Monica
      Oh, honey.
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      Yeah, it's just so strange. I mean, she probably woke up today and thought, "ok, I'll have some breakfast, and then I'll take a little walk, and then I'll have my massage." Little did she know God was thinking, "Ok, but that's it." Oh, but the weirdest thing was, ok, I was cleansing her aura when she died, and when the spirit left her body, I don't think it went very far.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      What do you mean?
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      I think it went into me.
    • [Everyone takes a step back from Phoebe]
    • new scene
    • Scene 4

      Central Perk

    • monica
    • Monica
      God, this is so hard. I can't decide between lamb or duck.
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      Well, of course, lambs are scarier. Otherwise the movie would've been called Silence of the Ducks.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Ok, who ordered what?
    • ross
    • Ross
      Oh, I believe I had the half-drunk cappuccino with the lipstick on the rim.
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      Yes, and this with the cigarette butt in it, is that decaf?
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Oh god.
    • joey
    • Joey
      I can't believe you're so uptight about your mom comin'.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      I know, but it's just it's the first time, and I just don't want her to think that because I didn't marry Barry, that my life is total crap, you know?
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      [Mrs. Adelman's voice] Talk about crap. Try listening to Stella Niedman tell the story of her and Rod Steiger for the hundredth time.
    • joey
    • Joey
      Uh, Pheebs, how long do you think this lady'll be with us?
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      I don't know. I mean, she obviously has some kind of unfinished business. [Mrs. Adelman's voice] Sit up!
    • Mrs. Green
      [entering] There she is.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Mom!
    • Mrs. Green
      Sweetie! So this is where you work? Oh, it's wonderful! Is it a living room? Is it a restaurant? Who can tell? But I guess that's the fun.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Pretty much.
    • Mrs. Green
      Monica! You look gorgeous! Last time I saw you, it was eat or be eaten.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      This is Joey, and Phoebe, and this is Chandler, and you remember Ross.
    • Mrs. Green
      Oh hello, Ross.
    • ross
    • Ross
      Hi, Mrs. Green. [He gets up to shake her hand, but she ignores him.]
    • Mrs. Green
      So, what do you think of my daughter in the apron with the big job?
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Oh Mom!
    • Mrs. Green
      If you didn't pour the coffee, no one would have anything to drink.
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      Believe me, sometimes that happens.
    • Mrs. Green
      This is just so exciting. You know, I never worked. I went straight from my father's house to the sorority house to my husband's house. I am just so proud of you.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Really?
    • Mrs. Green
      Yes.
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      I know who it is you remind me of. Evelyn Dermer. 'Course, that's before she got the lousy face lift. Now she looks like Soupy Sales.
    • joey
    • Joey
      Pheebs, who's Evelyn Dermer?
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      I don't know. Who's Soupy Sales?
    • new scene
    • Scene 5

      At Rachel and Monica's

    • Mrs. Green
      Oh my god, there's an unattractive nude man playing the cello.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Yeah, well just be glad he's not playing a smaller instrument.
    • Mrs. Green
      [laughing] You have some life here, sweetie.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      I know. And Mom, I realize you and Daddy were upset when I didn't marry Barry and get the big house in the suburbs with all the security and everything, but this is just so much better for me, you know?
    • Mrs. Green
      I do. You didn't love Barry. And I've never seen you this happy. I look at you and I think, oh, this is what I want.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      For...me.
    • Mrs. Green
      Well, not just for you.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Well, what do you mean?
    • Mrs. Green
      I'm uh, considering leaving your father.
    • monica
    • Monica
      [entering] All right. Tell me if this is too cute. Lesbian wedding, chicken breasts.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Oh god. I think I'm gonna be sick.
    • monica
    • Monica
      Why? It's not like I'm putting little nipples on them.
    • ross
    • Ross
      And you had no idea they weren't getting along?
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      None.
    • joey
    • Joey
      They didn't fight a lot?
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      No! They didn't even talk to each other. God, how was I supposed to know they were having problems?
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      [Mrs. Adelman's voice] In my day, divorce was not an option.
    • joey
    • Joey
      Hey, look who's up.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      I just can't believe this is happening. I mean, when I was little, everybody's parents were getting divorced. I just figured as a grownup I wouldn't have to worry about this.
    • monica
    • Monica
      Is there any chance that you can look at this as flattering? I mean, she's doing it because she wants to be more like you.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Well, then, you know, couldn't she have just copied my haircut?
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      You know, it's funny when my parents got divorced, they sent me to this shrink, and she told me that all kids have a tendency to blame themselves. But in your case it's actually kinda true.
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      That's him.
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      Damn. My mail order grandfather hasn't come yet.
    • Mr. Adelman
      Phoebe?
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      Yes, hi, Mr. Adelman. Thanks for meeting me.
    • Mr. Adelman
      Oh, that's all right, although you did cut into my busy day of sitting.
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      Um, do you wanna sit?
    • Mr. Adelman
      Oh, no, please, I spent most of mid-morning trying to stand up. Now uh, what can I do for you, my dear?
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      I don't know how to say this, but I think when your wife's spirit left her body, it um, kind of stuck around in me.
    • Mr. Adelman
      You're saying, my wife is in you?
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      Yeah. Ok, you don't have to believe me but um, can you think of any unfinished business she might have had, like any reason she'd be hanging around?
    • Mr. Adelman
      Well, I don't know what to tell you dear. The only thing I can think of is that she always used to say that before she died, she wanted to see everything.
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      Everything?
    • Mr. Adelman
      Everything.
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      Whoa, that's a lot of stuff.
    • Mr. Adelman
      Oh, wait, I remember, she also said she wanted to sleep with me one last time.
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      I'm sorry, there's laughing in my head.
    • Mr. Adelman
      [to Joey] Worth a shot, huh?
    • [Joey nods and shrugs.]
    • Mrs. Green
      Look at this.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      These are from Halloween three years ago.
    • Mrs. Green
      Oh, look, here's Barry. Did he have to come straight from the office?
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      No, that was his costume. See, he's actually an orthodontist, but he came as a regular dentist.
    • monica
    • Monica
      Um, you guys, you know when I said before, "thank you, but I don't really need your help"?
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Actually, what I think you said was, "don't touch that, and get the hell out of my kitchen."
    • monica
    • Monica
      Really? Weird. Anyway, see, I planned everything really well. I planned and I planned and I planned. It just turns out, I don't think I planned enough time to actually do it.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Hey, Mon, you want some help?
    • monica
    • Monica
      If you want.
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      [enters] Hey. What a day. I took her everywhere. The Museum of Modern Art, Rockefeller Center, Statue of Liberty.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      She's still with you?
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      Yeah. I guess she hasn't seen everything yet. I'll be right back, she has to go to the bathroom again. [Takes Mrs. Green's chin in her hand and says, in Mrs. Adelman's voice] Oh, such a pretty face.
    • Mrs. Green
      This is so much fun, just the girls. You know what we should do? Does anybody have any marijuana?
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      God!
    • monica
    • Monica
      All right, look, nobody's smoking pot around all this food.
    • Mrs. Green
      That's fine. I never did it. I just thought I might. So, what's new in sex?
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Oh! What's new in sex?
    • Mrs. Green
      The only man I've ever been with is your father.
    • monica
    • Monica
      I'm dicing, I'm dicing, I don't hear anything.
    • Mrs. Green
      I mean, this is no offense to your dad, sweetie, but I was thinking there might be more.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Oh, I'm sorry. You know what? I cannot have this conversation with you. I mean, god, you just come in here, and drop this bomb on me, before you even tell Daddy. What? What do you want? Do you want my blessing?
    • Mrs. Green
      No.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      You want me to talk you out of it?
    • Mrs. Green
      No.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Then what? What do you want?
    • Mrs. Green
      I guess I just figured of all people you would understand this.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Why on earth would I understand this?
    • Mrs. Green
      You didn't marry your Barry. I did.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Oh.
    • monica
    • Monica
      All right people, we're in trouble here. We've only got 12 hours and 36 minutes left. Move, move, move!
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      Monica, I feel like you should have German subtitles.
    • monica
    • Monica
      Joey, speed it up!
    • joey
    • Joey
      I'm sorry, it's the pigs. they're reluctant to get in the blankets!
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      Monica, how did this happen? I thought you had this all planned out.
    • monica
    • Monica
      Do you want me to cry? Is that what you want? Do you wanna see me cry?
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      Sir! No sir!
    • monica
    • Monica
      [to Ross] All right, you!
    • ross
    • Ross
      No. Look, I told you I am not a part of this thing.
    • monica
    • Monica
      All right, look, Ross. I realize that you have issues with Carol and Susan, and I feel for you, I do. But if you don't help me cook, I'm gonna take a bunch of those little hot dogs, and I'm gonna create a new appetizer called "pigs in Ross". All right, ball the melon.
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      Hey! How come I'm stuck dicing, when he gets to ball the melon.
    • [knock at the door]
    • monica
    • Monica
      Hi.
    • Carol
      How's it going?
    • monica
    • Monica
      It's goin' great. Right on schedule. Got my little happy helpers.[everyone groans]
    • Carol
      Fine, whatever.
    • ross
    • Ross
      What's the matter?
    • Carol
      Nothing. Ok, everything. I think we're calling off the wedding.
    • ross
    • Ross
      What?
    • monica
    • Monica
      You're still gonna pay me, right? Or something a little less selfish.
    • ross
    • Ross
      Carol, what's the matter? What happened?
    • Carol
      My parents called this afternoon to say they weren't coming.
    • ross
    • Ross
      Oh my god.
    • Carol
      I mean, I knew they were having trouble with this whole thing, but they're my parents. They're supposed to give me away and everything.
    • ross
    • Ross
      It's ok. I'm sorry.
    • Carol
      And then Susan and I got in this big fight because I said maybe we should call off the wedding, and she said we weren't doing it for them, we were doing it for us, and if I couldn't see that, then maybe we should call off the wedding. I don't know what to do.
    • ross
    • Ross
      I uh can't believe I'm gonna say this, but I think Susan's right.
    • Carol
      You do?
    • ross
    • Ross
      Look, do you love her? And you don't have to be too emphatic about this.
    • Carol
      Of course I do.
    • ross
    • Ross
      Well then that's it. And if George and Adelaide can't accept that, then the hell with them. Look, if my parents didn't want me to marry you, no way that would have stopped me. Look, this is your wedding. Do it.
    • Carol
      You're right. Of course you're right.
    • monica
    • Monica
      So we're back on?
    • Carol
      We're back on.
    • monica
    • Monica
      You heard the woman. Peel, chop, devil! I can't believe I lost 2 minutes.
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    • Scene 6

      At the wedding

    • joey
    • Joey
      It just seems so futile, you know ? All these women, and nothing. I feel like Superman without my powers, you know? I have the cape, and yet I cannot fly.
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      Well now you understand how I feel every single day, ok? The world is my lesbian wedding.
    • [Wedding music starts, Phoebe noisily unwraps a piece of candy.]
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      [Mrs. Adelman's voice] Butterscotch? No one? All right, you'll be sorry later.
    • [Monica pushes Ben down the aisle in a stroller. Susan is escorted by both her parents. Carol is escorted by Ross.]
    • Carol
      Thank you.
    • ross
    • Ross
      Any time. [He doesn't want to let her go]
    • Carol
      Ross. [He lets her go]
    • Minister
      You know, nothing makes God happier than when two people, any two people, come together in love. Friends, family, we're gathered here today to join Carol and Susan in holy matrimony.
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      [Mrs. Adelman's voice] Oh my god. Now I've seen everything! [Phoebe's voice] Whoa, she's gone. She's gone. She's gone! Go ahead, get married. Go, go.
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    • Scene 7

      At the reception, Monica and Ross watch Carol and Susan getting their picture taken.

    • monica
    • Monica
      Would you look at them?
    • ross
    • Ross
      Yeah, can't help but.
    • joey
    • Joey
      [to a wedding guest] How's that pig-in-the-blanket workin' out for you? [the guy nods] I wrapped those bad boys.
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      I miss Rose.
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      Oh, yeah?
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      I know it's kind of weird, but I mean, she was a big part of my life there, you know, and now I just feel kind of alone.
    • Woman
      You know, I uh, I couldn't help but overhear what you just said, and I think it's time for you to forget about Rose, move on with your life...how 'bout we go get you a drink?
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      Ok, that's so nice.
    • [Chandler tries to warn Phoebe that the woman is coming on to her, but Phoebe doesn't see him.]
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      [to an attractive woman] I shouldn't even bother coming up with a line, right? [The woman walks away]
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Hey, Mom? Having fun?
    • Mrs. Green
      Oh, am I! I just danced with a wonderfully large woman. And three other girls made eyes at me over the buffet. Oh, I'm not saying it's something I wanna pursue, but it's nice to know I have options.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      There's more alcohol, right?
    • [Susan approaches Ross, who's looking lonely]
    • Susan
      How you doin'?
    • ross
    • Ross
      Ok.
    • Susan
      You did a good thing today.
    • ross
    • Ross
      Yeah.
    • Susan
      You wanna dance?
    • ross
    • Ross
      No, that's fine.
    • Susan
      Come on. I'll let you lead.
    • ross
    • Ross
      Ok.
    • [They dance; Carol looks on lovingly.]
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      [to the woman who just rejected him] All right look. Penis schmenis. We're all people. [She walks away again.]
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    • Scene 8

      At Monica and Rachel's apartment

    • monica
    • Monica
      Ok, which one of us do you think is gonna be the first one to get married?
    • ross
    • Ross
      Well, Mon, I was married.
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      Yeah, me, too, technically.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      I had a wedding.
    • monica
    • Monica
      All right, just trying to start an interesting discussion.
    • joey
    • Joey
      I got one. Which one of us do you think will be the last to get married? [They all look at Chandler]
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      Isn't Ben in this?
    • Everyone
      Oh, yeah!
    • END