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    • new scene
    • Scene 1

      Central Perk. Rachel, Monica, Joey, and Chandler are there.

    • [Rachel brings a muffin to Chandler and Monica who are sitting on the couch.]
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Ok, Chandler, Mon, there's only one bananna nut muffin left.
    • [Rachel holds the tray between them. Chandler grabs the muffin before Monica can.]
    • monica
    • Monica
      Oh, I ordered mine first.
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      Yeah, but I'm, I'm so much faster...
    • monica
    • Monica
      Give it to me.
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      No.
    • monica
    • Monica
      Give it to me.
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      Ok, you can have it. [He licks it and offers it to her.]
    • monica
    • Monica
      [She grabs the coffee cup on the table and licks the rim.] There you go, enjoy your coffee.
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      That was there when I got here. [Takes a bite of his muffin.]
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      [enters] Hey you guys, you will never guess who's coming to New York.
    • monica
    • Monica
      [Chandler tries to come back with a smart-ass remark but can't swallow the muffin.] Quick, Phoebe, tell us before he can swallow.
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      Oh ok, Ryan, that guy I went out with, who's in the Navy.
    • [Chandler is visibly upset]
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      You went out with a guy in the Navy?
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      Yeah, I met him when I was playing guitar in Washington Square Park. Ryan threw in salt water taffy 'cause he didn't have any change.
    • joey
    • Joey
      Hey, is that when you wrote salt water taffy man?
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      No. No, he is my submaring guy. He resurfaces like every couple years and we have the most amazing three days together. Only this time he's coming for two weeks. Two whole weeks, which means yay.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      So wait, this guy goes down for like two years at a time?
    • [Once again, Chandler has a bite in his mouth and can't come back.]
    • monica
    • Monica
      That'll teach you to lick my muffin.
    • ross
    • Ross
      [enters] Hiii.
    • joey
    • Joey
      Oh no, what happened?
    • ross
    • Ross
      Well, I just spoke to Carol. Ben's got the chicken pox.
    • Everyone
      Oh no.
    • ross
    • Ross
      Yeah, so if you haven't already had it, chances are you're gonna get it.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Well I've had it.
    • joey
    • Joey
      Yeah, I've had it.
    • monica
    • Monica
      Had it.
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      Had it.
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      Well, I've never had it, I feel so left out. [Sees a red bump on her arm.] Oh look!
    • OPENING CREDITS
    • new scene
    • Scene 2

      Monica and Rachel's apartment. Monica and Richard are in her bedroom.

    • monica
    • Monica
      Honey, you made the bed again. I told you, you don't have to do that. This isn't camp.
    • Richard
      Ooh, then I guess the panty raid last night was totally uncalled for. Ok, I am going to take a shower and today I will be singing Jim Crochee's Leroy Brown.
    • [He walks out of the bedroom and Monica starts to remake the bed.]
    • Richard
      Monica... [He re-enters the bedroom and Monica jumps on the bed, trying to cover it.] Hey Mon, I have a question. Is Leroy the baddest man in the whole damn town or the fattest man in the whole damn town?
    • monica
    • Monica
      Baddest. Otherwise the song would be Fat Fat Leroy Brown.
    • Richard
      What're you doing?
    • monica
    • Monica
      Just waiting for you sweetie.
    • Richard
      Are you remaking the bed?
    • monica
    • Monica
      I'm sorry, I'm sorry. You know what, the way you did it was just fine.
    • Richard
      Then, you're redoing it because...
    • monica
    • Monica
      If I tell you, you'll think I'm crazy.
    • Richard
      You're pretty much running that risk either way.
    • monica
    • Monica
      Ok, you see, the tag shouldn't be at the top left corner, it should be at the bottom right corner.
    • Richard
      Oh, well that's not so crazy.
    • monica
    • Monica
      I'm just easing you in.
    • Richard
      Oh, alright.
    • monica
    • Monica
      Alright, you see these little flower blossoms? They should be facing up, not down, because, well, the head of the bed is where the sun would be. You don't love me any more do you.
    • Richard
      Actually, if it's possible, I love you more.
    • monica
    • Monica
      Really? Wow, well then come on, I wanna show you how to fold the toilet paper into a point.
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    • Scene 3

      Chandler's office. Joey is there.

    • chandler
    • Chandler
      Hey, look Joey, I'm just saying if you need something to hold you over, I can get you a job right here as an entry level processor.
    • joey
    • Joey
      But don't you need experience for a job like that?
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      It's not that hard to learn. And as for people realizing you have no idea what you're doing, hey, you're an actor. Act like a processor, people will think you're a processor.
    • Scott
      [enters] Hey Chandler, here's this morning's projections.
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      Hey thanks. Scott Alexander, Joey Tribbianni. Joey is a uh, fellow processor.
    • Scott
      No kidding.
    • joey
    • Joey
      Oh yeah yeah. I process. People want the processing, I'm the one they call.
    • Scott
      Where do you work?
    • joey
    • Joey
      Uhh, well, right now I'm in between things. You know how it is. One day you're processing, the next day you're not so much... processing any more.
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      I was just telling Joey about the opening in Fleischman's group.
    • Scott
      Fleischman's group. Whatever you do, don't touch his sandwiches. Ha-ha-ha...
    • joey
    • Joey
      Ha-ha. [Scott leaves] Are all you processors dorks?
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    • Scene 4

      Monica and Rachel's apartment. Monica and Rachel are doing Phoebe's makeup.

    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Oh, this lipstick looks just great on you.
    • monica
    • Monica
      You look fabulous honey, you really do.
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      Yeah? Are you sure, really. [She picks up a mirror and sees the white splotches all over her face.]
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      You see, you look beautiful. For god sakes, dim the lights.
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      I, I, I'm hideous.
    • monica
    • Monica
      It's gonna be ok. Ryan's been under water. He's just gonna be so glad that you don't have barnicles on your butt.
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    • Scene 5

      Monica and Rachel's apartment. Ryan is walks up to the door and knocks.

    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      Come in.
    • Ryan
      Hey baby, I'm back... [Phoebe is sitting by the window in a veil.]
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      Hey Ryan, what's up?
    • Ryan
      What's goin' on?
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      Well, no no, you have to stay back. I, I have the pox.
    • Ryan
      Chicken or small?
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      Chicken. Which is so ironic considering I'm a vegetarian.
    • Ryan
      Why aren't you at home in bed?
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      'Cause my, my grandmother's never had chicken pox. Please, please tell me you have, 'cause oh my God, I forgot how cute you are.
    • Ryan
      I'm sorry, I never had 'em.
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      Ohh, ohh.
    • Ryan
      If I had one wish, it would be to build a time machine, go back to when I was 7, when Jimmy Hauser had the chicken pox. I would grab that kid and rub him all over my face.
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      Yeah, or you know, you could just wish that I didn't have them now.
    • Ryan
      Can I please see your face?
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      Nope. You don't want to see a face covered with pox.
    • Ryan
      Your face could be covered with lochs, I wouldn't care.
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      And you hate fish. Oh. That's so sweet, alright. Ok, alright, you can see. This is me... [she unveils herself right as a huge lightning bolt crashes outside. Ryan screams in terror.] Oh, I am scary.
    • Ryan
      Sorry, the lightning. Lightning was an unfortunate incidence. You look lovely, lovely.
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      I hate this. 'Cause I tell you, I had the most amazing two weeks planned for us, and almost everything I had in mind, we had to be a lot closer than this.
    • Ryan
      Phoebe, I have spent the last eight months in a steel tube with men, thinking about this moment. I am not gonna let a bunch of itchy spots stand between us. [He walks to her and kisses her.]
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      Ok, this is the most romantic disease I've ever had.
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    • Scene 6

      Chandler's office. Joey enters.

    • joey
    • Joey
      Hey.
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      Hey, how's the first day goin'?
    • joey
    • Joey
      Pretty good. It's like you said. It's mostly just putting numbers from one column into another column.
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      Well there you go.
    • joey
    • Joey
      Hey and everbody is so nice. I just had a good talk with that lady with the red hair, Jeannie.
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      Jeannie, the head of east coast operations Jeannie?
    • joey
    • Joey
      Yeah, turns out our kids go to the same school. Small world huh?
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      Weird world. Your kids?
    • joey
    • Joey
      I figure my character has kids.
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      Ya know there isn't a part of that sentence I don't need explained.
    • joey
    • Joey
      Well, see when you're acting you need to think about stuff like that. My character, Joseph the processor guy, has two little girls, Ashley and Brittany. Ashley copies everything Brittany does.
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      Well, invisible kids can be that way sometimes.
    • joey
    • Joey
      Yeah. Joseph and his wife, Karen, are thinking of having a third kid... Ya know what? Just did.
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      Really? Wow. That's some pretty powerful imaginary sperm you must have there.
    • new scene
    • Scene 7

      Monica and Rachel's apartment. Phoebe and Ryan are playing Monopoly.

    • Ryan
      You know what makes the itching even worse?
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      That you don't stop talking about it.
    • Ryan
      Fine.
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      Let's just play, ok. Good, ok. [She picks up the dice.] Here we go, double sixes, here we go... [She starts to rub the dice all over herself.] Here we go, come to mama, just getting ready to roll the dice...
    • Ryan
      What're you doing? Are you scratching?
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      No. This is what I do for luck, ok.
    • Ryan
      You're scratching. Give me the dice.
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      No.
    • Ryan
      Give me the dice.
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      No. Here. [Throws them on the table.] There. Ooh, double sixes.
    • Ryan
      We can't scratch. You know we can't, we'll scar.
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      Uhh, I can't stop thinking about it. It's just so hard. I just wanna grab all these houses and rub 'em all over my body. [Grabs a handful of the houses.]
    • Ryan
      No.
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      Give it.
    • Ryan
      No.
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      Yeah, come on. You know you want it, you know you want it too, come on. Let's just be bad, it'll feel so good. [She starts scratching him.]
    • Ryan
      Oh God help me.
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      Now do me, do my back. Oh come on, harder.
    • [They get back to back and start rubbing against each other. Ross and Rachel enter.]
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Oh, stop that, stop that right now.
    • ross
    • Ross
      You know, I might have expected this of you Phoebe, but Ryan, you're a military man.
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    • Scene 8

      Chandler's office building. Joey and Jeannie are talking.

    • joey
    • Joey
      You and Milton have to join us on the boat. Karen'll pack a lunch, you'll bring the kids, we'll make a day of it.
    • Jeannie
      Oh, that sounds lovely. We're gonna have to set that up. Oh, I better get back. Hope the baby feels better.
    • joey
    • Joey
      Oh, thanks, thanks. Bye bye Jeannie.
    • Jeannie
      Bye bye Joey.
    • joey
    • Joey
      What a phony.
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      Well, I'm sure you'll teach her a lesson when she steps off the dock onto nothing. Hey Mr. Douglas.
    • joey
    • Joey
      Sir.
    • Mr. Douglas
      Uh, listen Bing, I received your memo. So, we're not gonna receive the systems report until next Friday?
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      Well the people in my group wanna spend the holiday weekend with their families.
    • Mr. Douglas
      I have a family, I'm gonna be here.
    • joey
    • Joey
      Yeah Bing, what's that about?
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      It's about cutting my people a little slack, ya know, for morale. Look, if you wanna see some rough numbers, I can get them to you by Wednesday.
    • Mr. Douglas
      Rough numbers?
    • joey
    • Joey
      This company was not built on rough numbers. Am I right Mr. Douglas.
    • Mr. Douglas
      Have the final numbers on my desk by Tuesday.
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      Uh, if you say so sir.
    • joey
    • Joey
      Joseph's good, isn't he?
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      Well, I'm going to kill you.
    • joey
    • Joey
      Hey, hey, I just figure Joseph's the kinda guy that likes to mix it up. Ya know, get in there, ruffle some feathers.
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      Why?
    • joey
    • Joey
      Look, I'm sorry but that's what Joseph does, ok. If you try to pull somethin', he'll call you on it. 'What're you tryin' to pull,' he'll say.
    • new scene
    • Scene 9

      Monica and Rachel's apartment. Monica enters her bedroom with a roll of duct tape. Richard is sitting on the bed.

    • Richard
      Ooh, duct tape. Was I supposed to bring something too?
    • monica
    • Monica
      This is for the scratchy twins out there. I taped oven mits to their hands.
    • Richard
      You're strict.
    • monica
    • Monica
      It's for their own good.
    • Richard
      You know, I like the way you have efficiently folded this tab under. See in a tape emergency you could shave valuable seconds off your time.
    • monica
    • Monica
      Exactly. Oh, I love that I can be totally neurotic around you now. Tell me the truth. Don't you like it better now that everything on your desk is perpendicular?
    • Richard
      If it's not a right angle, it is a wrong angle.
    • monica
    • Monica
      Very good.
    • Richard
      Thank you.
    • monica
    • Monica
      You know what. Tomorrow I'm gonna do your clocks.
    • Richard
      You're gonna do what to my clocks.
    • monica
    • Monica
      I'm gonna set them to my time.
    • Richard
      Well, I'm confused. I thought we shared time.
    • monica
    • Monica
      No no. See, in my bedroom I set my clock six minutes fast. You wanna know why?
    • Richard
      Because it's in a slightly different time zone than the kitchen.
    • monica
    • Monica
      No forget it, I'm not gonna tell you now.
    • Richard
      No come on. Come on tell me.
    • monica
    • Monica
      No. See you don't understand.
    • Richard
      Come on.
    • monica
    • Monica
      No. You don't have any of these cute little obsessive things.
    • Richard
      No that's not true. That is not true.
    • monica
    • Monica
      Oh yeah.
    • Richard
      Yeah.
    • monica
    • Monica
      Alright, well tell me one of yours.
    • Richard
      Ok. Ahh. One of my things is, I always separate my sweat socks from my dress socks.
    • monica
    • Monica
      What if they get mixed up?
    • Richard
      Boy I would just uh, I would freak out.
    • monica
    • Monica
      You would not. I can't believe this. I hate this, you're too normal. I can't believe my boyfriend doesn't have a thing. My boyfriend doesn't have a thing.
    • Richard
      See, if anyone overheard that, I didn't come off well.
    • new scene
    • Scene 10

      Chandler's office. Chandler is asleep in his chair holding a paper in one hand and a pen in the other. Joey walks in, waking up Chandler who covers by pretending to write on the paper.

    • joey
    • Joey
      Hey. Mr. Douglas is looking for you.
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      Why? Wh- wh- why is Mr. Douglas looking for me?
    • joey
    • Joey
      'Cause he has a strong suspicion that you dropped the ball on the Lender project.
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      Wha- wh- why, why, why does he suspect that?
    • joey
    • Joey
      Becasue at first he thought it was Joseph. But after he asked Joseph about it, turns out it was you. Anyway, I just thought you should know.
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      Alright, that's it. Look Joey, I'm sorry, I realize this is the role of a lifetime for ya, and if I could just fire Joseph, I would, but unfortunately that's not possible so I'm gonna have to let both of you go.
    • joey
    • Joey
      What're you talking about, everybody loves Joseph.
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      I don't, I hate Joseph, ok. I think he's a brown-nosing suck up.
    • joey
    • Joey
      Oh yeah. Well you can't fire Joseph. You know why, 'cause he's not in your department.
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      Alright, ok, alright. So I can't fire Joseph but uh, I can sleep with his wife.
    • joey
    • Joey
      Karen.
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      Yeah, Karen. I'm thinking about having an affair with her. Oh, you know what? I just did.
    • joey
    • Joey
      Ahh. What the hell are you doing to me man.
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      Oh well it's not me, it's my character, Chandy. Yeah the rogue processor who seduces his co-worker's wives for sport and then laughs about it the next day at the water cooler. In fact, I have her panties right there in my drawer.
    • joey
    • Joey
      Really?
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      No freakshow, she's fictional.
    • joey
    • Joey
      Take it easy. If it means that much to you, I'll uh, I'll go find something else.
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      Thank you.
    • joey
    • Joey
      It's just that, I, I'm gonna miss Joseph. I liked him. His wife, she was hot. [Chadler pushes him out the door by the face.]
    • new scene
    • Scene 11

      Monica and Rachel's apartment. Rachel and Ross are in the kitchen. Phoebe is sitting at the couch with oven mits on her hands.

    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      Can I please take these off? I swear I won't scratch.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      No sorry hon, Monica's orders.
    • Ryan
      [Comes out of the bathroom, also with oven mits on his hands.] Well that wasn't easy.
    • ross
    • Ross
      Ok, dinner's on.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      And there's a peach cobbler warming in the oven so the plate's gonna be hot but that shouldn't be a problem for you.
    • ross
    • Ross
      Alright you kids, bye now.
    • Phoebe and Ryan
      Bye. [waving]
    • ross
    • Ross
      Oh look, a low budget puppet show.
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      It's such a shame you can't see which finger I'm holding up.
    • [Ross and Rachel leave.]
    • Ryan
      Wine?
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      Please. [Ryan pulls the cork with his teeth and spits it into Phoebe's mits.]
    • Ryan
      Oh, I spilled some.
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      I got it. [Wipes it up with her mits.]
    • Ryan
      [Puts his hands over Phoebe's ears.] I must tell you, you look beautiful tonight.
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      What?
    • Ryan
      Sorry. You look beautiful.
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      Oh.
    • [They start to kiss. They try to get each other's shirts off but can't get the buttons undone.]
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      You know what, that's it, that's it. [She rips off the mits, Ryan follows her lead.]
    • [They keep kissing and start scratching each other. Ross enters, takes one look, and goes right back out the door.]
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    • Scene 12

      Monica and Rachel's apartment. Richard and Monica are in bed.

    • Richard
      Monica, wake up. Monica.
    • monica
    • Monica
      What's up?
    • Richard
      I thought of a thing.
    • monica
    • Monica
      Yeah?
    • Richard
      Yeah. I have to sleep, have to, on this side of the bed.
    • monica
    • Monica
      No honey. You have to sleep on this side of the bed because I have to sleep on this side of the bed.
    • Richard
      Or so I would have you believe.
    • monica
    • Monica
      No. Big deal, so you have a side of the bed, everybody has a side of the bed.
    • Richard
      Hey come on, you haven't heard my reason yet.
    • monica
    • Monica
      Alright, go on.
    • Richard
      Ok, I have to sleep on the west side because I grew up in California and otherwise the ocean would be on the wrong side.
    • monica
    • Monica
      Oh my God, you're a freak.
    • Richard
      Yeah. How 'bout that.
    • new scene
    • Scene 13

      Central Perk. Phoebe, Rachel, Ross, and Ryan are there. Ryan is in uniform, getting ready to leave.

    • rachel
    • Rachel
      So uh, Ryan, were you shipping off to?
    • Ryan
      I really can't say.
    • ross
    • Ross
      So do you have like any nuclear weapons on board?
    • Ryan
      I can't say.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Well do you get to look through one of those like, those periscope thingys.
    • Ryan
      I'm sorry, but I can't say.
    • ross
    • Ross
      Wow, it, it's neat learning about submarines.
    • Ryan
      I better get out of here, I'm gonna miss my flight.
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      Ok, I'll walk you out.
    • ross
    • Ross
      Bye Ryan.
    • Ryan
      Pleasure.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      It was nice to meet you.
    • Ryan
      Take care.
    • [Phoebe and Ryan walk outside.]
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      So do you uh, think we can get you one of those uh, uniform things?
    • ross
    • Ross
      You like that do ya?
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Oh yeah.
    • ross
    • Ross
      I'll make some calls. [Runs off.]
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Ok.
    • [Outside with Phoebe and Ryan.]
    • Ryan
      Can you believe how we spent our two weeks together?
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      I know. We didn't do any of the romantic things I had planned, like having a picnic at Central Park and ya know, coffee at Central Perk. Oh I just got that. [They kiss.]
    • Ryan
      Taxi.
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      Bye you. [Ryan's cab drives off. As Phoebe is going back in, she sees the Central Perk sign in the window and laughs.]
    • CLOSING CREDITS
    • new scene
    • Scene 14

      Central Perk. Rachel is closing. Ross walks in in a uniform.

    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Oh I'm sorry, we're clo-... Hey sailor.
    • ross
    • Ross
      Is this what you had in mind?
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      I'll say.
    • [Ross picks her up.]
    • ross
    • Ross
      I'm shipping out tomorrow.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Well then uh, we better make this night count. [He starts to carry her out.] Oh wait, I forgot to turn off the cappucino machine. [He carries her over to turn it off.] Anchors away. Oh no no, my purse, my purse, my purse, my purse, my purse, my pu rse. [He carries her to the counter to pick up her purse.] Oh, you know what. I forgot to turn off the bathroom light.
    • ross
    • Ross
      Alright you know, why don't I just meet you upstairs. [Drops her on the couch and walks out holding his lower back.]
    • END