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    • new scene
    • Scene 1

      The Hospital, Ross and Rachel, who's in a wheelchair, are arriving in the waiting room for the maternity ward.

    • ross
    • Ross
      All right! (Checking his watch) Yes!! From home to the hospital in under seven minutes! We did it!!
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      (deadpan) Yes, the hard part is truly over.
    • ross
    • Ross
      No, but come on, we're off to a great start aren't we? I knew I'd get you here fast, but this has got to be some kind of a record!
    • (Phoebe and Monica walk in from getting some coffee.)
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      Oh you made it!
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Hi! (Ross is stunned.)
    • monica
    • Monica
      How are you doing?
    • ross
    • Ross
      Wait a minute! How-how the hell did you beat us here?
    • monica
    • Monica
      We took a cab. Did you guys walk?
    • ross
    • Ross
      N... No! We took a cab too, but I did test runs!
    • (Chandler and Joey enter from the vending machines carrying sodas.)
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      Hi!
    • joey
    • Joey
      Hey! You made it!
    • ross
    • Ross
      Okay is there...some kind of magic tunnel to this hospital?!
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Ross, you stay here and talk, I'm gonna go have a baby.
    • ross
    • Ross
      Okay. Okay. (To the nurse behind the desk.) Umm hi, this is Rachel Green. I'm Ross Geller. We-we called from the car.
    • Nurse
      Right! We have a semi-private labor room waiting for you. So in just a minute...
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      (interrupting her) Whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa! I'm sorry, semi-private? We (Laughs), we asked for a private room.
    • Nurse
      Yes, I see that here. Unfortunately we can't guarantee a private room and currently they're all unavailable.
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      Man, if only you'd gotten here sooner. (Ross turns and glares at him.)
    • Nurse
      I'm sorry. Semi-private rooms are all we have.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Okay. Just give us a second. Ross! (They walk away from the desk.)
    • ross
    • Ross
      Yeah?
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Give her some money.
    • ross
    • Ross
      I really think they're out of rooms.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      They're not!! Ross, they're just saving them for the important people!! Okay?! What-what if I was the president?!
    • ross
    • Ross
      Well then we'd be in a lot of trouble, you don't know where any countries are. (Rachel glares at him.) Okay. (He goes over to the desk followed by Rachel.) Uh, say would you umm... Would you mind checking again to see if any umm, private rooms may have (Handing her some money) opened up?
    • Nurse
      This is a hospital.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      (standing up) Okay. Y'know what? I'd have to say I really don't care for your tone. And this is not the only hospital in this city and we have no problem to-Whoa! (She starts a contraction) Oh gosh! Whoa!
    • ross
    • Ross
      What-what?
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Ow! Ow! Contraction. (Sits back down.) Ow-ow! Ow-ow! (Starts breathing heavily.)
    • Nurse
      Would you like to see a semi-private room?
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Yeah, it couldn't hurt to look.
    • OPENING CREDITS
    • new scene
    • Scene 2

      The Semi-Private Labor Room, Rachel is in bed, Ross is fooling around, and Dr. Long is checking on Rachel.

    • Dr. Long
      Well you're only two centimeters dilated and we need to get to ten. It'll be a while.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Oh, okay.
    • Dr. Long
      I'll be back in an hour to check you again.
    • ross
    • Ross
      Thank you.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Thank you. (Dr. Long exits.) Well, I guess we have some time to kill.
    • ross
    • Ross
      Yeah, guess so. Whew! Check these out! (He's looking at the stirrups on the other bed in the room and Rachel groans. Ross then hops into the bed and puts his legs into the stirrups.) Never done this before.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Yeah well it looks great!
    • (A nurse shows another couple into the room.)
    • Man
      Thank you very much.
    • Woman
      Thanks.
    • (They stop when they see Ross who has to struggle to get out of the bed.)
    • ross
    • Ross
      Hi! Hi, I'm uh Ross. I'm here to ruin this magical day for you.
    • Man
      Oh no-no, not at all.
    • Woman
      Don't worry about it.
    • Man
      Marc Coreger, this is my wife Julie.
    • ross
    • Ross
      Hi Julie.
    • Julie
      Hi.
    • ross
    • Ross
      This is Rachel. (Points at her.)
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Hi!
    • Marc
      Oh hi Rachel.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      How are you?
    • Julie
      Hi. Is this your first?
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Yeah it is.
    • Julie
      Well, little Jamie here is our third. So, if you have questions or you need anything at all, just holler.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      That's so sweet.
    • ross
    • Ross
      Yeah.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Oh.
    • ross
    • Ross
      Umm say, I-I opened this earlier (The privacy screen) but let me give you guys some privacy.
    • Marc
      No nonsense! We're all in this together.
    • Julie
      Yeah, we are going to share every moment of this with you. And I think we're gonna have some fun.
    • Marc
      Yeah.
    • ross
    • Ross
      Oh, okay.
    • Marc
      Hey! Smile! (Points his camera at Ross and Rachel.)
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Oh no, I really don't want any-(He takes the picture)-Oh! Thank you. Oh. Oh Ross...
    • ross
    • Ross
      What?
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Here comes another contraction.
    • ross
    • Ross
      Oh. Okay, just breathe.
    • Julie
      Oh honey, I think I'm having one too!
    • (During the mutual contraction Julie takes a moment to point out they're having a contraction at the same time.)
    • Marc
      Look at this! (Takes another picture) There we go!
    • new scene
    • Scene 3

      The Waiting Room, the rest of the gang is lounging around.

    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      (looking at the clock) Oh wow, three hours and still no baby. Ugh, the miracle of birth sure is a snooze fest.
    • monica
    • Monica
      Hey, you wanna see something?
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      Sure! What?
    • monica
    • Monica
      Umm, this is going to be fun. Watch me freak out Chandler. Honey?
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      Yeah?
    • monica
    • Monica
      Listen uh, I-I've been doing some thinking, and I don't know whether it's because we're here or Rachel's giving birth but umm, I think we should try to have a baby.
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      Okay.
    • monica
    • Monica
      (freaking out) What-what-what's that now?!
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      Okay. I've been thinking about it too, and I, I think we're ready.
    • monica
    • Monica
      What?! Are you kidding me?! You-you-you think we're ready to have a baby now?!
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      Oh, this is fun.
    • joey
    • Joey
      You're ready to have a baby? My boy's all grown up!
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      But you said you were ready too.
    • monica
    • Monica
      Yeah but I was just screwing with you to try to get your voice all high and weird like mine is now!
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      Yes, but haven't you wanted a kid like forever?
    • monica
    • Monica
      Okay, just back off mister! Whoa. (Pause) 'Cause I am ready to have a baby. I just want Joey to be the father.
    • joey
    • Joey
      (voice all high and weird) What?! Are you crazy?!
    • monica
    • Monica
      That's it! Right there! Is all I wanted!
    • new scene
    • Scene 4

      The Semi-Private Labor Room, time lapse, Ross is massaging out a cramp on Rachel's hip as Marc opens up the privacy screen.

    • Marc
      I am so sorry. The doctor insisted on closing the curtain for the exam.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Oh, that's very-Really very-very okay.
    • Marc
      Julie's cervix is dilated a seven centimeters, that's about four fingers. The doctor let me feel it myself.
    • Julie
      Have you felt Rachel's cervix Ross?
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      (simultaneously as Ross) No, I don't think we'll be doing that.
    • ross
    • Ross
      (simultaneously as Rachel) We're not gonna do that.
    • Julie
      Well, if you like you can feel Rachel's and then feel mine to compare.
    • Mr. Geller
    • Mrs. Geller
      (entering) Am I interrupting?
    • ross
    • Ross
      Uh yes! Thank you.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Oh. Oh wait no.
    • ross
    • Ross
      Later.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      No-no-don't! Don't leave me here with these people.
    • ross
    • Ross
      Oh uh, I'm sorry. (Runs out.)
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      No Ross! Ross! Ross! My child has no father!
    • new scene
    • Scene 5

      The Hallway, Ross comes out and hugs Mrs. Geller.

    • ross
    • Ross
      Hi! I'm so glad you're here, but it's gonna be a while. I-I wished you'd called first.
    • Mr. Geller
    • Mrs. Geller
      Oh that's all right, I'm coming back later with your father.
    • ross
    • Ross
      Oh good.
    • Mr. Geller
    • Mrs. Geller
      I actually needed to talk to you before the birth.
    • ross
    • Ross
      Okay, what's up?
    • Mr. Geller
    • Mrs. Geller
      I brought something that I want to give you, assuming of course that you want it. (She holds up an engagement ring.)
    • ross
    • Ross
      Ma, you're asking me to marry you?
    • Mr. Geller
    • Mrs. Geller
      This is your grandmother's engagement ring, I want you to give it to Rachel.
    • ross
    • Ross
      Mom no, come on! Thank you.
    • Mr. Geller
    • Mrs. Geller
      Just hear me out!
    • ross
    • Ross
      N-no! Okay? We've been through this! We're not gonna get married just because she's pregnant, okay?
    • Mr. Geller
    • Mrs. Geller
      Honestly! Ross, this isn't just some girl you picked up in a bar and humped. A child should have a family.
    • ross
    • Ross
      Mom, y'know what? I-I can't deal with this right now. I'm sorry...
    • Mr. Geller
    • Mrs. Geller
      Just...think about it. If you don't, I'll talk more about humping.
    • ross
    • Ross
      Gimmie! (Takes the ring and puts it in his coat pocket as Rachel enters the hallway.)
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Hi!
    • Mr. Geller
    • Mrs. Geller
      Oh hi dear!
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Oh, thank you so much for coming. Ross, get in here!
    • (Mrs. Geller leaves as Ross re-enters the room.)
    • new scene
    • Scene 6

      The Waiting Room, Ross is explaining to the gang what happened with his mother.

    • ross
    • Ross
      ...she came and dragged me out of the labor room to ask me why I'm not with Rachel.
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      Yeah. (Pause) Why aren't you with Rachel?
    • ross
    • Ross
      Are you kidding? Look, we're not gonna be together just because we're having a baby. Okay?
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      But y'know what? It just seems that you two belong together.
    • ross
    • Ross
      Okay, stop it! I can't deal with this right now. I have to go have a baby.
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      Right. And with who again? (Ross exits.)
    • joey
    • Joey
      God. He's crazy! Why doesn't he want to be with Rachel?
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      I know!
    • joey
    • Joey
      I mean seriously, she's like the perfect woman. I mean I know she turned me down, but if she hadn't and wanted to be with me, I would take her in my arms and... (Realizes everyone is staring.) I haven't bummed you guys out like this in a while have I?
    • new scene
    • Scene 7

      The Semi-Private Labor Room, Ross is returning to find another couple has taken the place of Marc and Julie.

    • ross
    • Ross
      (To Rachel) Hey. Who's that?
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      New people.
    • ross
    • Ross
      What happened to the Disgustingtons?
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      They're having their baby! It's not fair Ross we got here first! Right after you left they wheeled her off into delivery. Oh but not before she gave me a juicy shot of little Jamie just crowning away.
    • ross
    • Ross
      Wow! Sorry. So uh, how are the new people?
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Well they have uh, some unusual pet names for each other. Including umm, evil bitch and uh, sick bastard. Oh God oh! Contraction!
    • ross
    • Ross
      Yeah? Okay.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Ooh! Ow!!
    • Evil Bitch
      Are you looking at her?!
    • Sick Bastard
      No!
    • Evil Bitch
      Don't you look at her you sick bastard!
    • Sick Bastard
      Honey I swear! I wasn't looking at her!
    • Evil Bitch
      She's in labor! You like that you sick son of a bitch!
    • ross
    • Ross
      Umm. Umm, I'm-I'm just gonna-(Closes the privacy screen.)
    • Evil Bitch
      See? See? It was because you were looking fat pervert!
    • ross
    • Ross
      No-no, I'm...I'm sure no one was looking. Just want some privacy. (He closes the screen and stares wide-eyed at Rachel.)
    • Evil Bitch
      You miss your girlfriend?
    • ross
    • Ross
      Just ignore them.
    • (Sick Bastard sits down in a chair that enables him to look around the screen and stare at Rachel.)
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Ross.
    • ross
    • Ross
      What? What?
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      He's looking at me.
    • ross
    • Ross
      (to him) Hey! You wanna live to see your baby?!
    • Evil Bitch
      Don't you talk to my husband like that you stupid bastard!
    • (Ross shrugs his shoulders to Rachel and Sick Bastard closes the screen all the way.)
    • new scene
    • Scene 8

      Outside the Nursery, Chandler is looking at the babies as Monica walks up.

    • monica
    • Monica
      Oh good God! If you want a baby so bad just go steal it!
    • (The nurse attending to the babies hears this, turns and stares at Chandler. Chandler moves Monica to the side and away from the nurse.)
    • monica
    • Monica
      What is going on with you? Since when are you so crazy about babies?
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      I'm not crazy about babies. I'm crazy about us.
    • monica
    • Monica
      What?
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      Look, we've always talked about having babies someday. I'm not saying it has to be right now, but I'm starting to think that we can handle it. We're good. We're really good.
    • monica
    • Monica
      We are pretty good.
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      But nothing has to happen until your ready.
    • monica
    • Monica
      Well maybe I'm ready now. I mean, it's a little scary, but maybe it's right.
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      What?! It's not right! We're not ready to have a kid now!!
    • monica
    • Monica
      What?!!
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      I'm kidding. This is going to be fun.
    • monica
    • Monica
      So we're gonna try? I mean, are we trying?
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      We're trying to get pregnant. (They start kissing, but Chandler stops it.) Y'know I'm not really comfortable doing this in front of the babies. So, when do you want to start trying?
    • monica
    • Monica
      Okay, hold on a sec.
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      Period math?
    • monica
    • Monica
      Yeah.
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      Yeah.
    • monica
    • Monica
      Well, we could start trying. Now.
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      Right here?
    • monica
    • Monica
      No, not here. Maybe here.
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      Wait a minute, it's perfect. We got a lot of time to kill and we're in a building that's full of beds!
    • monica
    • Monica
      And it's so clean!!
    • (They run off in search of a bed.)
    • COMMERCIAL BREAK
    • new scene
    • Scene 9

      The Vending Machines, Phoebe is buying a soda and Joey is shaking the candy machine.

    • joey
    • Joey
      Come on you stupid machine! Come on!
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      Oh, it ate your money?
    • joey
    • Joey
      (looking at her) No.
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      All right, I'll see you downstairs then.
    • joey
    • Joey
      All right.
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      All right.
    • joey
    • Joey
      Hey I got one! I got one!
    • [Cut to the elevator lobby, Phoebe walks up and sees a man in a wheelchair with his broken leg extended.]
    • Man
      Hi!
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      Hi.
    • Man
      Oh uh, up or down?
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      Oh down please. (The guy tries to reach the button, but can't.) I-I hate to be a ball buster can I just do it? (She pushes the button.)
    • Man
      Could you press up too please?
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      Sure! I feel so bad for you; I broke my leg once too.
    • Man
      Oh yeah? How'd yours happen?
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      Well, it's a long story. It's kind of embarrassing. Let's just say there was a typographical error with a sex manual. (The guy laughs.) How about you?
    • Man
      Car accident.
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      Oh.
    • Man
      Oh, let me guess some idiot on a cell phone wasn't paying attention?
    • Man
      Yeah. Me. (The elevator door opens.) Oh hey, that's me. (Rolls onto the elevator.) Hey uh, I take it you're just visiting someone.
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      Uh-huh, yeah.
    • Man
      Well umm, if you have sometime y'know and maybe you might want to visit someone else...
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      Oh yeah! I-I would like that.
    • Man
      I'm in the middle... (The elevator door closes, cutting him off.)
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      Wait! What?! No!! Elevator!! No!
    • joey
    • Joey
      (standing behind her) Uh, you gotta press the button. (Does so.)
    • new scene
    • Scene 10

      The Semi-Private Labor Room, Evil Bitch and Sick Bastard are gone and Ross has just finished talking to a nurse as Rachel stands and stretches.

    • ross
    • Ross
      The nurse said they're bringing in another woman.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Ugh, is she pregnant yet? She doesn't need to be; she'll still have the baby before I do. Oh Ross, another contraction! (Leans back on Ross for some support.)
    • ross
    • Ross
      That's it. That's it.
    • (The next couple enters.)
    • Woman
      Oooh, that sounded like a bad one.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Yeah it was.
    • Woman
      Mine haven't been so bad. Oh! Here comes one now. (Hums then squeals a little bit.) Oh, that was a big one!
    • (Rachel motions for Ross to close the privacy screen, which he does.)
    • new scene
    • Scene 11

      Another Waiting Room, Phoebe and Joey are trying to find out where the guy with the broken leg is.

    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      (to the nurse) Excuse me? Could you help me with something? The patient I'm looking for has a broken leg and is in a wheelchair. And umm, he's like early to mid-thirties, very attractive.
    • Nurse
      I think I know who you're talking about.
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      Oh yay! Great! Okay, what room number is he in?
    • Nurse
      I'm sorry, that information is restricted to hospital staff...
    • joey
    • Joey
      (walks up) Uh, she's with me. (Introduces himself) Dr. Drake Remoray.
    • Nurse
      Dr. Drake who?
    • joey
    • Joey
      Remoray. It's Portuguese. We need that information; I'm a doctor.
    • Nurse
      A doctor at this hospital?
    • joey
    • Joey
      Damnit woman we're losing precious time! Now do you want this man's blood on your head?
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      Hands.
    • joey
    • Joey
      Hands! It is absolutely essential that you tell me what room the man my assistant described is staying in. He's a patient of mine, I've been treating him for years!
    • Nurse
      He's in room 816.
    • joey
    • Joey
      816, thank you!
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      Thank you. (Starts to exit.)
    • (Joey starts to leave, but stops.)
    • joey
    • Joey
      And what is his name?
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      (coming back for Joey) No! (Grabs Joey and drags him away.)
    • new scene
    • Scene 12

      An Empty Hospital Room, Chandler and Monica enter.

    • monica
    • Monica
      I think we found a place.
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      Okay. (They start kissing.)
    • monica
    • Monica
      Umm, wait! Do you want to set the mood a little?
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      Okay. Uh, we'll dim the lights, dim the lights. (He goes to the light switch and finds it's not a dimmer switch when he flips the lights off.) Or turn them out all together. Uh, no scented candles. Okay here. Here we go. (He sprays an aerosol air freshener above her.)
    • monica
    • Monica
      Okay! Okay! Make me sterile, but okay.
    • (He hops onto the bed and they start making out.)
    • monica
    • Monica
      Okay. Let's hurry-Oh wait! Do we have a condom? (He looks at her.) Oh right! (Laughs and they resume making out when a nurse catches them in the act.)
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      Yes, 98.6. You're gonna be fine.
    • new scene
    • Scene 13

      Outside Room 816, Phoebe and Joey are approaching.

    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      Ooh, this is it! (Looks in the window.) Oh, that's him! That's him!
    • joey
    • Joey
      Great! Go get him.
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      Wait a second, or maybe you can go in first.
    • joey
    • Joey
      (looks in the window) He's not really my type.
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      No not you, Dr. Drake Remoray. You can ask him questions and see what's he like. People tell doctors everything.
    • joey
    • Joey
      But you said he was this great guy!
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      But lately all the guys I meet seem really nice at first, then they turn out to be the biggest jerks.
    • joey
    • Joey
      You do attract some stinkers.
    • new scene
    • Scene 14

      The Semi-Private Labor Room, Dr. Long is checking on Rachel again.

    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Dr. Long, I've been at this for seventeen hours! Three women have come and gone with their babies, you gotta give me some good news! How many centimeters am I dilated? Eight? Nine?
    • Dr. Long
      Three.
    • ross
    • Ross
      Just three?! I'm dilated three!
    • Dr. Long
      We are moving along, just slowly. (Rachel lies back and sighs.) Don't worry, you're doing great. I'll be back soon. (Exits.)
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Hey, y'know what? I'm not waiting! I'm gonna push this baby out! I'm doing it! I mean it's what? Three centimeters? That's gotta be like this! (Holds her hands a couple inches apart.)
    • ross
    • Ross
      Actually it's more like this. (Pushes her hands to less than an inch apart.)
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Oh stupid metric system!
    • (Another woman with a nurse and doctor enter, the woman is screaming.)
    • Doctor
      Oh my. We're gonna need to take you straight to the delivery room.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Oh for the love of God!
    • Woman Giving Birth
      (yelling from the hallway) It's coming! It's coming!
    • Doctor
      And here it is! (The baby cries.)
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Oh come on!!
    • new scene
    • Scene 15

      Room 816, Dr. Drake Remoray is entering.

    • joey
    • Joey
      Hi! I'm Dr. Drake Remoray and I have a few routine questions I need to ask you.
    • Man
      Really? I've been dealing with Dr. Wells.
    • joey
    • Joey
      I know, but I'm a neurologist. And just to be on the safe side, Dr. Wells wanted a more comprehensive overview of you status so he sent me.
    • Man
      Dr. Wells is a woman.
    • joey
    • Joey
      That was a test. Good response. All right, full name.
    • Man
      Clifford Burnett.
    • joey
    • Joey
      Date of birth?
    • Cliff
      November 16th, 1968.
    • joey
    • Joey
      Age?
    • Cliff
      Can't you figure that out based on my date of birth?
    • joey
    • Joey
      I'm a doctor Cliff, not a mathematician.
    • Cliff
      I'm 33.
    • joey
    • Joey
      Okay. And uh, are you married.
    • Cliff
      No.
    • joey
    • Joey
      Oh really? So, 33 and still single, would you say you have commitment issues?
    • Cliff
      Are all the questions this personal?
    • joey
    • Joey
      (checking the list) Yes.
    • Cliff
      Well uh if you must know I'm a widower.
    • joey
    • Joey
      Oh that's terrible. I'm-I'm really sorry.
    • Cliff
      Yeah.
    • joey
    • Joey
      Hmm. Do you sleep with women and never call them again?
    • Cliff
      No.
    • joey
    • Joey
      Excellent! Excellent! And uh, finally, are you into any weird stuff y'know, sexually?
    • Cliff
      No!
    • joey
    • Joey
      Oooh, wrong answer. (Exits.)
    • new scene
    • Scene 16

      The Semi-Private Labor Room, they're brining in yet another woman.

    • Nurse
      (calling to the woman) This room's available.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Okay! Okay wait! You listen to me! You listen to me! Since I have been waiting four women, that's four, one higher than the number of centimeters that I am dilated, have come and gone with their babies! I'm next! It's my turn! It's only fair! And if you bring in one woman and she has her baby before me I'm going to sue you! Not this hospital, I'm going to sue you! And my husband (Points at Ross) he's a lawyer!
    • ross
    • Ross
      Uh Rach...
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Go get back on that case honey!
    • Nurse
      I don't think the next patient is very far along.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Okay, well then bring her in.
    • (Another nurse wheels the next pregnant woman in.)
    • Woman
      OH....MY....GAWD!!! (Uh-huh, it's Janice.)
    • (Ross and Rachel are, needless to say, stunned at the arrival of Janice.)
    • COMMERCIAL BREAK
    • new scene
    • Scene 17

      The Semi-Private Labor Room, continued from earlier.

    • Janice
      I....can't....believe this!
    • ross
    • Ross
      And yet somehow it's true!
    • Janice
      I mean this is so great! We're gonna be baby buddies! (Does the laugh.)
    • ross
    • Ross
      (To Rachel) Squeeze your legs together and cover the baby's ears!
    • Man
      (entering, carrying a pillow) Hi sweetie!
    • Janice
      Hi! Hi sweetheart! This is my husband Sid, I don't think you've met him. Ross, Rachel, this is Sid. I nabbed him a year ago at the dermatologist's office. Thank God for adult acne huh? (Does the laugh.)
    • Sid
      I still can't believe it! I'm the luckiest guy in the world!
    • ross
    • Ross
      (softly) Really?
    • Sid
      (To Janice) What'd he say?
    • Janice
      Oh y'know what? You have to speak very loudly when you're talking to Sid, because he's almost completely deaf.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Oh!
    • ross
    • Ross
      Oh there you go!
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      I get it!
    • Janice
      So? Congratulations you two, I didn't even know you got married.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Oh we-we didn't.
    • ross
    • Ross
      No-no. We...
    • Janice
      What?!
    • ross
    • Ross
      Um uh...We're-we're just having this baby together but uh, uh that's all.
    • Janice
      Why?!!
    • ross
    • Ross
      Uh well umm...we're just not in that place, y'know? But we're very excited about this.
    • Janice
      Oh. Well then shut me up. (Does the laugh.)
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Just tell me how.
    • Janice
      Uh-oh, I feel another one coming. (She makes a sound like a goose during the contraction.)
    • ross
    • Ross
      Sid you lucky deaf bastard.
    • new scene
    • Scene 18

      Outside Room 816, Joey is briefing Phoebe on Cliff.

    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      What else? What else?
    • joey
    • Joey
      Uh, well he's 33.
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      Oh. Ah-uh.
    • joey
    • Joey
      A widower.
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      Oh.
    • joey
    • Joey
      He seemed like a stand up guy. Oh, and he's not into anything weird sexually.
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      Enter Pheebs.
    • new scene
    • Scene 19

      Another Hospital Room, Chandler and Monica enter and start making out.

    • chandler
    • Chandler
      Should we tell Rachel there's an empty private room right next door to hers?
    • monica
    • Monica
      We could, or we can have sex in it.
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      Well let me think about that, while I remove my pants!
    • (They start making out again.)
    • monica
    • Monica
      (lying down on the bed) Okay mister! Fertilize me!
    • (Suddenly they hear Janice laughing, and it ruins the moment.)
    • monica
    • Monica
      Does that sound like Janice?
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      If it's not, then there's two of them. And that would mean it's the end of the world!
    • new scene
    • Scene 20

      The Semi-Private Labor Room, Chandler and Monica are entering to see if they in fact did hear Janice.

    • monica
    • Monica
      Hey!
    • ross
    • Ross
      Hey!
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      Hi.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Oh hi.
    • monica
    • Monica
      I can't believe this is taking so long. How are you doing?
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Oh not bad. Do you know that feeling when you're trying to blow a Saint Bernard out your ass?
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      Weirdest thing. Did I hear-(A nurse opens the privacy screen and Chandler sees Janice)-Mother of God it's true!
    • Janice
      Chandler Bing!
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      Jan-Janice!
    • ross
    • Ross
      Not just Janice, Janice in labor, contracting and everything.
    • Janice
      Oh, this should be easy. I have a very wide pelvis. You remember Chandler.
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      Janice I didn't even know you were pregnant! Who's the unwitting human who's essence you've stolen?
    • Janice
      It's you. This is yours.
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      What?!
    • Janice
      (laughs) Look how nervous he gets! We haven't slept together in years! (Laughs again.)
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      That's funny. Does it-does it hurt? Does the labor hurt?
    • new scene
    • Scene 21

      Room 816, Phoebe is making her move on Cliff.

    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      Okay I've got one for you, if you had too which one would you rather eat, a seeing eye dog or a talking gorilla?
    • Cliff
      I'd have to say...the talking gorilla, because at least I can explain to him that you're making me eat him.
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      Somebody went to college. Wow. (Cliff gets uncomfortable) What is it? I'm sorry. (She moves her arm, which was resting on the same pillow his leg is.)
    • Cliff
      No, I'm sorry. It's just my foot itches like crazy.
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      Oh, I'll get it. (She gets up and grabs a spoon.)
    • Cliff
      Wow! I usually get to know a girl a little better before I let her spoon me.
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      Relax, it's not like we're forking.
    • new scene
    • Scene 22

      The Semi-Private Labor Room, Janice is being moved to the delivery room and is screaming in pain.

    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Oh that's five Ross. Five women have had five babies! And I have had no babies! Why doesn't she want to come out?
    • ross
    • Ross
      Y'know what I think it is? I think you've made such a nice home for her over the last nine months that she just doesn't want to leave.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Oh. Look at you making up crap for me. Oh God! (Starts another contraction as Dr. Long enters.)
    • Dr. Long
      Twenty-one hours, you're a hero.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Doctor you gotta do something! I think you gotta give me drugs or you gotta light a fire up in there and just smoke it out.
    • Dr. Long
      Actually, I think you're ready to go to the delivery room.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      What?
    • Dr. Long
      Ten centimeters, you're about to become a mom.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      My God. Okay. (Another woman enters.) Ha-ha-ha beat ya! Sucker!
    • new scene
    • Scene 23

      Room 816, Phoebe and Cliff are eating some pudding with spoons.

    • Cliff
      Is this the same spoon that was in my cast? (Smells it.)
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      Y'know what? This one is. (Eats another spoonful of pudding as Cliff sees something on TV.)
    • Cliff
      Oh my God! That's the doctor who was in my room before!
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      Huh. Okay, Mr. Perkazet.
    • Cliff
      I'm telling you! The guy from that show was here in my room, asking me all these weird questions!
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      Cliff, do you really believe that a character from a TV show was here in your room?
    • joey
    • Joey
      (entering) Rachel's having her baby!! (Phoebe turns and looks at him.) Which is of no interest to me, I'm a neurologist.
    • Cliff
      That-that's him! You know him?
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      Okay. Okay. I-Okay umm...this...I-I sent my friend Joey in here to find out stuff about you. Umm y'know, if it helps you came off great. A lot better than I'm coming off right now.
    • Cliff
      I don't believe this. You got him to pretend he was some fake doctor?
    • joey
    • Joey
      Fake? Excuse me? Hello? (Taps the TV screen.)
    • Cliff
      And then you tried to make me think that I was crazy.
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      You're right, that was wrong. I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. It's just that I liked you so much. Can we just, can we just start over?
    • Cliff
      I don't think so.
    • joey
    • Joey
      Uh, if I may? Umm-umm look, Cliff, you told me a lot of personal stuff about you, right? And maybe-maybe it would if-if would help if-if you knew some personal stuff about her. Uh, she was married to a gay ice dancer. Uh, she gave birth to her brother's triplets. Oh! Oh! Her-her twin sister used to do porn!
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      Uh Joey, we're trying to dial down the crazy.
    • joey
    • Joey
      Right!
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      Umm, look we don't, we don't really know each other so it would be really easy to just forget about this, but there seems to be something between us. And I don't know about you but that doesn't happen to me a lot.
    • Cliff
      It doesn't happen to me either.
    • joey
    • Joey
      Me neither.
    • new scene
    • Scene 24

      The Delivery Room, Rachel is finally giving birth.

    • Dr. Long
      Push. Push. Come on push for five seconds. 5...4...
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      3-2-1 oh!!
    • Dr. Long
      Okay, the next contraction should be in about twenty seconds.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      I can't. I can't push anymore, I can't.
    • ross
    • Ross
      Sweetie you're doing great.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Oh God twenty seconds my ass!!
    • Dr. Long
      Here we go! Okay, keep pushing! Wait! I see something.
    • ross
    • Ross
      What? You do? You do? (Looks) Oh my God!
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Don't say, "Oh my God!" Oh my God what?
    • ross
    • Ross
      What is that?
    • Dr. Long
      It's the baby's buttock, she's breech.
    • ross
    • Ross
      Oh thank God, I thought she had two heads.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Oh God. Is she gonna be okay?
    • Dr. Long
      She's gonna be fine. Okay, she's in a more difficult position so you're gonna have to push even harder now. Go! Push!
    • ross
    • Ross
      Go!
    • Dr. Long
      Rachel you're gonna have to push even harder, nothing's happening!
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      I'm sorry, I can't!
    • ross
    • Ross
      Yes you can!
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      I can't!
    • ross
    • Ross
      Hey! Hey! Come on! You can! I know you can do this! Let's go!
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      I can't. Please, you do it for me.
    • ross
    • Ross
      No! Come on let's-One more time! One final push! Ready? 1...2...3! (Rachel pushes so hard her head snaps up head-butting Ross and knocking him down.)
    • Dr. Long
      Good!
    • ross
    • Ross
      (from the floor) Keep pushing!
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Are you okay?
    • ross
    • Ross
      You have no idea how much this hurts. (All of the women in the room turn and glare at him.) Keep going! Keep going!
    • Dr. Long
      Here we go!
    • ross
    • Ross
      Oh! Oh! She's upside down but she's coming! She's coming!
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Oh God!
    • ross
    • Ross
      Oh! Oh my God oh! Oh my God she's here.
    • (The newest friend cries.)
    • ross
    • Ross
      Oh she's...she's perfect.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Oh, she's so tiny. (Starts crying) Where'd she go?
    • ross
    • Ross
      Oh it's okay. They're just-they're just wrapping her up.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Okay. Well be careful with her, she's really tiny.
    • Dr. Long
      Here she is!
    • (Dr. Long hands her to Rachel.)
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Oh hey you. Thanks for coming out of me. (The baby cries.) I know. Oh. Yeah. Oh, she's looking at me. Hi! I know you.
    • Dr. Long
      Do we have a name yet?
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      No, not yet.
    • Dr. Long
      That's fine, for now we'll just call her Baby Girl Green.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Oh no, Baby Girl Geller-Green.
    • (Ross and Rachel look into each other's eyes and kiss.)
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Hello baby girl.
    • COMMERCIAL BREAK
    • new scene
    • Scene 25

      The Recovery Room, Ross is taking pictures of Rachel holding the baby as the rest of the gang enters.

    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      Can we come in?
    • ross
    • Ross
      Oh, come in.
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      Hi!
    • joey
    • Joey
      There she is!
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      Oh, she's so beautiful.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Here. (Hands her to Monica.)
    • monica
    • Monica
      Oh my God! She's amazing. Oh, oh I'm so glad you guys got drunk and had sex!
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      It's incredible, I mean one minute she's inside you and then 47 hours later here she is.
    • joey
    • Joey
      (taking the baby) She looks so real! (The gang looks at him.) Y'know what I mean! She's this whole tiny little person. She already has eyelashes and knees and...uh-oh.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      What?
    • joey
    • Joey
      Oh no-no, no for I second there I counted six fingers, but one was from the other hand so we're good.
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      Okay, my turn. My turn. (Joey hands her to Phoebe.) Oh! You're so cute! Oh, I could squeeze your little head! (Pause) I won't.
    • (Rachel starts crying again.)
    • monica
    • Monica
      What's the matter?
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Oh nothing I... Sorry, I just can't stop crying.
    • ross
    • Ross
      The doctor says it's completely normal with all the hormones. Plus, you-you're sleep deprived.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      So? You guys are all sleep deprived. I don't see you weeping because you put your slippers on the wrong feet. Oh God. (Starts to cry harder.)
    • joey
    • Joey
      What's the matter now?
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      I was reliving it.
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      Ohhh. (Hands her back to Rachel.)
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      So, do you know what you're gonna call her yet?
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      Oh, wait a minute it's not gonna be Baby Girl? I thought that was so original!
    • ross
    • Ross
      Uh actually, we-we've narrowed it down to two names.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Yeah, and y'know what? I love them both, so why don't you just pick one and that'll be it.
    • ross
    • Ross
      Wow! Umm, okay uh...everyone...this...is Isabella. (Rachel starts crying.) What?
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      That's not her name! I'm sorry, she just doesn't feel like an Isabella.
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      So then I guess Ferdinad is out.
    • joey
    • Joey
      What was the other one Ross?
    • ross
    • Ross
      Umm, Delilah.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Oh great! Suddenly she sounds like a biblical whore.
    • ross
    • Ross
      So I guess we're back to uh, Baby Girl.
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      Yay!
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Well what are we going to do?
    • monica
    • Monica
      It's okay honey, you'll find a name.
    • ross
    • Ross
      Ugh, easy for you to say, you already know what your kids names are going to be.
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      You do?
    • monica
    • Monica
      Yeah, I've had them picked out since I was fourteen.
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      Oh no, it's gonna be named after some snack or baked good isn't it?
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Well tell us! What are they?
    • monica
    • Monica
      Umm, okay. If it's a boy it's Daniel.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      And if it's a girl?
    • monica
    • Monica
      I don't want to say.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Oh, just tell us! We're not gonna want it!
    • monica
    • Monica
      Okay. It's Emma.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      (gasps) Emma! (Looks at the baby and starts to cry.) See? I don't want it.
    • monica
    • Monica
      Take it.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      What?
    • monica
    • Monica
      It's clearly an Emma.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Oh honey, but you love that name.
    • monica
    • Monica
      Yeah, but I love you more. Besides y'know, nothing goes with Bing. So I'm screwed. I mean... (Rachel hands Emma to Monica.) Oh, hi Emma. Yeah, that's you. You're our little Em. Oh what's that honey? What? Oh, you want a little cousin? (To Chandler) You want a cousin right now?!
    • new scene
    • Scene 26

      A Janitorial Closet, Monica and Chandler are emerging slowly.

    • chandler
    • Chandler
      That was amazing.
    • monica
    • Monica
      I know. Hey, do you realize we may have just changed our lives forever? We may have just started a family. Nine months from now we can be here, having our own baby.
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      And if not, we got to do it on a bucket.
    • new scene
    • Scene 27

      The Recovery Room, Rachel is putting Emma down for a nap.

    • Janice
      (entering) Yoo-hoo! Aaron Litman-Neurolic would like to say hello to his future bride.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Ohhh! (Looks at Aaron and recoils in horror.) Wow! He kinda takes your breath away doesn't he?
    • Janice
      He's a keeper. How are you feeling?
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Oh, I'm fine. (Gasps in pain as she sits down.)
    • Janice
      Can I just say, I really admire what you're doing. Just raising her all alone.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Oh, I'm not doing it alone. I have Ross.
    • Janice
      Oh, sure. Now. But what happens when he meets somebody else and gets married?
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Well then he gets a divorce, it's Ross!
    • Janice
      I'm telling you Rachel, listen to Janice. They all say they're gonna be there until they start their real family.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Well I-That's never gonna happen with Ross.
    • Janice
      Oh well that's what I thought about my first husband, now I'm lucky if my kid gets to spend the weekend with her father and the twins and little Ms. New Boobs.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Really?
    • Janice
      I hate to be the one to say it, but honey you two (Her and Emma) are on your own.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Well... That's...y'know-That's-We've been alone for the last twenty minutes we're doing okay. Besides y'know what? I-I-Maybe we won't be alone, 'cause lately I-I-things have been happening between me and Ross, y'know? Right before I went into labor, we-we had this kiss. Y'know? So it might be the...the beginning of something.
    • ross
    • Ross
      (entering) Hey Janice!
    • Janice
      Oh hi!
    • ross
    • Ross
      Who's this little guy? (Gasps when he sees Aaron.)
    • Janice
      Say hello to Aaron, your future son-in-law.
    • ross
    • Ross
      No-no. No.
    • Janice
      I'm gonna leave the three of you alone.
    • ross
    • Ross
      Okay.
    • Janice
      Bye. (Exits.)
    • ross
    • Ross
      Man! Did you see the kid on that nose?
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Uh-huh. (Ross takes off his coat and sets in on a chair.) Y'know what I was, I was thinking about?
    • ross
    • Ross
      Huh?
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Umm...that kiss before we left the apartment. That was some-something huh?
    • ross
    • Ross
      Yeah. Yeah, it really was. But we...we gotta be careful. We...we can't let that happen again, y'know?
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      (pause) Right.
    • ross
    • Ross
      I mean we don't want to go down that road do we?
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      No! No, of course not. No. That's why I brought it up. (Pause) They didn't have any sodas?
    • ross
    • Ross
      Oh my God! I'm sorry, I was talking to this nurse, completely forgot.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      That's all right. (He goes to get her a soda.) And so it begins.
    • new scene
    • Scene 28

      Outside the Nursery, Ross is looking at Emma as Phoebe walks up.

    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      Is she in there?
    • ross
    • Ross
      Yeah. She's putting her down now, that's her. (Points to the nurse putting Emma now.)
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      Oh!
    • ross
    • Ross
      Look at Emma!
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      I just can't decide who she looks more alike, you or Rachel?
    • ross
    • Ross
      Oh what are you kidding? She's gorgeous, it's all Rachel.
    • (Pause)
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      I'm sorry, for the last time, why aren't you two together again? (Silence from Ross.) No, I know. I know, because you're not in that place. Which would be fine, except you totally are.
    • ross
    • Ross
      It's...it's complicated okay?
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      Yeah that's true. Yeah, you love her. You always have. You have a child together. There is no right answer.
    • ross
    • Ross
      Look, we've been together. Okay? And then apart, and then together, and then apart, and now we have a baby. (Pause) It's just if-if we got together again and it didn't work out...I could never do that to Emma. I mean she-she thinking everything-(Starts to cry.) Oh that's...now me. What do they put something in the water in this place? Since Rachel and I we're doing really, we're doing really well right now.
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      I know. I know. I know. I know, and if you try to make it more you might wreck it.
    • ross
    • Ross
      Yeah, exactly.
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      Right. (Pause) Or you might get everything you've wanted since you were fifteen.
    • new scene
    • Scene 29

      The Delivery Room, Rachel is in bed as Joey enters.

    • joey
    • Joey
      Hey. I just saw a woman breast feeding both of her twins at the same time; it is like a freak show up here. (Notices she's wiping her eyes.) What's the matter?
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Nothing.
    • joey
    • Joey
      What is it? Hey!
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Really it's nothing. I'm just...
    • joey
    • Joey
      Rach come on, what?
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      I've just been thinking about how my baby and I are gonna be all alone.
    • joey
    • Joey
      What are you talking about alone? What about Ross?
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Oh please, he'll be with his real family, the twins and little miss new boobs.
    • joey
    • Joey
      Okay, how long was I watching that woman?
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      I'm just saying that y'know, someday Ross is gonna meet somebody and...he's gonna have his own life. Right?
    • joey
    • Joey
      Yeah, I guess so.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      I just never thought I would raise this baby all by myself. Pretty dumb huh?
    • joey
    • Joey
      Hey, listen to me, listen to me...you are never ever gonna be alone. Okay? I promise that's not gonna happen.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Joey. Honey what would I do without you?
    • (They hug.)
    • joey
    • Joey
      You don't have to worry about that okay?
    • (Pause)
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Oh, hon can you grab me my other box of tissues? They're right on that chair under Ross's coat.
    • joey
    • Joey
      Sure.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Okay.
    • (He moves Ross's coat to get the tissues and the engagement ring box Mrs. Geller gave him falls out of the pocket it was inside. Joey goes to one knee, picks up the box, opens it, and sees that it's an engagement ring.)
    • joey
    • Joey
      My God.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Joey.
    • (He turns to face Rachel on one knee with the box open.)
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      (seeing the ring) Oh my God. (Pause) Okay.
    • (Joey is stunned.)
    • [Cut to Ross getting of an elevator carrying a bouquet of flowers and walking down the hall to Rachel's room.]
    • [Fade to black.]
    • CLOSING CREDITS
    • {Transcriber's Note
      As with all the cliffhangers, there was no credits scene. There will be a ninth and final season of Friends starting sometime in September. See you then, have a good summer everyone.}
    • END