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    • new scene
    • Scene 1

      Chandler and Monica's

    • chandler
    • Chandler
      Hey!
    • monica
    • Monica
      Good morning, Tiger! I'm making you a nice big breakfast so you can keep up your strength for tonight. You're gonna get me good and pregnant.
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      I've got nowhere to go this morning. I'm unemployed! I don't know what I'm gonna do with my life.
    • monica
    • Monica
      Well, I just lost my erection.
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      I mean, what am I supposed to do with myself?
    • monica
    • Monica
      You're supposed to find your passion in life. You can be whatever you wanna be now. It's exciting.
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      But it's all so overwhelming. I don't know where to start.
    • monica
    • Monica
      Hey, wait a second. I can help you with this. You just need to be organized. We can make a list of your qualifications, and categorize jobs by industry. There could be folders and files!
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      Hey! This is where your hyper-organized-pain-in-the-ass stuff pays off!
    • monica
    • Monica
      I know!!! My erection is back!
    • OPENING CREDITS
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    • Scene 2

      Central Perk

    • joey
    • Joey
      (To Gunther who comes over with coffee and a muffin) Thank you!
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      Joey, can I have a sip of your coffee and a bite of your muffin?
    • joey
    • Joey
      Okay.
    • Phoebe Thank you. (Pours his coffee in a thermos and puts his muffin in her purse.) Thank you!
    • joey
    • Joey
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      I'm sorry, it's just, I'm a little short on cash.
    • joey
    • Joey
      If you want I could loan you some money?
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      Oh no, no, no. I learned never to borrow money from friends. No, that's why Richard Dreyfuss and I don't speak anymore.
    • joey
    • Joey
      Oh, hey, how about this? Wanna be an extra on my show?
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      You could do that?
    • joey
    • Joey
      Yeah, yeah. The pay is pretty good and you could do it for as long as you need.
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      Oh my god, I'm gonna be on TV!
    • joey
    • Joey
      Okay, now. I gotta tell you, being on TV isn't as glamorous and exciting as you think.
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      Oh, really?
    • joey
    • Joey
      No it is awesome!
    • (Rachel and Ross enter with Emma)
    • ross
    • Ross
      Hi guys.
    • Everyone
      (Adlib hellos)
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      Wow! Hey, why are you all dressed up?
    • ross
    • Ross
      Rachel and I are bringing Emma to Ralph Lauren today to introduce her to everyone. Doesn't she look cute?
    • joey
    • Joey
      She sure does. Why does she have a pink bow taped to her head?
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Well, because if one more person says "what a cute little boy" I'm gonna whip them with a car antenna!
    • ross
    • Ross
      I think she's gonna be the hit of the office, huh? She's gonna be hotter than peasant blouses and A-line skirts. Can I get a blue bow?
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    • Scene 3

      Chandler and Monica's

    • monica
    • Monica
      (Flipping through bunch of folders as Chandler enters from bathroom) Okay, I have looked through a bunch of career guides, photocopied and highlighted key passages and put them into alphabetical folders so you can make an informed decision.
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      How long was I in there?
    • monica
    • Monica
      Okay. Let us start with the A's. Advertising.
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      Wait. Advertising! That's a great idea!
    • monica
    • Monica
      Don't you want to look through the rest?
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      I don't think I have to hear the rest. Advertising makes perfect sense. Sorry you had to waste all this time, though.
    • monica
    • Monica
      You call eight hours alone with my label maker wasted time? Ooh, now I get to use my shredder!
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      I mean, I can write slogans. I mean, how hard can it be, right? "Cheese. It's milk that you chew." "Crackers. Because your cheese needs a buddy." "A grape. Because who can get a water melon in your mouth?"
    • monica
    • Monica
      I got one. "Socks. Because your family's feet deserve the best."
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      Honey? Leave it to the pros.
    • monica
    • Monica
      I actually know someone in advertising. I grew up with this guy who is a vice president at a big agency. Maybe I can get him to meet you? Give me the phone.
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      "The phone. Bringing you closer to people...who have phones."
    • monica
    • Monica
      "Marriage. It's not for everybody."
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    • Scene 4

      Ralph Lauren

    • rachel
    • Rachel
      That went well. Almost everybody knew that she was a girl.
    • ross
    • Ross
      Yeah, after you punched that one guy who got it wrong, word spread.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      I'm just gonna go in my office and pick up some stuff . (To the guy behind her desk) Who the hell are you!?
    • Guy
      Who the hell are you?
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      I'm the hell person whose office this is!
    • ross
    • Ross
      Good one, Rach.
    • Guy
      I'm Gavin Mitchell, the person who's taken over your job.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Excuse me?
    • Gavin
      Oh, your baby's so cute. Why did you put a pink bow on a boy?
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    • Scene 5

      DOOL set

    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      Joey, look at me! I'm a nurse!
    • joey
    • Joey
      Yes you are. I think it may be time for my sponge bath. Sorry, I'm just so used to hitting on the extras. So, are you excited about your scene?
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      Yeah! But I'm a little shaky and nervous.
    • joey
    • Joey
      Oh, relax. Don't be. You'll be fine, you'll be fine. They'll probably just make you stand in the back.
    • Director
      Okay, okay, okay! (To Phoebe) You. Here, come here, here. You're gonna take this tray, you're gonna stay on this yellow mark. You're gonna move on "action!" You're gonna walk over to the operating table. You're gonna stop on that blue mark, you're gonna put the tray down. Don't walk too fast! But don't doddle.
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      Okay, now. What?
    • Director
      And...Action!!
    • (Phoebe starts walking toward the operating table. Her hands are shaking like crazy, causing the tray to rattle.)
    • Director
      Cut! Cut!
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I'm just a little nervous.
    • Director
      Well, don't be.
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      Okay, that helps.
    • Director
      And...Action!
    • (Phoebe starts walking towards the table again. She's even more shaky than before and almost drops the tray.)
    • Director
      Cut!
    • joey
    • Joey
      Hey, you know what? Don't worry, Pheebs! It usually takes me three takes too! (Off the director's look) Alright, eight.
    • Director
      And...Action!
    • (Ok, here we go again. Phoebe starts walking toward the operating table, but stops every time the tray starts to rattle. She eventually drops it on the floor, but finishes the scene anyway by putting the now non-existent tray on the table.)
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    • Scene 6

      Central Perk

    • Interviewer
      So, do you have any other question about advertising?
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      No, no. But let me show you what I can do. "Bagels and donuts. Round food for every mood."
    • Interviewer
      Monica warned me you might do that. I actually think we might have something for you at the agency.
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      Really? That's great!
    • Interviewer
      It's an unpaid internship.
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      It's funny. When you said "unpaid" it sounded like you said "unpaid."
    • Interviewer
      Come on now. Monica has a good job. And it's not like you have a family to support.
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      Actually, we're trying, and I don't think Monica's gonna wanna postpone it. We're supposed to have sex tonight. Actually, she's probably at home naked right now. I tend to keep talking until somebody stops me. I can just picture her on the bed right now.
    • Interviewer
      Stop!
    • Interviewer
      Okay.
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    • Scene 7

      Ralph Lauren

    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Wait a minute! What do you mean, you're taking over my job?
    • Gavin
      Well, while you were on your baby vacation I was doing your job.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      A vacation? My idea of a vacation does not involve something sucking on my nipples until they are raw.
    • Gavin
      Clearly you've never been to Sandles Paradise Island.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Alright! Don't get too comfortable there, because I'm back in two weeks! And I want everything back to the way it was. I can't say that I care too much for the way you've rearranged my office.
    • Gavin
      I can't say I care too much for that smell you've brought in with you.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Excuse me?
    • ross
    • Ross
      Rach we have a code brown situation.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Can you please, please take care of it for me?
    • ross
    • Ross
      Alright, but you have to do one sometime.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Let me just get this straight! So I go have a baby and they send some guy in to do my job?
    • Gavin
      Well, there was talk of shutting down Ralph Lauren all together.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      That's right. You're very cheeky for a temp.
    • Gavin
      I'm not a temp. I was transferred here from another department.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Oh yeah, what department was that? The Jerk department?
    • Gavin
      Oh, they didn't tell me about your quick wit.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Did they mention that I'm rubber and you're glue?
    • Mr. Zelner
      (Enters) Gavin, Ralph loved your ideas.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Oh, hi Mr. Zelner.
    • Mr. Zelner
      Rachel, I see you've met Gavin. I must say, when you left us we weren't sure what we were gonna do. But then, Gavin to the rescue. Super Gavin!
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      That's great. So now, Super Gavin, when I come back where are you planning on flying off to?
    • Gavin
      Well, that's up to Mr. Zelner. I'm sure he will make the right decision.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      (To herself) Oh, wow. Super ass-kissing power.
    • Mr. Zelner
      Incidentally, when are you coming back?
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Today.
    • Gavin
      You said two weeks.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      No, I said today! See, for a superhero, not so much with the listening.
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    • Scene 8

      DOOL set

    • joey
    • Joey
      Hey.
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      Hey. So, what did he say?
    • joey
    • Joey
      Well, he can be a little rough around the edges, so I'm gonna replace a word he used a lot, with the word "puppy." Okay, so he said: "If your puppy friend doesn't get her puppy act together, I'm gonna fire her mother-puppy ass."
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      I'm sorry, I can't do this. I'm not an actor.
    • joey
    • Joey
      That's right, you're not. You're a nurse. You're Nurse With Tray.
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      Joey.
    • joey
    • Joey
      No, no. Nurse With Tray doesn't know Joey, she doesn't have time for friends. She gets in that operating room and she carries that tray to the doctor, because if she doesn't, people die!
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      Who dies?
    • joey
    • Joey
      (Points to man on operating table) Man With Eye Patch! You get in there and you do your job.
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      Yes, doctor.
    • joey
    • Joey
      Okay.
    • Director
      Okay, let's try this one more time.
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      Hang in there, Man With Eye Patch, your tray is coming!
    • Director
      And...Action!
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      (Does the scene) Yes, I did it!!! I nailed it!!! Yay! What's next?
    • Director
      The rest of the scene.
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      Okay, from the top, people!
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    • Scene 9

      Ralph Lauren

    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Listen. Sudden change of plans. My maternity leave just ended. They told me that if I didn't come back today, they were gonna fire me.
    • ross
    • Ross
      What? No, that's illegal. I'm gonna have the labor department down her so fast they won't even...
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Alright, alright. Calm down Norma Rae. They didn't actually say that. I'm just afraid if I don't come back right now this guy's gonna try to squeeze me out.
    • ross
    • Ross
      What about Emma? We don't have a nanny.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      I know. You know, we're just gonna have to figure out a plan tonight. Can you please just take care of her for today?
    • ross
    • Ross
      Absolutely. Just give me your breast and we'll be on our way.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Come on, I don't know what else to do.
    • ross
    • Ross
      Fine, fine. (To Emma) We'll have fun, won't we? Yes, we will, yes we will. (Gives her a kiss, and the pink bow tapes itself to his head.)
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Ross?
    • ross
    • Ross
      Huh?
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      You're pretty.
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    • Scene 10

      Chandler and Monica's

    • chandler
    • Chandler
      Whatever I decide to do, I'm gonna be starting a career from scratch. It's gonna be a while before I make a living at it. Maybe now is not the right time to be starting a family.
    • ross
    • Ross
      So you have to tell Monica you don't want to have a baby right now?
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      Yeah.
    • ross
    • Ross
      (Hugs Chandler) Good-bye.
    • monica
    • Monica
      (Enters) Okay, it's baby time. Pants off Bing. (Sees Ross) Didn't see you there Geller.
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      Yeah, Ross is here so...
    • ross
    • Ross
      Yeah, and I was really hoping that I could hang out. What do you feel like doing?
    • monica
    • Monica
      We're gonna have sex.
    • ross
    • Ross
      I don't feel like having sex. Maybe we can watch a movie or something.
    • monica
    • Monica
      Let me put it this way. We're having sex whether you're here or not.
    • ross
    • Ross
      Pants off Bing!
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    • Scene 11

      Ralph Lauren

    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Alright. Now that I'm back, why don't you just fill me in on what you've been up to?
    • Gavin
      Well, I've changed your screensaver from that picture of *Nsync.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Hey, they were popular when I left!
    • Gavin
      Also, I've just been working on this big presentation for tomorrow.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Well, I should be involved in that, so why don't you get me up to speed?
    • Gavin
      That's gonna take weeks. Why don't just let me take care of the presentation?
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Oh, no no no no. I see what you're doing here, alright, listen, this is my job buddy. Okay, I've had it for five years, and I know how it works, so why don't you just catch me up!
    • Gavin
      Fine.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      (Sits down in her chair) Oh god. You've totally messed with the back support of my chair. How do you fix this?
    • Gavin
      Hey, you've been here five years, you figure it out.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Fine, I will. (Pushes that button thing on the chair that makes it "collapse") Alright, fill me in!
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    • Scene 12

      Chandler and Monica's

    • ross
    • Ross
      Hey.
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      Hey.
    • ross
    • Ross
      You have a blue tie that would go with this? Emma spit up on mine.
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      Oh, yeah. But you have to give it back if I get a job. Of course, by that time in the future ties will be obsolete and we'll all be wearing silver jump suits.
    • monica
    • Monica
      (Enters from the bedroom) Hi, good morning lover. I gotta say after last night, I'm a little weak in the knees.
    • ross
    • Ross
      Here's an idea. You walk into a room...take a quick scan!
    • monica
    • Monica
      (To Ross) Sorry. (To Chandler) But I kind of have this feeling that we may have made a baby last night.
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      Oh god, I have to tell you something. You're not pregnant.
    • monica
    • Monica
      What are you talking about?
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      That thing that I have to do to make a baby. I faked it.
    • monica
    • Monica
      What!? You faked it?
    • ross
    • Ross
      You know what? I don't need a tie. I mean, it's better, open collar. You know, it's more casual (He leaves.)
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    • Scene 13

      DOOL set

    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      Joey, listen. I can't do this, it doesn't make any sense. Yesterday I was a nurse, and today I'm a waitress at a cafe?
    • joey
    • Joey
      Oh, sometimes we use the same extras for different parts. It's okay.
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      Well, it's not okay, because I gave a very memorable performance as the nurse. And now suddenly I'm the waitress? That's gonna confuse my fans.
    • joey
    • Joey
      Maybe you are a nurse, but you moonlight as a waitress.
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      Uhuh. Because I'm a single mother, supporting my two children.
    • joey
    • Joey
      Nice.
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      Wait a minute. Dr. Drake Ramoray and I work at the same hospital. Wouldn't I come over to say hi to him?
    • joey
    • Joey
      No, no. See, you and Drake are having a fight.
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      About what?
    • joey
    • Joey
      He slept with you and then never called you.
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      And I just wanted a new daddy for Davy and Becky.
    • Director
      Okay, okay, from the top. And...Action!
    • Man
      So, I'm surprised you agreed to have lunch with me.
    • Joey/Drake
      I'm surprised to, but yet here I am.
    • (Phoebe walks by and slaps him.)
    • Director
      Cut, cut! What are you doing!?
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      Yeah, well, I'm very angry at him, because he slept with me and never called me back.
    • Extra
      Me too!
    • Another extra
      Me too!
    • joey
    • Joey
      Oh, calm down! She means on the show! We need some new extras around here!
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    • Scene 14

      Chandler and Monica's

    • Gavin
      (Enters) Wow, you're here already.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Yes. Emma and I came in a little early to do research on the presentation. I actually made a few changes, but I think I'm caught up on everything. So ask me anything!
    • Gavin
      How do you fix the chair?
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Except that! (Mr. Zelner enters) Oh, hello, Mr. Zelner. We're all ready for our presentation this afternoon.
    • Mr. Zelner
      Good, because it's in ten minutes.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      What? I can't do that! I have the baby, and Ross is not gonna pick her up for another hour.
    • Mr. Zelner
      Well, then Gavin can give the presentation, okay, we have to do it now. Ralph needs to leave early today. He's going helicopter shopping.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Well, there you go. You win, you win. You get to do the presentation, you'll knock 'em dead, no one will ever remember that I worked here, and then Ralph will buy his helicopter, and Super Gavin will just fly right along side of him!
    • Gavin
      You can do the presentation.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      No, I can't, I have a baby.
    • Gavin
      I'll watch her.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Why would you do that?
    • Gavin
      Because you've worked really hard, and it's your job, and you're a little crazy.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      That's really nice.
    • Gavin
      I should tell you that crying women make me very uncomfortable.
    • rachel
    • Rachel
      Then you're not gonna like what's coming. (Starts crying) I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry. Thank you, thank you.
    • Gavin
      I'm really fine, don't worry, I'm great with children. (To Emma) Gavin Mitchell. Pleased to meet you.
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    • Scene 15

      DOOL set

    • joey
    • Joey
      Please don't fire my friend. Just let me talk to her.
    • Director
      Okay, okay. But this is her last chance.
    • joey
    • Joey
      Thank you, thank you. How about I do something for you? Tomorrow, I'll bring you a hat, cover up the bald?
    • joey
    • Joey
      Hey, listen Pheebs. I was just talking to the director, and he was thinking, maybe this time you don't hit Drake, you just wait on the tables?
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      I can't do that. I'm an actor. I have a process.
    • joey
    • Joey
      You're a masseuse. You have a table with a hole in it.
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      Wait a minute, I see what's happening here. You're threatened.
    • joey
    • Joey
      What?
    • phoebe
    • Phoebe
      Yeah, I'm so good in this scene that I'm stealing focus from you. Well, rise to the challenge Tribianni 'cause I just raised the bar. Come join me up here!
    • joey
    • Joey
      (To the director) Yeah, you can fire her, but I would call security, she won't go easy.
    • new scene
    • Scene 16

      Chandler and Monica's

    • monica
    • Monica
      You faked it? You couldn't have faked it!
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      Oh yes you can. You just make the faces and the noises.
    • monica
    • Monica
      Guys can fake it? Unbelievable. The one thing that's ours! Besides, why would you fake it when we're trying to have a baby?
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      That's actually why. Look, I'm starting a whole new career now, and I'm not saying that I don't want to have a baby, I'm just saying maybe we could wait a little while.
    • monica
    • Monica
      Like a month?
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      Or a year?
    • monica
    • Monica
      Really, you want to wait a year?
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      It could be less than a year. I mean, you've heard my stuff. "Pants. Like shorts, but longer." (Pause) It'll probably be more than a year.
    • monica
    • Monica
      I really wanna have a baby.
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      Yeah, me too. Look, I'll just get my old job back.
    • monica
    • Monica
      No, I want you to have a job that you love. Not statistical analysis and data reconfiguration.
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      I quit and you learn what I do?
    • monica
    • Monica
      It's just, I think, there's never gonna be a right time to have a baby. I mean, now you're unemployed and in a little while you'll find a new job that'll keep you really busy. There's always gonna be a reason not to do this, but I think once the baby comes, forget about all those reasons.
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      I guess. It's always gonna be scary when we have a baby.
    • monica
    • Monica
      It's gonna be really scary. I mean, god. When we have a baby, there's gonna be so much that we're not able to control. I mean, the apartment's gonna be a mess, I won't have time to clean it. What if the baby gets into the ribbon drawer? Messes up all the ribbons?! What if there's no room for a ribbon drawer, because the baby's stuff takes up all the space!? Where will all the ribbons go!?!
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      Should we go make a baby right now before you change your mind?
    • monica
    • Monica
      Yes, please!
    • chandler
    • Chandler
      Oh, and I promise, I will not fake it this time.
    • monica
    • Monica
      I wish I could say the same. I'm a little shook up!
    • [Closing credits]
    • new scene
    • Scene 17

      DOOL set

    • Joey/Drake
      I know you botched that operation on purpose. I can't prove it yet, but when I do, you'll be going to jail for murder. I don't care if you are my brother.
    • Man
      I'm not your brother.
    • Phoebe/Waitress
      What about my children Drake?! Huh!? (She starts running around on the set with a security guy chasing her) No!! No!! No! God!
    • END