S02E17

The One Where Eddie Moves In

Chandler gets a strange new roommate. Phoebe films a music video for ‘Smelly Cat.' Ross and Monica clash over his constant presence at her apartment.

15 Scenes253 Lines
Scene 1

Joey's new apartment. Everyone but Chandler is there. Joey has decorated the place with tons of tacky stuff.

24 lines
joey
Joey
Huh? So whaddya think? Casa de Joey. Huh? I decorated it myself.
ross
Ross
Get out.
Everyone
No.
monica
Monica
[looking at some kind of glass sculpture thing] Wow Joey, this is, uhh...
joey
Joey
Art.
monica
Monica
Art it is.
ross
Ross
[looking at a glass table with a panther shaped base] Look, check this out. Is it a coffee table, is it a panther? There's no need to decide.
rachel
Rachel
[holding a pillow made out of 4 inch red fur] Hey, nice pillow. So now tell me, is this genuine Muppet skin?
phoebe
Phoebe
[looking at a water sculpture that looks like a window with rain running down it] Hey, excellent, excellent water-table thing.
joey
Joey
Thanks, yeah. I love this but ya know what, it makes me wanna pee.
phoebe
Phoebe
Yeah, well me too, yeah. I think that's the challenge.
joey
Joey
Hey, how come, uhh, Chandler didn't come?
ross
Ross
Well uh, it's cause he had a thing with, wi-, with the thing.
joey
Joey
Right, I go-, I got it.
phoebe
Phoebe
So why don't ya show us the rest of your casa?
joey
Joey
Yeah. Uh, oh, OH, the best part, c'mon. [leads them to the bathroom, gestures towards toilet, everyone stares, uncomprehending] Heh?
rachel
Rachel
Hey, nice toilet.
joey
Joey
No no no, behind it.
ross
Ross
Wha-, you have a phone in here?
joey
Joey
That's right, I have a phone in here.
monica
Monica
Joey, promise me something.
joey
Joey
Yeah.
monica
Monica
Never call me from that phone.
OPENING CREDITS
Scene 2

Central Perk. Monica, Chandler, and Ross are seated. Rachel is walking over with coffee and a piece of pie.

22 lines
[Someone bumps into Rachel and she drops the pie in a guy's hood that's seated at the table. She improvises by using the plate as a saucer for the coffee.]
rachel
Rachel
OK, here we go. Honey, I'm sorry, they were all out of apple pie, someone just got the last piece.
[Phoebe enters]
phoebe
Phoebe
Oh my God, oh my God, oh my God, oh my God. You are not gonna believe this. I have just been discovered.
chandler
Chandler
Now wait a minute, I claimed you in the name of France four years ago.
phoebe
Phoebe
Anyway, OK, now promise you won't like, freak out and say how great this is until I'm done, OK.
Everyone
OK.
phoebe
Phoebe
OK. I just met this producer of this like, teeny record company, who said that I have a very fresh, offbeat sound and she wants to do a demo of Smelly Cat.
Everyone
[congradulating her and celebrating]
phoebe
Phoebe
I told you not to do that yet. And, she wants to do a video.
Everyone
[celebrating more]
phoebe
Phoebe
I'm not done yet, OK. God. OK, if that goes well, they may even want to make an album.
[everyone is quiet, unsure if she's done or not]
phoebe
Phoebe
I'm done now.
Everyone
[celebrating]
[the guy with the pie in his hood get up to leave]
rachel
Rachel
Oh God. Ross, OK, if you care about me at all, you will get the pie out of the man's hood.
ross
Ross
Get the what?
rachel
Rachel
Pie in the hood, pie in the hood. Go.
[Ross goes over behind the guy and grabs the pie out of his hood as he leaves]
Guy
What're you doing?
ross
Ross
I'm sorry, my pie was, was in your hood. Now I just have to get the coffee out of that guy's pants and I'll be back in the hospital by 7. [swats at an imaginary insect by his head, guy leaves promptly]
Scene 3

Monica and Rachel's apartment. Monica is outside the bathroom yelling at Ross who's in the bathroom.

18 lines
monica
Monica
Damnit Ross, get your butt out of the bathroom.
ross
Ross
Calm down, I'm blow drying.
[Rachel enters with laundry and starts folding]
monica
Monica
Blow drying what, you have no hair.
rachel
Rachel
What's goin' on?
monica
Monica
Your boyfriend has been in there for over an hour. I can't believe it, it's like I'm living with him again. He's here when I go to sleep, he's here when I wake up, he's here when I want to use the shower, ughh. It's like I'm sixteen all over again .
rachel
Rachel
Well, you're not sixteen, you're both adults now.
monica
Monica
GET OUT YOU DUFUS!!
rachel
Rachel
Or ya know, he's rubber and you're glue.
ross
Ross
[comes out] All yours.
monica
Monica
I hope you cleaned your hair out of the drain.
ross
Ross
[in a childish voice] I hope you cleaned your hair out of the drain.
monica
Monica
Shut up.
ross
Ross
[childish voice] Shut up.
monica
Monica
Cut it out.
ross
Ross
[childish voice] Mi-mi-mii.
[Monica goes in the bathroom]
rachel
Rachel
[sarcastically] I've never wanted you more.
Scene 4

Chandler's apartment. Chandler is sitting on the bar wearing huge dog-slippers

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chandler
Chandler
So, whaddya say boys, should I call him? [squeezes the ear of one of the slippers and it barks] Well, ya know what they say. Ask your slippers a question... you're going crazy.
[Joey's apartment, phone rings]
joey
Joey
Hello.
chandler
Chandler
Hey.
joey
Joey
Hey!
chandler
Chandler
Listen, I'm, I'm sorry I didn't make it over there today.
joey
Joey
Oh, that's OK. You uh, you had a thing.
chandler
Chandler
Yeah well, I hear the place looks great.
joey
Joey
Ahh, forget about it, I'm havin' a ball. How's the apartment doin'
chandler
Chandler
Oh hey, it's, it's terriffic. I mean it's a regular space... fest.
joey
Joey
Oh, well great.
chandler
Chandler
Yeah I just... wanted to call and say hey.
joey
Joey
Well OK then. [oven timer goes off behind Chandler] Was that the oven timer?
chandler
Chandler
That's right my friend. It's time for...
Both
Baywatch!! [both turn on TV's]
joey
Joey
Oh, can you believe they gave Stephanie skin cancer?
chandler
Chandler
I still can't believe they promoted her to lieutenant.
joey
Joey
Naa, you're just sayin' that 'cause you're in love with Yasmine Blepe.
chandler
Chandler
Well, how could anyone not be in love with Yasmine Blepe?
joey
Joey
Hey, hey, they're runnin'
chandler
Chandler
See, this is the brilliance of the show. I say always keep them running. All the time, running. Run. Run Yasmine, run like the wind.
Scene 5

Central Perk. Joey is sitting between Monica and Phoebe.

5 lines
monica
Monica
But I thought you wanted to live by yourself.
joey
Joey
I did. I thought it'd be great. I figured I'd have like, time alone with my thoughts but, ya know, it turns out I don't have as many thoughts as you'd think.
phoebe
Phoebe
Joey, why don't you talk to Chandler about moving back?
joey
Joey
You really think he'd take me? I mean, we had a pretty good talk last night but, when I moved out, I hurt him bad.
monica
Monica
I promise you, he would definitely want you back.
Scene 6

Chandler's apartment. Chandler is sitting between Rachel and Ross.

6 lines
ross
Ross
I'm telling you, there's no way he's moving back.
chandler
Chandler
But we had one of the greatest talks we ever had last night. I mean it was, it was like when we first started living together.
ross
Ross
Look, I know you don't want to hear this right now but, we've seen him in his new place, alright. And he's happy, he's, he's decorated.
rachel
Rachel
Look, Chandler, he has moved on, OK, you have to too.
chandler
Chandler
But...
ross
Ross
No. You're just gonna have to accept the fact that you're just friends now, OK, you're not... rommmates anymore.
Scene 7

Recording studio. Phoebe is getting ready to record Smelly Cat.

8 lines
Producer
OK Phoebe, you ready to try one?
phoebe
Phoebe
OK. [singing] Smelly cat, smell-ly cat, what are they feeding you? Smelly cat [back up singers start singing smelly, smelly, smelly, smelly behind her] Oh woah, oh my God. I mean like, who was that?
Producer
They're your backup singers... beind you.
phoebe
Phoebe
OH!! Oh I thought they were just watching me. You know, like at, like at an aquarium, ya know.
Producer
Alrighty. From the top.
phoebe
Phoebe
OK. [singing] Smelly cat, smell-ly cat, what are they feeding you? Smelly cat [back up singers - smelly, smelly, smelly, really bad smelly cat, it's not your fault] OK, sorry. I'm just, I'm just not getting that everyone um, gets how smelly this cat acually is. I just think that maybe if we could talk about this, 'cause I need to feel that you really care about the cat.
Producer
Honey, uh we, we can talk about this. It's just that it's costing about a hundred dollars a minute to be in here.
phoebe
Phoebe
Oh OK. So, um, the cat stinks but you love it, let's go.
Scene 8

Monica and Chandler's apartment. Ross is on the phone.

14 lines
ross
Ross
No, there is no way he was a velociraptor. No Tony, look at the cranial ridge, OK. If Dino was a velociraptor, he would have eaten the Flintstones. Yeah, yeah. [Monica comes out of her room] Oh, were you takin' a nap?
monica
Monica
I was.
ross
Ross
Oh I-, Oh wait, Tony can you hang on? That's the other line. [gets the other line] Hello. Oh yeah she's here but uh, can she call you back? OK thanks. [hangs up the other line] Call Joanna. [back on with Tony] Hi.
monica
Monica
Did she leave a number?
ross
Ross
Did you see me write one down?
monica
Monica
I don't have her number, butt-munch.
ross
Ross
Well, she'll call back, don't be such a baby.
monica
Monica
I'm not a baby, you're the baby.
ross
Ross
Look, you wanna get off my back?
monica
Monica
You wanna get out of my face?
ross
Ross
Wait hold on Tony, hold on. [answers second line] Hello. Hi, yeah no, she's right here. Um hold on. [gets first line] Hi Tony, can I call you back? That's uh, that's my sister's boyfriend.
monica
Monica
Give me that.
ross
Ross
OK.
monica
Monica
Hi sweetie, look before I forget, did I leave my diaphram at your place? Hi mom. [she starts throwing oranges at Ross who's looking pleased with himself]
Scene 9

Chandler's apartment. Chandler is sitting on the bar, bouncing a ball against the door. Joey walks in right as he throws the ball and catches it.

17 lines
joey
Joey
Hey.
chandler
Chandler
So uhh, how's the palace?
joey
Joey
You know it's funny you should mention that 'cause I was thinkin'... what's with the boxes?
chandler
Chandler
Oh, uhh, actually I uh, have some news.
Eddie
Hey Chan, is that Joey guy gonna come by and pick up his moose hat or should I just toss it out?
chandler
Chandler
Well, uh, why don't you ask him yourself. Joey, this is my new roommate Eddie.
Eddie
Nice to meet ya.
joey
Joey
Likewise. Uh, I'll take that. [grabs moose hat] It's what I came for. So, this is new. Where'd you two meet?
Eddie
At the uh, supermarket, in the uh, ethnic food section. I helped him pick out a chorizo.
joey
Joey
Wow.
chandler
Chandler
Well you know, we got to talking and uh, he said he needed a place and I had a spare room.
joey
Joey
Oh, now it's a spare room?
chandler
Chandler
Well yeah, in that it's not being used and I... have it to spare.
joey
Joey
Well I uh, got what I came for. [puts on moose hat] I'll uh, I'll see you guys.
chandler
Chandler
Hey Jo. When'd you start usin' mousse in your hair?
Eddie
[annoying laugh] Is this guy great or what?
joey
Joey
Yeah, yeah he is. [leaves]
Scene 10

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

15 lines
monica
Monica
I can't believe he has a new roommate. Who is this guy?
ross
Ross
Uh, Eddie something. He just met him.
rachel
Rachel
It'll never last, he's just a rebound roommate.
[Phoebe enters]
phoebe
Phoebe
Hey.
Everyone
Hey.
phoebe
Phoebe
Oh, check it out, oh check it out. It's Smelly Cat the video.
Everyone
[cheer]
phoebe
Phoebe
Now OK, I haven't seen it yet so, if you don't like it, well, so what, none of you ever made a video. [puts the tape in] OK.
[The video is a very dramatic episode with an obviously dubbed voice for Phoebe. Everyone watches in disbeliefe]
phoebe
Phoebe
Oh my God.
ross
Ross
I know.
phoebe
Phoebe
I sound amazing. I, I, I've never heard myself sing before. I mean, except in my own head. Oh, this is so cool, now I can hear what you hear.
rachel
Rachel
Pretty uhm, different huh?
phoebe
Phoebe
Oh, I am sorry but I am incredibly talented.
Scene 11

Chandler and Eddie's apartment. Joey stops by. Chandler is reading the paper and Eddie is fixing eggs.

25 lines
Eddie
Hi Joey, what's goin' on man?
joey
Joey
Eddie.
chandler
Chandler
Morning.
joey
Joey
Morning. I just uh, came by to pick up my mail. [looks for the mail on the table by the door, it's not there] Where's the mail?
chandler
Chandler
Oh it's uh, over there on the table.
joey
Joey
You don't keep it over here on this table any more?
chandler
Chandler
No, Eddie likes to keep it over there.
Eddie
Alright, here you go my friend. Eggs a-la Eddie, huh?
chandler
Chandler
Oh, ooh.
joey
Joey
Huh.
chandler
Chandler
What?
joey
Joey
No I just uh, thought you liked your eggs with the bread with the hole in the middle, a-la me.
chandler
Chandler
Well I do, but uh, Eddie makes them this way and, well they're pretty darn good.
Eddie
Well you guys, I'm outta here. See ya pals.
chandler
Chandler
See ya. [Eddie leaves]
joey
Joey
So how you two gettin' along?
chandler
Chandler
Oh, I couldn't be happier.
joey
Joey
Great, well, I'm happy for ya. [picks up the orange juice carton and it's empty] Alright that's it. He just comes in here, Mr. Jonny Neweggs, with his, his, his movin' the mail and his, his 'see ya pals'. And now there's no juice. There's no juice f or the people who need the juice and want the juice. I need the juice.
chandler
Chandler
There's another carton right over there.
joey
Joey
Hey, this isn't about juice anymore, alright man.
chandler
Chandler
Alright, so what's it about?
joey
Joey
Eggs. Who's eggs do you like better, his or mine, huh?
chandler
Chandler
Well I like both eggs equally.
joey
Joey
Oh come on. Nobody likes two different kinds of eggs equally. You like one better than the other and I wanna know which.
chandler
Chandler
Well what's the difference? Your eggs aren't here anymore, are they? You took your eggs and you left. You really expect me to never find new eggs?
Scene 12

Monica and Rachel's apartment. Ross and Monica are fighting over the remote.

36 lines
monica
Monica
I wanna watch Entertainment Tonight.
ross
Ross
Tough noogies, we're watching Predators of the Serengetti.
rachel
Rachel
Would you guys stop.
monica
Monica
It's my TV.
ross
Ross
Wha-, oh, quit it.
monica
Monica
Bite me.
rachel
Rachel
Oh my God.
ross
Ross
Well, Monica keeps changin' the channel.
monica
Monica
Oh that's great, why don't you tell mommy on me.
rachel
Rachel
Now I'm mommy in this little play? Alright look, I refuse to get sucked into this like, weird little Geller dimension thing OK. So I'm gonna go and take a nice long hot bubble bath because you kids are driving me crazy. [goes in the bathroom]
monica
Monica
OK, what're we gonna do about this?
ross
Ross
Well, I guess we could tape Entertainment Tonight.
monica
Monica
Not that, this, US. Oh my God, Ross, you-re, you're, it's jus-, you-, ever sin- you been here.
ross
Ross
Ow, ow, OK. Alright, alright, Mon, Mon, you've gone ultrasonic again, alright.
monica
Monica
I just can't stand you being here all the time.
ross
Ross
Why, why, why can't you stand me being here? I don't, I, we're just, ya know, we're just havin' fun.
monica
Monica
Fun? Fun, you think this is fun?
ross
Ross
Yeah, c'mon I mean I though, you know, I thought we're just foolin' around. Like when, uh, when we were kids.
monica
Monica
Ross, I hated you when we were kids.
ross
Ross
You hated me when we were kids?
monica
Monica
Yes. I hated you. I mean I, I, loved you in a 'you're my brother so I have to' kind of way, but basically, yeah, I hated your guts.
ross
Ross
Why did you hate me?
monica
Monica
Because, you were mean to me and you, you teased me and you always, always got your way.
ross
Ross
And that wasn't fun for you?
monica
Monica
Duh-huh!
ross
Ross
I can't believe you hated me.
monica
Monica
Now I love you. And not just 'cause I have to.
ross
Ross
Really?
monica
Monica
Yeah. You're just gonna have to stop pissing me off.
ross
Ross
I can do that.
monica
Monica
Then I won't have to kill you.
ross
Ross
So you wanna watch uh, Entertainment Tonight?
monica
Monica
Yeah, thanks. You know what?
ross
Ross
What?
monica
Monica
If you really want to watch that Serengetti thing, you can.
ross
Ross
Ohh... OK. [changes the channel]
Scene 13

Central Perk. Ross, Rachel, and Monica are hanging out.

16 lines
[Phoebe enters]
phoebe
Phoebe
Hey.
Everyone
Hey.
phoebe
Phoebe
Listen. You are not going to believe this but, that is not me singing on the video.
Everyone
No.
phoebe
Phoebe
Yes.
rachel
Rachel
Well, how did you find out?
phoebe
Phoebe
Well, OK, the record company sent over this piece of paper for me to sign, saying that it's OK for someone else to sing for me. That was my first clue.
monica
Monica
So what're you gonna do?
phoebe
Phoebe
Well, I can't work with people who would do this.
monica
Monica
Sure.
phoebe
Phoebe
I mean this poor woman.
ross
Ross
What woman?
phoebe
Phoebe
The voice woman. Ya know, I mean, she has a great voice but she doesn't have a video.
rachel
Rachel
OK, Phoebs. But what about you?
phoebe
Phoebe
Well I have a video, you have to pay attention. No this, this voice woman, she's so talented but, according to the producer people, they said she doesn't have like the right look or something, ya know. I mean, it's like, she's like one of those an imals at the pound who like nobody wants 'cause they're not pretty enough or you know. Like, like some old dog who's just kind of like stinky and. Huuuuh, oh my God, she's smelly cat. Oh, oh that song has so many levels.
Scene 14

Chandler and Eddie's apartment.

14 lines
chandler
Chandler
Hey Eddie, you uh, wanna play some foosball?
Eddie
No thanks man, I'm not uh, I'm not really into sports.
chandler
Chandler
[stares in disbeliefe] Yeah o-, OK, alright. [oven timer goes off] Doesn't matter, time for Baywatch.
Eddie
Y-, y-, you like that show?
chandler
Chandler
You don't like that show?
Eddie
Wha-, n-, no. I mean it's just a bunch of pretty people runnin' around on the beach, ya know.
chandler
Chandler
Well that's the brilliance of it. The pretty people... and the running.
Eddie
I tell ya, I-, I'm gonna go read in my room for a little while.
chandler
Chandler
Oh o-, OK man.
[Joey's place. He's watching Baywatch, lauging. He goes to say something to Chandler in the other chair but no one's there. He goes to call Chandler but decides not to.]
[Chandler's. He's playing foosball by himself.]
[Joey's. Playing ping pong by himself.]
[All by myself is playing. Chandler is sitting in front of a window while it's raining outside. We see Joey through a rainy window. The camera zooms out to show it's just his tabletop water sculpture.]
CLOSING CREDITS
Scene 15

Central Perk. Phoebe is performing Smelly Cat.

12 lines
phoebe
Phoebe
[singing] Smelly cat, smell-ly cat, what are they feeding you? Everybody.
Everyone
Smelly cat, smell-ly cat, it's not your fault.
phoebe
Phoebe
Monica.
monica
Monica
[sings] They won't take you to the vet.
phoebe
Phoebe
Chandler.
chandler
Chandler
[reluctantly sings] You're obviously not their favorite pet.
monica
Monica
Joey.
joey
Joey
[sings] It may not be a bed of roses.
phoebe
Phoebe
Rachel.
rachel
Rachel
[sings] And you're no friend to those with noses.
phoebe
Phoebe
Uh, Ross, those are the only lines we have, sorry. OK, you guys, once more.
END