Monica and Rachel mistake a neighbor for Bigfoot. Ross ends his marriage after refusing to cut ties with Rachel.
12 Scenes263 Lines
Scene 1
Chandler and Joey's, Monica and Chandler are making out on one of the chairs.
15 lines
Joey
(entering) Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!! None of that, not while you're living under my roof!
Monica
What?!
Joey
Look, just because I know about you two, doesn't mean I like looking at it.
Chandler
Aren't you supposed to be at an audition for another hour?
Joey
Well, I'm sorry if I'm not a middle-aged black woman! (Starts for his room.) And I'm also sorry if sometimes I go to the wrong audition! Okay, look, if I have to pretend I don't know about you two, then you two are gonna have to pretend there's nothing to know about.
Monica
Okay.
Monica
Sorry.
Chandler
Sorry.
(They wait for Joey to go into his room and close the door and then start making out again.)
Joey
(from the bedroom) I can hear that!
Monica
(To Chandler) Rachel's at work.
(They both go to her apartment.)
(Pause.)
Joey
I can still hear you!
OPENING CREDITS
Scene 2
Central Perk, Joey, Chandler, and Monica are there as Phoebe enters carrying a large box.
34 lines
Phoebe
Hey!
Joey
Hey!
Chandler
Hello!
Monica
Hey, what's that?
Phoebe
Yeah, my mom sent me a family heirloom that once belonged to my grandmother. Can you believe it?! A year ago I didn't even have a family, and now I have heirlooms for crying out loud.
(She puts her leg up on the chair and removes this huge knife from her boot to open the box with. The guys are shocked at the knife's existence.)
Phoebe
Eeeee-(She opens the box and removes its contents and sees that it's a fur coat.)-ohh!! God! (She throws it at Joey.)
Joey
Argh-argh!! (Catches the coat.) Ooh, soft. Is this mink?
Phoebe
Yeah! Why would my mother send me a fur? Doesn't she know me but at all! Plus, I have a perfectly fine coat that no innocent animal suffered to make!
Chandler
Yeah, just some 9-year-old Filipino kids who worked their fingers bloody for 12 cents an hour. (Phoebe stares at him wide-eyed. Chandler sees her reaction.) That didn't happen, I made that up!
Ross
(entering) Hey!
Gunther
Oh, Ross? Ross! You can't put up flyers in here.
Ross
How come? Everybody else does.
Gunther
You can't.
Monica
What is that?
Ross
Oh, umm, I'm just getting rid of a couple of things.
Monica
(looking at the flyer) This is all of your things.
Ross
Yes, yes it is! No, but it's good it's-Emily thinks we should get all new stuff. Stuff that's just ours, together. Y'know brand new.
Monica
So basically, this is a getting-rid-of-everything-Rachel-ever-used sale.
Ross
Touched. Used. Sat on. Sleep on.
Gunther
I'll take it all.
Joey
Hey, Ross, you're okay with that?
Ross
Look, if I can just do what Emily wants and get her to New York, I'm sure everything will be fine.
Chandler
Okay, but don't you think this is a little extreme?
Ross
After what I did? Can you blame her?
Phoebe
Oh my God! You got off easy! When my friend Silvie's husband said someone else's name in bed, she cursed him and turned his thingy green.
(Ross suddenly gets up and heads for the bathroom.)
Joey
(after Ross is gone) What is he doing? What, Emily, thinks Ross's furniture has got Rachel coodies?
Monica
Now calm down Joey.
Joey
No! Everything's gettin' all messed up, y'know? Emily won't let Ross see Rachel, we're not gonna stop seeing Rachel, hence Ross stops seeing us!
Phoebe
Oh, I hate this. Everything's changing.
Chandler
Yeah I know, we're losing Ross, Joey said hence...
Monica
Look, I'm not happy about this either, but y'know if-if Ross says he's happy then we're just gonna have to keep our feelings about Emily to ourselves. Are you cool with that?
Joey
No! But y'know, I'm an actor, I'll act cool.
Scene 3
The Storage Room in the basement of Monica and Rachel's building, Monica and Rachel are looking for something.
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Rachel
Ohh, whoa God! Storage rooms give me the creeps! Monica, come on please hurry up honey! Please?
Monica
Rachel, if you want the little round waffles, you gotta have to wait until I find the little waffle iron.
Rachel
I want the little round waffles.
Monica
All right. (Looking through a box.) Op, here it is! Right underneath the can of-of bug bomb. I wonder if the best place to put something that cooks food is underneath the can of poison?
(The single light flickers and goes out. Leaving the room in total darkness.)
Rachel
Okay, y'know what? I'll-I'll have toast!
(She starts to run out but is stopped by a figure looming out of the darkness carrying a pick axe.)
Rachel
Arghhhh!!!!!!
(They both start screaming at the top of their lungs.)
Monica
Oh my God! Fog him! Fog him!
(Rachel grabs the bug bomb, activates it, throws it at the figure, and they both run out through the fog.)
Scene 4
Central Perk, Chandler, Joey, and Phoebe are there.
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Phoebe
I don't know what I'm gonna do about this coat.
Joey
I'll take it!
Phoebe
That might work! (She gives him the coat.)
Joey
Ooh-ooh-ooh, yeah! (He drapes it around his shoulders.) Enh? All right, what do you think?
Chandler
You're on in 5 Ms. Minnelli.
Ross
(on the phone) No-no-no, it's just a bit sudden. (Listens) No, it's great. Okay? I'm totally on board. I love you too, all righty. Bye. (Hangs up.)
Joey
What's the matter Ross?
Ross
Nothing. Oh, actually, great news! I just got off the phone with Emily and it looks like I'm moving to a new apartment. Woo-hoo!
Phoebe
Why?
Ross
Well, her thought is, and I agree, fresh new furniture, why not a fresh new apartment? Her cousin has this great place to sublet, it's got a view of the river on one side and Columbia on the other.
Joey
That's way uptown! That's like three trains away! (Phoebe pinches him.) Which is great! I love to ride that rail!
Chandler
So you're really okay with this?
Ross
Yes! Yes! I mean it's-it's kinda far from work, but uh, y'know, I'll get so much done on the commute. I-I've been given the gift of time!
Chandler
Now that's so funny, because last Christmas I got the gift of space. We should get them together and make a continuum.
(Ross exits.)
Joey
Now he's movin'? Man, what is Emily doing to him? (Phoebe pinches him again.) Ow!! He's not even here!!!
(Monica and Rachel enter breathless.)
Rachel
You guys! You guys!
Monica
We were, we were just in the storage area and we saw this really creepy man!
Rachel
It was like this crazy-eyed, hairy beast man! He was like a, like a bigfoot or a yeti or something!
Monica
And he came at us with an axe, so Rachel had to use a bug bomb on him!
Rachel
(proud of herself) Yeah, I-I-I just pulled the tab and I just fogged his yeti ass!
Joey
Uhh, like dark hair, bushy beard?
Rachel
Yeah!
Joey
Yeah, you fogged Danny.
Rachel
Please! We did not fog Danny! Who's Danny?
Joey
Dan just moved in downstairs. Yeah, he just got back from like this four-month trek in the Andes. Nice fella.
Monica
Oh he's nice. He's nice! Y'know, you always stick up for the people we fog!
Scene 5
Their Building, Monica and Rachel are going to apologize to Danny. Rachel knocks on his door, which he opens and he has this really bushy beard and long hair. Picture Paul Bunyan.
20 lines
Danny
Yeah?
Rachel
Hi! You might not remember us, but we are the girls that fogged you.
Monica
We're-we're really sorry we fogged you.
Danny
Okay.
(He closes the door. Rachel's not happy with that and knocks again. He opens the door.)
Rachel
Hi! Just so you know, we-we didn't mean to fog you, we thought you were like a yeti or something.
Danny
Okay.
(He closes the door again. Once again, Rachel knocks (harder this time) and he answers it.)
Danny
Yesss?
Rachel
Hi! Sorry to bother you, but I don't think we can accept your acceptance of our apology, it just doesn't really seem like you mean it.
Monica
Yeah.
Danny
O-kay!
(He closes the door before Rachel can say anything.)
Monica
Wow! That guy is so rude!
Rachel
Really! What is with that guy? I mean you'd forgive me if I fogged you.
Monica
Well you did a little bit.
Rachel
Oh my God, honey, I'm so sorry!
Monica
I totally forgive you!
Rachel
Really?
Monica
Yes!
Scene 6
Monica and Rachel's, Monica is making a drink as Phoebe enters with the fur coat.
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Phoebe
Hey!
Monica
Hey!
Phoebe
So listen, you know my friend Chris who owns the crematorium?
Monica
Crematorium Chris? Sure!
Phoebe
He says, that he would cremate my fur coat for free if I umm, y'know, bring in the next person I know who dies.
(Rachel enters from the bathroom and sees the coat.)
Rachel
Oh my God! Oh my God, look at these pelts!
Monica
Don't get too attached, she's having it cremated.
Rachel
What? Uhh, Phoebe, honey, honey, I know you're quirky and I get a big kick out of it, we all do actually, but if you destroy a coat like this that is like a crime against nature! Not nature, fashion!
Phoebe
This is fashion?! (Grabs the coat from Rachel.) Okay, so to you, death is fashion?! That's really funny. (She puts the coat on and starts to model it.) Here's Phoebe umm, sporting uh, y'know, cutting edge hairy carcass from y'know, the steal traps of wintry Russia. I mean, you really thing this looks good? (Sees herself in the mirror.) 'Cause I do.
Scene 7
Ross's Apartment, the gang is helping Ross move out by carrying boxes. Chandler has picked a particularly large and apparently heavy box, because he takes a running start at it and still can't budge it.
23 lines
Ross
(on phone) I know I miss you too. I can't wait to see you. I love you. Bye. (Hangs up.)
Chandler
Okay, what is in here? Rocks?
Ross
No-no, this is my collection of fossil samples.
Chandler
So, rocks.
(He picks up a smaller box and carries it to the moving van as Joey returns.)
Ross
I'm really gonna miss this apartment. Y'know, Ben-Ben took his first steps right over there. (Points.)
Joey
Ohh. Hey, remember when I ran into this thing (The shutters that close off the kitchen.) and it kinda knocked me out a little?
Ross
I loved this place! To tell you the truth, I wish I didn't have to move.
Joey
Uhh, are you saying that you're not entirely happy about this?
Ross
Well, I mean if uh, if Emily gave me a choice...
Joey
You do have a choice!! Ross, why are you listening to her?! Are you, are you crazy?!
Ross
Why?
Joey
It's not right what Emily wants you to do! She is totally-(The gang enters behind Joey and Phoebe pinches him again.)-Owww!! Stop pinching me! Look, now you guys said I only had to keep my mouth shut as long as Ross was happy, right? Well he just told me that he's not entirely happy.
Ross
What's going on?
Joey
We all hate Emily!
Phoebe
Nooo!!
Monica
No, Ross, we do not hate Emily. We-we just, we just think that you're having to sacrifice a whole lot to make her happy.
Joey
Yeah!
Chandler
Look, we just think that maybe she's being a little unreasonable.
Joey
Yes! Yes! Unreasonable!
Ross
Unreasonable? How about we have this conversation when one of you guys gets married! You have no idea what it takes to make a marriage work! All right, it's about compromise! Do you always like it? No! Do you do it? Yes! Because it's not all laughing, happy, candy in the sky, drinking coffee at Central Perk all the time! It's real life, okay? It's what grown-ups do! (He storms out.)
Phoebe
I think he's right. You guys hang out at the coffeehouse way too much.
COMMERCIAL BREAK
Scene 8
Central Perk, Monica, Phoebe, Joey, and Chandler are recovering from Ross's rebuke.
11 lines
Monica
God, I feel so guilty about Ross.
Phoebe
Oh, I know.
Joey
I kinda feel like it's my fault.
(Monica and Chandler turn and stare at him.)
Chandler
Kind of? If you just kept this to yourself none of this would've happened.
Joey
Well, I'm keeping so many things to myself these days, something was bound to slip out! (He glares at Chandler.)
Chandler
Well, I think it's very brave what you said.
(Monica pats Joey on the shoulder.)
Phoebe
All right, I can't sit here anymore. I have to walk places. (She puts on her fur coat.)
Chandler
Pheebs, what are you doing with the coat? How about the whole animal rights thing?
Phoebe
Well, I've been reading up and for your information, minks are not very nice. Okay, I admit it! I love this coat! Okay, I-it's the best thing I've ever had wrapped around me, including Phil Huntley! (She starts to leave but stops and says to Monica.) Remember Phil Huntley? He was fine!
Scene 9
Their building's lobby, Danny is checking his mailbox as Rachel enters carrying shopping bags and goes to her mailbox. Danny has shaved his beard and cut his hair, Rachel doesn't recognize him.
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Rachel
Hi!
Danny
So you like the short hair better.
Rachel
What? Yeti-I mean Danny?
Danny
I had to cut my hair to get rid of the uh, fogger smell.
Rachel
Oh. Listen, I'm so sorry. I would, I would've never fogged you if y'know if you hadn't looked so.... Y'know.
Danny
Absolutely. Some people are just into appearances.
Rachel
(shocked) What?
Danny
That's cool. Cool. (Starts to leave.)
Rachel
What? Hey! No-no-no! This not cool! You don't even know me!
Danny
Come on, you got the shopping bags and the Sack's catalog.
Rachel
So from that you think you've got me all figured out? Well, you don't! Y'know I-I could have toys for underprivileged kids in here!
Danny
Do you?
Rachel
Well, y'know, if-if kids like to play with Capri pants.
Danny
Okay. (Heads for his apartment.)
Rachel
And stop saying that! I hate that!
Danny
Okay!
(Rachel decides not to give up that easily and follows him to his apartment and bangs on the door, which he opens.)
Rachel
Fine! I judged you. I made a snap judgement. But you did it too! And you are worse because you are sticking to your stupid snap judgement! You can't even open up your mind for a second to see if you're wrong! What does that say about you?
Danny
The pizza-place across the street any good?
Rachel
What?!
Danny
I'm hungry. Wanna get some pizza? You can keep yelling if there's more.
Rachel
Okay. Okay.
Danny
Stop saying that. I hate that.
Scene 10
Ross's now empty apartment, he is spackling some holes shut as the gang comes to apologize.
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Chandler
Uh, Ross?
Phoebe
Are you still mad at us?
Ross
Yep.
Phoebe
Oh good! Because we have an "I'm sorry" song.
Ross
Y'know what? I'm really not in the mood.
Joey
Look, Ross, I feel really bad. I mean, you're going through all this stuff and I just acted like a jerk.
Chandler
Yeah, we are so sorry.
Phoebe
(To Chandler) You're kinda stepping on the song. (She gets ready to play but is stopped by...)
Joey
Look, we were way out of line, we totally support you.
Monica
Whatever you decide, whatever you do.
Phoebe
Okay, now you're just taking lines right out of the song!
Ross
Look, this is hard enough! I really need you guys right now.
Phoebe
Yes! Exactly! And that's why...
(She starts to play her song, but is stopped by Monica.)
Monica
Why don't you come over tonight? And I'll make you favorite dinner.
Ross
Okay. Thanks you guys. Pheebs are you wearing fur?
Phoebe
Okay, let's get some perspective people; it's not like I'm wearing a seeing-eye dog coat!
Scene 11
Monica and Rachel's, the gang, minus Rachel, are getting ready for dinner.
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Joey
Hey, y'know Ross, I think I kinda understand why I kinda lost it today.
Ross
You do, huh?
Joey
Yeah you see umm, well, I'm an actor. Right? So I gotta keep my emotions right at the surface y'know? See what I'm saying? I gotta lot of balls in the air. (Makes like he's juggling.) Y'know what I mean? It's tough! Guys like me, y'know, you wander around, you're alone...
Ross
What are you talking about?
Joey
(thinks) I'm not sure.
Rachel
(entering) Hi!
Monica
Hey, look at you! Where have you been?
Rachel
Oh, I went to have pizza. With Danny.
Monica
How did that happen?
Rachel
That yeti is one smooth talker.
Monica
I hope you're not full, 'cause dinner's almost ready.
Rachel
Yeah, y'know I-I think I'm just gonna hang out in my room.
Everyone
No! Why?
Rachel
Come on you guys! Listen, if Emily knew I was here having dinner you with you she would flip out and you know it. It's okay, I really... I don't mind.
Ross
Wait! Wait! Wait! Y'know what? Just stay. Please? It uh... It would really mean a lot to me if you stayed.
Rachel
Ross, I...
Joey
RACHEL PLEASE!!! JUST HAVE DINNER WITH US!!!
Rachel
Okay. Okay. Joey, it's okay. Settle down.
Joey
All right, I-I'm sorry. I'm sorry. You see Rach I'm an actor...
[Time lapse, dinner is now finished and Ross is looking out the window.]
Ross
Hey! Hey, look! Ugly Naked Guy's back!
(They all run over to the window.)
Rachel
I haven't seen him in so long!
Phoebe
Oh God, I really missed that fat bastard!
(Pause.)
Monica
Wow, this is so weird. I just realized this might be the last time we'll all be hanging out together.
Joey
It's almost as if he knew.
(The phone rings.)
Monica
I'll get it. (On phone.) Hello. (Listens.) Hi Emily! (Listens.) Yeah, uh you-you tracked him down. Hold on one second. (She hands the phone to Ross.)
Ross
Hey! (Listens.) Yeah-yeah, we're just having dinner. (Listens.) Uh, yeah, sure uh hold on. (To the gang.) She wants to say hi. (To Emily) Hold on.
(Ross puts her on speakerphone.)
Phoebe
Hi Emily!
Chandler
Hi!
Emily
Hello everyone. So who am I saying hello too?
Joey
Well uh, I don't know about who's here, but I can tell you for damn sure who's not here and that's Rachel!!
Emily
(laughs) Well, I should hope not. Ross knows better than that by now.
(Rachel waves her hands in disgust and starts to head for her room.)
Ross
Y'know what? Uh, Rachel is here! (Rachel stops.)
Emily
She's there?!
Chandler
Oh yeah, there-there she is!
Ross
Yeah, yeah, she's here.
Emily
Ross, take me off speakerphone.
(He does so.)
Ross
(on phone) Hi.
Emily
How can you do this too me?! I thought I'd made my feelings about Rachel perfectly clear!
Ross
(going onto the patio) Look Emily, I'm just having dinner with my friends, okay?
Emily
You obviously can't keep away from her.
Ross
Emily that's ridiculous. Look, I'm-I'm moving for you, I'm cutting friends out of my life for you. Please, just get on the plane and come to New York. Okay, you'll see you're the only person I want to be with.
Emily
I'll feel better when I'm there, and I can know where you are all the time.
Ross
Well, you can't know where I am all the time. Look, this marriage is never gonna work if you don't trust me.
Emily
You're right.
Ross
So, can you trust me?
(Pause.)
Emily
No.
(Ross lowers his head.)
[Cut to the inside of the apartment.]
Joey
I think it's going okay. Looks like he's smiling.
Monica
How can you tell? You can only see the back of his head!
Joey
You can totally tell! Here look, watch me. (He stands up and turns his back to them so that he is facing the window.) Smile! Frown. Smile! Frown. (The camera cuts to Ross outside hanging up the phone.) Smile! (Ross turns around and sees Joey alternately smiling and frowning and just stares at him for a second and heads back inside.)
Ross
Well, I guess that's it.
Everyone
Why, what happened?
Joey
What happened? What happened?
Ross
My marriage is over.
Everyone
What?!
Monica
Oh, sweetie. Oh, look at you. You're shivering.
Phoebe
Here. (She wraps her coat around his shoulders.)
Rachel
Ross, honey, is there anything we can do?
Ross
Yeah. You can help me get my furniture back from Gunther.
CLOSING CREDITS
Scene 12
A curbside newsstand, Phoebe is whistling and walking up to it wearing her fur coat. She stops and starts to look through a magazine and notices a squirrel on a nearby tree chirping at her.
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Phoebe
(to the squirrel) Okay, stop tormenting me! This mink! Okay, they're mean! And they hate squirrels! And y'know, okay, most of these probably wanted to be coats! (The squirrel stares at her.) All right, fine, now I get it. (To the clerk.) Here. (She hands him her coat.) You take it. (To the squirrel.) Are you happy now? I'm cold!