S01E06 · SCENE 9/10 · 17:38
The One With the Butt · Central Perk
Friends console Joey after firing

The friends comfort Joey after he gets fired from the Al Pacino movie.

17:38→20:41
in the episode · 3m 03s · S01E06
Friends console Joey after firing

What happens

17:38–20:41

Joey tells the friends he got fired for overacting. He feels he blew his shot. Rachel reassures him that this wasn't his real shot and that big things will happen. They hug.

WhereCentral Perk
DriverJoey
Positionact3 · resolution
ThreadJoey's acting career

Key lines

from this scene
17:59

Aren't you the guy who plays the butt in the new Al Pacino movie?

18:18

They said I acted too much with it.

19:08

You've gotta keep thinking about the day that some kid will go "I got the part! I'm gonna be Joey Tribbiani's ass!"

19:32

RACHEL: You're gonna leave your shoes out here?

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Scene DNA

weights 0–1
tender0.7
humiliation0.5
comeuppance0.5
sad0.3
monologue

Beats

18:16Joey says he got fired
19:12Rachel says kid will want to be Joey's ass

Scene in the episode

17:38–20:41
A · Joey's acting career
B · Chandler and Aurora
C · Monica's cleanliness obsession

Clips from this episode

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Who's in it

MG
Monica Geller232 episodes · drives 572 scenes
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Rachel Greene232 episodes · drives 552 scenes
PB
Phoebe Buffay232 episodes · drives 425 scenes
RG
Ross Geller232 episodes · drives 707 scenes
CB
Chandler Bing232 episodes · drives 527 scenes
JT
Joey Tribbiani232 episodes · drives 536 scenes

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