S01E12 · SCENE 20/17 · 20:31
The One With the Dozen Lasagnas · Rachel's apartment balcony and living room
Ross learns baby's sex

Rachel accidentally reveals Ross is having a boy, shocking him.

20:31→22:41
in the episode · 2m 10s · S01E12
Ross learns baby's sex

What happens

20:31–22:41

Ross argues that not all guys are like Paolo. Rachel says she's sure Ross's son won't grow up to be one. Ross realizes he is having a boy and celebrates. The others reveal they already knew.

WhereRachel's apartment balcony and living room
DriverRoss
Positionact3 · reveal
ThreadPaolo's pass and breakup

Key lines

from this scene
20:36

Any cookies left? Yeah.

20:47

I think what you need is to develop a more sophisticated screening process.

21:07

And I'm sure your little boy's not gonna grow up to be one.

22:33

One more game? Oh, yeah.

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Scene DNA

weights 0–1
secret exposed0.8
triumphant0.6
awkward0.4
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Beats

21:13Rachel reveals Ross is having a boy.
21:33Ross celebrates having a son.

Scene in the episode

20:31–22:41
A · Baby gender secret
B · Table shopping
C · Paolo's pass and breakup

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

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