S02E10 · SCENE 8/16 · 10:02
The One With Russ · Monica and Rachel's apartment
Sober Bobby is boring

Monica tells Rachel that sober Fun Bobby is dull and boring. Bobby tells a painfully unfunny story about hardware stores. Monica feels trapped because she made him quit drinking.

10:02→11:35
in the episode · 1m 33s · S02E10
Sober Bobby is boring

What happens

10:02–11:35

Monica tells Rachel that sober Fun Bobby is dull and boring. Bobby tells a painfully unfunny story about hardware stores. Monica feels trapped because she made him quit drinking.

WhereMonica and Rachel's apartment
DriverMonica
Positionact1 · complication
ThreadFun Bobby's drinking problem

Key lines

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10:25

There are no hardware stores open past midnight in the Village.

10:40

But apparently there are no hardware stores open past midnight in the Village.

11:12

Okay, okay, don't get all squinky.

11:29

He's probably always been dull. You just, you know set it free.

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Scene DNA

weights 0–1
awkward0.7
double standard0.5
escalation0.5
sad0.3
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Beats

10:25Bobby tells the boring hammer story.

Scene in the episode

10:02–11:35
A · Fun Bobby's drinking problem
B · Rachel dates Ross clone
C · Joey's Days audition dilemma

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Monica Geller232 episodes · drives 572 scenes
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Rachel Greene232 episodes · drives 552 scenes
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Fun BobbyVincent Ventresca4 episodes · drives 1 scenes
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Chandler Bing232 episodes · drives 527 scenes
PB
Phoebe Buffay232 episodes · drives 425 scenes

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