S02E18 · SCENE 7/20 · 06:32
The One Where Dr. Ramoray Dies · Monica and Rachel's apartment
Joey's Soap Opera Digest interview

Joey brags about making up his own lines in an interview.

06:32→08:25
in the episode · 1m 53s · S02E18
Joey's Soap Opera Digest interview

What happens

06:32–08:25

Joey shows off his Soap Opera Digest interview where he claims to write his own lines. The friends warn him about the writers' reaction.

WhereMonica and Rachel's apartment
DriverJoey
Positionact1 · complication
ThreadJoey's soap opera death

Key lines

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07:18

Oh, okay. I see what you did there.

07:29

I never thought about the writers. The scripts just come to my house.

07:38

This makes me look good, which makes the show look good which makes the writers look good. So how could they be mad?

08:21

How can they do this to me?

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Beats

06:55Joey says he writes his own lines.

Scene in the episode

06:32–08:25
A · Joey's soap opera death
B · Monica and Richard's numbers
C · Ross and Rachel's animal sex
D · Chandler and Eddie's madness

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Friends | Chandler's New Roommate Eddie Tells a "Funny" Story · Ethan Kwan

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Monica Geller232 episodes · drives 572 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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