S02E24 · SCENE 16/19 · 14:49
Ross's Toast Makes Things Worse

Ross tries to defend Rachel but makes the situation worse.

14:49→16:49
in the episode · 2m 00s · S02E24
Ross's Toast Makes Things Worse

What happens

14:49–16:49

The best man makes a toast that embarrasses Rachel. Ross tries to give a speech defending Rachel, but it backfires and makes things worse.

WhereWedding venue
DriverRoss
Positionact1 · escalation
ThreadRachel at Barry's Wedding

Key lines

from this scene
16:06 · ★ iconic

Most of you don't know me. I'm Rachel's boyfriend Oh, dear God.

16:13 · ★ iconic

And I'd just like to say that it did take a lot of courage for Rachel to come here tonight.

16:29 · ★ iconic

What are you doing? I'm serious.

16:40 · ★ iconic

Which, incidentally, worked out pretty well for me. Heh, heh.

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Scene DNA

weights 0–1
awkward0.7
humiliation0.6
social rule violation0.4
humiliating0.3
monologue

Beats

15:59Ross taps his glass to speak.
16:38Ross says Rachel didn't love Barry.

Scene in the episode

14:49–16:49
A · Rachel at Barry's Wedding
B · Joey's Kissing Problem
C · Chandler's Internet Date
D · Monica and Richard Breakup

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Who's in it

RG
Ross Geller232 episodes · drives 707 scenes
RG
Rachel Greene232 episodes · drives 552 scenes
MH
Mindy Hunter9 episodes · drives 1 scenes
BF
Barry Farber17 episodes

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