S03E02 · SCENE 20/21 · 20:01
The One Where No One's Ready · Monica's apartment
Monica changes outgoing message

Monica accidentally changes Richard's outgoing message to her apology.

20:01→21:19
in the episode · 1m 18s · S03E02
Monica changes outgoing message

What happens

20:01–21:19

Monica calls Richard's machine. She leaves a message blaming her period. She accidentally sets it as his outgoing message. She panics.

WhereMonica's apartment
DriverMonica
Positionact1 · payoff
ThreadMonica's answering machine

Key lines

from this scene
20:16 · ★ iconic

Anyway, I beeped into your machine and I heard this message that freaked me out...

20:25 · ★ iconic

I'm sorry, okay? And I hope that we can just forget the whole thing.

20:56 · ★ iconic

RECORDED VOICE: Goodbye. No!

21:10 · ★ iconic

I think after this, he'll be doing that himself.

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Scene DNA

weights 0–1
misunderstanding1.0
humiliation1.0
awkward1.0
humiliating1.0
phone callvoiceover

Beats

20:06Monica leaves message
20:37Monica realizes it's outgoing

Scene in the episode

20:01–21:19
A · Ross and Rachel's fight
B · Joey and Chandler's feud
C · Monica's answering machine

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