S04E11 · EP 84
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11 scenes · 3 threadsStory threads over runtime
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11 scenes · our breakdown
1 ▸ 00:01Phoebe learns Frank and Alice cannot conceive and they ask her to be their surrogate mother.
00:01–02:24coincidence · deal
2 ▸ 02:24Joey announces his new job as a tour guide at Ross's museum. Ross corrects his dinosaur facts. The friends react.
02:24–03:42social_rule_violationPhoebe tells the group about Frank and Alice's marriage and their request for her to be a surrogate. Monica and Rachel express concerns.
03:42–05:22deal · misunderstandingChandler confesses he hasn't had sex with Kathy yet and is afraid he won't measure up to Joey.
05:22–07:20Joey gives a museum tour, awkwardly interacting with Ross.
07:20–08:02social_rule_violation · humiliationPhoebe's birth mother gives her a puppy for three days to teach her about giving up a baby.
08:02–10:14schemeJoey saves a seat for Ross at lunch, but Ross sits with his scientist colleagues, hurting Joey.
10:14–12:31social_rule_violation · betrayalJoey confronts Ross about sitting with his colleagues, feeling hurt and rejected.
12:31–13:05petty_grievance · misunderstandingPhoebe struggles with caring for the puppy, singing to it and taking it out.
13:05–13:31obsession · avoidance
10 ▸ 13:31Chandler tells Monica and Rachel his first sex with Kathy was only okay.
13:31–14:56humiliationMonica draws a diagram of female erogenous zones to help Chandler improve his technique.
14:56–22:11scheme · seductionSame DNA
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Wikipedia · Wikidata- Aired
- 1998-01-08
- Overall
- #84
- Writers
- Seth Kurland
- Director
- David Steinberg
- Viewers
- 23.66M (US)
- Pace
- 98 words/min · 57 questions