S05E03 · SCENE 12/23 · 10:59
The One Hundredth · Joey's hospital room
Joey refuses invasive procedure

Joey refuses a procedure to remove kidney stones, opting to wait for them to pass naturally.

10:59→11:37
in the episode · 0m 38s · S05E03

What happens

10:59–11:37

The doctor tells Joey the stones are too close to the bladder for shock waves. He offers two options: wait or have a procedure. Joey refuses anything going up, opting to wait.

WhereJoey's hospital room
DriverJoey
Positionact2 · escalation
ThreadJoey's kidney stones

Key lines

from this scene
11:15

Either we wait for you to pass them or else go up the urethra Whoa!

11:22 · ★ iconic

No, no, no. Nothing is going "up," okay?

11:26 · ★ iconic

"Up" is not an option. What's a urethra?

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Scene DNA

weights 0–1
avoidance0.7
humiliating0.6
absurd0.4
humiliation0.3
rapid back and forth

Beats

11:15Stones too close to bladder
11:22Joey refuses procedure

Scene in the episode

10:59–11:37
B · Monica and Chandler's secret
C · Joey's kidney stones

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