S05E16 · SCENE 15/18 · 13:30
The One With the Cop · Monica's apartment
Rachel rejects Joey's advance

Rachel explains Joey should make new friends, not hit on existing ones.

13:30→15:19
in the episode · 1m 49s · S05E16

What happens

13:30–15:19

Rachel rejects Joey's advance and advises him to meet new women, become friends first, then date. Joey reluctantly agrees but wishes he saw Phoebe first.

WhereMonica's apartment
DriverRachel
Positionact2 · reveal
ThreadJoey's dream confusion

Key lines

from this scene
13:44

Thinking of getting me one of those.

14:07

What are you saying? I'm saying maybe you and I crank it up a notch.

14:29

I'll treat you real nice.

15:14

Man, I wish I saw Phoebe first.

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Scene DNA

weights 0–1
awkward0.8
misunderstanding0.7
social rule violation0.3
tender0.2
rapid back and forth

Beats

14:29Rachel explains the right way to do friends first.
15:14Joey wishes he saw Phoebe first.

Scene in the episode

13:30–15:19
A · Joey's dream confusion
B · Ross's couch struggle
C · Phoebe's badge abuse

Clips from this episode

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Ross Can't Get His New Couch up the Stairs | Friends · Friends
Friends: Phoebe Finds A NYPD Police Badge (Season 5 Clip) | TBS · TBS
Friends Series - Moving the couch PIVOT! · Friends best moments
Friends | Ross' New Couch Pivot FULL SCENE · Still Watching Netflix
Phoebe Pretends To Be a Cop | Friends · Friends

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Joey Tribbiani232 episodes · drives 536 scenes
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Rachel Greene232 episodes · drives 552 scenes

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