S05E21 · SCENE 6/19 · 07:22
The One With the Ball · Monica and Rachel's apartment
Ball game reaches three hours

Ross and Joey continue throwing the ball for over two and a half hours, with Ross calling in sick to work to keep the streak alive.

07:22→08:29
in the episode · 1m 07s · S05E21
Ball game reaches three hours

What happens

07:22–08:29

Ross and Joey continue throwing the ball, now over two and a half hours. Ross calls in sick to work to avoid breaking the streak. They celebrate reaching almost three hours.

WhereMonica and Rachel's apartment
DriverRoss
Positionact1 · escalation
ThreadThe ball throwing game

Key lines

from this scene
07:34

How did it get there?

07:38

Maybe this should be more of a quiet game.

08:24

Wow, uh, for a second there, I thought I was feeling better, but I'm not.

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Scene DNA

weights 0–1
escalation0.7
cheerful0.6
absurd0.4
obsession0.3
rapid back and forth

Beats

08:13They have thrown for two hours 27 minutes
08:19Ross calls in sick

Scene in the episode

07:22–08:29
A · Phoebe and Gary move in
B · The ball throwing game
C · Rachel buys a cat

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Ross Geller232 episodes · drives 707 scenes
JT
Joey Tribbiani232 episodes · drives 536 scenes

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