S06E04 · EP 125
Episode DNA
21 scenes · 4 threadsStory threads over runtime
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21 scenes · our breakdownRachel answers a call from Ross's divorce lawyer and learns they are still married.
00:01–02:39misunderstanding · petty_grievanceRoss announces he got a temporary job as a guest lecturer at NYU, which could become permanent.
02:39–03:19coincidence · dealPhoebe reveals her psychic told her she will die within a week, but doesn't know how.
03:19–04:09coincidence · threatRoss practices his lecture on sediment flow rate, but his friends find it boring and suggest jokes or visual aids.
04:09–06:12humiliation · social_rule_violation
5 ▸ 06:12Joey learns his health insurance has lapsed because he didn't work enough.
06:12–07:17deal · coincidencePhoebe fakes choking to prepare her friends for her impending death.
07:17–07:58scheme · humiliationMonica and Rachel argue about who bought the candlesticks, each claiming ownership.
07:58–08:18misunderstanding · petty_grievanceRoss boasts that his lecture went well without jokes or visual aids.
08:18–08:52humiliation · social_rule_violation
9 ▸ 08:52Joey asks his agent Estelle for work to get his health insurance back.
08:52–10:03deal · coincidence
10 ▸ 10:03Joey reveals he got a hernia from weight lifting but refuses to go to the hospital due to no insurance.
10:03–10:44avoidance · escalation
11 ▸ 10:44Rachel and Monica sneak into Ross's lecture and hear him speaking with a fake British accent.
10:44–11:03impersonation · humiliation
12 ▸ 11:03Chandler offers to loan Joey money for hernia surgery, but Joey refuses.
11:03–13:24avoidance · deal
13 ▸ 13:24Phoebe and Joey bond over their fears of dying, with Phoebe suggesting they can haunt their friends.
13:24–14:03coincidence · threatRoss decides to phase out his British accent gradually to avoid embarrassment.
14:12–14:57scheme · social_rule_violation
16 ▸ 14:57Joey auditions for the role of a dying man in a commercial, but struggles with the simple task of picking up a bag.
14:57–16:11humiliation · dealJoey successfully auditions for the role of a dying man in a commercial.
16:11–16:41deal · coincidencePhoebe discovers her psychic died, meaning her death prediction was wrong.
16:41–17:20coincidence · comeuppance
19 ▸ 17:20Joey films the commercial, but the boy actor won't cry until he sees Joey's hernia.
17:20–19:15scheme · coincidenceRachel answers a call from Ross's divorce lawyer and learns they are still married.
19:15–19:32secret_exposed · coincidenceRoss drops his fake accent and confesses to his class, but Rachel storms in to scream at him about their marriage.
19:32–21:51confession · secret_exposed
22 ▸ 21:51Joey celebrates his reinstated health insurance by inviting his friends to hit him with hard objects.
21:51–21:55violenceSame DNA
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Wikipedia · Wikidata- Aired
- 1999-10-14
- Overall
- #125
- Writers
- Andrew Reich & Ted Cohen
- Director
- Gary Halvorson
- Viewers
- 21.07M (US)
- Pace
- 115 words/min · 109 questions