Joey learns cast requirement · The One After "I Do"

S08E01 · SCENE 19/21 · 17:27

The One After "I Do" · Wedding reception hall

Joey learns cast requirement

Dennis reveals the show requires an all-Chinese cast, ending Joey's hopes.

17:27→17:53

in the episode · 0m 26s · S08E01

What happens

17:27–17:53

Joey asks Dennis about the show. Dennis says the cast must be all Chinese. Joey offers to be Chinese, but Dennis refuses.

WhereWedding reception hall

DriverJoey

Positionact2 · reveal

ThreadJoey's Broadway audition

Key lines

from this scene

17:28
So did you happen to catch my toast up there?

17:51 · ★ iconic
Can you be Chinese?

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humiliating0.7

humiliation0.6

comeuppance0.4

awkward0.3

Beats

17:46Dennis says cast is all Chinese

Scene in the episode

17:27–17:53

A · Rachel's pregnancy reveal

1 2 4 7 9 11 12 13 14 16 17 18 21 22

B · Joey's Broadway audition

8 15 19

C · Chandler's dance disaster

3 10 20

D · Ross meets Mona

payoff → scene 15

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