Joey's forbidden fruit speech · The One With Phoebe's Rats

S09E12 · SCENE 7/18 · 10:27

The One With Phoebe's Rats · Hallway between apartments

Joey's forbidden fruit speech

Joey tries to see Molly but Chandler blocks him, making Joey more determined.

10:27→11:35

in the episode · 1m 08s · S09E12

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What happens

10:27–11:35

Joey tries to leave to see Molly, but Chandler follows and stops him. Joey compares Molly to forbidden fruit and a princess, vowing to overcome obstacles. Chandler is unimpressed.

WhereHallway between apartments

DriverJoey

Positionact1 · escalation

ThreadJoey and the nanny

Key lines

from this scene

10:28 · ★ iconic
Where you going, Joe?

11:02 · ★ iconic
You guys are killing me. She's forbidden fruit. It's like, like Like she's the princess and I'm the stable boy.

11:31 · ★ iconic
Great novels? Fine. Mediocre porn.

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Scene DNA

weights 0–1

obsession0.7

absurd0.6

deadpan0.4

pursuit0.3

rapid back and forth

Beats

11:07Joey calls himself stable boy

Scene in the episode

10:27–11:35

A · Joey and the nanny

1 4 6 7 12 13

B · Phoebe and the rats

11 14

C · Rachel and Gavin

2 3 5 8 9 10 15 16 17 18

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