The One Where No One's Ready
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"The One Where No One's Ready" is the second episode of season three of the television situation comedy Friends.
First aired: September 26, 1996
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[edit] Plot
[edit] Teaser
Joey accidentally drinks from a glass of fat that Monica is storing in the refrigerator of her apartment. Ross enters and complains that neither Joey nor Chandler is dressed: Ross will be giving a speech at the museum in exactly 26 minutes. (The entire episode occurs in real time, a homage to fellow sitcom Seinfeld, and does not leave the central room of Monica's apartment) Rachel then emerges from the bathroom and says that she will be dressed in a few minutes... After she decides what to wear.
[edit] Act 1
After the credits roll, Phoebe arrives, dressed and ready. Chandler emerges from the bathroom only to discover that Joey is sitting in the armchair he vacated;not even when he sings a song called "Get Up", no amount of effort will make him move. Monica arrives and checks the answering machine, finding a message from her old flame, Richard Burke—"Call me"—which may or may not have been left that day; she can't decide whether to return it. Chandler annoys Joey in an attempt to reclaim his seat, and Joey flings hummus onto Phoebe's dress. When Phoebe asks Monica for help in removing it, Monica blurts, "If it is a new message, what is he calling to say??" Ross propels her back to her closet while Phoebe retreats to the bathroom to try and salvage her dress. The chair war is averted when Chandler goes to put on his tuxedo, but he promises retribution on his return. While Rachel and Phoebe bemoan the hummus-stained dress, Monica emerges and admits that she has left Richard a message: "It was a casual, breezy message. It was breezy!" To prove it, she dials into Richard's voice mail (she knows his passcode) and plays her message. Chandler enters and makes a dive for the chair, but Joey gets there first. Monica's message is revealed to be not-breezy; even worse, the next message is a woman's voice, saying she had fun yesterday and that Richard should call her back.
[edit] Act 2
Chandler and the others convince Monica that the woman's voice was actually Richard's daughter Michelle, and Monica goes to dress while Rachel tries to find something for Phoebe to wear... And something for herself as well, a fact that exasperates Ross, as they have only twelve minutes before they have to leave. Chandler gets Joey to abandon the chair and get dressed, but Joey takes the chair's cushions. Ross tries to pick a dress for Rachel but is shot down when his choice turns out to be a Little Bo Peep costume. Joey returns and demands that Chandler return his underwear: his tuxedo is rented, and "I can't go commando in another man's fatigues." When Chandler demands the cushions in exchange, Joey vows to do the opposite of Chandler's hiding his clothes. Phoebe emerges with a large ribbon over the stain: a political statement in support of Christmas. Ross discovers that 1) his watch has stopped, and 2) it's 7:33 PM, leaving him seven minutes to get his friends dressed and into cabs. When Rachel emerges to consult with Phoebe on shoe selection, Ross vents his spleen on her, yelling for her to just pick something and get dressed. "All right," says Rachel, with a look that promises vengeance.
Monica emerges and calls Michelle Burke, confirming that it was her voice on Richard's answering machine, only to have Michelle use Caller ID to call back. Monica wanders off on the phone, and, in a short break in the action, Chandler engages Phoebe in a much-celebrated discussion of why Donald Duck puts a towel around his waist when emerging from the shower when he doesn't wear pants. Monica asks Michelle not to tell her father about Monica's indiscretions, but Michelle refuses and hangs up; Ross sends Monica back to her room to dress, but immediately must send Chandler and Phoebe in after her when they realizes she has a phone there. Rachel emerges in sweats, claiming she's not going to go: being yelled at and humiliated in front of her friends has ruined her willingness to attend a museum benefit dinner. Phoebe and Chandler emerge from Monica's room, phone in hand, just in time to see Joey stride in wearing everything Chandler owns. Ross, infuriated, bans Chandler and Joey from coming, and then begs Rachel to forgive him, saying he'll do anything. "You could drink the fat," Joey says, and Rachel agrees, so Ross does so—or at least is about to do so, until Rachel stops him. She and Joey hurry off to change, Ross scampers off to get a cab, and Monica tries to delete her own message from Richard's answering machine... Only to discover she has accidentally changed his outgoing message instead. Finally, Rachel emerges, dressed and ravishing, with five seconds to spare... And the added message to Ross that she, too, is going commando.
[edit] Credits Tag
One of Ross's colleagues sits at their table—in Chandler's seat. The two argue until an exasperated Chandler demands the man's underwear...
[edit] Additional cast
- Dr. Richard Burke (voice only) - Tom Selleck
- Sherman Whitfield - Peter Dennis
[edit] Trivia
- This is a unique episode in that, bar the closing scene during the credits, it features only the 6 main cast members. This has been done previously on shows such as Doctor Who (The Edge of Destruction) and Porridge (A Night In), where either only the main cast are used or only a small amount of lines are spoken by other characters. The latter is particularly successful, as only two characters are used for the majority of the episode in a confined space.
| Preceded by: The One With the Princess Leia Fantasy |
List of Friends episodes | Followed by: The One With the Jam |
