The One Where Paul's the Man

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Friends season six September 1999 - May 2000 List of Friends episodes

Episodes: The One After Vegas The One Where Ross Hugs Rachel The One with Ross's Denial The One Where Joey Loses His Insurance The One with Joey's Porsche The One on the Last Night The One Where Phoebe Runs The One with Ross's Teeth The One Where Ross Got High The One with the Routine (a.k.a. The One With The Rockin' New Year) The One with the Apothecary Table The One with the Joke The One with Rachel's Sister The One Where Chandler Can't Cry The One that Could Have Been, Part 1 The One that Could Have Been, Part 2 The One with Unagi (a.k.a. The One With the Mix Tape) The One Where Ross Dates a Student The One with Joey's Fridge The One with Mac and C.H.E.E.S.E. The One Where Ross Meets Elizabeth's Dad The One Where Paul's the Man The One with the Ring The One with the Proposal, Part 1 The One with the Proposal, Part 2

"The One Where Paul's the Man" is the twenty-second episode of season six of the television situation comedy Friends.

First aired: May 4, 2000

Contents 1 Plot 2 Trivia 3 Additional cast 4 Quotes

[edit] Plot

Elizabeth's father, Paul threatens Ross that if he still dates his daughter, then he will report to the university and get him fired for dating a student. Keeping their relationship a secret from Paul, Ross and Elizabeth plan a romantic weekend in Paul's country house. Elizabeth leaves for a while to get protection. Surprisingly, Rachel and Paul also planned a getaway there and arrive, leading Ross to hide under the couch. Elizabeth comes back and is also shocked to see her father. Both she and Rachel (who also discovered Ross) twist the events so that Ross is able to hide himself in Paul's bedroom. Unfortunately, Paul enters the same room.

Paul, unaware that Ross is watching him, stands before a mirror and begins to encourage himself by saying that Rachel thinks he is a "neat guy" and that he is a "love machine", and then leaves the room. Elizabeth enters and Ross is about to escape through the window when Paul again enters the room and a confrontation takes place. Paul is about to materialise his threat when Ross retorts by saying that he too is a "neat guy" and a "love machine". Paul realises that Ross had seen his confidence boosting mirror session earlier and relents to Ross & Elizabeth's relationship.

Monica, Phoebe and Rachel visit a museum and Monica puts her name on a two-year waiting list to use the museum for a wedding. Chandler pretends to freak out when he finds out about the reservation, though he confides in Phoebe that he's going to propose to Monica.

Joey notices that his picture has been taken off the wall in a drycleaner's with pictures of actors so he tries to get his picture back on the wall by giving the guy (who is Russian) at the counter a tape of his film but he finds it offensive to Russian people so he rejects him. Joey returns later to find a pretty woman who says that she will put his picture on the celebrity wall if he dates her, and Joey agrees. When Joey and Phoebe come to the drycleaner's to see his photo, they see that the words "Son of a bitch" have been written over Joey's photo. The shopkeeper takes credit for this defacement because the woman Joey dated was actually the shopkeeper's wife.

[edit] Trivia

• Writer: Sherry Bilsing, Ellen Plummer
• Director: Gary Halvorson
• Story: Brian Caldirola

[edit] Additional cast

Paul Stevens	–	Bruce Willis
The Museum official	–	Merrin Dungey
The Dry Cleaner	–	Ilia Volok
The Dry Cleaner's wife	–	Susie Park

[edit] Quotes

Paul: "I'm just a love machine"

Preceded by "The One Where Ross Meets Elizabeth's Dad"

List of Friends episodes

Followed by "The One With the Ring"