The One with Joey's Big Break
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"The One With Joey's Big Break" is the 22nd episode of season 5 of the sitcom Friends.
[edit] Plot
When the show starts Rachel is complaining about her eyes. Monica tells her to see her eye doctor, but Rachel refuses. She doesn’t like it when people touch her eyes. In fact she doesn’t like it when anyone touches any eye. The group starts making jokes of this, using words with the sound of “eye” while pointing to their own eyes (“Did you like the movie The King and Eye?”).
Joey gets news from his agent that he is going to play the lead in an upcoming movie. The filming location for the movie is in Las Vegas. After hearing that, Chandler decides to go along with Joey (after asking permission from his girlfriend, Monica). Later, when Joey and Phoebe are sitting in Central Perk, Joey can’t decide which route he’ll take to Vegas. Phoebe says that the north route has a man in Illinois with a beard of bees. Joey decides to take the north route, but then Phoebe remembers that the South route has a chicken that plays tic-tac-toe. Now Joey can’t decide, since he likes both routes. Phoebe then tries a game with him: Joey must clear his mind, and she asks him several questions very quickly. After she asked the question about which route he’ll take he answers that he’ll take the north route.
Monica and Rachel visit the eye doctor after much persuasion by Monica. The doctor wants to use a special machine to inspect Rachel's eyes for glaucoma. The machine blows tiny puffs of air in her eyes. The doctor counts to ‘3’, but on every “3” Rachel pulls back her head. After a couple of times, the doctor says that she is still young and probably is fine. He does tell her, however, that she has a minor infection in her left eye and gives her eye drops for it. When they are leaving, Monica quickly reads the letters from an eye chart, and is awarded with candy.
Meanwhile, Phoebe is very upset with Ross, but can't remember why. When everyone (except for Joey and Chandler) sits in Central Perk, Ross posits several reasons why Phoebe might be unhappy with him, but doesn't find the right reason. Chandler and Joey walk in, announcing their departure to Vegas. Ross gives Joey a $20 bill and tells him to put it on “Black 15”.
In Monica's apartment she tries to convince Rachel to use the drops, but she refuses. Monica tries everything to get the drops in Rachel's eyes. She even puts Rachel on the floor and holds her down while trying to spray the drops in her eyes (she held the drops bottle in her mouth). She is unsuccessful and the bottle is empty.
When Joey and Chandler are on the Washington Bridge on their way to Vegas, Joey plays Phoebe's game with Chandler. When he comes to the question “Is this movie going to be my big break?", Chandler replies “no”, only to find a startled Joey. He quickly adds “yes” but it’s too late. Joey gets upset, and asks the same question again. Chandler once again replies “no”. Joey gets very angry about this, and forces Chandler out of the car in the middle of the bridge.
Later on when everyone is sitting in Central Perk, Chandler comes walking in, telling everyone why Joey put him out of the car. He really wants to make up with Joey, and desperately tries to find a way how to do it.
In Vegas, Joey arrives at the film site. He meets with the director, calling himself “the leading man”. The director tells him that there isn’t going to be a shoot, because they don’t have the money. They will have it in a week or two, so he tells Joey to stick around.
Later, Joey calls Monica's apartment and speaks to her and Phoebe. Chandler walks in, and wants to talk to Joey, but when Phoebe tells Joey he has already hung up on her. Ross has an idea how he can find out why Phoebe is mad with him; he asks Phoebe several questions in quick succession. After he asks “Why are you mad at me?”, she says “You said I was boring.” Ross can’t remember ever saying that she was boring, but she claims he said it while playing chess. Ross claims they never played chess together, but according to Phoebe they did so on a frozen lake, and that after a while he ripped off his energy mask and became Cameron Diaz. Phoebe realizes that it might have been a dream.
At the end of the episode, Joey is in Caesars Palace wearing a gladiator costume. He walks away from the pay phone, back to a family to pose for a picture. Apparently he works there now, since the movie has been cancelled.
When the credits roll, we see Monica, Ross, Chandler, Phoebe and Rachel sitting on the couch in Monica’s apartment. Ross asks Rachel for the TV guide, so she leans over to get it. At that point Monica shouts “NOW”, and everyone pushes Rachel to the floor and holds her there. Monica pounces, putting the eye drops in Rachel's eyes. When she is done, the rest of the gang releases Rachel, telling her that they’ll “see her in three to four hours”.
| Preceded by "The One With the Ball" |
List of Friends episodes | Followed by "The One in Vegas, Part One" |
