The One with Joey's New Brain

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Friends season seven September 2000 - May 2001 List of Friends episodes
Episodes: The One with Monica's Thunder The One with Rachel's Book The One with Phoebe's Cookies The One with Rachel's Assistant The One with the Engagement Picture The One with the Nap Partners The One with Ross's Library Book The One Where Chandler Doesn't Like Dogs The One with All the Candy The One with the Holiday Armadillo The One with All the Cheesecakes The One Where They're Up All Night The One Where Rosita Dies The One Where They All Turn Thirty The One with Joey's New Brain The One with the Truth About London The One with the Cheap Wedding Dress The One with Joey's Award The One with Ross and Monica's Cousin The One with Rachel's Big Kiss The One with the Vows The One with Chandler's Dad The One with Chandler And Monica's Wedding, Part One The One with Chandler And Monica's Wedding, Part Two

"The One With Joey's New Brain" is the fifteenth episode of the seventh season of the NBC sitcom Friends.

First aired: February 15, 2001.

1 Plot
2 Guest cast
3 Quotes
4 Production mistakes
5 External links

[edit] Plot

Joey finds out that his comatose character on Days of Our Lives will undergo a brain transplant in which he receives the brain of the show's venerated star (guest star Susan Sarandon), who is famous for her dominant nature and slapping other characters. He goes to her for advice, but she is shocked to discover that she is being killed off. Joey tries to console her and they strike off a romantic relationship. Cecilia agrees to coach Joey on how to play her character. She eventually decides to try out Mexican soap operas.

Rachel and Phoebe find a cell phone left behind by an attractive man, and wait for him to call so they can make a date with him, which leads to competition between them. The claimant arrives later, and is an old gentleman who reveals that the man the girls saw earlier was his assistant. While Rachel is dismayed, Phoebe unexpectedly finds him quite attractive and they both go on a date.

While Monica and Chandler plan their wedding, Ross tells them that he plans on playing the bagpipes at the wedding, much to Monica and Chandler's chagrin. Ross attributes this choice to Chandler's Scottish ancestry, and that the song he will sing will be "Celebration" by Kool and the Gang. He strives to get them to agree to his performance, repeating his horrible performance before the friends. They are firm on the matter that he should not play in the wedding.

[edit] Guest cast

Susan Sarandon as Cecilia Monroe
Eva Amurri as Dina
Jack Betts as Tom
Jeffrey Asch as The Writer
George Stults as Fredrick

[edit] Quotes

(When Jessica discovers how her character will be killed off Days of Our Lives...)

Cecilia: “How does it happen?”

Joey: “She gets thrown from a horse into an electrified fence.”

Cecilia: “WHAT? Jessica hates horses!”

Joey: “Well, I’m guessing after this she won’t be crazy about electricity either.”

[edit] Production mistakes

The episode establishes that Phoebe’s apartment is at 5 Morton St., Apt. 14, which she gives over the phone. In real life, that building does not have an apartment 14. The apartments in that building are numbered 1A-5A, 1B-5B, and so forth until 5D.