The One with the Fake Party
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"The One With The Fake Party" is the sixteenth episode of season four of the television situation comedy Friends.
[edit] Plot
Ross's relationship with Emily Waltham has been going extremely well, but now Emily is returning to England after her two-week stay in New York City. Rachel is still obsessing over Joshua Bergin. But he has just gotten out of a divorce and doesn't quite feel ready to enter into a relationship. Her first plan of sneaking a note into a trench coat he was purchasing hadn't worked out well. Rachel then hastily organizes a surprise farewell party for Emily, to which Joshua happens to be invited, so he can see the "fun Rachel".
Rachel's fake party revolves around the idea of her seducing Joshua, but nothing goes according to plan. Her attempts to look good to Joshua backfire, and Ross is clearly ill-at-ease with the fact that her party is disrupting his original plan for a last evening together with Emily. Rachel is forced to delay everyone's departure by setting up a game of Spin the Bottle. While explaining the rules, her bottle lands on Gunther, whose very eager expression scares her off. Joey's and Emily's bottles land on each other three times in a row. Chandler's two spins land on himself and Joshua. Rachel gets Joshua, but the kicking of Phoebe's babies derails the moment. Finally, in desperation, Rachel straps herself into her old cheerleader's outfit, cartwheels into a bedroom, and dislodges a tooth. In the aftermath, she admits to Joshua that she's attracted to him and discovers that he feels the same way about her, but wants to wait for some time to get over his recent divorce.
The episode closes with Ross and Rachel moping together in the hallway. Ross is despondent over his ruined night, but Rachel points out that Emily has been spending time bonding with all of Ross's friends and asking Monica for embarrassing stories about him - something she wouldn't be doing if she intended to just forget him once she returned to England. And Joshua returns, unable to resist his attraction to Rachel.
Finally, vegetarian Phoebe spends most of the episode drooling over Joey's sandwiches, most of which contain meat. Phoebe says the baby is craving meat. Finally she pounces on Chandler's sandwich and Chandler exclaims "There’s a Phoebe on my sandwich!". Phoebe still feels bad about the increased murder/consumption of animals. Joey bravely volunteers to take up her vegetarianism for the duration of her pregnancy to keep the balance equal, after ensuring beer isn't meat.
[edit] Trivia
- The message on the Magna Doodle says "Joey eats little v" (Ross is interrupted while writing by Rachel), then later it says "Emily ...
Bon Voysee ya"
- During the scene where Rachel asks Joey to zip up her dress, the song "The Impression That I Get" by The Mighty Mighty Bosstones can be heard in the background.
[edit] Additional cast
| Preceded by "The One With All the Rugby" |
List of Friends episodes | Followed by "The One With The Free Porn" |
