Friends - The One with Joey's Big Break

SEASON 5: NBC -- May 13, 1999 (re-run on September 9, 1999)

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  1. . Ross: What's going on?
    Rachel: Well, my eye is a little itchy.
    Joey: Mine, too. Yeah.
    Monica: Wow, it's really red! You see my eye doctor.
    Rachel: Richard? I see your ex-boyfriend!
  2. . Ross: All right, I . I'm taking Ben to the park.
    Phoebe: Oh, give him a kiss for me.
  3. . Joey: And the best part is we're filming in the desert outside of Vegas! You know what that means, buddy.
    Chandler: Yeah, I know what that means, buddy!
    Joey: Road trip!!!
    Chandler: I'm in!
    Joey: Yeah, we a car I just there by Tuesday.
    Phoebe: Oh, wait! My grandmother is dead.
    Chandler: Well, uh, we about that, too, Phoebs.
    Phoebe: No, no, her cab. She probably won't be using it. You it to Las Vegas.
    Joey: Oh, right! Thanks, Phoebs!
    Chandler: Whoa, whoa, whoa whoa, whoa! What about my job?
    Joey: Oh, not go!
    Chandler: Oh, right! Right! Road trip, baby! Is this OK with you?
    Monica: Chandler! You for my permission! (You .)
    Chandler: Thanks.
    Monica: Hey Rach, come on! You late for the eye doctor appointment.
    Rachel: All right. Let's get this over with! .. Oh, no! Look what I did! I mean, look at this mess! I mean, we this up, you know? I mean we .
    Monica: If you thought that this mess me, you are wrong! All right, let's go, Blinky!
  4. . Phoebe: Oh, hi Joey. What's up?
    Joey: I which route to take to Vegas. Hey, you've travelled a lot, right?
    Phoebe: Yeah, I've been around.
    Joey: OK, so which route , the northern route or the southern route?
  5. . Phoebe: Oh, I know a way that you . All right. I you a series of questions, and you answer as quickly as you .
    Joey: Yes.
    Phoebe: Good, but wait. All right, here we go. Now I want you to relax, take a deep breath, clear your mind. Which do you like better, peanut butter or egg whites?
    Joey: Peanut butter.
    Phoebe: Which , a fireman or a swimmer?
    Joey: A swimmer.
    Phoebe: Who with, Monica or Rachel?
    Joey: Monica. (Oh, I always thought it would be Rachel.)
  6. . Dr. Miller: I'm Dr. Miller. Monica told me you were a little nervous, but don't worry. Everything just fine.
    Rachel: So we're done, then.
    Dr. Miller: Almost. But first we .
    Rachel: OK.
    Dr. Miller: This is a glaucoma test.

  7. . Dr. Miller: One. Two.
    Rachel: I'm sorry.
    Monica: Do you know what? I her head!
    Dr. Miller: That's OK.
  8. . Dr. Miller: OK. You have a small, minor infection in that left eye. I want you to take these drops three times a day for a week and you as good as new.
    Rachel: Yes. No, I don't put things in my eyes.
    Dr. Miller: OK then. I guess I you back here in three months.
    Rachel: Great.
    Dr. Miller: And I you for a glass eye.
  9. . Rachel: You know, I you, those eye drops are a miracle. My eye is 100% better.
    Monica: They're still in my coat.
    Rachel: Damn!
    Joey: Hey, are you ready to go?
    Chandler: Yeah. Listen, how cold there? Do I need a coat? Or enough? ... What?
    Monica: I love you.
    Joey: I wish Ross was coming with us, you know. I him.
    Phoebe: Thanks a lot. I just got that jerk out of my mind.
    Chandler: Hey, so where are we staying? Is the movie putting us up in a hotel suite?
    Joey: No, not really. It's an independent film, you know. So we don't have a real big budget. I figured I'd just stay in your room.
    Chandler: I see. But once you get your first paycheck, you for a big hotel suite, right? I mean, a lead in the movie ... they you a lot.
    Joey: Oh, yeah. Check this out. For every dollar "Shutter Speed" makes, one penny of it goes right in Joey's pocket!
    Chandler: So you don't get paid unless the movie makes money?!
    Joey: Did you not hear the plot of the movie? "She's been dead for 10 years." I a millionaire!
    Ross: Hey! I just want to say good-bye to you guys .. and, see if maybe you guys a little bet for me, huh? Twenty bucks on black 15.
  10. . Monica: I good-bye at the car.
    Joey: Hmm.. Anybody want to say good-bye to me at the car?
    Rachel: Oh, honey, I good-bye to you at the car, if you don't mind the puss.
    Joey: See you.
  11. . Ross: Are you mad at me or something? Because if you are, please tell me what it is I did.
    Phoebe: Well, if you don't know, I you.
    Ross: Well, I don't know.
    Phoebe: Well, I you.
    Ross: OK. Well, whatever it is, I'm very, very sorry. OK?
    Phoebe: Apology accepted.
    Ross: OK. So we're good?
    Phoebe: Um hmm.
    Ross. All right. I you later, OK?
    Phoebe: Bye, fat ass.
    Ross: All right! Phoebe now, come on! me what it is that made you so mad at me?!
    Phoebe: I don't know! I don't remember!
    Ross: If you , about this?
  12. . Joey: Hey, I'm getting pretty tired. You soon.
  13. . Joey: Where do you want to eat?
    Chandler: I don't know.
    Joey: Oh, hey! I know how we . All right, uh, I you a bunch of questions, and then you real fast, OK? So, clear your mind. Clear it right out. Clear it out. Clear.
    Chandler: OK
    Joey: OK.. Uh, too wet or too dry?
    Chandler: Too dry.
    Joey: Do you believe in ghosts? Yes or no?
    Chandler: No.
    Joey: my big break?
    Chandler: No.
    Joey: What??!!
  14. . Chandler: Look Joe, I don't think this your big break.
    Joey: Is that why you're on this trip, huh? To make me feel like a loser? Because if it is, I tell you, I alone.
    Chandler: Oh, you don't want me on the trip.
    Joey: Not if you like this.
    Chandler: All right, I you what. The next time you ask me a question like that, I .
    Joey: Yeah, I don't want you on the trip.
    Chandler: All right, fine. Fine. Why don't you pull over. I right now.
    Joey: Fine. Get out.
    Chandler: You on the bridge.
    Joey: Get out!
    Chandler: Wait! Wait! There's no sidewalk! Yeah, I here!
  15. . Chandler: Joey kicked me out of the car on the George Washington Bridge.
    (all): Why?
    Chandler: Well, he went crazy. You know, we were playing that game where you ask a question and then you really fast?
    Phoebe: Oh. That game without my supervision!
    Chandler: Well, I don't know what made him so mad. You know, all I said was that I didn't think this a big break, that this movie anything for him, and that, you know, it didn't sound like a real movie. OK, he me off the bridge.
  16. . Joey: Hey, Monica, listen. Is Phoebe there? I her something about the car.
    Monica: Yeah, she's here. Hold on, I her.
    Phoebe: Hi, dude.
  17. . Chandler:You know, he won't even talk to me. How to him if he to me?
    Phoebe: Well, maybe you him something. So when he gets to Las Vegas, he that you're sorry.
    Chandler: That's a good idea. I wonder where I a basket of porn.
    Phoebe: Oh, no, Don't say "I'm sorry" with porn. .... You know, you him a carton of cigarettes, because that way he it for protection. ... No, that's prison.
    Ross: OK, Phoebs. I know how we this out. OK. Clear your mind and answer the first thing that comes into your head. OK?
    Phoebe: Um Hmm.
    Ross: What do you like better? flora or fauna?
    Phoebe: fauna
    Ross: Who ? Simon or Garfunkel?
    Phoebe: Garfunkel.
    Ross: Why are you mad at me?
    Phoebe: You said I was boring. Oh!!
    Ross: When did I say you were boring??!!
    Phoebe: Oh, my God! I remember now! We were playing chess.
    Ross: Phoebe, you and I have never played chess.
    Phoebe: Oh, come on. Remember that time on the frozen lake. We were playing chess. You said I was boring. And then you took off your energy mask and you were Cameron Diaz. ... OK, there's a chance this a dream.
  18. . Monica: Hey, Joey. Oh, you remember me even though you're a big star.
    Joey: Oh, come on. It years before I forget you.
    Monica: Joey, what's it like on a movie set, huh? Do you have a dressing room? Do you have a chair with your name on it?
    Joey: Oh, yeah, yeah. I've got all that going on, yeah. Listen, I want you to make sure you tell Chandler that he more wrong. Oh oh .. I , Monica. My sushi's here.


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