Episode 3 - 20: The One With The Dollhouse
[Scene: Monica and Rachel's,
Chandler, Monica, Phoebe, and Joey are there.]
Chandler: Wait a minute, wait. Youre telling me this
actress person is the only woman you ever wanted who didnt
want you back?!
Joey: Yeah! Oh my God! (to Chandler) Is this what its
like to be you?
Monica: Wow, youre really crazy about her, huh?
Joey: Oh, you have no idea. And-and when were on
stage I get to-to kiss her and-and touch her, but then she goes
home with the director, and its like somebodys
ripping out my heart!
Phoebe: Oh, its so great to see you feeling
like this!
Ross: (entering) Hey!
All: Hey!
Ross: Monica, uh Dad called this morning and ah, Aunt
Silvia passed away.
Monica: Yes!! Yes! Yeah, yeah, yeah!
Ross: We were all pretty shaken up about it.
Phoebe: Wait, am I missing something though? Cause I
thought death was something thats supposed to be sad, in a
way.
Ross: Well ah, Aunt Silvia was, well not a nice person.
Monica: Oh, she was a cruel, cranky, old bitch! (Ross
gives her a look) (to Ross) And Im sorry she died. Did Dad
say I get the dollhouse?
Ross: You get the dollhouse.
Monica: I get the dollhouse!
Phoebe: Wow, a house for dolls, that is so cool! When I
was kid, I had a barrel.
Joey: Uh, Pheebs, you had a barrel for a dollhouse?
Phoebe: No, just a barrel.
Monica: Y'know what, you can play with my dollhouse.
Phoebe: Really?! Really?!
Monica: Any time you want. Y'know, when I was younger, all
I wanted to do was to play with this dollhouse, but no!! It was
to be looked at, but never played with.
Chandler: My Grandmother used to say that exact same thing
to me.
OPENING CREDITS
[Scene: Rachels office, Chandler and her are coming back
from lunch.]
Rachel: Hey, Sophie!
Sophie: Hey, Rach!
Chandler: Hey.
Sophie: Hey.
Rachel: Thanks for lunch, Chandler. Y'know, you didnt
have to walk me all the way back up here.
Chandler: Oh, thats-thats okay, no problem. (He
starts to look around her office.)
Rachel: Honey um, honey, you do realise that we dont
keep the womens lingerie here in the office?
Chandler: Yes, I realise that.
Rachel: Summer catalogue! (hands him the catalogue)
Chandler: Thats the stuff! (quickly grabs it)
[Rachels boss, Joanna, enters]
Joanna: Rachel, I need the Versachi invoice. (to Chandler)
Hello! You dont work for me.
Rachel: (introduces them) Joanna, this is my friend
Chandler Bing (to Chandler) Joanna.
Joanna: Bing! Thats a great name.
Chandler: Thanks, its ah, Gaelic, for Thy
turkeys done. So ah, Im gonna go, nice, nice
meeting you.
Joanna: Me too.
Rachel: Bye, Chandler.
Joanna: (to Rachel) So ah, whats wrong with him?
Rachel: Oh, nothing, hes just goofy like that, I
actually, hardly notice it anymore.
Joanna: Oh no, no-no-no, is he ah, married, or involved
with anyone?
Rachel: No!! No! Hes not married, or involved, with
anyone!
Joanna: Oh, Rachel, (pause) actually, y'know what, forget
it.
Rachel: Well, Ill ask him for you, if you want me
too?
Joanna: Would you? Or, is it just to sad and desperate,
and y'know something that Sophie would do?
Sophie: Uh, uh, uh, I am here.
Joanna: I know that.
[Scene: Monica and Rachel's, Monica is showing off her new
dollhouse. Its a huge dollhouse, that takes up the entire
living room table.]
Monica: Look at it! Ohhh! Wallpapers a little faded,
thats okay. Carpets a little loose. Hardwood floors!!
Phoebe: (entering) Hey!
Chandler: Hello.
Phoebe: Oh! Ooh! Oh Monica! Its so beautiful.
Monica: I know!!!
Phoebe: So, Im here, ready to play.
Monica: Okay.
Phoebe: I brought a bunch of stuff for the house, so check
it out. Ha-ha. (She removes this large ceramic dog that comes up
to the second floor and places it next to the house.)
Monica: Whats this?
Phoebe: Thats a dog, every house should have a dog.
Monica: Not one that can pee on the roof.
Phoebe: Well, maybe its so big because the house was
built on radioactive waste.
Chandler: (holding a tissue) And is this in case the house
sneezes?
Phoebe: No, no, thats the ghost for the attic.
Monica: I dont want a ghost.
Phoebe: Well, nobody wants a ghost. But youve got
one, because the house is sitting on an ancient Indian burial
ground.
Ross: Wait a minute, the house was built on radioactive
waste, and an ancient Indian burial ground? That would never
happen.
Phoebe: Okay, obviously you dont know much about the
U.S. government.
Rachel: (entering) Hey!
All: Hello.
Rachel: I need to talk to you!
Ross: Sure, whats up?
Rachel: Oh, sorry. I meant Chandler.
Ross: I-I know. Well if something comes up... (walks away)
Chandler: Oh, I'm glad you guys are past that little
awkward phase.
Rachel: Okay, my boss, Joanna, when you left, she started
asking questions about you...
Chandler: Oh-ho, liked what she saw, huh? Dug my action,
did she? Checkin out the Chan-Chan man!
Rachel: (looks at him) That was (pause) surreal. Okay,
what do think? Are you interested at all?
Chandler: Yeah, she seemed cool, attractive. Ill do
it.
Rachel: Oh thank you, Chandler, this is so great, shes
gonna love me.
Phoebe: (holding a dinosaur) Okay, dinosaur attack!!
Quick, everybody into the house!! Ahh-ahh! (the dinosaur starts
attacking the house. She starts to bark like a dog.) Roof! Rrroof-roof-roof!
Monica: Okay, Phoebe, y'know what? That-thats it,
thats it, all right? No dinosaurs, no ghosts, no giant
dogs, okay? Theyre not the right size, theyre not
Victorian, and they just dont go.
Phoebe: Okay, (starts to pack up her stuff) fine. Come
dinosaur, were not welcome in the house of no imagination.
Ross: Uh, Pheebs, while were hovering around the
subject. I just have to say dinosaurs, they-they dont go,
rrroof!
Phoebe: The little ones do.
[Scene: The Theatre, Joey and Kate are getting ready to rehearse
the play.]
Joey: Hey, Kate!
Kate: Morning.
Joey: Listen, I ah, went to that restaurant that you were
talking about last week...
The Director: Hey, lovely! Come, talk to me a minute! (she
goes over to him)
Joey: (to himself) And I ate the food, I had the fish, it
was good, yeah. It was good, yeah...
Woman: Hi, oh, Im Lauren, Kates understudy.
Joey: Oh, hey! Joey Tribbiani.
Lauren: I know! I-Im a big fan of yours.
Joey: (looks at her, shocked) What?!
Lauren: I used to umm, schedule my classes so I could
watch Dr. Drake Remoray on Days of Our Lives.
Joey: Get out of here, really?!
Lauren: Absolutely!
Joey: Yeah?
Lauren: Oh but then, they went and dropped you down that
elevator shaft.
Joey: They gave me the shaft all right.
Lauren: (laughing) Oh, youre so funny. Listen, umm,
what are you doing after rehearsals? Do you want to get a drink,
or something?
Joey: Well Ahh, (he sees Kate and the director kissing)
yeah! Yeah, sure, a drink sounds great.
Lauren: Cool! I-Ill see you then.
Joey: All right.
The Director: All right, its time to act, my talking
props. (Both Joey and Kate just look at each other.)
[Scene: Monica and Rachel's, Phoebe is entering with her own
dollhouse, that she made herself.]
Phoebe: Hey!
All: Hey!
Phoebe: Look everybody, look at my new dollhouse!!
Rachel: Wow!!
Phoebe: Look, look! (She lifts up the roof, and the front
panel falls revealing the interior.)
Ross: Hey, whats this?!
Phoebe: Oh, okay, its the slide instead of stairs.
Watch this. (She slides a doll down the slide)
Monica: Its very interesting, Phoebe.
Rachel: Whats this?
Phoebe: The Licorice Room, you can eat all the furniture.
And, when guests come over, they can stay on the tootsie roll-away
bed.
Ross: This is the coolest house ever!!
(Monica is looking on with a hurt expression on her face.)
Phoebe: Hey, does anybody want to join me in the aroma
room? (lights some incense)
Rachel: All right!
Ross: I would!
Monica: Hey, guys, guys, did you see my new, china
cabinet?!
Ross and Rachel: Uh-huh.
Phoebe: Watch, watch. (She turns a strand of Christmas
lights strung around the house.)
Ross and Rachel: Ooohhhh!!
Phoebe: And, and! (She turns on a bubble maker.)
Ross and Rachel: Ahhhh!!
Chandler: (entering) Hey, my Fathers house does that!
Rachel: (to Chandler) O-o-o-okay, how did it go? Tell me
everything.
Chandler: Well, the movie was great, dinner was great, and
theres nothing like a cool, crisp New York evening.
Rachel: Hmm.
Chandler: Of course, I didnt get to enjoy any of
that, because Joannas such a big, dull dud!
[Scene: Rachels office, Joannas telling Rachel, her
side of the story.]
Joanna: Chandler is fantastic!!
Rachel: What?!
Joanna: Oh God, we just clicked! Yknow how people
just click? Like he came by to pick me up, and I opened the door,
and it was just like, click! Did he tell you?
Rachel: Oh, I....
Joanna: Oh, and hes got such a good heart! Doesnt
he have a good heart?
Rachel: Oh, I know...
Joanna: Oh, I know and hes soo sweet! Listen, he
said he was going to call, so put him straight through.
Sophie: Isnt this great?!
Joanna: Dont spoil it.
[Scene: The Theatre, Joey and Kate are rehearsing.]
Joey: Come on baby, dont go. Please? What do you
say?
[A phone rings.]
The Director: (answering the phone) Hello. Oh! Its
you. Just ah, just one-one sec. (to Joey and Kate) I am going to
take this call. When I continue, I hope that there will appear on
stage this magical thing that in the theatre we call, committing
to the moment! (He goes to take the call.)
Joey: (to Kate) That guys like a cartoon. What do
you see in him anyway?
Kate: He happens to be brilliant. Which is more than I can
say for that sweater youre dating.
Joey: Hey, Im not interested in her sweater! Its
whats underneath her sweater that counts. And besides,
since ah, since when do you care who Im going out with?
Kate: I dont care. Why, do you want me to care?
Joey: Do you want me to want you to care?
Kate: Do you?
Joey: What?
The Director: (returning) Okay, Im afraid to say
this, but lets pick it up where we left off.
[They resume rehearsing.]
Joey: Come on baby, dont go. Please? What do you
say?
Kate: Ive got no reason to stay.
(Joey grabs her and kisses her.)
The Director: Stop!! Stop it! You must stop! You are bad
actors! This is a terrible play! Ill see you in the morning.
(exits)
Kate: I cant believe we go on in, in a week.
Joey: Hey, its gonna be all right.
Lauren: (to Joey) Hey! So since were getting off
early, do you want to go and paint mugs?
Joey: What?
Lauren: You know! At the place I told you about last
night?
Joey: Oh, yeah, with the mug painting. Yeah. I was so
listening to that. But ah, y'know what, I think I kinda need to
work on my stuff tonight.
Lauren: Oh, okay.
Joey: Okay. (he gives her a peck on the cheek)
Lauren: Ill see you tomorrow. (she kisses him full
on the mouth.)
Joey: Okay.
Lauren: Gnight. (exits)
Joey: (to Kate) Ah, are you okay?
Kate: Yeah, I guess. Look, what are we gonna do about this
scene, huh?
Joey: I dont know.
Kate: Well umm, maybe if it had more heat.
Joey: How do you mean?
Kate: Well, Adrians looking for a reason to stay,
right? Victor cant just kiss her, hes gotta, gotta
really give her a reason, y'know?
Joey: Maybe he could slip her the tongue.
Kate: Or maybe, maybe he could grab her, and, and, and,
and lift her up.
Joey: Yeah, yeah, and then Adrian, she maybe she could
wrap her legs around his waist.
Kate: And then she could rip off his shirt and kiss his
chest, and, and his stomach!
Joey: And then, then he could use his teeth, his teeth to
undo her dress, and, and, and bite her!
Kate: And then right, right when the scene ends, he could
take her with this raw, animal....
[cut to Joeys bedroom, Joey and Kate are emerging from
under the covers.]
Joey: Something like that?
Kate: Yeah, thats pretty much what I had in mind.
Joey: Yeah.
COMMERCIAL BREAK
[Scene: Monica and Rachel's, Ross and Monica are eating breakfast
as Joey enters, very happily.]
Joey: (to Ross) Hey.
Ross: Hi.
Joey: (to Monica) Hey.
(He walks up behind Monica and gives her a big hug and a kiss on
the neck.)
Ross: Hi.
Joey: Hey.
(He walks over behind Ross, thinks about it for a moment, and
gives him a big hug.)
Ross: Its a little early to be drinkin.
Joey: No-no, things ah, finally happened with Kate.
Ross: Ohhhhh!
Monica: Youre kidding?! Thats great!
Joey: Oh, it was so amazing. After the (pause) love making...
Monica: Oh my.
Joey: Yep. I just, I just watched her sleep for like
hours, just breathing in and breathing out. And then I knew she
was dreaming cause, cause her eyes keep going like
this. (He closes his eyes and moves them around, kinda like hes
been processed by the devil, or something.)
Chandler: (entering with Rachel) Im telling ya,
Joannas got it all wrong. Okay? All I said was, This
was fun. Lets do it again sometime. Ill give you a
call.
Rachel: Ohh, gee. I wonder why she thinks youre
going to call her?
Chandler: Thats what you say at the end of a date.
Rachel: You cant just say, Nice to meet you,
good night?
Chandler: To her face? Look its the end of the date,
Im standing there, I know all shes waiting for is for
me to say Ill call her and its just
y'know, comes out. I cant help it, its a compulsion.
Monica: Come on Rach, when a guy says hes going to
call, it doesnt mean hes going to call. Hasnt
it ever happened to you?
Rachel: Well, they always called.
Monica: Hmm, bite me.
[Scene: Rachels office.]
Joanna: (entering) Did he call?
Rachel: No. Sorry.
Joanna: Why?! Why?! He said hed call. Why hasnt
he called?
Sophie: Maybe hes intimated by really smart, strong,
successful women.
Joanna: Sophie, would you please climb out of my butt. Why
hasnt he called, Rachel? Why?
Rachel: Okay, okay. Umm, well ah, maybe he, maybe he feels
awkward because you are my boss.
Joanna: Awkward? Why should he feel awkward?
Rachel: Well...
Joanna: The only person that should feel awkward is you,
and you didnt tell him not to call me, did you?
Rachel: No. I...
Joanna: Because if you feel uncomfortable with your friend
dating someone you work for, there are always ways to fix...that.
[Scene: Central Perk, Chandler is reading a magazine as Rachel
approaches.]
Rachel: (grabbing the magazine out of his hands) Call her!
Call her now!
Chandler: Multiple, so many paper cuts.
Rachel: Why hasnt he called Rachel? Why? Why? I dont
understand. Why? He said hell call. Why? Why? Chandler Im
telling you she has flipped out, shes gone crazy!
Chandler: (sarcastic) Oh, well give me the phone then.
Rachel: Come on, this isnt funny. She thinks its
my fault that you havent called her. You have to call her!
Chandler: Look, you cant call somebody after this
long just to say, In case you didnt notice, I dont
like you!
Rachel: Well then youre going to have to take her
out again.
Chandler: Nooo!! Shes really dull! And she gets this
gross mascara goop thing in the corner of her eye!
Rachel: I dont care! I dont care! You are
going to have to take her out again and end it, and end it in way
that she knows its actually ended. And, I dont care
how hard it is for you, do not tell her that you will call her
again!
Chandler: All right! Fine! But its just a lunch
date, no more than an hour! And from now on I get my own dates, I
dont want you setting me up with anybody ever again!
Rachel: Thats fine!
Chandler: Thats just a lot of big talk, y'know.
Rachel: I know.
[Scene: Monica and Rachel's, Ross is entering.]
Ross: Mon?
Monica: (from the bathroom) Im in the shower!
[He closes the door and walks over to get something from the
fridge. He starts to smell something and turns around to see
Phoebes dollhouse smoking. He runs over and takes off the
roof to reveal that the dollhouse fire.]
Ross: Oh, fire! There, theres a fire! Fire!!
[He tries to blow it out, and obviously, it doesnt work. He
runs over to the sink to get a glass of water to put out the
fire, but since Monica is in the shower the water pressure is
very low and takes a long time to fill the glass. In desperation
he takes the half full glass over and dumps it on the fire, it
doesnt work. He then picks up the dollhouse and considers
bringing it over to the sink, but decides to take it into the
bathroom and use the shower to put it out. He kicks open the door
and we hear Monica scream at the top of her lungs.]
[Scene: The Theatre, Kate is arriving for rehearsal.]
Joey: Hey.
Kate: Hi.
Joey: So I ah, talked to Lauren, kinda told her how things
were with us. Did you ah, did you talk to Marshall?
Kate: About what?
Joey: Y'know, about what happened with us.
Kate: Nooo. And theres really no reason he should
find out, so ah lets not make a big deal about it, okay?
Joey: What are you talking about? It was a big deal. I
mean, come on you cant tell me last night didnt mean
something to you. I-I was there, youre not that good an
actress.
Kate: Look umm, I, I was, I was just caught up in the
moment. Thats all it was. Joey, Im-Im sorry you
feel bad, but havent you ever sleep with a women where it
meant more to her than it did to you?
Joey: Nooo.
Lauren: (entering) Hi, Kate!
Kate: Hi, Lauren.
Joey: Hi, Lauren.
Lauren: Hi, pig!
[Scene: Monica and Rachel's, Monica and Ross are inspecting the
damage to the dollhouse.]
Ross: Sorry I ah, I scared you in there.
Monica: Oh, thats okay. By the way, I was just
checking the shower massager.
Ross: Yeah.
Phoebe: (entering) Hey!
Monica: (runs over to her) I tried to reach you at work.
Theres....been a fire.
Phoebe: What?! Oh my... (sees the remains of the house) Oh
my God!! What happened?!
Ross: Well, we believe it originated here. (He uses a
pointer and points to the point of origin.) In the Aroma Room.
Phoebe: All right. Did everyone get out okay?
Monica: Well, the giraffes okay. And so is the
pirate.
Phoebe: Ohh. What is this? (She sees a tissue covering
something, and moves to remove it.)
Ross: No Phoebe, dont look! You dont want to
see whats under there!!
Phoebe: (She pauses to ready herself, and removes the
tissue.) Ohh, the-the Foster puppets!
(She picks up a charred piece of plastic that once was the Foster
puppets, and starts to break down. Monica goes over and comforts
her.)
[Scene: Rachels office, Chandler and Joanna are returning
from their lunch date. He is telling her about her mascara
problem. Rachel is already there.]
Chandler: Its not a big deal. Its, just its
right here, (points to his eye) and its all the time.
Joanna: Well, thanks again for lunch.
Chandler: (He looks over at Rachel, who nods her head)
Yes, this, this was pleasant.
(Rachel is slowing trying to leave and let them talk.)
Joanna: It was, wasnt it?
Chandler: The food there was, was great.
Joanna: Wasnt it?
Chandler: So take care.
Joanna: You too.
Chandler: Well, this was great. Ill give you a call.
We should do it again sometime. (Rachel is disappointed)
Joanna: Great! Im looking forward to it. Rachel, any
messages?
Rachel: Sophies desk.
(Chandler starts to leave ashamed of himself, but Rachel stops
him in the hallway.)
Rachel: (whispering) Chandler!! Are you gonna call her!
Chandler: Noo!
Rachel: Chandler!!
Chandler: Look, Im sorry. Okay? Im weak, and
pathetic, and sorry.
Rachel: Okay, you are going to tell her and youre
going to tell her now. (She grabs his nipple and starts to twist
it.)
Chandler: Ahhhh--Im not going to call you.
Joanna: What?
Chandler: Im sorry. Im-Im-Im sorry
that I said I was going to when Im not. Look, this has
nothing to do with you, y'know? And this isnt Rachels
fault. Its me. I have serious, serious problems when it
comes to women. I have issues with commitment, intimacy, (pause)
mascara goop. And Im really sorry, its just that this
is not, this isnt going to work out.
Joanna: Well, this isnt how I was hoping how this
would end, but I guess I have to appreciate your honesty.
Chandler: Yeah, o-okay.
Joanna: So...
Chandler: Well this is great! Ill give you a call!
We should do it again sometime!
(Rachel is shocked, and holds her arms out in disbelief.)
CLOSING CREDITS
[Scene: Chandler and Joey's, Joey is talking on the phone.]
Joey: (on phone) Well, so anyway Beth, what Im
saying is I shouldve considered your feelings before I went
home with you that night. Ive ah, Ive recently
learned whats it like to be on your side of it, and Im
sorry. So, do you think you can forgive me? (listens) Great.
Thanks. Okay, bye. (He sits down and crosses out something, and
dials the phone again.) Hello, Jennifer? (listens) Oh hi, Mrs.
Loreo, is Jennifer there? (listens) Oh, shes not home huh?
(listens) Well ah, actually I kinda need to talk to you too.