Episode 3 - 21: The One With A Chick And The Duck
[Scene: Outside Central Perk,
Rachel and Phoebe are helping Monica learn how to roller skate by
rolling her between themselves.]
Rachel: So whos idea was it to put everybody in the
diner on skates?
Monica: Oh, some idiot customer put a suggestion in the
suggestion box.
Phoebe: Oh my God, they took my idea!
Monica: That was you?!
Phoebe: Yeah! Okay, here you go. (rolls her back to Rachel)
Gunther: (bringing Rachel a mug) Rachel, I made you a
cocoa.
[He distracts her from catching Monica and Monica slams into her,
knocking her down. Monica then falls on top of her.]
Phoebe: Oh my God, are you guys okay?
Gunther: Are you all right?
Joey: (leaving Central Perk and seeing Monica laying on
top of Rachel who is moaning in pain.) Oh my.
(They both turn and give him a dirty look.)
OPENING CREDITS
[Scene: Chandler and Joey's, Joey is watching Quincy M.E.
as Chandler is walking into the living room from his bedroom.]
Chandler: (sporting a goatee) Hey.
Joey: Hey. Y'know with that goatee you kinda look like
Satan.
Chandler: Oh, so thats why the priest threw holy
water on me. (theres no reaction from Joey) Okay, listen, you
have to cheer up! Okay? You should come out with Ross and me, I
mean anything is better than sitting around here crying all day
about Kate.
Joey: Hey I was crying because, because nobody believed
Quincys theory. Okay?
Ross: (entering) Hey!
Chandler: Hey.
Ross: (triumphantly) Im gonna be on TV!!
Chandler: No way!
Ross: Yeah! Theyre putting together this panel to
talk about these fossils they just found in Peru and The
Discovery Channels gonna film it!
Chandler: Oh my God! Whos gonna watch that?!
Ross: Thanks. You ready to go?
Chandler: Yeah. (they start to leave)
Joey: Saw a girl with that vest.
Chandler: Thanks. (He takes off the vest and throws it on
the floor.)
Anchorwoman: (on TV) While most of us think of chocolate
bunnies and baskets as traditional Easter gifts. Some people
insist on giving live chicks as presents. (Joey is intrigued by
the idea) Unfortunately, the sad fact remains that most of these
little guys wont live to see the fourth of July. (Joey
starts to call a place to buy a little baby chick) Because of as
a result of improper care, they will be dead.
Joey: (on phone) Yeah, hi. You guys got any of those baby
chicks? Cause I was watching this ah, commercial on TV and
man, those guys are cute!
[Scene: The Moondance Diner: Pete is entering, Monica is on
roller skates.]
Pete: Hi!
Monica: Hi! Hey, Pete youre back! Hey, check this
out. (She starts to skate over to him)
Pete: Wow! Skates!
(She gets just about all the way over to him and falls into his
arms.)
Monica: Wow! Youre a lot sturdier that Chandler. He
crumpled like a piece of paper. So how was youre trip?
Pete: Well... (he holds up a gift he brought her)
Monica: Oh, whatd ya bring me?! (She opens the gift)
Awww, hotel toiletries from Japan. Oh, these are gonna go in my
permanent collection. You want some coffee?
Pete: Yeah, sure, thatd be great.
(She starts to go and get the coffee and falls behind the counter.)
Monica: (popping back up) Regular or decaf?
Pete: Ah, which ever is closest.
Monica: Okay. (hands him a cup)
Pete: So ask me what I did today.
Monica: So what did you do today Pete?
Pete: I bought a restaurant and I would like you to be the
head chef.
Monica: What?! Oh.(She turns around quickly and falls)
[Scene: Monica and Rachel's, Monica is telling Rachel about Petes
offer.]
Monica: Can you believe he just offered me a restaurant?
Rachel: What a jerk! You want me to kick his ass?
Monica: I mean this has been like my dream since I got my
first Easy Bake Oven and opened Easy Monicas Bakery. I mean
I would kill for this job. I mean I can totally do this job, and
God knows I paid my dues. (She removes her fake breasts) But Petes
just doing this because he has a crush on me.
Rachel: And youre still not attracted to him at all?
Monica: Hmm, no. I mean how can I accept a restaurant from
him? I-I-I-I cant. I couldnt even accept a necklace
from Stu Vincent in the seventh grade.
Rachel: Yeah, but Mon thats totally different. He
was youre health teacher.
Monica: Oh, please.
(She slaps Rachels side and Rachel screams in pain.)
Monica: What? Honey.
Rachel: Oh, I am, my side still hurts from when you
crashed into me yesterday.
Monica: Oh God, Im so sorry.
Rachel: I know.
(Monica hugs her goes and hugs her)
Rachel: Ow!!
Monica: Oh God!
Ross: (entering, wearing a white suit with a little red
bow tie) Hey, you guys! Guess what?
Rachel: (looking at the outfit) Got a job on a river boat?
Ross: Y'know what I didnt wear this suit for a year
because you hated it. Well, guess what? Youre not my
girlfriend anymore so...
Rachel: Oh I see, so this suit is making a point.
Ross: Right.
Rachel: Now that youre on youre own, youre
free to look as stupid as you like.
Ross: (to Monica) You like it right?
Monica: Oh absolutely. I like it even more on you than I
did on Colonel Sanders. (Ross starts to leave) Ross! Ross! Im
kidding!
Rachel: Yeah, come here!
Monica: What-what was it you were gonna tell us?
Rachel: Yeah. Oh! Was how you invented the cotton gin?!
Ross: Okay, good bye! (leaves)
[Scene: Chandler and Joey's, Chandler is talking to Phoebe about
her suggestion.]
Chandler: So um, after you put the suggestion in the box,
how long did it take for the roller skating thing to happen.
Phoebe: Umm, oh, about three months.
Chandler: Okay, so I guess thats about ah, two weeks
before the topless thing kicks in.
Joey: (entering carrying a box) Hey!!
Chandler: Hey!
Joey: I got you something! Open it! Open it!
Chandler: Okay. (He opens it and its a baby chick)
Its a chicken.
Joey: Its cute, huh?
Phoebe: Whoa-whoa-whoa, you guys, do you know anything
about chicks?
Chandler: Fowl? No. Women? Nooo.
Phoebe: Okay, well they are a huge responsibility,
especially at this age. They require constant care. They-they
need just the right food, and lots and lots of love.
Joey: Oh, well no problem there. (He picks up the chick,
hugs it really tight, and talks to it like its a little
baby.)
Chandler: Easy Lenny.
[Scene: The Moondance Diner, Pete is talking to Monica about the
restaurant.]
Pete: So? I mean have you thought about it?
Monica: Okay. Heres the thing.
Pete: Oh no, not the thing. I hate the thing. Whats
the thing?
Monica: I cant do it. Im sorry, I wish I
could, but umm, see you have these feelings for me....
Pete: Wait, wait, wait, wait, thats-thats what
youre worried about? If thats the problem, weve
got no problem.
Monica: Huh?
Pete: No! Look, I was gonna tell you this over dinner, but
I met somebody else. On my trip.
Monica: Oh?
Pete: Her names Ann, shes a journalist. Ahh,
we met on the plane. She asked me if she could finish off my
peanuts, I thought she said something else, we had a big laugh.
Yeah, I just, I mean I got, I got tired of waiting.
Monica: Oh, thats great! I mean Im-Im
sorry, but Im so happy for you. And now I can work for you!
Pete: I guess you can.
Monica: Oh my God! Oh, this is incredible! Ohh! (she rolls
over and kisses him on the cheek) All right, y'know what? Im
just gonna roll right into that office and-and quit!
Pete: All right.
Monica: Okay. (she gets ready to go) Can you give me a
little push?
Pete: Yeah, sure. Good luck!
Monica: (rolling towards the office) Im quitting!!
Woo-hoo! (She rolls through a doorway and out of sight. We then
hear a big crash, and see Monica roll past the door the other way.)
Im okay!! Im all right!!
Phoebe: (to Pete) Wow! Thats exciting, you went to
Japan, made up a woman.
Pete: What?
Phoebe: Im just saying, this woman, I mean shes
fictitious. No?
Pete: Why would you say that?
Phoebe: Cause youre still into Monica. So you
told her there was somebody else so she would agree to work with
you, so cause you figure oh if you spent a lot of time
together, maybe something might happen, and...
Pete: Youre good. Youre good!
Phoebe: Yeah, no, Im fairly intuitive and psychic.
Its a substantial gift.
Pete: Listen, can you promise me that you wont tell
her though?
Phoebe: Absolutely, oh I promise. Tell her what?
Pete: Thanks a lot.
Phoebe: No Im serious. I mean Im intuitive,
but my memory sucks.
[Scene: Chandler and Joey's, Chandler is baby-chick sitting.]
Chandler: Okay, but this is the last time. (singing) With
a chick-chick here, and a chick-chick there. Here a chick, there
a chick, everywhere a chick-chick-(Joey enters)-chickeeeen.
Joey: Hey.
Chandler: Hey.
Joey: Hows she doing?
Chandler: She?
Joey: Well yeah, dont-dont you think its
a she?
Chandler: I dont know. (He picks the chick up and
turns it over, trying to determine the sex of the chick, and
blows on it.) I cant tell, what ever it was went back in
too quickly.
Joey: Well, anyway, I got to go change, Im ah,
meeting some of the cast for drinks.
Chandler: Excuse me?
Joey: What?
Chandler: I stayed home from work today while you were at
rehearsal so somebody could be here with our chick!
Joey: Hey! Who was up from 2 oclock this morning
until 5 oclock this morning trying to get her back to
sleep?
Chandler: You dont think I get up when you get up?
Joey: Ohhh, here it comes.
Chandler: Yes, here it comes! Im stuck here all day,
and then you come in and spend two seconds with us and then
expect to go off gallivanting with your friends? Well I dont
think so mister!
Joey: Hey!! I need to relax! Okay? I was working all day!
Chandler: And you dont think taking care of our
chick is work?
Joey: Thats not what I said. Okay, I just meant...
Chandler: I know what you meant!! (pause) You notice that
ever since we got this chick, weve been fighting a lot more
than we used too?
Joey: I dont know, maybe we werent ready to
have a chick.
Chandler: Ill take her back tomorrow.
Joey: Do you think well get our three bucks back?
Ross: (entering carrying a garment bag) Hey!
Chandler: Hey!
Ross: (sees the chick) Ohhh, hey! All right, listen, I-I
have that TV thing in like two hours, and I need your help, okay?
What do you think? (takes out two suits) This blue suit, or this
brown one?
Joey: Well, the brown one brings out your eyes, but your
butt looks great in the blue one.
Ross: Really? (Joey gives him a Like I would know
look)
[Scene: Monica and Rachel's, Rachel is trying to take some
aspirin.]
Rachel: (she reaches for the bottle) Oww! (She grabs the
bottle, but has trouble opening it. She pops the top off and
aspirins fly all over the place as Ross enters.)
Ross: Wow! That aspirin dance really works!
Rachel: (She bends over to try and pick up the aspirin)
Oww!
Ross: Oh my God, is that still...
Rachel: Im fine, Im fine.
Ross: No youre not.
Rachel: Yes I am!
Ross: Rach!
Rachel: Look, Im fine. Watch. (She picks up an
aspirin between her toes) Look at that. (She lifts her leg to
grab the aspirin with her hand and almost falls over.) Whoa-whoa!
Ross: (stopping her from falling) Okay, okay. Look, you
have got to go to a doctor! Okay?
Rachel: No. I have got to get ready and go to a
dinner at my bosses house. Its a very big deal, theres
a lot of people there I have to meet.
Ross: And Im sure youre gonna make a big
impression. Hi! Im Rachel Green. Its nice to meet you.
(He lifts his leg and imitates shaking hands with it, just like
how Rachel was trying to pick up the aspirin with her feet.) Come
on, you probably have a broken rib!
Rachel: Well, I will go to the hospital tomorrow, itll
still be broken then.
Ross: Rach...
Rachel: But y'know, I could use a hand getting ready.
Ross: Rachel...
Rachel: Look, either help me or go.
Ross: Fine. Ill go.
Rachel: (with a hurt expression on her face) Okay, but
before you go, could you help me first?
Ross: (He checks his watch) Sure. Ill help you.
Chandler: (rushing in) Oh, good! Good! Do you guys know
how to get a chick out of a VCR?!
COMMERCIAL BREAK
[Scene: Rachels bedroom, Rachel is trying to put on eye
liner with her left hand, as Ross is setting out her shoes.]
Rachel: (She drops the brush) Y'know what? I cannot do
this with my left hand! Would you please, help me with this too?
Ross: Ohh. (He drops the shoes, takes the brush from her,
and licks the tip. He doesnt like how it tastes.)
Rachel: (taking the brush back) Okay. Lets use this
brush. (Hands him another one.)
Ross: Okay. This stuff?
Rachel: Yeah.
Ross: All right.
Rachel: Careful. Light. Okay, do you know how, just sweep
it across the lid. Okay? Just sweep it.
Ross: Oke-dokey. (He pokes her in the eye with the brush.)
Rachel: Oh-ho!
Ross: Sorry.
Rachel: Hey! Thats just poking me in the eye!
Ross: Sorry, Im sorry. Close, close, close...
Rachel: Okay, just sweep it.
Ross: Im sweeping...
Rachel: Right.
Ross: Sweep, sweep....(He starts to paint it on her eye,
making it look like she has a black eye.)
Rachel: Okay, now make it even, cause we dont...
Ross: What? What?
Rachel: We dont want it-it to be too much, we want
it to be subtle.
(Of course its too late for that.)
Ross: No. No, y'know you dont, you dont wear
enough of this. (Rachel is shocked) What?
Rachel: Since when, since when do you think I dont
wear enough of this?
Ross: Well I, close your eyes, I just think youre
gonna like this a little better, cause, close-close... (He
gets some more on the brush)
Rachel: Blow it.
Ross: (blows it) Sorry. Cause umm, I think this will
make you a little more sophisticated.
Rachel: Sophisticated like a hooker?
[Scene: Central Perk, Monica is entering, Phoebe is already there.]
Monica: Hey!
Phoebe: Hey!
Monica: Hey, guess what Im doing tonight.
Phoebe: What?
Monica: Im checking out the restaurant with Pete.
Phoebe: Ohh, Monica, I am so excited for you.
Monica: I know.
Phoebe: Ooh, I have to tell you something.
Monica: What?
Phoebe: But I cant tell you.
Monica: Okay, but wouldnt it be easier if you had to
tell me something that you could tell me.
Phoebe: Well, sure in a perfect world. But, no, I promised
I wouldnt tell, and I swore to like all my gods.
Monica: Okay. Does it have to do with Ross and Rachel?
Phoebe: No.
Monica: Does it have to do with Joey?
Phoebe: No.
Monica: Does it have to do with-with Chandler and that
sock that he keeps by his bed?
Phoebe: No, but lets come back to that later!
[Scene: Rachels Bedroom, Ross is finishing up her make-up.]
Ross: There you go! Good enough for your party, huh?
(She turns and looks in the mirror, and its way, way over
done. She looks like she has two black eyes.)
Rachel: Sure.
Ross: Yep?
Rachel: Sure, Ill just sit next to the trans-sexual
from purchasing.
Ross: Okay, come on! All right, I gotta go! So good luck
at the party. Okay?
Rachel: Oh wait, Ross, would you just stay and help me get
dressed?
Ross: (checks his watch) Sure, okay.
Rachel: Okay. Okay, great! Umm, okay, just turn around.
Ross: What?
Rachel: I dont want you to see me naked!
Ross: Rachel, Ive seen you naked a million times. I
ate hot fudge off you naked. Remember, I-I sucked that mini-marshmallow
out of your belly button?
Rachel: Yeah, but that was different. Yknow? I mean,
we were, we were going out then, now I think its weird.
Ross: Rach, y'know I can see you naked any time I want.
Rachel: What?
Ross: All I have to do is close my eyes. See? (closes his
eyes) Woo-hoo!!
Rachel: Ross! Stop that!
Ross: Ah, Im sorry.
Rachel: Come on! I dont want you thinking of me like
that any more!
Ross: Ahh, sorry, nothing you can do about it. Its
one of my ah, rights as the ex-boyfriend. (closes his eyes again)
Oop, oh yeah!
Rachel: Stop it! Cut it out! Cut it out!
Ross: Okay, okay, Im sorry, it will never happen...
(closes eyes) Uh-oh! Wait a minute! Wait-wait, now there are a
hundred of you and Im the king.
Rachel: Rosss...
Ross: Come on, would you grow up? Its no big deal.
Rachel: All right. (She starts to take off her robe) Fine.
Ross: Yowzah!!!
Rachel: O-kay!! See what you did, Im gonna be doing
it by myself now. Okay?
Ross: Aww, come on.
Rachel: Thats it. (She crawls onto the bed) Ow!!!
Ross: Oh my God!
Rachel: Oh-ow!
Ross: All right.
Rachel: Ow!
Ross: Look...
Rachel: Ow!
Ross: Okay.
Rachel: Ow!
Ross: Rach?
Rachel: Ow! Ow!
Ross: Easy. Easy. You have to go to the hospital. Okay?
Rachel: Okay, I do.
Ross: Okay.
Rachel: I really do.
Ross: Okay, Im gonna get your coat and then Ill-Ill
put you in a cab.
Rachel: Okay. Oh wait, wait-wait, youre not gonna
come with me?
Ross: (He thinks about it) Of course I am. I just have to
make a call.
Rachel: Okay.
Ross: Okay? (goes into the living room)
Rachel: Thank you. (She goes to take off her make-up and
screams in pain) Oww!!!! God!
Ross: (rushing back in) What?! I wh-, whats wrong?
Rachel: Im sorry, I just cant go to the
hospital lookin like this.
[Scene: Central Perk, Monica is trying to find out what Phoebe
wont tell her.]
Monica: Does it involve travel?
Phoebe: Noo!
Monica: Does it involve clogs?
Phoebe: Oh, wait, wait. Clogs, or claws?
Monica: Clogs.
Phoebe: No.
Monica: Claws?!
Phoebe: No.
Monica: Okay, so it doesnt involve Ross or Rachel or
Chandler or Joey. But, what about Pete?
Phoebe: (Shaking her head yes) No!
Monica: What is it?! What about Pete?
Phoebe: I dont know! (frantically points at Monica)
Monica: Okay, I feel like Im talking to Lassie. All
right, Phoebe would you just tell me!
Phoebe: I cant!!
Monica: Okay, I gotta go. (gets up)
Phoebe: I, but youre so close! No!
Monica: Okay, does it involve something to do with Petes
computer company?
Phoebe: Oh, just go. Youre never gonna get it!
[Scene: Chandler and Joey's, Chandler is watching Baywatch
with the baby chick. Hes on one leather chair, the chick is
on the other. Its watching Yasmine Bleeth run and is
chirping.]
Chandler: I know. See, yes. Thats Yasmine Bleeth,
shes a completely different kind of chick. I love you both.
But in very different ways.
Joey: (entering) Hey!
Chandler: Hey!
Joey: (sees hes watching Baywatch) Ohhh. (sees
he still has the chick) Ahh! What are you doing?! I thought you
were gonna take her back to the store today.
Chandler: I did! But the store wouldnt take her back!
So then I took her to the shelter, and you know what I found out?
(Joey wants to know, but Chandler doesnt want to discuss it
by the chick, so he and Joey move over to the windows and away
from the chick.)
Chandler: If they cant find a home for her, they
kill her! And Im not gonna let that happen to little
Yasmine!
Joey: Okay, good, good, good, cause, good, cause
I was kinda having second thoughts too.
Chandler: Okay. And its not just chicks y'know? Its
all kinds of other animals!
Joey: Thats horrible! Well, you did the right thing
man.
Chandler: Thanks, Im glad you see it that way.
(He hear a duck start quacking, and see it waddle into the living
room from the bathroom. Joey wants to know whats with the
duck.)
Chandler: Ohhh-hoo, funny story!
[Scene: Petes Restaurants Kitchen, Pete is showing
Monica around the kitchen.]
Monica: I dont believe this! Wow, look at this
refridgerator! Its gigantic! I mean I could live in this
thing! Id be cold, but Im always cold. Oh my God,
look at these spider burners! I love spider burners.
Pete: So you like it?
Monica: Oh, it is sooo perfect. Thank you so much. (runs
over and hugs him)
Pete: Oh, youre welcome. (He takes a deep breath)
Monica: Did you just smell my hair?
Pete: Nooo. Uh-huh, no way. What? No.
Monica: Oh God.
Pete: What?
Monica: You still have feelings for me dont you?
Pete: Now, nooo! Im just excited about the
restaurant, thats all.
Monica: Pete.
Pete: Okay, I love you. Is that so bad?
Monica: No, its not bad. Its not bad at all.
Its-its really nice.
Pete: Look, the only who stands to get hurt is me. And Im
okay with that.
Monica: You may be okay about getting hurt, but I am not
okay with being the one who hurts you. Thats why I cant
take this job.
Pete: What?
Monica: And well, we probably shouldnt see each
other anymore. Im sorry.
Pete: Okay, yeah. I mean... If thats, if thats
really what you want, okay.
Monica: Okay, bye.
(She kisses him on the cheek, and he kisses her back on the mouth.)
Pete: Im sorry things didnt work out...
Monica: All right shut up for a second and let me just see
something. (She kisses him back on the lips) Oh, wow! (They then
hug and kiss, very passionately.)
[Scene: The Hallway Between The Apartments, Ross and Rachel are
coming back from the hospital. Ross is helping her up the stairs.]
Rachel: Okay, youd tell me the truth. Right?
Ross: Rach, you cant look fat in an x-ray.
Rachel: Okay.
(As they approach the door, Chandler comes out carrying his duck.)
Chandler: Okay! Now you stay out here, and you think about
what you did!!
Ross: (to Chandler) Thats a duck.
Chandler: Thats a bad duck!!! (to Ross) Howd
the thing go tonight, Ross?
Ross: Oh, it was, nah, well....
Rachel: What thing? What thing?
Ross: Nothing, ah there was this thing at the museum. Come
on. (they go into her apartment) Easy.
Chandler: (to the duck) Okay, now when you come back I
hope you remember that, that chick is not a toy! (He goes back
into the apartment)
[cut to inside Monica and Rachels]
Rachel: What thing? What is this thing?
Ross: I was kinda, supposed to be on TV tonight for The
Discovery Channel.
Rachel: Oh my God!
Ross: Yeah.
Rachel: Ross, why didnt you tell me that?
Ross: Eh, cause I knew that if I told you, youd
make me go, and I knew you needed someone to be with you tonight.
Come on. Come on.
Rachel: I cannot believe you.
Ross: What?
Rachel: That is the sweetest thing, I just....
(They both look at each other for a while)
Ross: (breaking the silence) You should get some sleep.
Rachel: Okay.
Ross: So, Ill umm...
Rachel: Oh, Im sorry I spoiled youre evening.
Ross: No, thats, no, as long as youre okay. So
Ill ah, Ill see you tomorrow.
Rachel: Um-hmm, yeah.
(He leaves)
Rachel: (After he closes the door) See ya.
(In the hallway, Ross all dejected, sits down on the step.)
Chandler: (coming out of his apartment and seeing Ross)
What did you do?
CLOSING CREDITS
[Scene: Chandler and Joeys Bathroom: Chandler is
watching the duck swim in the bathtub.]
Joey: What cha doing?
Chandler: Having a swim.
Joey: What about the chick?
Chandler: Chicks dont swim.
Joey: Are you sure?
Chandler: I dont know. Should we try it?
Joey: Sure.
(Chandler picks up the chick and drops it in the water.)
Chandler: See, I told you they dont swim. (He goes
to take it out)
Joey: (stopping him) Wait. Give him a minute.
Chandler: Noo! (takes him out) Oh, its okay, its
okay, baby, baby, baby.
(Joey picks up and turns on a hair dryer.)