The One Where Joey Loses His Insurance (14 Oct. 1999)

Ross gets a part time job as guest lecturer at the university. Joey's health insurance expires because he wasn't paying so he goes to see his agent. Phoebe's psychic says Phoebe will die ... See full summary »

Director:

Gary Halvorson

Writers:

David Crane (creator), Marta Kauffman (creator),

Stars:

Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow

Cast

Episode cast overview:
Jennifer Aniston	...	Rachel Green
Courteney Cox	...	Monica Geller (as Courteney Cox Arquette)
Lisa Kudrow	...	Phoebe Buffay
Matt LeBlanc	...	Joey Tribbiani (as Matt Le Blanc)
Matthew Perry	...	Chandler Bing
David Schwimmer	...	Dr. Ross Geller
June Gable	...	Estelle Leonard
Ron Glass	...	Russell
Christopher Darga	...	The Director
Kim Harris	...	Casting Director #1
Joe Everett Michaels	...	Casting Director #3
Rick Fitts	...	The Professor
Ian Meltzer	...	Alex
Michael Naughton	...	The Student
Matt Bellner	...	The Crew Member

Storyline

Ross gets a part time job as guest lecturer at the university. Joey's health insurance expires because he wasn't paying so he goes to see his agent. Phoebe's psychic says Phoebe will die within a week but she doesn't know how she will be killed. Rachel and Monica sneak into Ross' lecture and find that he is doing a fake British accent. He says he couldn't help it - he was nervous when having his first lecture and the British accent just came out of his mouth. Joey has a hernia but doesn't want to go to the hospital because he isn't covered by insurance anymore. Monica and Rachel fight about some candle holders because both claim they bought them. Phoebe's reading was wrong because her psychic is dead. Ross tries to phase out the accent but everyone notices. Rachel finds out that they are still married and is furious. Joey gets his health insurance back.

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

14 October 1999 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Dijon Street, Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Bright/Kauffman/Crane Productions, Warner Bros. Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

22 min 22 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

When Rachel and Monica fight for the "candle holders", the "holders" change positions between shots. First the bottom parts are towards Rachel, next shot they are towards Monica

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Quotes

[Joey has a bad hernia and is in massive pain]
Phoebe: Hey! Maybe you'll die!
Joey: [voice cracks] Chandler, I'm scared.
Phoebe: No, we can go together. Just don't wait too long, because I'm outta here sometimes before Friday.
Joey: But I don't wanna die.
Phoebe: No, no, it'll be fun. We'll come back and haunt these guys!
Joey: Wait, could I come back and haunt Monica and Rachel when they're in the shower?
Chandler: That's my girlfriend!
Joey: Hey, I'm dead!

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Connections

References Jerry Maguire (1996)

User Reviews

The One Where Joey Loses His Insurance

Joey's story is pretty amusing in this episode. Especially when his hernia comes and he has to get through his auditions in pain. The one where he talks to a kid and sticks his hand into the pants was awesome. And also when he plays the dying man and the kid refuses to cry. Good job of Chandler to bring the annoying kid to tears!

Ross's story is pretty good too because it so unexpected and out of nowhere. Suddenly we hear him speak with a British accent! Very good scene where he has to explain it to his class and Rachel runs in angry because she found out that she is still his wife

Phoebe's story isn't so great, but it is very small so it doesn't ruin the episode