- Phoebe's world view is shattered when she learns how Old Yeller really ends. Monica becomes jealous when Richard starts hanging out with Chandler and Joey. Rachel panics when she learns that Ross has planned their whole life together.
- Phoebe discovers that many movies that she watched as a kid are not as pleasant as her mother said they were. Joey and Chandler start spending time with Richard and Monica wishes he would spend more time with her. Rachel freaks out about her relationship with Ross when she learns that he is starting to plan their future.—gdubs-41348
- Ross is upset that he misses so many of Ben's first things. Phoebe finds out that her mum never showed her the ends of sad movies to shield her from the pain. Joey and Chandler take Richard to a game because it means a lot to Monica. They really like him so Chandler gets a mustache and Joey starts smoking cigars. Ben spends a whole weekend with Ross. Rachel isn't very good with babies and freaks out when she hears that Ross pictures their future with 2 children living in the suburbs. Richard spends more time with the guys than with Monica. But Joey and Chandler really hurt Richard when they tell him he is like a cool dad. Rachel is the only one who hears Ben speak his first word.—Anonymous
- Phoebe's positive outlook of the world is shattered when she learns how the movie, Old Yeller, really ends (she was under the impression that the movie ends when Old Yeller has babies, and saves the family from the wolf) (the part that her mother didn't allow her to see was when Yeller gets rabies and the family shoots it dead). Phoebe's mom wanted to shield her kids from the pain and sadness.. She then starts watching all the films with melancholic endings that her mother used to forbid her from watching during her childhood (Love Story, Brian's song and Terms of Endearment) and becomes seriously depressed, nitpicking over all the distressing details out of even the most cheerful films. Now while watching TV with Ben, Phoebe warns him about the sad things in scenes and preparing him, before letting him watch any further.
Chandler and Joey have an extra ticket to a Knicks game, and Monica suggests they should take Richard along. At first the guys are nervous, but eventually agree when Monica offers that Richard will take them in his Jaguar. Joey drives the jag for 12 blocks and Chandler for 15.. The guys love Richard. Joey starts smoking a cigar and Chandler starts keeping a mustache. Monica starts getting jealous when the three men constantly hang out soon after (they go to a rangers game together and later to the basketball playoffs and later at the Foosball table). Chandler and Joey regard Richard as the "cool dad" they never had, while Richard believed they were buddies.
Meanwhile, Ross is disgruntled that he misses most of Ben's firsts (when he grabs the end of the table and stands up, rolls over for the first time or crawls or even waves), so he decides to spend a whole weekend with his son in hope of eliciting more firsts out of him. In the process, Ross inadvertently reveals to Rachel that he has laid out a whole planned future for them (they will have 2 babies, a boy and a girl. They will move to Scarsdale as they wouldn't want to raise kids in the city. Far enough from the parents, and yet near enough to ask for help every now and then.. taxes are higher, but the schools are great.. he even has the names picked out for the kids), which greatly unsettles the latter. Rachel says she has her life planned for her, her entire life and she doesn't like it. This was one of the reasons she left Barry. Ross is not ready to back down and says he loves Rachel and that he will plan his life with her as he knows they will end up together. He asks Rachel to deal with it. Rachel says I Love You back.. They kiss.
Later Rachel is changing Ben's diaper and he says "Hi" back to her. Ross misses this too.. Carol and Susan are also super excited about this, but Ross is depressed. Ross picks up when he says Bye to Ben and he replies "Bye"..
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