The One with Phoebe's Ex-Partner (6 Feb. 1997)

Phoebe's ex singing partner Leslie plays at Central Perk. Leslie left the duo and Phoebe is still mad but Leslie wants them to play together again. Ross is delighted to hear that Mark quit ... See full summary »

Director:

Robby Benson

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
Lisa Kudrow	...	Phoebe Buffay
Matt LeBlanc	...	Joey Tribbiani (as Matt Le Blanc)
Matthew Perry	...	Chandler Bing
David Schwimmer	...	Dr. Ross Geller
Sherilyn Fenn	...	Ginger
Steven Eckholdt	...	Mark Robinson
Elizabeth Daily	...	Leslie (as E.G. Daily)
James Michael Tyler	...	Gunther

Storyline

Phoebe's ex singing partner Leslie plays at Central Perk. Leslie left the duo and Phoebe is still mad but Leslie wants them to play together again. Ross is delighted to hear that Mark quit his job. Chandler meets Ginger and goes out with her. Joey used to date Ginger but accidentally threw her artificial leg into a fire and ran away. Phoebe and Leslie are back together playing music. Ross goes to a fashion seminar with Rachel so she won't go with Mark. They fight because Ross was so bored he fell asleep. Ross doesn't like that he is not involved in Rachel's "other" life with her work but Rachel loves having something on her own. Leslie sells "Smelly Cat" as a commercial jingle and Phoebe and Leslie break up once again. Ginger dumps Chandler because he has a third nipple. Chandler lets the third nipple be removed surgically.

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Plot Keywords:

third nipple | partner | fashion | duo | artificial leg | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

6 February 1997 (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:

30 min 22 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Quotes

Ginger: What's that?
Chandler: That's, that's my nubbin.
Ginger: What's a nubbin?
Chandler: It's kinda a ah, a third nipple kinda thing.
Ginger: You have three nipples?
Chandler: Well, you know two regulars. And ah one that barely qualifies as... Ahh, what?
Ginger: Nothing. I, I just remembered I have to leave.
Chandler: You ah, you have to leave, now? How come?
Ginger: Ah well, it's nubbin. Nothing!

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Soundtracks

"Jingle Bitch Screwed Me Over"
(uncredited)
Performed by Lisa Kudrow

User Reviews

The One with Phoebe's Ex-Partner

The title story of this episode is pretty boring. Although the good part of it is the Smelly Cat litter commercial, this one turned out kind of funny

I did like the story about the girl with the artificial leg funny. I love the part where Joey tells how he accidentally burned it down and after that just ran through the woods with no socks on. Matt LeBlanc was just great at telling this story. And the ending is pretty good too. Chandler has overcome the fact that the leg was bothering him but who knew that he will be left for his nubbin? The irony!

And we have more development of the conflict between Rachel and Ross. David Schwimmer was very funny at the "Jurrasic Parka" part. And while Ross sure is unreasonable with his jealousy, Rachel is being pretty annoying. Couldn't she just laugh off that Ross fell asleep? Nah, she is too stuck up for it. And while I see what they were doing when she was saying how boring his job for her, I couldn't help but thinking: "Seriously? You are comparing spectacular historical evidence to fashion?" Puuuuhleeze