Intrigue

Elizabeth's father takes an instant disliking to Ross. Joey almost gets fired from "Mac and C.H.E.E.S.E." after offending the operator of the robot. Phoebe writes a book based on Monica and Chandler.

Elizabeth's dad meets Ross to tell him he doesn't like him going out with Elizabeth. Ross asks for a chance to impress Mr Stevens and he gives him 2 minutes to do so. Ross fails utterly even though the friends try to make him look good. When Rachel meets Mr Stevens again they talk for ages and start dating. Ross sees his chance of getting Mr Stevens blessing because Rachel can change Mr Steven's opinion of Ross. Joey is about to lose his job on Mac and CHEESE because the robot inventor and controller doesn't like him. The robot guy promises Joey to get his job back if Joey teaches him how to talk to women. Rachel accidentally tells Mr Stevens about Ross' three marriages. Elizabeth tells her father that she doesn't care what he thinks of Ross and neither does Ross.—Anonymous

Phoebe decides to start writing another book. She observes Monica and CHandler and writes down every detail of their daily life in her diary. She gives them names Marsha and Chester in her book. Monica gets really annoyed that Phoebe is recording their every detail, so she starting writing about Phoebe in her book, and calls the character Phyllis. Later, Phoebe is begged by both to settle an issue of whether they agreed to meet at the coffee house at 6 or 7. Turns out Monica thought they are meeting at 6 and Chandler thought they were meeting at 7, but Phoebe never corrected either of them.

Elizabeth's dad Paul (Bruce Willis) meets Ross and he asks his friends to be at the coffee house to talk him up and make him look good. Paul tells him he doesn't like him going out with Elizabeth. Ross asks for a chance to impress Mr Stevens and he gives him 2 minutes to do so. Ross fails utterly (he messes up his entire spiel and is relieved when his friends arrive) even though the friends try to make him look good. Paul's wife passed away shortly after Elizabeth was born and he raised Elizabeth by himself. The ladies Monica and Phoebe and an instant fan of Paul. Rachel is late and lets slip that Ross had prepped his friends to talk him up in front of Paul.

When Rachel meets Mr Stevens again (Paul came back to the coffee house as he left his keys somewhere) they talk for ages (Paul was very young when he had Elizabeth) and start dating. Ross sees his chance of getting Mr Stevens blessing because Rachel can change Mr Steven's opinion of Ross.

Joey is about to lose his job on Mac and CHEESE because the robot inventor and controller Wayne (Andrew Bilgore) doesn't like him. Joey doesn't think the robot is very sophisticated (he had the terminator in mind) and this insults Wayne as CHEESE is the most advanced robot currently available and Wayne spent 12 yrs developing it. Joey tells his friends how he may have to get Wayne fired. But later, he finds (Estelle calls him for an audition of the same role, saying that the actor playing it doesn't know that he might be fired) that Wayne may get Joey fired since there is only one robot, and the show can get any number of human actors to replace Joey. Monica tells Joey to win over Wayne with his charm, and to kiss some serious robot ass. The robot guy promises Joey to get his job back if Joey teaches him how to talk to women (he had seen Joey pick up girls on set effortlessly). Joey teaches him and gets to keep his job.

Rachel takes Paul, Elizabeth and Ross out for dinner and tells nice stories about Ross, but Paul manages to find Ross's flaws in each one of them. Rachel accidentally tells Mr Stevens about Ross' three marriages (Ross was talking about him and Carol when Rachel was in the bathroom and when she comes back she thinks he is talking about her and his marriage). She then talks about Emily as well, and also says that he never told her that they were not divorced. Elizabeth tells her father that she doesn't care what he thinks of Ross and neither does Ross