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Ross becomes insanely jealous of Mark. Monica hooks up with a co-worker, who writes her a poem with a hidden meaning. One of Joey's numerous lies on his resume is exposed when he takes part in a Broadway production.

It's Rachel's first day at the new job. Mark is taking her out for lunch and Ross is extremely jealous. Monica hooks up with "poet" Julio from work. Joey gets a part in a musical because he lied about having dancing experience. Ross sends Rachel flowers, musical bugs and even a singing quartet to the office to let Mark know she has a boyfriend. Chandler and Ross go to Chandler's cousin's stag night and Ross takes Ben to play with the stripper's kid the following day. Rachel is jealous even though she just told Ross to stop being jealous of her friendship with Mark.—Anonymous

Its Rachel's first day at work and she puts a lot of time to dress perfectly. Ross learns that Mark is taking Rachel out for lunch. Chandler tells Ross to bottle up his insecurities and don't display them so openly to Rachel. Ross calls Rachel at work, only to find Mark picking Rachel's phone.. All this only fuels Ross's insecurities Convinced Mark wants to steal Rachel, a jealous Ross showers her with romantic gifts at the workplace. He also sends a Barbershop quartet.. Rachel tells Ross to back off and stop marking his territory.. The guys advise Ross to make a few surprise visits to the office since they think that Mark is not hitting on Rachel straightaway, he is first becoming her confidant.. and then Rachel will see him as the right guy for her, as he "understands her".. Ross shows up at the office and hears Mark kissing his girlfriend and thinks that he is kissing Rachel. Ross interrupts them, only to realize Mark wasn't kissing Rachel. Ross apologizes to Rachel and says that the Mark things is really difficult for him. He is afraid of losing Rachel, like he lost Carol.

Joey's numerous lies on his padded resume catch up with him. Joey is selected for a Broadway musical and he thinks it is only a singing part.. But the director wants Joey to bring his jazz shoes for the dance rehearsal, as all roles have to dance a little. Joey had lied on his resume that he had 5 yrs with the American Ballet Theatre. At the audition, the director has to take off to take care of a friend and asks Joey to teach the other dancers the combination (since Joey is the most experienced).. when the director returns all the dancers show him are some silly dance moves that Joey taught them.. The director thinks that the dancers are very bad learners and asks Joey to show them the steps one more time.. Joey is caught, and decides to run away from the audition.

Monica dates Julio, a busboy from the diner who writes her a poem called, 'The Empty Vase' (They were fooling around when Julio stopped in the middle to write the poem). Touched, Monica sleeps with him, but Phoebe explains that the poem means he thinks she is "empty" inside. Monica confronts Julio about writing such insulting poems about her. Julio explains that the poem is not about Monica, but about all women, actually all American women. Monica gets her revenge by sending the barbershop quartet to Julio with a poem that basically says that he is a butt-munch

Chandler plans a bachelor party for his cousin and arranges a stripper. Ross is invited.. Rachel assures Ross he can trust her with Mark, then becomes jealous when he and Ben have a play date with the stripper from a bachelor party he attended who has a son Ben's age. Rachel gives Ross a deep hard kiss hoping that this way he would not forget her.. But Chandler points out that maybe Rachel just aroused Ross and sent him off to a stripper.