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The One With The Ring
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Written by: Andrew Reich & Ted Cohen
Transcribed by: Eric Aasen
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[Scene: Monica, Chandler, and Phoebe's, Phoebe is at the sink and Chandler is looking at a ring brochure.]
Chandler: Pheebs, can you help me pick out an engagement ring for Monica? I can抰 figure this out! It抯 so hard! Should I get her a (turning to each page) Tiffany cut or a Princess cut or a梐h-ah! Paper cut!
Phoebe: Now, have you told anyone else?
Chandler: No, I don抰 want to tell anybody else because I don抰 want Monica to find out.
Phoebe: You told me.
Chandler: Well, it抯 because I trust you, you抮e one of my best friends, and you walked in on me when I was looking at ring brochures.
Phoebe: Yeah well, once again not knocking pays off. I only wish you hadn抰 been on the toilet.
Chandler: Me too.
(Joey and Ross enter causing Chandler to quickly hide the brochure behind his back.)
Joey: Hey. (Heads straight for the fridge.)
Chandler: Hey.
Phoebe: Hey! So Chandler, wanna go to the coffeehouse?
Chandler: Oh all right.
Phoebe: Yeah, coffeehouse.
Ross: Oh perfect, we were just gonna see if you wanted to go.
Chandler: Oh well, we don抰 because we got卼he卭ther pl-place.
(Joey returns with a piece of pizza as Chandler and Phoebe exit.)
Ross: How rude.
Joey: Oh, I抦 sorry. You wanna bite? (Holds his piece out for him.)
Opening Credits
[Scene: Central Perk, Phoebe and Rachel are sitting on the couch.]
Phoebe: So how are things going with Paul?
Rachel: Good. Although y択now, he-he抯 a private guy. Y択now, I wish I could get him to open up a little bit, share some feelings.
Phoebe: That抯 easy! You just have to think of him as a-as a jar of pickles that won抰 open.
Rachel: So what are you saying; I should run him under hot water and bang his head against a table?
Phoebe: No that抯 what you do when you want to get the truth out of someone.
Paul: (entering) Hi honey.
Rachel: Hi!
Phoebe: (To Rachel) Watch this.
Paul: (To Rachel) How are you?
Rachel: (To Phoebe) Okay.
Phoebe: Hi Paul!
Paul: Hi Phoebe.
Phoebe: So how are things going with you?
Paul: Can抰 complain.
(Phoebe turns to Rachel and mimes remove a lid of a jar. Ross enters and Paul motions for Rachel to leave with him now.)
Paul: (whispering) Come on.
Rachel: Okay. (Gets up and starts to leave with Paul.)
Paul: (To Ross) Hey!
Ross: Hi!
(They shake hands and their lines overlap.)
Paul: Ross!
Ross: Great to see you!
Paul: Good to see you too!
Ross: How you doing?
Paul: Good. Bye! (Starts to leave.)
Ross: Okay! You take care!
(Ross turns his back on Paul and makes a 慖 hate that guy?face. Paul does the same thing.)
Ross: Hey Pheebs, what-what was the deal with you and Chandler blowing us off before?
Phoebe: Yeah! That was so weird, huh?
Ross: Phoebe, why抎 you do it?
Phoebe: I didn抰 do it! It was Chandler! He抯?He抯 mad at you!
Ross: What?! Why?!
Phoebe: Please, I think you know why.
Ross: I can抰 think of anything.
Phoebe: Come on Ross, you抮e a paleontologist, dig a little deeper.
Ross: Wait a minute, is it because Joey and I didn抰 invite him to that Knicks game a couple of weeks ago?
Phoebe: Do you think that抯 something that he抎 be mad at you for?
Ross: I guess it could.
Phoebe: Well then I think that抯 it.
Ross: Well, if he抯 angry, he really shouldn抰 just cover it up. I-I wish he would just tell me the truth.
Phoebe: Oh, if that抯 what you want you then you really should run his head under hot water and bang his head against a table.
[Scene: Joey and Rachel's, Paul and Rachel are getting ready to go out. Paul is entering from the bathroom.]
Paul: Honey I made a reservation at China Garden, is that okay?
Rachel: Yeah that抯 great. But first, wait, talk to me, talk to me. Tell me about your day.
Paul: It was fine.
Rachel: Okay. Hey, what are you thinking? What are you thinking right now?
Paul: I抦 thinking that you are looking really fine it that dress.
Rachel: Yeah that抯 great Paul, but y択now I wanna know what?Puts her hands on his shoulders)梂ow, those are really great! I just wanna know what, what is behind this-this strong, silent exterior. Y択now they say that still waters run deep and I wanna swim in yours.
Paul: Are you talking about having sex?
Rachel: No Paul, I don抰 know anything about you! Y択now, like-like your childhood! Tell me about your childhood!
Paul: Normal.
Rachel: Okay, well then how about puberty! Come on, that抯 always a painful time! Y択now your friends invite you to a slumber party and then they stick your hand in warm water while you抮e sleeping so that you pee in your sleeping bag.
Paul: Nope! That never happened to me!
Rachel: Well, you抮e lucky you never met that bitch Sharon Majesky. Anyway, umm?The rest of you life, y択now? Any regrets?
Paul: Nope.
Rachel: All right Paul, I抦 not asking for a lot here. Okay? Just give me something. Anything!
Paul: Okay.
Rachel: Okay.
Paul: Okay.
Rachel: All right.
Paul: When I was six years old.
Rachel: Hm-mmm.
Paul: I wanted a big wheel. And instead my parents got me this little plastic chicken that you hop around on. It was embarrassing; kids made fun of me. That was a pretty tough year.
Rachel: That抯-that抯 great! See? I already feel like I know you a little better! Thank you. Okay, come on. Now we can go eat. Let抯 go. (Gets up to leave, but Paul doesn抰 move.)
Paul: It was horrible. They called me chicken boy.
Rachel: Oh!
[Time Lapse, Paul is now weeping uncontrollably in Rachel抯 arms.]
Paul: And in fifth grade I got into a fight. Well, it wasn抰 really a fight. Richard Darinvel bit me on the nose and, and I feel down. I still have a little scare right here (points to it) you can see it.
Rachel: Yeah. Yeah, I-I-I see the scare. Listen, Paul, I think this is really great that-that y択now, you shared your feelings. It抯 really, it抯 beautiful, but umm, what do you say we go share some food?
Paul: Oh, I couldn抰 eat now.
Rachel: What?! Wait! What are you talking about?! You love their Kung Pao Chicken!
Paul: Chicken? (Pointing to himself.) Chicken boy!
Rachel: My God, I抦 sorry! I抦 sorry! I didn抰 mean to do that! I wouldn抰 do that!
(Paul screams like a chicken and breaks down into tears again.)
[Scene: A Jewelry Shop, Chandler and Phoebe are looking at engagement rings.]
Chandler: Nothin! This is the nine millionth ring store we抳e been too and I can抰 find the perfect ring! (Goes over to another display counter and starts pointing at rings.) Ugly ring! Ugly ring! Ugly ring! (Notices that one of the jewelers is watching him.) It抯 a beautiful selection. (The jeweler walks away slowly.)
Phoebe: Okay, so maybe you don抰 get her a ring. Maybe you-maybe you do something different. Y択now? Maybe you get her an engagement bracelet, y択now? Or an engagement tiara? Or梠oh! An engagement Revolutionary War musket! (Picks one up from the display in the corner.
Chandler: Y択now, I抦 so glad I picked you to help me with this.
Phoebe: Huh? Can you just imagine getting down on one knee and handing her this gorgeous piece of weaponry?
Chandler: Yeah, I抦 gonna stick with the ring. (Goes to another display counter.) Oh, this one抯 nice! (Pointing to another ring.) I like this one! Sir? Uh, kind sir? Can I see this one?
Phoebe: (coming over after returning the musket) Wait a minute, no, this is, this is the reason you brought me. Okay? I know how to haggle. So let me handle this from here on out.
Male Jeweler: Can I help you?
Chandler: Uh-uh, yes. I would like to see that ring please.
Phoebe: Or not, whatever.
Male Jeweler: This ring is from the 1920s, it抯 a one and a half carat diamond with sapphires on either side.
Chandler: Sir, can I ask you to umm, could you卙old out that ring and ask me to marry you?
Male Jeweler: Okay. (Holds out the ring, deadpan.) Will you marry me?
Chandler: (choking up) Oh my God that抯 it, that抯 the ring! How much is it?
Phoebe: Chandler, I-I will handle this! (To the jeweler) How much is it?
Male Jeweler: 8,600.
Phoebe: We will give you $10.
Male Jeweler: (angrily) Are you interested in this ring?!
Chandler: Yes! Yes, but I can only pay $8,000.
Male Jeweler: Okay, I can let it go at eight.
Phoebe: We stand firm at $10.
Male Jeweler: (ignoring her) How would you like to pay?
Chandler: Uh, credit card. (Reaches for it then realizes) Oh no! No-no, but I left my credit card with Joey. (To Phoebe) Okay, I抣l go get it. You guard the ring.
Phoebe: Okay. (To the jeweler) Listen, I抦 sorry about before. Do you have anything her for $10.
Male Jeweler: Uh yes, I have these two rather beautiful $5 bills. (Holds them up from his pocket.)
Phoebe: I抣l give you $1 for them.
[Scene: Central Perk, Ross and Joey are there.]
Ross: Hey, remember how Chandler and Phoebe blew us off yesterday?
Joey: No.
Ross: Remember? You-you were eating pizza.
Joey: Yeah.
Ross: Okay. Well, apparently Chandler抯 angry at us for not getting him a ticket to that Knicks game a couple of weeks ago.
Joey: Oh, we抮e supposed to just get him a ticket?! That guy is always mooching off of us!
Ross: Yeah! Anyway, I-I still think we should try to patch things up, y択now? Like uh, maybe we could get him to get tickets to another Knicks game and invite him.
Joey: Oh wow that抯 a great idea! And I still have his credit card.
Gunther: (handing them the bill) Here you go.
Ross: Oh. (Starts to get his money)
Joey: Hey-hey-hey-ho-ho, I got this one. Here you go. (Hands Gunther Chandler抯 card.) Y択now I gotta tell ya, sometimes I just桰 don抰 get Chandler. Y択now, me and him do stuff all the time without you and you don抰 get all upset.
Ross: All the time?
Joey: All the time!
[Scene: Monica, Chandler, and Phoebe's, Monica is there as Rachel enters.]
Rachel: Oh my God! Oh my God!!
Monica: Still crying?
Rachel: Like a little girl. I know. I know. I know. This is all my fault; I wanted him to open up. But God, I didn抰 know that I was gonna unleash this-this weepy, clingy, moist monster!
Monica: Y択now, I only know of two surefire ways to shut a man up. And one of them is sex.
Rachel: What抯 the other one?
Monica: I don抰 know, I抳e never had to use the other one. I抦 just saying y択now, if we抮e having sex, he抯 not gonna be talking.
Rachel: Oh that抯 right. You抮e the talker. (They both reflect on that briefly) Anyway uh, great idea! Umm, I gotta go to the store; I told him that I would buy him some more tissues.
Monica: Oh, we have some?
Rachel: No you don抰!
[Scene: The Jewelry Store, Phoebe is busy trying on virtually everything in the store. She抯 got earrings, rings, bracelets, and enough necklaces to put Mr. T to shame on.]
Phoebe: Okay umm, I抎 also like to try on the tiara. (The male jeweler hands it to her.) Oh yeah. Okay. (Puts it on.) (To the jeweler) What do you think, too much?
Male Jeweler: A tad.
Phoebe: Okay. Then, take the tiara back and let me hold the musket again. (He hands it to her and Phoebe poses in front of one of those small mirrors.) Something抯 missing. It抯 not?Okay oh, let me see the ring my friend picked out.
Male Jeweler: (to the female jeweler) Where抯 the 1920s princess cut ring.
Female Jeweler: I just sold it to that gentleman. (Points to the one walking out the store.)
Phoebe: Oh my God!! (She runs after him, but sets of the security system, which locks the store抯 door and brings down a set of bars behind her, caging her in.) No! What?! Help me! Let me out! Now! (Points the musket at them.)
Commercial Break
[Scene: Joey and Rachel's, Paul is still crying as Chandler enters.]
Paul: Rachel?
Chandler: No. How are ya Paul? (Starts to look for his credit card.)
Paul: (acting manly to try and cover up his crying) Okay. Chandler, did your dad ever hug you?
Chandler: No, did he hug you?!
Paul: No! No! It抯 just that, my dad never did. I miss my dad.
Chandler: Well, you can see my dad in Vegas kissing other dads.
Paul: Hey Chandler?
Chandler: Yeah?
Paul: Would you厖.Would you hug me?
Chandler: I抦 a little busy here Paul.
Paul: That抯 exactly what my dad used to say! (Starts to breakdown again.)
Chandler: Okay, a quick one. Come on hug it out. (Paul rushes over and hugs Chandler tightly.) Oh hey! There you go. (The hug continues.) Okay. (The hug continues.)
Paul: Five more seconds.
Chandler: Okay! (Pushes him away.)
Joey: (entering) Hey!
Paul: Joey! (Goes over and hugs Joey and picks him off of his feet.)
Joey: Whoa-whoa-hey-hey! (Motions to Chandler, "What抯 going on?") Hi, Paul is it? (Paul nods yes and still hugging Joey.)
Chandler: Do you have my credit card?
Joey: Yes, it抯 in my?In卛n my pocket. (Paul hasn抰 dropped him yet.) (Chandler starts to reach for his front pocket.) My back pocket! My back pocket!
Chandler: Thank God! (Grabs his card.)
Joey: Oh hey listen I got us tickets to a Knicks game tonight.
Chandler: Oh, I can抰 go.
Joey: Come on! It抣l be fun! Me, you, and Ross, and?Paul probably?
[Scene: The Jewelry Store, Chandler is entering with his credit card and Phoebe is holding out another ring for him.]
Phoebe: Chandler, I found the perfect ring. (Holding it out for her.)
Chandler: Oh, that抯 uh, that抯 pretty nice but I抦 gonna go with the one I picked first.
Phoebe: Oh my God Chandler, the one you picked is gone. It抯 over!
Chandler: What?
Phoebe: Some guy bought it. I抦 sorry. I tired to stop it but they (points to the jeweler) put me in jail!
Chandler: They put you in jail?
Phoebe: The little jail between the doors!
Chandler: Phoebe, I asked you to guard the ring!
Phoebe: I know, I抦 sorry! But y択now, this ring is better! Monica never even saw the other ring.
Chandler: Yeah but when he proposed to me with the ring I got goose bumps.
Phoebe: Maybe it was the guy.
Chandler: It was the ring!
[Scene: Central Perk, Ross is on the couch and Joey is entering.]
Ross: Hey! So uh, was he excited about the tickets?
Joey: No! He blew us off!
Ross: What?!
Joey: I know!
Ross: I can抰 believe it. (Pause) Can I tell you something? I抦 a little mad at him now.
Joey: Can I tell you something? Me too.
Ross: Y択now what? He didn抰 want to talk to us about being angry, well maybe we don抰 talk to him at all!
Joey: Ooooh! Freeze him out.
Ross: That抯 right!
Joey: I like it!
Ross: Eh? We抣l show him!
Joey: From now on, it抯 gonna be Joey and Ross, best friends. (They shake hands.) Okay! We抮e gonna be the new Joey and Chandler.
[Scene: Joey and Rachel's, Paul is writing something as Rachel enters.]
Rachel: Hi. I抦 back.
Paul: Hey! I have so much more to tell ya, I抳e written it all down!
Rachel: Ah that抯 great. No actually that抯?(In a sexy voice) That抯 great! That抯 really great! Y択now, I gotta tell ya writing, I mean writing, gets me uh, gets me kinda hot.
Paul: Wait! Wait! Listen! Listen to this! (Flips a couple pages and points to something.) Y択now what I wanted to be when I was that age?
Rachel: A lover?
Paul: A surfer.
Rachel: Oh yeah surfer?
Paul: I wanted to be one with the waves, y択now?
Rachel: Okay, hold on real quick, hold on a second let me just uh, (sits on the counter and buttons her sweater to show some cleavage) get a little more comfortable here. Wait, now wait a second, this isn抰 too revealing is it?
Paul: (barely glancing at her) No. What ever happened to that little dude. (Pause) So full of dreams?
Rachel: I don抰 care about the little dude! I can抰! I cannot listen to anymore of this! Y択now, the only person who would want to listen to this is a mental health professional! And then it抯 only because they get paid $100 an hour! Do you know how much money I could抳e made listening to you? $2,000! And do you know when I figured that out? While you were talking!
Paul: What?! I can抰 believe you抮e trying to stifle me! When just 14 hours ago we figured out that that is exactly what my mother was trying to do to me!
Rachel: Oh?I抦 sorry. I?I-I don抰 mean桰 didn抰 mean to stifle you. I?This is all just a little overwhelming.
Paul: Oh Rachel, I抦 so sorry. I didn抰 mean to overwhelm you. It抯 just that, when those gates open, you?(Starts to breakdown.) Hard to close 慹m. But they are closed now. Believe me.
Rachel: I抦 so glad, I抦 so glad you shared. (Feeling his shoulder.) And I抦 glad that you抮e done. What do you say we umm?(Nods in the direction of the bedroom.)
Paul: I would really like that. (They kiss.)
[Scene: Rachel抯 Bedroom, Paul and Rachel are recovering.]
Paul: That was卻o good. (Starts crying again.)
[Scene: Monica, Chandler, and Phoebe's, Chandler is looking at the ring he bought and not liking it.]
Phoebe: (entering from her room) Hey.
Chandler: I can抰 believe I let you talk me into buying this stupid gumball machine looking ring!
Phoebe: It抯 not a stupid gumball machine looking ring! It抯 a beautiful ring!
Chandler: No, it抯 not! When I looked at the other ring I could see Monica抯 face when I gave it to her, y択now? And I could see her saying yes. When I look at this ring, all I see is a ring! Unless I look at it really closely and then I can see my own eye. (Does so and laughs.) Look, this is the most important thing I抦 gonna do in my life. I wanna make sure it抯 perfect.
Phoebe: Okay. There may be a way that we can get the other ring back. 慍ause I heard the guy tell the jeweler where he was going to propose. So maybe we can get him to trade rings or something.
Chandler: I can抰 do that.
Phoebe: Well you certainly can抰 give her that stupid gumball ring.
[Scene: A Restaurant, Chandler and Phoebe are entering. This is the place where the guy who bought Chandler抯 ring is going to propose.]
Phoebe: There he is! (Points.)
Chandler: Okay and he hasn抰 proposed yet because she has no ring on her finger.
Phoebe: Wow! You抮e good! After this, we should solve crimes.
Chandler: Yeah! Okay, go, go, go get him.
Phoebe: Oh, okay. (Walks over to him.) Excuse me sir? Could you come with me please? You have a phone call.
Customer: Who is it?
Phoebe: It is your office.
Customer: Do you know who at my office?
Phoebe: John?
Customer: Oh John! Great!
(She brings him over to Chandler.)
Phoebe: (To Chandler) Here he is.
Chandler: (to him) Hi! Hi. Okay, there was a slight mix-up at the jewelry store, the ring you抮e about to propose with was supposed to be held for me. So, I抦 gonna need to have that back. (The guy isn抰 sure.) But, in exchange I抦 willing to trade you this beautiful, more expensive ring. (Looking at the ring.) Ew.
Phoebe: Wow! I would trade.
Customer: It is beautiful, but I抦 gonna use this one. Now, if you抣l excuse me.
Chandler: No-no! This is my fiancee (Phoebe) and her heart was set on that ring. You don抰 want to break her heart now do you?
Phoebe: Yeah, do you want to break a dying woman抯 heart?
Customer: You抮e dying?!
(Phoebe coughs.)
Chandler: Yeah, she抯 dying?Of a cough apparently.
Phoebe: Yes, and it is my dying wish to have that ring. See, if I抦 not buried with that ring then my spirit is going to wander the nether world for all eternity?
Chandler: (interrupting her) Okay, that抯 enough honey!
Customer: I don抰 know. (Pause) Let me see the ring.
Chandler: Great! Okay, here. (Holds the ring up for him.)
Customer: (looks at it) All right. (Exchanges rings.)
Chandler: Thank you. Thank you. Thank you! (To his girlfriend) And you are about to marry a wonderful man! (She stunned and he抯 horrified.) Hey! I抦 marrying a dead woman!
[Scene: Joey and Rachel's, Joey and Ross are watching TV as Chandler enters.]
Chandler: Guys? (They ignore him.) I抳e got something important to tell ya. (Still nothing so he walks over and stands in front of the TV.) Guys? (They lean over to try and watch the TV, Chandler mimics them.) Guys?! (Pause) I抦 gonna ask Monica to marry me.
Joey: (To Ross) I think we gotta end the freeze out.
Ross: Wait a minute, is this, is this for real?
Chandler: Yeah, check out the ring. (Shows it to them.)
Joey: Oh my God!!
Ross: So you two are really serious?!
Chandler: Yep, pretty much.
Ross: You-you抮e gonna get married?! I mean?We抮e gonna be brothers-in-law! (They hug.)
Joey: And-and-and-and-and-and, and we抮e gonna be friends again!
Chandler: (goes to hug him and stops short) Heyyyy梂hat?
Joey: Oh it抯 water under the bridge, forget it!
Chandler: Okay! (They hug.) I was gonna wait 憈il uh, it was official y択now? But I got so excited I just had to tell you guys because you抮e my best friends.
Joey: I think I抦 gonna cry!
Rachel: (who has just entered) Ugh! No more crying! Please! I just dumped one cry baby, I抣l dump you too!
(Ross and Joey urge Chandler to tell Rachel.)
Chandler: I抦 gonna ask Monica to marry me.
Rachel: Oh my God! Oh my God! Oh Chandler!! (Hugs him.) You guys are gonna be so happy!
Chandler: I know.
Joey: (holding an empty tissue box) Where抯 all the tissues?! (Throws the box down in disgust.)
Ending Credits
[Scene: Joey and Rachel's, continued from earlier. Chandler is showing Rachel the ring.]
Chandler: Check out the ring.
Rachel: (gasps) Nice! One and a half carat easy.
Phoebe: (entering) Hi.
Ross: Hey-hey Pheebs!
Phoebe: What?
Ross: Chandler抯 gonna ask Monica to marry him!
Phoebe: Oh I know, I helped pick out the ring.
(Chandler laughs, turns, and sees that Ross and Joey aren抰 happy.)
Ross: You told her before you told us?
Chandler: Well, she walked in when I was looking at the ring brochures. You can understand that, right? (Ross and Joey look at each other and go back to watching the game on TV.) Guys? Guys? (Walks in front of them again.)
End
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