TEXT: Originally written by. Transcribed by Joshua Hodge. [Scene: Monica and Rachel's apartment. Phoebe enters to see Monica, Richard, Ross, and Rachel tearfully watching TV.] PHOEBE: Hey. Watcha guys doin? RICHARD: Monica's making us watch Old Yeller. PHOEBE: Why are you guys so upset? It's Old Yeller, it's a happy movie. RACHEL: What? ROSS: What're you talkin' about? PHOEBE: C'mon, happy family gets a dog, frontier fun. ROSS: Yeah but Phoebs, what about the end? PHOEBE: What when Yeller saves saves the family from the wolf and everyone's happy? RACHEL: That's not the end. PHOEBE: Yu-huh. That's when my mother would shut off the TV and say 'The end'. MONICA: What about the part where he has rabies? PHOEBE: He doesn't have rabies, he has babies. That's what my mom said. RICHARD: Uh, Phoebe, I don't think your mom would want you to see what's about to happen. PHOEBE: What, what's about to happen? [starts watching] I've never seen this part before. Hey, Travis, watcha doin' with that gun? Oh no, no no Travis, put down the gun. No no no no, he he's your buddy, he's your Yeller, no, no no, the end, THE END. [hear the gunshot from the TV] [Scene:Monica and Rachel's apartment. Richard is on the balcony smoking and Monica is on the phone.] MONICA: Hey, have you guys eaten, because uh, Richard and I just finished and we've got leftovers... Chicken and potatoes... What am I wearing?...Actually, nothing but rubber gloves. [Chandler and Joey come sprinting in] JOEY: Ya know, one of these times you're gonna really
SUMMARY:
Phoebe's world view is shattered when she learns how the movie, Old Yeller , really ends. She watches all the films her mother never allowed her to watch and becomes depressed. Monica is jealous when Richard begins hanging out with Joey and Chandler. However, Joey and Chandler confess they consider Richard a fatherly figure, while Richard believed they were buddies. Rachel panics when she learns that Ross has already planned their whole life together.