- Ross goes to a tanning salon but fails to follow the 'simple' instructions. Joey and Rachel struggle to make the transition from friends to lovers. Monica and Phoebe try to avoid an annoying woman that used to live in their building.
- Joey and Rachel consider themselves ready for lovemaking, but their hands strangely refuse to deliver normal service: she keeps slapping him, he is unable to undo her bra, a standard model, which he normally can handle with only one hand. Ross is envious of Monica's tan, so he goes to the studio to get sprayed himself, but messes up the simple instructions so he ends up dark on the front and lily-white on the back. Meanwhile Phoebe and Monica are annoyed by their old friend Amanda Buffamonteezi and her fake British accent, so they decide to ignore her calls, without telling Chandler...—KGF Vissers
- After Ross sees Monica's tan, which Chandler reveals she got at a tanning salon (Monica also reveals that Chandler gets pedicures), he decides to get a spray-on tan. After hearing seemingly straightforward instructions (he opts for a shade of 2, once on the front and once on the back), he gets confused (he counts Mississippi's and misses the window to turn) and accidentally gets a double dose on the front of his body (he is a 4) and nothing on his back. Through a series of mishaps (he went back in to even out the back, but ends up confused and again gets 2 sprays on the front) he gets more spray tan on his front until he is incredibly dark (he is an 8). A visit to another tanning salon does not help remedy the issue, as the experience is even more confusing (It had nozzles on both sides and Ross couldn't say which way to stand first) and results in a eight times dose of spray tan only on the front (he is a 16 now), which Chandler takes a photo of after tricking him into opening the door.
During their first date as a couple, Rachel and Joey attempt to take their relationship to the next level but Rachel keeps accidentally slapping Joey, while Joey cannot get Rachel out of her clothes, unable to unhook her bra. He blames the bra and the Rachel for all the slapping. After talking to Monica, who reminds her of when she first started going out with Ross and started moving past the awkwardness, Rachel decides she and Joey should power through.
However, when she tries to have rough sex with him on the Barca-Lounger, she accidentally knees him in the crotch, preventing him from performing. After talking to Chandler about their difficulties, they ask if things felt wrong when he and Monica first had sex; he affirms that they felt right and he felt it was meant to be. After reflecting on their friendship, Joey and Rachel concur their friendship is too strong for them to take things any further, and ultimately decide to stay friends.
Monica and Phoebe are annoyed when an obnoxious old friend from the building, Amanda Buffamonteezi (Jennifer Coolidge), visits from England. She has picked up a fake British accent and now brags about all the celebrities she has slept with, including Billy Joel. They decide to "cut her" out, by ignoring her calls and dodging her until she leaves them alone. They first start out by not picking up the phone, which backfires when Chandler picks up the phone, resulting in Monica arranging a meeting at Central Perk (she has an uncontrollable urge to please people). Once Amanda arrives there, she brings up memories of the time when Phoebe tried to "cut out" Monica many years before (in 1992, the yr Amanda had sex with Evil Kenivel).
Monica is mad at Phoebe, who reveals that it happened after they lived together: Monica was driving her crazy because of her shrillness and compulsiveness. However, Phoebe came to realize what a kind and generous person Monica is and is glad that she did not follow through with cutting her out. The two make up and decide to give Amanda another chance, but quickly leave when they see her giving Chandler a strange dance.
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