- Chandler and Ross run into two bullies at Central Perk. Monica tries her luck at the stock market to avoid taking a job at a 1950s themed diner. Phoebe drives upstate for a second time to meet her father while Joey and Rachel accompany her.
- A bully at Central Perk steals Chandler's cap. Monica has a job interview at a 50's theme restaurant where she would have to cook in a costume and dance on the counter. Phoebe goes to see her father but a dog prevents her from doing so. The bullies at the coffee shop keep coming back to bully Ross and Chandler so they try to make their own coffee at home. Phoebe has the courage to go see her dad but he left his wife and son 4 years back. Monica loses all her money ($127) on the stock market so she has to take the job. Ross and Chandler are standing their ground at Central Perk and get into a fight with pickpockets - with the bullies on their side!—Anonymous
- Ross and Chandler clash with two bullies at the coffee house over the couch where the gang usually hangs out, one of whom steals Chandler's hat (despite Chandler and Ross being polite about it, the bullies refuse to hand back the hat). The bullies then eject Ross and Chandler from the coffee house for "hogging" the couch (after they forbid Chandler and Ross from ever visiting the coffee house again). Sick of drinking homemade "Kappucinos", Ross and Chandler decide to stand up to the bullies. The four men are about to start fighting for the couch outside the coffee house (they set some ground rules, like no metal and no hits to the face (as one of the bullies has an audition coming up) and nothing from the waist down (the other bully's wife is ovulating)) when their personal items are stolen by some street burglars. They all eventually make amends to one another after working together to recover their items (Chandler tripped over a jump rope and missed the fight), though the bully who still wears Chandler's hat refuses to return it. Chandler tries to escape with the fight, but again falls over and has to hand it back over.
Monica, who only has $127 left, plays the stock market to avoid accepting a job offer at a tacky 1950s-themed diner known as Moondance Diner after going for the interview. Initially Monica makes a little money, which whets her appetite and she starts making bigger risks (she starts making investments in stocks like ZXY, as she thinks it sounds ZEXY). She is eventually forced to work at the diner anyway after losing all her savings from unwise investments (she begs Rachel to lend her a $100, but Rachel refuses as she thinks the stock market is becoming an obsession for Monica.. Monica lost her $127 and wants to get back into the game). The job requires Monica to wear a silly uniform and dance on the counter to old songs, much to her dismay.
Phoebe is getting "signs" to visit her father.. she passes a buffet (last name Buffay), who were serving Franks (father's first name) and Ross mentioned his dad. Rachel, mentions Hamburders, which means Mcdonalds. Old McDonald had a farm and Phoebe's dad was a pharmacist. Meanwhile, Phoebe makes multiple attempts to visit her birth father (she is dissuaded by the family dog, who keeps attacking her and makes sure that she stays in the cab), one of which ends up with her accidentally running over the family dog. She takes the dog to the vet, who gives him many stitches and keeps him overnight under observation. When she finally musters up the courage to ring the doorbell and return the family dog, Phoebe instead meets her half-brother, Frank Buffay Jr. (Giovanni Ribisi) and learns that their father abandoned his second family four years earlier Frank Sr was a big fan of the stilts). Both Phoebe and Frank Jr. then decide to connect as siblings for the first time. Frank Jr wants Phoebe to buy him beer, but she refuses.
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