- Chandler is devastated after Joey tells him he saw Janice kissing her ex-husband. Monica accidentally bumps Ben's head into a post when she and Rachel babysit. Phoebe is paranoid if she goes to dentist someone she knows will die.
- Phoebe doesn't want to go to the dentist because every time she does, someone dies. Monica plays the airplane game with Ben and bumps his head really hard and Rachel and Monica try to cover the bump on his head. Joey sees Janice kissing her ex-husband and tells Chandler. Phoebe is checking if she killed someone by going to the dentist and finds that Ugly Naked Guy hasn't moved since the morning. They build a massive poking device out of chopsticks to poke him and see if his alive or just taking a nap. Chandler leaves Janice so she can go back to her husband and child.
- When Chandler wants to buy Janice an expensive gift for her birthday (he wanted to buy a pearl necklace), Joey reveals that he saw her kissing her ex-husband (from the previous episode). Upon confronting her about the kiss (apparently she kissed her ex-husband in the park as well.. Janice panics and starts to hyper-ventilate. Janice says that she loves both Chandler and her ex-husband.. Eventually, when pressed by Chandler, she says she doesn't know) and heeding Joey's advice. Joey argues that Janice, her ex-husband and their kid are a family and Chandler should bow out as he is in the way of a happy family. Chandler reluctantly breaks up with Janice saying that he himself went through his parents separating and always hated the guy who split them apart.. Chandler doesn't want to be that guy.. When Janice agrees, Chandler flips and says that Janice should pick him.. Chandler clings to her as she leaves.
While babysitting Ben (Ross was called into work suddenly when some kid messed up the homo-sapiens display), Monica accidentally bumps his head on a post. Both Monica and Rachel try to hide the bump from Ross (Monica first wants Rachel to Push it in. Then she suggests Rachel to distract Ross with wild sex the minute he walks through the door. They put a hat on him to hide the bump) (Monica further panics when Ben keeps saying "Monica Bang" as she thinks that will give the game away.. Monica tries to tell Ben that banging heads on the wall is a normal thing and Rachel and Monica bang their own heads on the wall, thereby hurting themselves). As a last resort Monica tries to bribe Ben with ice cream if he doesn't tell Ross about the bonking incident. Rachel points out that Ben doesn't understand the concept of bribery. Ross finds the bump when he puts Ben to sleep and asks Rachel. Rachel confesses that it was Monica who bumped Ben against the wall. Ross manages to guilt trip his sister (by saying that Ben is missing his vowels in the alphabet song and is just going around in circles as his left leg is moving a lot faster than his right leg.. Monica panics that she broke Ben) and ultimately bumps his head afterwards, also on a post and seemingly on the same spot as his son.
Phoebe has a bad toothache but fears going to the dentist because it always leads to somebody that she knows dying (Aunt Mary, John the mailman, cowboy friend Albino Bob). She finally visits the dentist after Rachel urges her to, and upon returning, is relieved to find out that everybody she knows is still alive (she calls up each person individually to confirm), thereby "breaking the curse". However, her happiness is short-lived when the gang notices shortly afterwards that Ugly Naked Guy has been lying motionless in his apartment in the adjacent building for the entire day. The gang then fashions a long and giant poking device (hence the title of this episode) using only chopsticks to determine if he is alive and is relieved when he swats it away.
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