The One With Joey's Fridge

Thursday, 23 March 2000

Joey tries to bill everyone $400 for a new fridge, Rachel's friends compete to set her up for a charity ball, and Ross worries about Elizabeth going to Daytona for spring break.

What happens

• Joey's fridge dies and he demands that Rachel, now his roommate, hand over $400 for half of a replacement, which she refuses to pay.
• Rachel tells the group she needs a date for a charity ball her employer is attending, and asks them to find her one.
• Ross brings Elizabeth to the coffee house to meet his friends, takes their jokes about her age, and explains that she is twenty and wants nothing serious, which suits him.
• Phoebe picks a candidate for Rachel, Monica and Chandler pick a different one, and the three of them turn it into a contest over whose man is better.
• With the fridge dead, Joey eats his way through all the spoiling food and then tries to charge Chandler $400 as well, on the grounds that Chandler used to live there.
• Ross, convinced Elizabeth is about to invite him on a trip, tells her they are moving too fast, and learns she was only mentioning that she is going to Florida.
• The others tell Ross that spring break in Florida means drinking and hooking up, and Ross begins to worry about what Elizabeth will do there.
• Rachel arrives with Sebastian, a man she met on her own, and Phoebe, Monica and Chandler interrogate him until he leaves without giving her his number.
• Phoebe and the couple ambush Rachel with both candidates at once, and Rachel walks out declaring she will go to the ball alone.
• Ross admits he hid Elizabeth's bathing suit and sees her off at the airport, and afterwards he calls the others to watch her on MTV from Daytona.