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S2E20 · The One Where Old Yeller Dies

Rachel freaks when Ross talks about spending a lifetime together; Chandler and Joey befriend Richard; Phoebe is shocked by the ending of "Old Yeller."

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Phoebe's positive outlook of the world is shattered when she learns how the movie, Old Yeller, really ends. She then starts watching all the films with melancholic endings that her mother used to forbid her from watching during her childhood and becomes seriously depressed, nitpicking over all the distressing details out of even the most cheerful films. Chandler and Joey have an extra ticket to a Knicks game, and Monica suggests they should take Richard along. Monica starts getting jealous when the three men constantly hang out soon after. Chandler and Joey regard Richard as the “cool dad” they never had, while Richard believed they were buddies. Meanwhile, Ross is disgruntled that he misses most of Ben’s firsts, so he decides to spend a whole weekend with his son in hope of eliciting more firsts out of him. In the process, Ross inadvertently reveals to Rachel that he has laid out a whole planned future for them, which greatly unsettles the latter.

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