S3E12 · The One With All the Jealousy

Complete story — includes the ending

Convinced Mark wants to steal Rachel, a jealous Ross showers her with romantic gifts at the workplace. Rachel assures Ross he can trust her with Mark, then becomes jealous when he and Ben have a play date with the stripper from a bachelor party he attended who has a son Ben's age. Joey's numerous lies on his padded résumé catch up with him when he is forced to teach a dance to an entire Broadway cast, unsuccessfully. Monica dates Julio, a busboy from the diner who writes her a poem called "The Empty Vase". Touched, Monica sleeps with him, but Phoebe explains that the poem means he thinks she is "empty" inside. When Julio reveals that the poem is about all American women, Monica later gets revenge.