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老友记17

TheOneWiththeBlackout

Writtenby:

JeffreyAstrofandMikeSikowitz.

Transcribedby:

RuthCurran

[Scene:

CentralPerk,RachelisintroducingPhoebe,whoisplayingherguitarforthecrowd.]

Rachel:

Everybody?

Shh,shhh.Uhhh...CentralPerkisproudtopresentthemusicofMissPhoebeBuffay.

（applause）

Phoebe:

Hi.Um,Iwanttostartwithasongthatsaboutthatmomentwhenyousuddenlyrealizewhatlifeisallabout.OK,herewego.（playsachord,thenthelightsgoout）OK,thankyouverymuch.

[Scene:

TheATMvestibuleofabank,Chandlerisinside.Thelightsgoout,andherealizesheistrappedinside.]

Chandler:

Oh,great.Thisisjust...

（Chandlerseesthatthereisagorgeousmodelinsidethevestibulewithhim.Hemakesagestureofquietexuberance.）

OpeningCredits

[Scene:

MonicaandRachel's,Monicaisonthephonewithhermother.Phoebe,Rachel,andRossarethere.]

Rachel:

Wow,thisissocool,youguys.Theentirecityisblackedout!

Monica:

Momsaysit'sallofManhattan,partsofBrooklynandQueens,andtheyhavenoideawhenit'scomingbackon.

Rachel:

Wow,youguys,thisisbig.

Monica:

（intophone）Pantsandasweater?

Why,mom?

WhoamIgonnameetinablackout?

Powercompanyguys?

Eligiblelooters?

Couldwetalkaboutthislater?

OK.（hangsup）

Phoebe:

CanIborrowthephone?

Iwanttocallmyapartmentandcheckonmygrandma.（toMonica）What'smynumber?

（MonicaandRachellookatPhoebestrangely.）

Phoebe:

Well,Inevercallme.

[Scene:

ATMvestibule,JillGoodacreisonthecellularphone.Chandler'sthoughtsareinitalics.]

Chandler:

OhmyGod,it'sthatVictoria'sSecretmodel.Something...somethingGoodacre.

Jill:

（onphone）HiMom,it'sJill.

Chandler:

She'sright,it'sJill.JillGoodacre.OhmyGod.IamtrappedinanATMvestibulewithJillGoodacre!

（pause）Isitavestibule?

Maybeit'sanatrium.Oh,yeah,thatistheparttofocuson,youidiot!

Jill:

（onphone）Yeah,I'mfine.I'mjuststuckatthebank,inanATMvestibule.

Chandler:

Jillsaysvestibule...I'mgoingwithvestibule.

Jill:

（onphone）I'mfine.No,I'mnotalone...Idon'tknow,someguy.

Chandler:

Oh!

Someguy.Someguy.'HeyJill,Isawyouwithsomeguylastnight.Yes,hewassomeguy.

（ChandlerstridesproudlyacrossthevestibuleandJillstaresathim.）

[Scene:

Monica'sapartment,Joeyenterswithamenorah,thecandleslit.]

Joey:

Hieveryone.

Ross:

Andofficiatingattonight'sblackout,isRabbiTribbiani.

Joey:

Well,Chandler'soldroomatewasJewish,andthesearetheonlycandleswehave,so...HappyChanukah,everyone.

Phoebe:

（atwindow）Eww,look.UglyNakedGuylitabunchofcandles.

（Theyalllookatthewindow,grossedout,thenflinchinpain.）

Rachel:

Thathadtohurt!

[Scene:

ATMvestibule.]

Chandler:

Alright,alright,alright.It'sbeenfourteenandahalfminutesandyoustillhavenotsaidoneword.OhGod,dosomething.Justmakecontact,smile!

（Chandlersmilesather,shesmilesbacksweetly.）

Chandler:

Thereyougo!

（Hecontinuestosmilelikeanidiot,andshelooksfrightened.）

Chandler:

You'redefinitelyscaringhere.

Jill:

（awkwardly）Wouldyouliketocallsomebody?

（offeringphone）

Chandler:

Yeah,about300guysIwenttohighschoolwith.Yeah,thanks.（takesphone）

[Scene:

MonicaandRachel's,Thephonerings;it'sChandler.]

Monica:

Hello?

Chandler:

Hey,it'sme.

Monica:

（toeveryone）It'sChandler!

（onphone）AreyouOK?

Chandler:

Yeah,I'mfine.（tryingtocoverupwhatheissaying）I'mtrppdinanATMvstblwthJllGdcr.

Monica:

What?

Chandler:

I'mtrppd...inanATMvstbl...wthJllGdcr!

Monica:

Ihavenoideawhatyoujustsaid.

Chandler:

（angry）PutJoeyonthephone.

Joey:

What'supman?

Chandler:

I'mtrppd...inanATMvstbl...wthJLLGDCR.

Joey:

（toeveryone）OhmyGod!

He'strappedinanATMvestibulewithJillGoodacre!

（onphone）Chandler,listen.（sayssomethingintentionallygarbled）

Chandler:

Yeah,likethatthoughtneverenteredmymind.

[Scene:

MonicaandRachel's,timehaspassed.Thefivearesittingaroundthecoffeetabletalking.]

Rachel:

Alright,somebody.

Monica:

OK,I'llgo.OK,senioryearofcollege...onapooltable.

All:

Whoooaa!

Ross:

That'smysister.

Joey:

OK...myweirdestplacewouldhavetobe...thewomen'sroomonthesecondflooroftheNewYorkCItypubliclibrary.

Monica:

OhmyGod!

Whatwereyoudoinginalibrary?

Ross:

Pheebs,whataboutyou?

Phoebe:

Oh...Milwaukee.

Rachel:

Um...Ross?

Ross:

Disneyland,1989,'It'saSmallWorldAfterAll.'

All:

Noway!

Ross:

Theridebrokedown.So,CarolandIwentbehindacoupleofthosemechanicalDutchchildren...thentheyfixedtheride,andwewereaskednevertoreturntotheMagicKingdom.

Phoebe:

Oh,Rachel.

Rachel:

Ohcomeon,Ialreadywent.

Monica:

Youdidnotgo!

All:

Comeon.

Rachel:

Oh,alright.Theweirdestplacewouldhavetobe...（sigh）...oh,thefootofthebed.

Ross:

Stepback.

Joey:

Wehaveawinner!

[Timelapse,RossandRachelaretalking,Joeyisonthecouch,andMonicaandPhoebeareoutoftheroom.]

Rachel:

Ijustneverhadarelationshipwiththatkindofpassion,youknow,whereyouhavetohavesomebodyrightthere,inthemiddleofathemepark.

Ross:

Well,itwastheonlythingtodotherethatdidn'thavealine.

Rachel:

There,well,see?

Barrywouldn'tevenkissmeonaminiaturegolfcourse.

Ross:

Comeon.

Rachel:

No,hesaidwewereholdingupthepeoplebehindus.

Ross:

（sarcastically）Andyoudidn'tmarryhimbecause...?

Rachel:

Imean,doyouthinktherearepeoplewhogothroughlifeneverhavingthatkindof...

Ross:

Probably.Butyouknow,I'lltellyousomething.Passioniswayoverrated.

Rachel:

Yeahright.

Ross:

Itis.Eventually,itkindof...burnsout.Buthopefully,whatyou'releftwithistrust,andsecurity,and...well,inthecaseofmyex-wife,lesbianism.So,youknow,forallofthosepeoplewhomissoutonthatpassion...thing,there'sallthatothergoodstuff.

Rachel:

（sigh）OK.

Ross:

But,um...Idon'tthinkthat'sgoingtobeyou.

Rachel:

Youdon't.

Ross:

Uh-uh.See,Isee....bigpassioninyourfuture.

Rachel:

Really?

Ross:

Mmmm.

Rachel:

Youdo?

Ross:

Ido.

Rachel:

OhRoss,you'resogreat.（sheplayfullyrubshisheadandgetsup）

（Rossgetsup,pleasedwithhimself.）

Joey:

It'snevergonnahappen.

Ross:

（innocently）What?

Joey:

YouandRachel.

Ross:

（actssurprised）What?

（pause）Whynot?

Joey:

Becauseyouwaitedtoolongtomakeyourmove,andnowyou'reinthefriendzone.

Ross:

No,no,no.I'mnotinthezone.

Joey:

Ross,you'remayorofthezone.

Ross:

I'mtakingmytime,alright?

I'mlayingthegroundwork.Yeah.Imean,everydayIgetjustalittlebitcloserto...

Joey:

Priesthood!

LookRoss,I'mtellingyou,shehasnoideawhatyou'rethinking.Ifyoudon'taskheroutsoonyou'regoingtoendupstuckinthezoneforever.

Ross:

Iwill,Iwill.See,I'mwaitingfortherightmoment.（Joeylooksathim）What?

What,now?

Joey:

Yeeeeaaaahhh!

What'smessingyouup?

Thewine?

Thecandles?

Themoonlight?

You'vejustgottogouptoherandsay,'Rachel,Ithinkthat...'（Rachelcomesintotheroombehindthem）

Ross:

Shhhh!

Rachel:

Whatareyoushushing?

Ross:

We'reshushing...because...we'retryingtohearsomething.Listen.（everyoneissilent）Don'tyouhearthat?

Rachel:

Ahhhh!

Ross:

See?

Rachel:

Huh.（sheagrees,butlooksveryconfused）

[Scene:

ATMvestibule.]

Jill:

Wouldyoulikesomegum?

Chandler:

Um,isitsugarless?

Jill:

（checks）Sorry,it'snot.

Chandler:

Oh,thennothanks.Whatthehellwasthat?

Mentalnote:

IfJillGoodacreoffersyougum,youtakeit.Ifsheoffersyoumangledanimalcarcass,youtakeit.

[Scene:

Monica'sapartment,Phoebeissinging.]

Phoebe:

（singing）NewYorkCityhasnopower,andthemilkisgettingsour.Buttomeitisnotscary,'causeIstayawayfromdairy....lalala,lala,lala...（shewritesthelyricsdown）

Ross:

（toJoey）OK,heregoes.

Joey:

Areyougoingtodoit?

Ross:

I'mgoingtodoit.

Joey:

Doyouwantanyhelp?

Ross:

Youcomeoutthere,you'readeadman.

Joey:

Goodluck,man.

Ross:

Thanks.（Joeyhugshim）OK.

Joey:

OK.（RossgoesoutonthebalconytotalktoRachel）

（Monicawalksin,startstogooutonthebalcony.）

Joey:

Hey,whereareyougoing?

Monica:

Outside.

Joey:

Youcan'tgooutthere.

Monica:

Whynot?

Joey:

Becauseof...thereason.

Monica:

Andthatwouldbe?

Joey:

I,um,can'ttellyou.

Monica:

Joey,what'sgoingon?

Joey:

OK,you'vegottopromisethatyou'llnever,evertellRossthatItoldyou.

Monica:

Aboutwhat?

Joey:

He'splanningyourbirthdayparty.

Monica:

OhmyGod!

Ilovehim!

Joey:

（asPhoebeenters）You'dbetteractsurprised.

Phoebe:

Aboutwhat?

Monica:

Mysurpriseparty!

Phoebe:

Whatsurpriseparty?

Monica:

Ohstopit.Joeyalreadytoldme.

Phoebe:

Well,hedidn'ttellme.

Joey:

Hey,don'tlookatme.ThisisRoss'sthing.

Phoebe:

Thisissotypical.I'malwaysthelastonetoknoweverything.

Monica:

No,youarenot.Wetellyoustuff.

Phoebe:

Yuh-huh!

IwasthelastonetoknowwhenChandlergotbittenbythepeacockatthezoo.IwasthelastonetoknowwhenyouhadacrushonJoeywhenhewasmovingin.（MonicagesturesatPhoebetoshutup;Joeylookssurprisedbutpleased）LookslikeIwassecondtolast.

[Scene:

MonicaandRachel'sBalcony,RossandRachelaretalking.]

Rachel:

Hmmm...thisissonice.

Ross:

OK,Ihaveaquestion.Well,actually,it'snotsomuchaquestionas..moreofageneralwondering...ment.

Rachel:

OK.

Ross:

OK.Heregoes.Forawhilenow,I'vebeenwantingto,um....

Rachel:

Ohhh!

!

!

!

（lookingatsomethingbehindRoss）

Ross:

Yes,yes,that'sright...

Rachel:

Oh,lookatthelittlecat!

（asmallkittenisontheroofbehindRoss）

Ross:

What?

（thecatjumpsonhisshoulders）Ow!

[Cuttoinside.Monica,Joeyand