The One Where Eddie Won't Go

The One Where Eddie Won't Go
Season	2x19
Episode no.	43
Written by	Michael Curtis Gregory S. Malins Adam Chase
Directed by	Michael Lembeck
Guest stars	Jessica Hecht - Susan Bunch Tom Selleck - Dr. Richard Burke Jane Sibbett - Carol Willick
Original airdate	April 4, 1996
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"The One Where Eddie Won't Go" is the nineteenth episode of the second season of Friends, which aired on NBC on March 28, 1996.

Plot

When Joey shows up smiling at Central Perk with a new leather cap, it seems he's dealing well with his writing-off from Days Of Our Lives. Even better, Estelle comforts him how write-offs happens often in the acting world, and that she's already got him another audition. However, Joey is annoyed that he's called to act as a secondary cab driver character and refuses to go down that road. Things around Joey now are not going so well - Joey's bank statements arrives, and the amount he's due is substantial. Ross tries to convince him to go to the audition but Joey is too proud to do so. And when he goes to Central Perk for some lemonade, he learns from Gunther that before becoming a waiter, he was Bryce on All My Children. Fearing that he'll end up just like the blond waiter, he puts his pride aside and goes to the cab driver audition, which he blows off when trying to read his faxed handwritten script by reminiscing about door-delivered scripts at Days Of Our Lives. What's even worse is that his debt is so large that Joey ends up losing all his newly-bought furniture and his new apartment. Ross, however, feels sorry for Joey, especially after his argument with him seems to be the cause of this situation, and he buys the plastic white dog as a gift to Joey.

Phoebe and Monica introduce Rachel to a new book, Be Your Own Wind-Keeper. Apparently, the book makes a wake-up call to all women by reminding them to stand their ground with men. Rachel falls in love with the book, and starts to stand by it word by word. Unfortunately for her, Monica and Phoebe do so too, and the three girls eventually turn on each other, culminating in a big fight during a goddess-circle quiz. They make up at Central Perk, giving up the beliefs they have come to collect from the book.

Chandler, already annoyed by crazy new roommate Eddie, is scared to death by when he learns that the mentally ill madman has apparently watched him sleep all night long. Things are now too much for him to handle, and he asks Eddie to move out immediately. Eddie obliges by mouth, saying he will be gone before Chandler returns from work the next day, but when Chandler comes back home, he's still there. What's more, the headcase is dehydrating everything that comes within his reach. To prevent the basket-case from watching him sleep anymore, Chandler crashes on Monica's couch, and Chandler over-reacts upon waking up and finding that Monica is affectionately watching him sleep.

The next morning, Chandler yells at Eddie, reminding him to move out, but Eddie shows no signs of recollection about this already-pursued subject. However, he obliges by mouth once again that he's going to leave. Believing that Eddie has really packed and left, Chandler brings the joy to the group, but is quickly interrupted by Eddie, who joins everyone. Not only has he forgotten the deal about moving out - Eddie believes that he and Chandler have spent the previous day at Las Vegas gambling, and that Chandler has bought him new shoes. To cap it all, he shows up with a human mannequin head which he wants to use as a bowl for chips at "our [their] next cocktail party". But when Eddie tries to get into his apartment that night, he finds the lock changed and the door locked. When he knocks, Chandler answers the door, and pretends not to know Eddie at all. When Eddie explains that he's his roommate, Chandler replies that he already has a roommate - Joey has moved back in with him, and pretends that he had never moved out. Eddie's mental illness causes him to believe that he really has never met Chandler, so he finally leaves him alone. Chandler is overjoyed and celebrates by playing a game of foosball with Joey.

Cast and Crew

Main Cast

Jennifer Aniston - Rachel Green
Courtney Cox - Monica Geller
Lisa Kudrow - Phoebe Buffay
Matt LeBlanc - Joey Tribbiani
Matthew Perry - Chandler Bing
David Schwimmer - Ross Geller

Supporting Cast

Adam Goldberg - Eddie Menuek
June Gable - Estelle Leonard
James Michael Tyler - Gunther
Jason Graae - Casting Director
Tim Hutchinson - Supervisor

Crew

Directed By:
Michael Lembeck

Written By:
David Crane, Marta Kauffman, Michael Curtis & Gregory S. Malins

Trivia

General

• The white plastic dog Joey receives from Ross as a gift keeps returning through the whole show, see Pat the dog.
• Gunther says to Joey that he used to play "Bryce" in a soap opera "All My Children". There was actually no character named Bryce in the series.
• Eddie imagines that he and Chandler took a road trip to Las Vegas. Joey and Chandler would later do this in The One With Joey's Big Break .
• Joey would return on the set of Days of our Lives in Season 7 (The One With Rachel's Assistant), as Dr Ramoray, although his character is in a coma following his fall.
• When Eddie leaves Chandler's room, you can see it's not the living area.
• Paul, the man that Monica let "enter the force of [her] righteous truth on the first date", is Paul the Wine Guy from The Pilot. Monica slept with him after he told her he had not had sex for two years.
• This is the last appearance of Eddie in the show.
• In the DVD episode, Eddie claims he's going to live in his brother's basement until he finds out and then he'll find somewhere else.

Goofs

• Monica gasps when Rachel blabs that Phoebe slept with one of Monica's boyfriends an hour after they broke up, however this was already revealed to her in "The One With George Stephanopoulos" (S1E4).

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Preceded by "The One Where Dr. Ramoray Dies"

The One Where Eddie Won't Go

Followed by "The One Where Old Yeller Dies"

<< Season 1		Season 2					Season 3 >>
#01	"The One With Ross' New Girlfriend"		#09	"The One With Phoebe's Dad"		#17	"The One Where Eddie Moves In"
#02	"The One With The Breast Milk"		#10	"The One With Russ"		#18	"The One Where Dr. Ramoray Dies"
#03	"The One Where Heckles Dies"		#11	"The One With The Lesbian Wedding"		#19	"The One Where Eddie Won't Go"
#04	"The One With Phoebe's Husband"		#12	"The One After The Superbowl, Part 1"		#20	"The One Where Old Yeller Dies"
#05	"The One With Five Steaks And An Eggplant"		#13	"The One After The Superbowl, Part 2"		#21	"The One With The Bullies"
#06	"The One With The Baby On The Bus"		#14	"The One With The Prom Video"		#22	"The One With The Two Parties"
#07	"The One Where Ross Finds Out"		#15	"The One Where Ross And Rachel... You Know"		#23	"The One With The Chicken Pox"
#08	"The One With The List"		#16	"The One Where Joey Moves Out"		#24	"The One With Barry And Mindy's Wedding"