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The One with the Birth Mother

‘The One with the Birth Mother’

Season 10, Episode 9 -  Aired January 8, 2004

Monica and Chandler go to Ohio to see a prospective birth mother. Meanwhile, Joey dates one of Phoebe's friends and is outraged when she takes food from his plate, and Ross turns to Rachel for fashion advice.

Quote from Joey

Rachel: Hey, who's Phoebe with?
Joey: I wanna say, "Someone I'm gonna have sex with."
Joey: Hey.
Phoebe: Hey.
Joey: So who's your friend?
Phoebe: Oh, that's Sarah. No, no. Don't you get any ideas. No, I'm not setting you up with any more of my friends.
Joey: Why? Why?
Phoebe: Because you'll date her once, sleep with her and then forget she exists.
Joey: Name one friend of yours that I did that with.
Phoebe: Mandy.
Joey: Mandy, huh? Really hot blond, big boobs?
Phoebe: No.
Joey: Might be why I don't remember, huh?
Rachel: Do you think I'm someone else?

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Quote from Joey

Joey: Okay, look, I may not have treated your friends well in the past. But I have grown up a lot. Really. Honest. Rach?
Rachel: Yeah, believe it or not, it's true. I mean, when Joey and I were together he was wonderful. He was thoughtful and mature. And for the one week that we went out he didn't sleep with anybody else.
Joey: Growth.

Quote from Monica

Monica: Are you okay?
Chandler: Yeah, it's just weird, you know? It's like, "Hi, I'm Chandler. May I have the human growing inside you?"
Monica: You're gonna be great.
Chandler: You're gonna be great.
Monica: Well, obviously.

Quote from Ross

Phoebe: Wow, this place is awesome.
Ross: We should just go. I'm not gonna find anything here. This stuff is ridiculous.
Rachel: Oh, this place is great.
Ross: Rach, come on, I'm not gonna wear any of this. Nothing silver.
Phoebe: Why?
Ross: Okay, nothing with hair. And nothing with padlocks on it!

Quote from Ross

Rachel: But I mean, come on, look at this. Look at this sweater. I mean, this is just beautiful.
Ross: Wow, this is really soft. Three hundred and fifty dollars?
Rachel: Down from 700. You're saving, like, 200 bucks.
Ross: Both logic and math are taking a serious hit today.

Quote from Phoebe

Phoebe: Hey, check this out. It's totally you.
Ross: Wow.
Phoebe: Yeah.
Ross: Wow. Actually, this looks pretty good. Yeah. "Boys will be boys"?
Phoebe: What? They will be!

Quote from Rachel

Ross: That's it, I'm getting out of here.
Rachel: No, Ross, wait, come on. There's other stuff here. There's some nice shirts. Look at these nice pants.
Ross: Actually, these might look pretty good on me.
Rachel: Yes, they will. You know what you should do? Just go take a walk. All right? I know your size, and I'm going to pick out some really good stuff for you.
Ross: Really?
Rachel: Yes. And I know what looks sexy on guys. Just wear what I suggest, and she is gonna go nuts for you.
Ross: So you're saying if I wear these pants, I might be getting into hers?
Rachel: Why do men keep talking to me like this?

Quote from Chandler

Adoption Agency Worker: Do you have questions for Erica?
Chandler: Yeah, actually. So you read a file that you liked and then you gave the agency the serial number and they contacted us?
Adoption Agency Worker: Yes. Our system ensures total anonymity. We're very proud of it.
Chandler: You should be. You're really on top of stuff.

Quote from Monica

Monica: Thank you so much. Oh. You are so going to heaven!

Quote from Phoebe

Rachel: We got some really great stuff.
Phoebe: Yeah. Yeah, but I'm not sure about some of the bras I got.
Rachel: Oh, really? Do you want to try some of them on for me?
Phoebe: Okay. Wait, are we in Joey's imagination?

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