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The One with the Jellyfish

‘The One with the Jellyfish’

Season 4, Episode 1 - Aired September 25, 1997

When Ross chooses to get back together with Rachel, she wants him to accept responsibility for everything that went wrong in their relationship. Meanwhile, Chandler, Joey and Monica have a day they would rather forget at the beach.

Quote from Rachel

Rachel: And hey, just so you know. It's not that common. It doesn't happen to every guy. And it is a big deal!
Chandler: I knew it!

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Quote from Ross

Rachel: My mom never thought this would work out. She said, "Once a cheater, always a cheater." Oh, I just wish we hadn't lost those four months. But if time was what you needed to gain a little perspective.
Ross: We were on a break!

Quote from Joey

Monica: I mean, I thought I would pass out from the pain. Anyway, I tried, but I couldn't bend that way. So ...
Ross, Rachel and Phoebe: Ew!
Joey: That's right. I stepped up. She's my friend and she needed help. If I had to, I'd pee on any one of you.

Quote from Monica

Monica: Oh, damn the jellyfish. Damn all the jellyfish!

Quote from Chandler

Ross: She wants me to take responsibility for everything that went wrong in our relationship. I mean, she even goes on for five pages about how I was unfaithful to her. We were on a break!
Chandler: Oh, my God. If you say that one more time, I'm gonna break up with you.

Quote from Ross

Rachel: Hey. What happened to you? Why didn't you come up?
Ross: Done.
Rachel: You just finished?
Ross: Well, I wanted to be thorough. I mean, this is clearly very important to you. To us. So I wanted to read every word carefully. Twice.
Rachel: So, does it?
Ross: I'm sorry?
Rachel: Does it?
Ross: Does it? [pondering] Does it? Yeah, I wanted to give that whole "Does it?" part just another glance.
Rachel: What are you talking about, Ross? You just said you read it twice. Look, you know what, it either does or doesn't. And if you have to even think-
Ross: No, Rach, I don't have to think about it. In fact I've decided. I have decided that it ... does.
Rachel: [after getting teary-eyed, Rachel hugs Ross] Are you sure?
Ross: Oh, sure, I'm sure!

Quote from Joey

Joey: Sure, it's hard to forget but you don't mean you have to talk about it. A lot of things happened on that trip that we should never, ever talk about.
Ross: What happened on that beach?
Joey: It's between us and the sea, Ross.

Quote from Monica

Joey: Monica got stung by a jellyfish.
Monica: All right! I got stung. Stung bad. I couldn't stand. I couldn't walk.
Chandler: We were two miles from the house. We were scared and alone. We didn't think we could make it.
Monica: I was in too much pain.
Joey: And I was tired from digging the huge hole.
Chandler: Then Joey remembered something-
Joey: I'd seen this thing on the Discovery Channel.
Ross: Wait a minute, I saw that. On the Discovery Channel. Yeah. About jellyfish and how if you- Ew! You peed on yourself?
Rachel and Phoebe: Ew!
Monica: You can't say that. You don't know.

Quote from Ross

Rachel: And it really does?
Ross: lt does. It really and truly does.
[later:]
Ross: It so does not!

Quote from Joey

Joey: Only I couldn't. I got the stage fright. I wanted to help, but there was too much pressure. So I turned to Chandler.
Chandler: [screaming] Joey kept screaming at me, "Do it now. Do it. Do it now!" Sometimes, late at night, I can still hear the screaming.
Joey: [chuckles] That's because sometimes I just do it through my wall to freak you out.

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