13. The One With Joey's Bag

Nitcentral's Bulletin Brash Reflections: Friends: Season 5: 13. The One With Joey's Bag
First aired: 2/4/99

Written by Seth Kurland
Directed by Gail Mancuso

---Guest Cast:
Bob Balaban as Frank Buffay
Daniel Hagen as the casting director

---Synopsis:
Monica gives Chandler massages, but they cause more tension them than they relieve. The loss of one loved one for Phoebe leads to a startling encounter with another. Joey tries something new when attempting to dress in a sophisticated manner for an audition.
By LUIGI NOVI on Wednesday, October 22, 2003 - 9:42 pm:

GREAT COMEBACK:
Phoebe: “Lily’s dead.”
Frank: “She's what?””
Phoebe: “She’s dead.
Frank: “Are you sure?”
Phoebe: “Well if she isn’t, then cremating her was a big mistake.”

Phoebe: “I'm okay, but, um, my Grandma sorta died. It's okay. I mean, she had a really incredible life. And it's not like I'm never gonna see her again, you know, she's gonna visit.”
Rachel: “Well, maybe... maybe she's with us right now.”
Phoebe: “Yeah right. Her first day on a new spiritual plane and she's gonna come to the coffeehouse!”
Monica: “Guys! Guys! I just saw two people having sex in a car right outside!”
Ross: “Uh... Pheebs' Grandmother just died.”
Monica: “Oh my God, I'm so sorry.”
Phoebe: “It's okay. Actually, you know what, it's kinda cool. 'Cause it's like, you know, one life ends and another begins.”
Monica: “Not the way they're doing it.”


By Andre Reichenbacher (Amr) on Monday, April 08, 2013 - 9:30 pm:

Now, in this one, Monica whines and cries like a little girl only because "my boyfriend doesn't like my massages". This is what I refer to as a "First World Problem". Occasionally these kind of difficulties are race-specific and can be referred to as a "White People Problem". Whichever one it happens to be, it still really ticks me off to see them portrayed in sitcoms.

I mean, really, do any of the characters on this show even actually have any *real* problems? They are all white and attractive, they are incredibly privledged, and they always seem to be able to pay the rent and put food on the table. And then to hear Monica (or any of the Sinister Six) whine about things that are only merely inconvienencing them, really got on my nerves sometimes whenever I would watch this show. Or any other NBC sitcom from the 90s with predominantly white casts, for that matter.

That's all I got for this one.


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