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Season 2  "The One With Phoebe's Dad"  2x9

Aired 28 years ago - Dec 14, 1995

It's Christmas time and Monica tries tipping with cookies, rather than cash, with mixed results. Phoebe learns that the guy in the picture frames her grandmother keeps around is not her father and tries to track down her real father. And Chandler and Joey wait too late to shop for presents.

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Recap of Friends Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 1
Just a big spring.
 Recap of Friends Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 2
- Hey, guys. - Hey.
 Recap of Friends Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 3
Oh, that's cute.
 Recap of Friends Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 4
Recap of Friends Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 5
Uh, Pheebs, that's the guy that comes in the frame.
 Recap of Friends Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 6
My mother gave me this picture before she died. Same guy!
 Recap of Friends Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 7
Okay, I have to talk to my grandmother.
 Recap of Friends Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 8
Esther Livingston.
 Recap of Friends Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 9
Recap of Friends Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 10
Recap of Friends Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 11
Well, of course it is.
 Recap of Friends Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 12
Oh, God.
 Recap of Friends Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 13
All right. So he's not a famous tree surgeon?
 Recap of Friends Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 14
Why would the villagers worship a pharmacist?
 Recap of Friends Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 15
Recap of Friends Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 16
...but he'd be drunk, so he'd crash into something and wake everybody up.
 Recap of Friends Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 17
I know exactly what she's going through.
 Recap of Friends Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 18
Don't you have to be Claymation to say stuff like that?
 Recap of Friends Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 19
Monica, pigeons learn faster than you.
 Recap of Friends Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 20
...and make a list.
 Recap of Friends Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 21
Recap of Friends Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 22
Yeah, in Albany. Could I have the number of Frank Buffay?
 Recap of Friends Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 23
Hey.
 Recap of Friends Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 24
Well, I think you're better off without him.
 Recap of Friends Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 25
Recap of Friends Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 26
You can take my cab.
 Recap of Friends Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 27
Wish me luck, Grandpa.
 Recap of Friends Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 28
It'll be two hours to Phoebe's dad's house...
 Recap of Friends Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 29
In like two hours I'm gonna have a dad.
 Recap of Friends Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 30
Recap of Friends Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 31
Recap of Friends Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 32
Okay. Heat, heat, heat. And I'm the obsessive one?
 Recap of Friends Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 33
Well, put it back!
 Recap of Friends Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 34
It's Rachel Green from upstairs.
 Recap of Friends Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 35
We're having a party tonight.
 Recap of Friends Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 36
Recap of Friends Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 37
Here I go.
 Recap of Friends Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 38
Hi.
 Recap of Friends Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 39
An amount about the size of a pea. How can that be too much?
 Recap of Friends Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 40
Recap of Friends Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 41
Probably because I have so much skin.
 Recap of Friends Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 42
Even though he's your super, I'm seizing.
 Recap of Friends Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 43
Oh, do you think there's a chance you can fix that radiator now?
 Recap of Friends Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 44
Excuse me. I'm seizing.
 Recap of Friends Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 45
So you really did like my cookies?
 Recap of Friends Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 46
Is this, uh, mistletoe?
 Recap of Friends Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 47
Recap of Friends Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 48
What's going on?
 Recap of Friends Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 49
Yeah, maybe. And I'll knock on the door...
 Recap of Friends Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 50
Because, I mean, what if he's not this great dad guy?

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Recap of Friends Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 2
- Hey, guys. - Hey.
#2 Recap of Friends Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 3
Oh, that's cute.
#3 Recap of Friends Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 4 #4 Recap of Friends Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 5
Uh, Pheebs, that's the guy that comes in the frame.
#5 Recap of Friends Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 6
My mother gave me this picture before she died. Same guy!
#6 Recap of Friends Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 7
Okay, I have to talk to my grandmother.
#7 Recap of Friends Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 8
Esther Livingston.
#8 Recap of Friends Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 9 #9 Recap of Friends Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 10 #10 Recap of Friends Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 11
Well, of course it is.
#11 Recap of Friends Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 12
Oh, God.
#12 Recap of Friends Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 13
All right. So he's not a famous tree surgeon?
#13 Recap of Friends Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 14
Why would the villagers worship a pharmacist?
#14 Recap of Friends Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 15 #15 Recap of Friends Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 16
...but he'd be drunk, so he'd crash into something and wake everybody up.
#16 Recap of Friends Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 17
I know exactly what she's going through.
#17 Recap of Friends Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 18
Don't you have to be Claymation to say stuff like that?
#18 Recap of Friends Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 19
Monica, pigeons learn faster than you.
#19 Recap of Friends Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 20
...and make a list.
#20 Recap of Friends Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 21 #21 Recap of Friends Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 22
Yeah, in Albany. Could I have the number of Frank Buffay?
#22 Recap of Friends Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 23
Hey.
#23 Recap of Friends Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 24
Well, I think you're better off without him.
#24 Recap of Friends Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 25 #25 Recap of Friends Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 26
You can take my cab.
#26 Recap of Friends Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 27
Wish me luck, Grandpa.
#27 Recap of Friends Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 28
It'll be two hours to Phoebe's dad's house...
#28 Recap of Friends Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 29
In like two hours I'm gonna have a dad.
#29 Recap of Friends Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 30 #30 Recap of Friends Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 31 #31 Recap of Friends Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 32
Okay. Heat, heat, heat. And I'm the obsessive one?
#32 Recap of Friends Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 33
Well, put it back!
#33 Recap of Friends Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 34
It's Rachel Green from upstairs.
#34 Recap of Friends Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 35
We're having a party tonight.
#35 Recap of Friends Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 36 #36 Recap of Friends Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 37
Here I go.
#37 Recap of Friends Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 38
Hi.
#38 Recap of Friends Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 39
An amount about the size of a pea. How can that be too much?
#39 Recap of Friends Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 40 #40 Recap of Friends Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 41
Probably because I have so much skin.
#41 Recap of Friends Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 42
Even though he's your super, I'm seizing.
#42 Recap of Friends Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 43
Oh, do you think there's a chance you can fix that radiator now?
#43 Recap of Friends Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 44
Excuse me. I'm seizing.
#44 Recap of Friends Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 45
So you really did like my cookies?
#45 Recap of Friends Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 46
Is this, uh, mistletoe?
#46 Recap of Friends Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 47 #47 Recap of Friends Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 48
What's going on?
#48 Recap of Friends Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 49
Yeah, maybe. And I'll knock on the door...
#49 Recap of Friends Season 2 Episode 9 (S02E09) - 50
Because, I mean, what if he's not this great dad guy?
#50