The One With Phoebe's Ex-Partner

Thursday, 6 February 1997

Phoebe's former singing partner Leslie wants to work together again, Chandler dates a woman whose artificial leg Joey once burned, and Ross follows Rachel to a fashion lecture to prove he belongs in her new life.

What happens

• Phoebe sulks through a new singer's set at Central Perk until the singer turns out to be Leslie, her old singing partner, apologising in song for walking out on her.
• Leslie asks Phoebe to reform the act, and Phoebe turns her down twice without hesitating.
• Chandler meets a woman named Ginger coming out of the men's room and gives up his place in line to keep talking to her.
• Ross learns that Mark has quit Rachel's office for a better job, then hears Mark confirm plans to see Rachel on Saturday.
• Joey admits to Monica and Phoebe that he once mistook Ginger's artificial leg for firewood, threw it on the fire, and ran.
• Ross confesses he minds Rachel going to the fashion lecture with Mark and volunteers to go with her instead.
• Phoebe admits to Monica that she misses playing with Leslie, then joins Leslie onstage and improvises a song with her.
• After the lecture Ross tells Rachel he feels shut out of her new life, and Rachel explains she wants her work kept separate from him.
• Ginger tells Chandler his discomfort about her leg is his to sort out, then walks out on him the moment she discovers his third nipple.
• Leslie sells Smelly Cat to a kitty litter company behind Phoebe's back, so Phoebe ends the partnership and writes a new song about her.