Friends TV Show, “Joey Breaks Up with Janine”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RBps_8RfcU
Watch the clip reading the script.

Scene 1
1. Janine is Joey’s girlfriend. Why is she not going over for dinner?

2. Chandler and Monica are Joey’s best friends. What does Janine think about Chandler?
Monica?

3. What does Monica say when she shuts the door?

Scene 2
4. What happens at Joey’s flat?

5. What does Chandler say it is boring?

6. Why is Joey upset? (upset: angry)

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Scene 3
7. What does Janine apologise for?

8. Why does Janine run out of the building?

9. What does Monica do?

10. What do Chandler and Joey do at the end?

Scene 4
11. What do Joey, Chandler and Monica talk about?

Vocabulary
Look at the definitions. Then, write a new sentence using the word.

1. blah (slang)
Definition:​ boring or not okay
Examples: ​She thinks you’re ​blah.​ I feel ​blah​.

Sentence:

2. hoot
Definition:​ funny and fun
Examples: ​She is a ​hoot.​ We laughed all night.

Sentence:

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 3. coming over
Definition:​ to go somewhere
Examples:​ Why is Janine not ​coming ove​r for dinner? I was just ​coming over​ to apologize for
my behavior.

subject + to be + coming over

I + am + coming over + ​to​ (ex. study/eat)
I + am + coming over ​for​ (ex. dinner/lunch/tea)
I + am + coming over ​in​ (ex. five minutes)

Sentence:

Sentence:

Sentence:
4. gotta (slang)
Definition:​ have to
Examples:​ I gotta talk to Janine.

subject + gotta + base form verb

I + gotta + talk + to Janine.

Sentence:

5. gonna (slang)
Definition: ​going to
Examples:​ I’m ​gonna​ talk to them about it. What am I ​gonna​ do?

Sentence:

6. wanna (slang)

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Definition: ​want to
Examples:​ I ​wanna​ go to the party.

Sentence:

Opinion:
Have you ever disliked your best friend’s partner?
Have you ever gotten into a fight with them?
Would you break up with someone if your friends didn’t like them?

SCRIPT

Scene 1

Monica:​ Why is Janine not ​coming over​ for dinner?

Joey:​ Well, she didn’t want to hang out with you guys two nights in a row.

Chandler:​ Why didn’t she want to hang out with us?

Joey:​ Because she thinks that you are ​blah.​ And that you Monica are too loud.
What? What?

Chandler:​ So she was just pretending to have a good time last night? She was just lying to our
faces?

Monica:​ I can’t believe this. Who is she to judge? We could not have been nicer to her.

Chandler:​ And I am not blah. I am a hoot.

Joey:​ Come on, please, please, don’t be mad. I’m sure she just said that stuff because she was
just nervous. You, guys, are my best friends. You know, and it was our first date. Plus, she’s
really sick.

Chandler:​ No, you said you made that up.

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Joey:​ I know. But don’t you think the sick thing is better than the play thing?

Chandler:​ No, they’re both good. I generally go with the “Monica is drunk again”.

Joey:​ Come on you, guys, please, please. Just give her another chance, huh? She’ll come
around. I promise.

Monica:​ Of course, we will. Come on, we can make dinner.

Chandler:​ Okay.

Monica:​ I ​do not ​like that woman.

Joey:​ I can hear you.

Monica:​ I am loud.

Scene 2

Joey:​ See. Wasn’t that fun?

Janine:​ We have got to move.

Monica:​ I knew it. You’re not so quiet yourself, missy.

Chandler:​ And I’m blah? Liste, the only thing that is more boring than watching Modern dance
is hearing you talk about it. Oh, Chandler. I just lost myself in a movement.

Janine:​ You know, I know you are talking, but all I hear is blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.

Monica:​ Alright. You and me. Let’s go, right now.

Joey:​ Enough. Enough. You two, go home. I ​gotta​ talk to Janine.

Chandler:​ You know, I really think you can take her.

Monica:​ You better hope I don’t see you in the hallway.

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Joey:​ Alright, ah, look, we got a little bit of a problem here. These people are my friends. You
can’t ​treat​ them that way.

Janine:​ They said stuff to me too you know.

Joey:​ I know, I know. And I’m ​gonna​ talk to them about it. They mean so much to me. They’re
like my family. If you guys are gonna be fighting all the time, I don’t think we can be together.
It just can’t work. It just can’t. I’m very upset.

Janine:​ Okay, okay, would it help if I went over and apologised?

Joey:​ Yeah, yeah, that’d be very helpful.

Scene 3

Monica:​ What did I tell you about the ​hall?​

Janine:​ I was just coming over to apologise for my behavior. I’d really like it if we could be
friends.

Monica:​ I know it would make Joey happy, so I would like that too.

Janine:​ Great.

Monica:​ Come on. I’m glad we worked things out.

Janine:​ Me too. I’ll see you.

Monica:​ Bye.

Janine:​ Or I’ll hear you.

Monica:​ That’s it big girl, come on.

Janine:​ Wait.

Monica:​ You better run.

Chandler​: Did you hear that?

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Joey:​ Yeah. What am I gonna do?

Chandler:​ I don’t know. I’m sorry man. Ya ​wanna​ go and watch?

Joey:​ Yeah.

Scene 4

Chandler:​ Hey.

Joey:​ Hey. ​How you doin?

Chandler:​ So, did she move out?

Joey:​ Pretty much.

Monica:​ I can’t believe you just broke up with her, just like that.

Joey:​ Well, when it’s not right, ya know it.

Chandler:​ You okay?

Joey:​ Yeah. I’ll be alright.

Ross:​ You know what would ​cheer you up?

Joey:​ What?

Ross:​ I’m giving this lecture on erosion theories tomorrow night. I think you should come.

Joey:​ You’re right. That did cheer me up.