Season: 1 | Episode: 9

The one where Underdog goes away

Intro + Scene 1

Are the following statements true (T) or false (F) ?

1) Rachel wants an advance in her salary. ____

2) Rachel is an excellent waitress. ____
3) Ross and Monica’s parents are going to Puerto Rico. ____
4) Joey is wearing make up. ____
5) Joey is modeling for posters for a private clinic. ____
6) Chandler hopes that Joey gets Lyme disease. ____
7) Ross is happy to confirm that his parents are travelling for Thanksgiving. ____
8) Monica suggests having a Thanksgiving dinner in her flat. ____
9) Rachel needs some money to go skiing in Vail with her family. ____
10) Ross wants to invite Carol for the Thanksgiving dinner. ____

Scene 2

Vocabulary

CRAZY VOICE OTHERWISE

CLASSIC MEETING MUSEUM
SKULL REFER SKIN

Scene 3

Answer the following questions:

✪ Why is Rachel unhappy when she arrives at the apartment? Scene 4

✪ What did her friends do for her?
✪ Why doesn’t Chandler like Thanksgiving?
Joey is talking to a girl in the subway and she seems to like chatting to him. All of a
sudden, things change and she doesn’t want to talk to him anymore. Explain why she has
changed her mind.

Scene 5

Explain Phoebe’s joke at Perk’s café.

Scene 6/7

Who said the following sentences?

(Rachel, Monica, Phoebe, Ross, Chandler or Joey):

a) Set another place for Thanksgiving. My entire family thinks I have VD. (__________)
b) I don't know. It's just not the same without Mom in the kitchen. (___________)
c) I got the tickets! I got the tickets! (___________)
d) But my mom always makes them. It's like a tradition. (___________)
e) Ok, three kinds of potatoes coming up. (___________)
f) The most unbelievable thing has happened. Underdog has just gotten away
(__________)
g) Got the keys? (___________)

Scene 8

Ross doesn’t feel comfortable in talking to the (unborn) baby. Why is he trying to do so?

Scene 9

Put the dialogue in the correct other:

( ) No I don't.
( ) Do either of you have the keys?
( ) Oh, I gotta get my ticket!
( ) Wait, wait, we have a copy of your key.
( ) We're waiting for you to open the door. You got the keys.
( ) Ok, right about now the turkey should be crispy on the outside, juicy on the inside.
Why are we standing here?
( ) No, no, no, you said, "got the keys".
( ) Yes, you do. When we left, you said, "got the keys."
( ) No I didn't. I asked, "got the keys?"
( ) The oven is on.

LAST SCENES

Did the gang have the holiday they expected? Why (not)?
What did they have for Thanksgiving dinner?

Answer key
Intro + Scene 1)
True
False
True
True
False
False
False
True
True
False

Scene 2)
Meeting, Skull, Museum, Skin, Otherwise, Classic, Crazy, Voice, Refer.

Scene 3)
- Because she hasn’t made the money to travel.
- They have chipped in.
- Because his parents told him they were getting divorced after a thanksgiving dinner
when he was 9.

Scene 4)
Because she saw Joey’s photo in the poster saying that you never know who may have
VD. She thought he had VD.

Scene 5)
Laughing is infectious, just like the VD.

Scene 6 + 7)
Joey
Ross
Rachel
Joey
Monica
Chandler
Monica

Scene 8 (+ 10)
Because Susan does, he is jealous of her.

Scene 9
3, 7, 9, 10, 2, 1, 6, 4, 5, 8.

Scene 12 up to the end

Not at all. (Ross and Monica didn’t spend it with their parents; Rachel didn’t go to Vail;
Joey’s family thinks he’s got VD, even Chandler didn’t expect more than being in his
bedroom eating junk food).
Cheese Sandwich.