Friends season 8 episode 17: The One with the Tea Leaves

What happens in “The One with the Tea Leaves”

At Central Perk Phoebe does a reading of tea leaves which tell her that she's soon going to meet a man of her dreams. In fact, she does meet a man she keeps constantly bumping into, however, he turns out to be a bit creepy to say the least. Meanwhile, after their conversation, things between Joey and Rachel are still weird and Joey keeps finding excuses to avoid her. As a result Rachel comes up with a rather crazy problem at work to draw him into a conversation. She doesn't realize though, how far he's willing to go to help with her fake problem after their conversation is over. Also, Ross tries to retrieve his favorite shirt from Mona's, interrupted when she returns home with a date.

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Cast and crew of this episode

Director

Gary Halvorson

Writers

Steven RosenhausR. Lee Fleming Jr.

Guest stars

Alec Baldwin as ParkerJames Le Gros as Jim NelsonMark Lutz as Mona's DateBonnie Somerville as MonaSteve Ireland as Mr. Zelner

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