Tony goes home and returns to business, perhaps with a new frame of mind. Paulie receives a shock about his mother.

While the gang begins to turn on itself, Tony finds himself at the threshold.

The family tries to cope with Tony’s hospitalization and possibly impending death, while Tony begins to hallucinate a new life parallel to his own.

Phoebe tries to teach Joey to speak French for an audition. Surrogate mom Erica is visiting town and tells the Bings that the baby’s father may be a shovel killer….

Rachel prepares to have dinner with her dad and tell him that she’s pregnant. Meanwhile, an unknowing Chandler discovers that Monica had a stripper at her bachelorette party, causing her…

When Monica buys a new bed from Janice’s soon-to-be-ex-husband, “The Mattress King”, the wrong one is delivered. Rachel’s attempts to have her father and Ross bond fail, until she stops…

The gang plans a surprise party for Rachel, but the real surprise is when both of her estranged parents show up for the same party. “Think!” urges Chandler. “What would…