Because of his boredom while away from work, Ross offers to help Joey focus on writing a movie. Things get a little tense, however, when Ross wants Joey to work and Chandler wants to play 'Fireball.' Phoebe volunteers to collect Christmas donations for the poor, but ends up getting a bucket full of unwanted 'contributions,' so she gets tough with the donors. Monica arranges for Rachel and Danny to go out. It seems to be going very well until Rachel discovers that Danny has an unusually close relationship with his sister, Krista.

Original Air Date: 17 December 1998

Written by: Shana Goldberg-Meehan
Director: Dana deVally Piazza

Guest stars:
June Gable as Estelle Leonard
Julie Lauren as Krista
George Newbern as Danny
Tom Bailey as Bob
Lee Arenberg as The Man
Robyn Pedretti as Ginger