- The guys go on a ride-along with Gary where Ross thinks Joey saved his life which angers Chandler because he thinks Joey chose Ross over him. Rachel accidentally deletes a message from Emily on Ross's answering machine.
- When Phoebe tells the friends that Gary took her along in a police patrol car, the boys insist to make a ride with him too - and get it that very night. Monica decides that's a perfect opportunity to catalog the photos most methodically, but one touch by Rachel undoes all her work; for comfort, she sends Rachel to Ross's place for margarita ingredients, but while there she overhears Emily on the answering machine express doubt about whether she and Ross were right to call off their marriage. Rachel is reluctant to erase the message as Monica insists, but accidentally pushes that button. She decides to wait for Ross and let him decide, but seeing he intends to call Emily, she stops him. Leave it to Joey to focus on 'the best sandwich in the world' that he picks up on the way, but isn't allowed to eat in the patrol car as it drips. When the boys confuse a car backfiring with a gunshot, Joey dives in front of Ross, leading Gary to call him heroic police material. Chandler is vexed, believing Joey cares more for Ross, but learns the truth: His buddy's primary instinct was to protect the sandwich.—KGF Vissers
- Phoebe (Lisa Kudrow) returns from a ride-along with her cop boyfriend, Gary (Michael Rapaport), which prompts the guys to follow suit and share the experience. Joey buys a delicious sandwich but is not allowed to eat it in Gary's car, so he keeps talking about it, much to the annoyance of Ross and Chandler. Ross is in the front seat and acts all superior (he think he is more cop than the other 2) since he is Gary's "Partner".. Chandler is scared since it is officially nighttime. Gary makes them sign an indemnity form stating they cant sue the city in case they get hurt.
Ross accidentally turns on the beacon (the cherry), prompting Gary to move him from the front seat to the back. During the ride, a car backfire scares them all, leading to Joey diving over Ross in an attempt to save him. This causes problems between Chandler and Joey because Joey apparently wanted to save Ross instead of Chandler, his best friend. Gary comes back to the coffee house and tells everyone about how Joey threw himself over Ross to save him. However, it turns out that Joey was not trying to save Ross, but only his sandwich. To show Chandler how much he values their friendship, he allows him to have one bite of the sandwich. But when Chandler goes for another bite, Joey objects and takes back his sandwich.
Ross' ex-wife Emily is getting married again, so the group does its best to distract him. Monica decides to organize photos, but Rachel accidentally drops a box of other pictures on it, ruining all Monica's work. Due to being upset, the two decide to make margaritas, but they do not have the ingredients, so they decide to steal them from Ross' apartment (Monica also slips that she steals 20's from Ross whenever she visits his apartment), where Rachel intercepts a message from Emily, who has second thoughts about her upcoming wedding and the divorce with Ross (Emily says maybe they were too hasty about giving up on their relationship). Monica thinks they should erase the message (She doesn't want Ross getting back together with the controlling, Neurotic Emily), but Rachel thinks Ross deserves to know the truth. During the discussion, she accidentally erases the message.
After being "saved", Ross is filled with a new-found respect for life, which he reports to his own answering machine, resulting in the message being heard by the girls, who are still at his apartment. Later, in person, Rachel tells Ross about the message from Emily, but Ross wants to call her back, because he wants to seize every new opportunity (he says he really wants to seize something, as his ex-wife called on the same day that he had a near death experience). Rachel talks this idea out of Ross' mind by convincing him that it is not the day of seizing stuff, but escaping from stuff, such as "death" and from Emily. Ross is convinced that it is close call day. He tells Rachel to tell Monica to give him back his money.
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