Joey and the Party

"Joey and the Party"

Season

1x03

Episode no.

3

Written by

Robert Carlock

Directed by

Gail Mancuso

Original airdate

September 23, 2004

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"Joey and the Party" is the third episode of the first season of Joey, which aired on NBC on September 23, 2004.

Plot[]

Joey feels lonely without his Manhattan friends, even sweet, devoted cousin-roommate Michael is just too nerdy, so he decides to throw a party to get to know the neighbors, but particularly cool Jake. Alas a hunk like Jake is just irresistible for Gina, and she's hard to beat at pleasing men- still, Jake has better taste, but that kind of man is not to family-man Joey's taste, so he ends up giving nerdy accountant Howard a chance, boring but adoring. Michael, supposedly the party's co-host, panics when his 'friendly' academical rival Seth announces to bring an actual date, Molly, leaving Michael the last of the virginal Mohicans, so he desperately needs a foxy (fake) date, yet not badly enough to accept ma Gina, but he jumps at Alex's offer; she does a great job, and they soon work out Molly is even more fake, but why?

Cast and Crew[]

Main Cast[]

Matt LeBlanc - Joey Tribbiani
Andrea Anders - Alex Garrett
Paulo Costanzo - Michael Tribbiani
Jennifer Coolidge - Bobbie Morganstern
Drea de Matteo - Gina Tribbiani

Supporting Cast[]

Crew[]

Directed By:
Gail Mancuso

Written By:
Shana Goldberg-Meehan & Scott Silveri

Quotes[]

Joey: That's my sister, Jake.
Jake: Oh, sorry, I don't know what to say. We still on for basketball?
Joey: I think I'm gonna play basketball with some guys who don't think my sister's trash.
Jake: Well, good luck finding them.
Joey: Yeah, tell me about it [slams the door].

Seth: Molly and I share a passion for the night sky.
Alex: Oh, how nice. Michael and I share a passion for sex in public.

Michael: Hey Molly, which one's better, Jedi or Empire?
Molly: I don't know.
Michael (to Alex): She's fake.

Alex: If there was a 20-year old me out there she would be lucky to have a guy like you.
Michael: Thanks! If I could build an ultra-realistic girl robot, I'd want her to be just like you.
Alex: That's sweet.
Michael: But I'd probably give her bigger...
Alex: That's enough!

Trivia[]

Simon Helberg makes a guest appearance as Seth, a scientist nerd. In the future sitcom The Big Bang Theory, Helberg portrayed a similar character, Howard Wolowitz, an aerospace engineer who worked at Caltech.
This marks the guest appearance of Geoff Stults, but later he will appear in The Odd Couple as Murph and the guest appearance in Man with a Plan as Leif Forrest (where LeBlanc and Stults would reunite in this series).

Continuity[]

Just after the opening credits, when Joey runs out to see Jake, Jake has one hand out in one shot and then puts the basketball in both hands. When the shot changes, his hand is out again and then he puts the basketball in both hands again.