Chandler uses a hypnosis tape to quit smoking. Unbeknownst to him, it's aimed only at women. Phoebe freaks when her brother wants to wed a woman twice his age.
The gang alienates Elaine when they find out that she didn't like The English Patient. She lies to Peterman about seeing it, so he arranges for her to watch it. Kramer teaches a group of Dominicans about communism, which leads them to revolt on Kramer. Jerry goes to Florida to visit his parents where an elderly man challenges Jerry to a weightlifting competition. Meanwhile, a woman mistakes George for her boyfriend.
A headless corpse fished out of the river sends Briscoe and Curtis out to Los Angeles to obtain a blood sample from their chief suspect. Back in New York, McCoy and Ross try to obtain a court order for the procedure.