Impressionable Phoebe becomes depressed when it dawns on her that some movies don't end happily. Richard bonds with Chandler and Joey at a basketball game.
Jerry gets Elaine to help him prove that a sales clerk is wrong about a jacket, but Elaine ends up dating the clerk. George and Kramer find a cheap parking lot and decide to park their cars there. Later, George finds that a hooker used his car after he finds a used condom in the car. George then thinks that the condom may be the key to get out of marrying Susan. Meanwhile, George has an unwanted house guest, a wig master for a play.
Mark finds himself staffing a very crowded ER on his scheduled night off, filling in while Doug is out with whiplash and Susan meets with her lawyer. He tries to juggle hunger pangs, 40+ patients in the waiting room, and a never-ending stream of traumas.