Phoebe tells everyone's future in tea leaves - Monica will have a violent death, Rachel will have a baby and Phoebe will meet the man of her dreams. Joey and Rachel are very awkward around each other and Joey avoids Rachel until Rachel asks for Joey's help with a problem she made up. Phoebe keeps bumping into the same guy and thinks it might be the man of her dreams. They go on a date and the guy turns out to be a writer of erotic novels for children and also in every other aspect very crazy. Phoebe walks out on him and meets a new guy (Alec Baldwin!).