At Central Perk Phoebe does a reading of tea leaves which tell her that shes soon going to meet a man of her dreams. In fact, she does meet a man she keeps constantly bumping into, however, he turns out to be a bit creepy to say the least. Meanwhile, after their conversation, things between Joey and Rachel are still weird and Joey keeps finding excuses to avoid her. As a result Rachel comes up with a rather crazy problem at work to draw him into a conversation. She doesnt realize though, how far hes willing to go to help with her fake problem after their conversation is over. Also, Ross tries to retrieve his favorite shirt from Monas, interrupted when she returns home with a date.