Debra Azar

Ross is in agony because brilliant, beautiful professor Charlie (recurring guest star Aisha Tyler)--who usually prefers paleontologists--is instead dating shallow Joey. Nevertheless, Ross helps the desperate Joey pretend to be intelligent to impress Charlie--with mixed results. Meanwhile, Chandler and Monica's nervous visit to a fertility clinic is made even more uncomfortable by the unexpected appearance of Chandler's annoying ex-girlfriend, Janice (recurring guest star Maggie Wheeler). And Rachel argues with Phoebe over a corporate-owned spa chain that Phoebe detests.

When Jack (Sean Hayes) has to work, he asks Will (Eric McCormack) to escort his son Elliot (Michael Angarano) to join other fathers in a weekend basketball tournament in Connecticut - but Jack later goes ballistic when he learns from Will that he missed the teen's first kiss with a female student. Back in town, Grace (Debra Messing) plays schoolmarm in a New School design class full of attention-deprived slackers who would rather discuss celebrity houses than listen to her drone on. Megan Mullally also stars.

J.D. and Turk think they've got bad karma after hitting a car and causing an accident, while playing golf on the hospital roof. Dr. Cox bends over backwards to give Jordan as much comfort as possible on her labor day, and she confesses to J.D. that Dr. Cox is the real father. Elliot seeks advice from Carla on how to tell Paul that she's crazy, because they're getting more intimate and she can't hide it anymore. But Carla is feeling too crazy herself with the upcoming wedding.

Kim goes into labor, and J.D. struggles to decide if he should tell her what he really thinks of their relationship.

Joan Collins and Sara Rue guest star in this episode. Russell’s flamboyant mom (guest star Joan Collins) pays her son a visit and spends time with his assistant Timmy (Adhir Kalyan). Brenda (guest star Sara Rue), a teammate on Jeff’s (Patrick Warburton) softball team, suggests that she could be a potential surrogate for he and Audrey (Megyn Price). Written by: Gloria Calderon Kellett Directed by: Ted Wass