Joey Tribbiani with Rachel he gives him the go ahead. Ross basically says that he's not okay with it but he wants to be, and the two's friendship deepens due to Joey's refusal to date Rachel unless Ross okays the deal. However, Joey and Rachel do not date long and later Joey encourages Ross to pursue Rachel in the season finale. Joey and Monica are close friends often joking around with each other. Joey allowed Monica to hire and fire him to prove to her employees that she was not a pushover. When he discovered that Monica and Chandler had developed a
Joey Lucas Joey Lucas Josephine "Joey" Lucas, is a fictional character on the television serial drama "The West Wing", a California-based pollster and political operative played by Marlee Matlin. She is one of the few non-main characters to appear in all seven seasons. Lucas is an expert political pollster who is frequently called upon by President Josiah Bartlet's senior staff to administer national polls and interpret polling data. Lucas is a native of California and attended UCLA and Stanford, though the degrees she received from each are unknown. Since she is deaf (as is Matlin in real life), she is usually accompanied