TV Exchange of the Day (“Friends,” Comparing “Little Women” and “The Shining”)

Joey (played by Matt LeBlanc): “Is that true? If I keep reading is Beth gonna die?”

Chandler (played by Matthew Perry): “No, Beth doesn't die. She doesn't die. Does she, Rachel?”

Rachel (played by Jennifer Aniston): “What?”

Ross (played by David Schwimmer): “Joey's asking if you've just ruined the first book he's ever loved that didn't star Jack Nicholson?”—Friends, “The One Where Monica and Richard Are Just Friends,” Season 3, Episode 13, teleplay by Michael Borkow, directed by Robby Benson, original air date Jan. 30, 1997