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Joey and Alex almost hook up but while she is waiting for him in his room Gina tells him that Alex ha feelings for him and Joey decides not to do anything so that their friendship isn't ruined. Because of this Alex also skips Joey's Christmas party. But when he gets her present, which is snow outside his house, he goes to her but sees her kissing another man in her place.

I don't really like this romantic kind of episodes. It is always one or the other going after the other and finding out that he can't at the moment etc. Old boring story. But the gift Alex gave Joey was indeed great. And one thing that made this episode fun was Bobby. Especially her kissing Michael and then pushing him to her guy and telling him to kiss him.

I disagree with the previous review of this episode - I thought it was great, a really strong episode of this much maligned show.

I loved all the Alex/Joey relationship stuff, and thought it was well written. Yes, it's a bit inconsistent, and Joey's emotions change like the wind, but what redeems it are the performances from Matt LeBlanc and Andrea Anders.

Lots of funny stuff in this episode too, with Michael/Zach and Bobbie all having fun moments. Bobbie having a boyfriend who is crazier than her is just a funny idea in itself, and it's well played out.

It's such a shame that this show was facing the axe at this point, because it just seemed to be sorting itself out, especially when you consider it was only about 12 episodes into its retooled form. The writers were giving the show more depth, and the supporting characters were starting to have more to do. I think in some ways they just ran out of time.

This is where many said goodbye to 'Joey', as the show would be bumped from its Thursday night slot to a graveyard one up against 'American Idol', but if so they at least got to see a really strong episode of the show.