Friends, “The One Where No One’s Ready” (3.02).
Rachel (Jennifer Aniston) resorts to her understated impertinence whenever it suits her. After Ross yells at her because she is still trying to find the perfect shoes to mach her dress, she rises from her bedroom wearing a sweater and pyjama trousers. She tells him that she has decided not to go to the function at his museum and then proceeds to put her correspondence in order.
She neatly aligns her address-book and then a box containing envelopes. These are subtly calculated moves intended for someone who can interpret them and react to these downplayed signs. In other words, they are meant to get a response from Ross and only because of this are they performed. His response is, of course, somehow similar as if he is pretending not to understand her actions.
