<P> Joey had some bad luck in terms of his acting career . In Season Five, he is cast in the independent film Shutter Speed, but it is shut down before filming began in Las Vegas . He is also fired from a Burger King commercial . He filmed a role in a Law & Order episode that was cut from the completed episode--Joey was only "seen" as a corpse in a body bag . </P> <P> In seasons 6 and 7, he lands a starring role as Detective' Mac' Machiavelli in a very short - lived, and very bad cop show called Mac and C.H.E.E.S.E, which Chandler described as "one of the worst things ever...and not just on TV ." Joey had high hopes for the series, however Mac and C.H.E.E.S.E was canceled halfway through its first season . </P> <P> In Season 7, Joey auditions for the role of Dr. Striker Ramoray, a new character on "Days of Our Lives" and Drake Ramoray's brother but he doesn't get that role . Eventually, Joey's luck turns when he gets back his role as Dr. Drake Ramoray and even nominated for an award for Best Returning Character, first as a character in coma, then revived through a brain transplant with another character Jessica Lockhart, (played by Susan Sarandon). </P> <P> In Season 7 he later replaces Susan Sarandon as Dr. Drake Jessica Ramoray . Later in the spin - off Joey, it turns out he loses his Role as Dr. Drake Ramoray and has to again hunt for a new job . </P>

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