 CHAR: During Russ party, the characters are playing Spades. Diane  plays the Ace of Spades, and then Dontae plays the low Joker. Russ  then captures all the cards of that hand with the high Joker.  Afterwards, Diane criticizes Dontae, saying that he should not have  played the low Joker during that hand because the high Joker had not  been played yet. Meaning that whoever had the high Joker could take  that hand (as Russ did). However, per the rules of Spades, a player  must put down the same suit that the first player of that round lays  down UNLESS the player is holding no cards of that suit. Diane laid  down the Ace of Spades. Dontae was only holding the low Joker (which  is considered a Spade) and the eight of Hearts. So he had no choice  but to play the low Joker, even though he may not have wanted to do  so.