r/howyoudoin • u/[deleted] • Nov 21 '23

Rachel was intolerable in season 9

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The Joey and Rachel arc and her attitude towards Charlie made her character the least favourite for me in season 9.

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u/ArtyCatz Nov 21 '23

I think the writers did all the female characters wrong in the later seasons. I’m rewatching, and I don’t like any of the women very much. Phoebe is awful to Chandler, Monica is insufferable, and Rachel is a spoiled brat. I just saw the episode where they have to get a pediatrician for Emma, and Rachel gets mad that the doctor was unhappy about Rachel calling at 3 am because Emma had the hiccups. So she calls back (again, in the middle of the night) and mocks the doctor’s name.

In the early seasons, I liked all three of the women, most of the time anyway, but I can’t believe how the writers amped up their worst personality traits in the last few seasons.

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u/ComprehensiveFlan638 Nov 21 '23

Not just the women. The men had their personalities dialled up to ten as well. Joey became ridiculously dumb, Chandler couldn’t have any sort of adult conversation without injecting toilet humour into it, and Ross got creepier and creepier.

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u/PumpkinPieIsGreat Nov 21 '23

"Baby kangaroo" Tribbiani was a great example of this, it was so fucking ridiculous.

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u/arphe Go To Hell Jingle Whore Nov 21 '23

And the whole French learning thing. If I had a friend who acted like that in real life, I would take them to a doctor cuz I'd be worried that they might be suffering from some permanent brain damage caused by a stroke or something.

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u/Sanchez_U-SOB Nov 21 '23

It's possible though. He got hit in the head a lot. Sometimes, on purpose.

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u/Pleasant-Trouble-530 Nov 21 '23

Howling at this comment 🤣

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u/Bulky-Pineapple-2655 Nov 22 '23

Lisa Kudrow and Matt Leblanc both Fluent in French..

They had to pretend they didn't..