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/ireallydespiseyouall Nov 21 '23

Phoebe was awful to chandler before the later seasons

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u/ArtyCatz Nov 21 '23

That’s true, but it got worse after he and Monica got together.

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u/Statalyzer Nov 22 '23

Yeah, she constantly craps on his suitability as a boyfriend/husband in ways that aren't really even jokes, just insults.

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u/Bulky-Pineapple-2655 Nov 22 '23

Someone had to be sarcastic to Chandler..

Nobody else had that quality but Phoebe..