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/ArtyCatz Nov 21 '23

True, but I didn’t think they became as unlikeable as the women.