Rachel & Joey
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Friends
charlestontracy — 9 years ago(September 13, 2016 03:03 PM)
So I am re-watching Friends on Netflix. My husband and daughter have not see it. We just finished season 9. I don't like the Rachel & Joey story. I just feel like the writers got lazy around starting around season 8 and the show just started to fall flat. I still love it no matter what though and re-watching this again made me realize how much I love Phoebe!
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ppllkk — 9 years ago(September 13, 2016 03:08 PM)
charlestontracy
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I don't like the Rachel & Joey story.
Neither did the actors. They rebelled and complained to the writers about it.
I have compared it to Little Red Riding Hood shacking up with the Big Bad Wolf.
I just feel like the writers got lazy around starting around season 8 and the show just started to fall flat.
One can argue that it started to decline even before that. -
Arnold25 — 9 years ago(September 13, 2016 07:30 PM)
I think that's part of the problem, how they had devoted so much time building up to it, with Joey falling for Rachel and then Rachel falling for Joey, then they finally get together, and it's over in 3 episodes. So what was the point?
Plus it was pretty stupid of the writers because they knew season 10 would be the last one, and I'm sure they always planned Ross and Rachel to get back together in the finale, so again, why put the characters together when you know you have to end it in the season at some point? -
Wildstyle26 — 9 years ago(September 13, 2016 07:47 PM)
It's basically just for drama.
It happens all the time in this show where you spend all this time building up 2 characters as a couple, then they're together for no more than 5 episodes and break up.
Ross and Rachel spent around 2 seasons getting together. Then they only lasted 1 out of 10 years. The drama of Will They or Won't They was more important than them actually being together.
Look at Rachel with Joshua. Spent all that time with her acting like a hungry nymphomaniac. And when they were together, nothing came of it, and seemed Rachel didn't even like him that much once she got him.
We had all that drama with Chandler and Kathy. And they were together no time.
The writers were always good at building up love interests. But once they were together, the fun was gone. So they got rid of them, and sometimes in the stupidest of ways. Look at what happened with Gary, Pete, and Danny. And David's send-off was really bad.
If you're gonna pretend to cut her hair, at least put some scissors in your hand!
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SALTER-pt — 9 years ago(September 14, 2016 10:51 PM)
I don't like the Rachel & Joey story
Did anybody?
I just feel like the writers got lazy around starting around season 8
Way before that, IMO. Friends had lost its steam by s 4, IMO. As soon as they got Monica and Chandler together, that was it for me.
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mjn-seifer — 9 years ago(September 15, 2016 03:29 AM)
I don't like the Rachel & Joey story
Did anybody?
raises hand awkwardly I liked it.
I have spoken to someone in real life, and she liked it as well (and said they were better than Ross and Rachel), but I understand that the majority of fans hated it, and if the cast hated it, then fair enough. It's understandable they ended it if it was something the cast didn't want to do. -
alanjobe — 9 years ago(October 06, 2016 12:16 PM)
raises hand awkwardly I liked it.
I did too. It was actually the only storyline I did like in the final seasons. I always thought LeBlanc had more chemistry with Cox, but they put her with Miss Chanandler Bong. But Joey was very sweet in his feelings for Rachel.
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jajceboy — 9 years ago(September 16, 2016 05:14 AM)
An overwhelming majority didn't like the plot-line, the actors included.
That said I did like Joey falling for Rachel cause it felt natural and something Joey could do, where as Rachel falling for Joey felt out of place. -
herbsuperb — 9 years ago(September 18, 2016 11:56 AM)
Yeah. You're not alone. Most people didn't like that pairing. Probably the biggest writing pitfall the show saw during it's illustrious run. As luck would have it though, most of the rest of the show was above board amazing, so most people forgive I think.
It was a sign that the writers were running out of ideas. They ended the show the next year (I think) and that was the right move. They wrapped it up before it got bad, which is something I wish a lot of other shows would have done. Hard to watch a great show go bad. -
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