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The Best Follow-Up Season to the best season. - Review written on June 21, 2007
Rating: 5 out of 5
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This was my second favorite season, definitely. At first it was tricky to pick my favorite out of season 8 and 9. I picked season 8. This started and ended with a bang. I really enjoyed the character Charlie, and Monica and Chandler trying to have a baby. This was an absolutely strong season, with good humor. My favorite episodes were "The One where Emma Cries", "The One with the Pediatrician", "The One with the Sharks", "The One with the Male Nanny", "The One with Ross's Inappropriate Song", "The One with Rachel's Phone Number", "The One where Rachel Goes Back to Work, "The One where Monica Sings, "The One with Phoebe's Rats", The One with the Blind Dates", "The One with the Mugging", "The One with the Boob Job", "The One with the Memorial Service", "The One with the Lottery", "The One with Rachel's Dream", "The One with the Soap Opera Party", "The One with the Donor", and "The One in Barbados." A
Friends Season 9: TOW Emma, Mike, and Charlie - Review written on August 03, 2005
Rating: 5 out of 5
4 customers found this review helpful.
Season 9 deals with Rachel being a mother to the newborn Emma, the introduction of Phoebe's soon to be husband Mike (Paul Rudd), Chandler and Monica deciding to finally have a baby, and the last minute reemergence of Ross-Rachel-Joey triangle. I believe all of them produced productive stories for the characters except the triangle. I think it was a wrong turn not only was it already done before, it produced absolutely nothing except dragged the Ross and Rachel hookup. (I mean does anybody really think Rachel and Joey will end up together?) But I can forgive that wrong turn because Season 9 is a strong season in spite of that.
There are a number of standout episodes but here are my top five.
1. TOW the Lottery - this is an ensemble show and the fact that I chose this as the best episode of the season just proves that the show is really at its strongest when all the cast is together. There's some great one-liners, some slapstick, and some drama. I love this episode!
2. TOW Rachel's Other Sister - Another ensemble episode and another standout Thanksgiving episode. Christina Applegate gave an amusing performance. Some great one-liners from Rachel ("I went to the zoo yesterday, now I'm a koala bear" "Yeah Ross when I have a heart attack at a restaurant I want you there with your fossil brush") Some classic Monica obsessing with the plates and kookiness of Phoebe (check out how she's the only one eating the food the way Monica asked them to protect the plates) and you've got a classic episode.
3. TOW Emma Cries - The girls stole this episode. And it was a relief that Emma would actually be used well as a comedic material Lisa Kudrow was just a riot here ("This just proves that no good can come from having sex with Ross" "Have I gone deaf") And there's the Ross-Joey storyline which is a good B story.
4. TOW the Inappropriate Song - I like this episode largely because of Lisa Kudrow as Phoebe finally meets Mike's parents. I love how she adopts that "upscale-Hepburnesque" accent, how she inadvertently blurts out her not so impressive past, how she forces herself to eat meat, and how she brings Smelly cat in the conversation. I love everything about it.
5. TOW the Male Nanny - The 200th episode, Freddie Prinze Jr. surprisingly gave an amusing and not to mention a non-annoying performance. It's a funny storyline with Schwimmer and Aniston having some funny scenes. ("It's not like you just came in from branding cattle" "Its like firing Elmo")
Grade: A