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Friends
Season 9
Friends season 9 DVD cover
Starring
No. of episodes24
Release
Original networkNBC
Original releaseSeptember 26, 2002 (2002-09-26) –
May 15, 2003 (2003-05-15)
Season chronology
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Season 10
List of episodes

The ninth season of Friends, an American sitcom created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman, premiered on NBC on September 26, 2002. Friends was produced by Bright/Kauffman/Crane Productions, in association with Warner Bros. Television. The season contains 24 episodes and concluded airing on May 15, 2003.

Reception

Collider picked it as the worst Friends season, as they wrote that it was uneven, and that it creatively began to run out of steam "when there's a subplot in which Joey can't remember if he's already slept with the woman he's dating". They picked "The One with Rachel's Other Sister" as its best episode.[1]

Cast and characters

Main article: List of Friends characters
See also: List of Friends characters § Introduced in season 9, and List of Friends characters § Only in season 9

Episodes

See also: List of Friends episodes
No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateProd.
code		U.S. viewers
(millions)		Rating/share
(18–49)
1951"The One Where No One Proposes"Kevin S. BrightSherry Bilsing-Graham & Ellen PlummerSeptember 26, 2002 (2002-09-26)17525134.01[2]16.6/42[3]
1962"The One Where Emma Cries"Sheldon EppsDana Klein BorkowOctober 3, 2002 (2002-10-03)17525228.93[4]14.7/38[5]
1973"The One with the Pediatrician"Roger ChristiansenBrian Buckner & Sebastian JonesOctober 10, 2002 (2002-10-10)17525426.63[6]12.7/33[7]
1984"The One with the Sharks"Ben WeissAndrew Reich & Ted CohenOctober 17, 2002 (2002-10-17)17525325.81[8]12.7/34[9]
1995"The One with Phoebe's Birthday Dinner"David SchwimmerScott SilveriOctober 31, 2002 (2002-10-31)17525524.46[10]11.8/32[11]
2006"The One with the Male Nanny"†Kevin S. BrightDavid Crane & Marta KauffmanNovember 7, 2002 (2002-11-07)17525627.51[12]13.4/35[13]
2017"The One with Ross's Inappropriate Song"Gary HalvorsonRobert CarlockNovember 14, 2002 (2002-11-14)17525725.35[14]12.1/32[15]
2028"The One with Rachel's Other Sister"Kevin S. BrightShana Goldberg-MeehanNovember 21, 2002 (2002-11-21)17525826.76[16]12.5/32[17]
2039"The One with Rachel's Phone Number"Ben WeissMark KunerthDecember 5, 2002 (2002-12-05)17525925.43[18]12.1/30[19]
20410"The One with Christmas in Tulsa"Kevin S. BrightDoty AbramsDecember 12, 2002 (2002-12-12)17526022.29[20]10.3/29[21]
20511"The One Where Rachel Goes Back to Work"Gary HalvorsonStory by : Judd Rubin
Teleplay by : Peter Tibbals		January 9, 2003 (2003-01-09)17526123.67[22]11.5/30[23]
20612"The One with Phoebe's Rats"Ben WeissStory by : Dana Klein Borkow
Teleplay by : Brian Buckner & Sebastian Jones		January 16, 2003 (2003-01-16)17526223.66[24]11.2/29[25]
20713"The One Where Monica Sings"†Gary HalvorsonStory by : Sherry Bilsing-Graham & Ellen Plummer
Teleplay by : Steven Rosenhaus		January 30, 2003 (2003-01-30)17526325.82[26]12.2/31[27]
20814"The One with the Blind Dates"Gary HalvorsonSherry Bilsing-Graham & Ellen PlummerFebruary 6, 2003 (2003-02-06)17526523.37[28]11.1/28[29]
20915"The One with the Mugging"Gary HalvorsonPeter TibbalsFebruary 13, 2003 (2003-02-13)17526420.85[30]9.5/27[31]
21016"The One with the Boob Job"Gary HalvorsonMark KunerthFebruary 20, 2003 (2003-02-20)17526619.52[32]8.8/22[33]
21117"The One with the Memorial Service"Gary HalvorsonStory by : Robert Carlock
Teleplay by : Brian Buckner & Sebastian Jones		March 13, 2003 (2003-03-13)17526721.00[34]10.0/27[35]
21218"The One with the Lottery"Gary HalvorsonStory by : Brian Buckner & Sebastian Jones
Teleplay by : Sherry Bilsing-Graham & Ellen Plummer		April 3, 2003 (2003-04-03)17526820.79[36]9.8/27[37]
21319"The One with Rachel's Dream"Terry HughesStory by : Dana Klein Borkow
Teleplay by : Mark Kunerth		April 17, 2003 (2003-04-17)17526918.24[38]8.4/26[39]
21420"The One with the Soap Opera Party"Sheldon EppsStory by : Shana Goldberg-Meehan
Teleplay by : Andrew Reich & Ted Cohen		April 24, 2003 (2003-04-24)17527020.71[40]9.9/30[41]
21521"The One with the Fertility Test"†Gary HalvorsonStory by : Scott Silveri
Teleplay by : Robert Carlock		May 1, 2003 (2003-05-01)17527119.03[42]8.7/27[43]
21622"The One with the Donor"Ben WeissAndrew Reich & Ted CohenMay 8, 2003 (2003-05-08)17527219.55[44]9.3/27[45]
21723"The One in Barbados"Kevin S. BrightShana Goldberg-Meehan & Scott SilveriMay 15, 2003 (2003-05-15)[a]17527325.46[46]12.4/36[47]
21824Marta Kauffman & David Crane175274

^† denotes a "super-sized" 40-minute episode (with advertisements; actual runtime around 28 minutes).

United States ratings

Season 9 averaged 21.6 million viewers and finished as the second most watched show in the 2002–03 television season.[48]

Home Media

The ninth season was officially released on DVD in region 1 on March 8, 2005, as a 4-disc DVD Box Set. The release includes the extended versions of every episode, 3 audio commentaries, a closer look at the style of the series, a gag reel, a music video, a trivia challenge and Easter Eggs about the final season.

Season 9 was released on Blu-ray altogether with the rest of the series on the Complete Series releases; and as part of the special features the set include the original "super-sized" broadcast versions of several episodes from seasons 7, 9 & 10 apart from the original broadcast versions of every episode; the episodes from seasons 9 & 10 are presented in High Definition, while the ones from season 7 are presented in Standard Definition.

Friends: The Complete Ninth Season
Set Details Special Features
  • 23 episodes (1 double-length episode)
  • 4-disc set
  • English (Dolby 5.0 Surround)
  • English, French & Spanish subtitles
  • Audio Commentaries
  • 620 minutes
  • Additional Never-Before-Seen scenes available on every episode
  • Producers Commentary on 3 episodes: "The One with the Male Nanny", "The One with Rachel's Other Sister" and "The One in Barbados"
  • Behind the Style: The Look of Friends
  • Gag Reel
  • Flaming Lips Phoebe Battles the Pink Robots - Music Video
  • Who's Your Best Friend: Trivia Challenge
  • Gunther Spills the Beans About the Final Season: Season 10 Easter Eggs
Release Dates
Region 1 Region 2 Region 4
March 8, 2005 October 25, 2004 October 4, 2006

Notes

  1. ^ These episodes originally aired as a single double-length episode but are sometimes split into two episodes for syndication, reruns and DVD presentation.

References

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