Ross and Rach....how long?

Does anyone know exactly how long Ross and Rachel were together for....(in total) ?

"Robrell" wrote in message news:3d035eb0$0$21001$[email]...

They essentially got together at the end of 214, "TOW The Prom Video," but they're first official date was during 215, "TOW Ross and Rachel . . . You Know."

They went on a break in 315 "TOW Ross and Rachel Take a Break," but in 316 "The One The Morning After" they get back together briefly until Rachel finds out about Chloe.

So, the number is between 25 and 27 episodes ( I would say 27) over approximately a year in real calendar time. I'm not sure about how long in "Friends time."

In article , "David Buehrle" wrote:

A year.

The trouble escalated when Rachel had to work late on their anniversary.

However, the relationship was on the rocks from 311, once Rachel was no longer (as Ross's pros & cons list once put it) just a waitress.

Tennant

Tennant Stuart wrote:

It's good continuity that the year lasted roughly around 24 episodes, since we seem to count a season as a whole year. I do have another question, why were there 25 episodes in the third season?

Owen

In article , "Owen Shiers" wrote:

Yeah.

Dunno. There were also 25 episodes in the sixth season.

Tennant

Oh yeah, I forgot about that. My friend seemed to think it was because the show was on such a role in the third season. I don't agree, but I can't offer a better explaination!

Owen

In article , "Owen Shiers" wrote:

Strangely enough, S3 is also the only season without a double episode, while S6 is the only season to have had two of them.

Tennant

Tennant Stuart wrote:

Might be something to do with that. Or, perhaps the contract was for a number of episodes, and not a number of seasons. Perhaps the number of episodes they signed up for wasn't divisible by 24, so they added another.

Owen

In article , "Owen Shiers" wrote:

Hmmm... not really. :)

Tennant

Ah well, worth a guess...

Owen

"Tennant Stuart" wrote in message news:[email]...

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316

I don't agree that the issue was that she wasn't a waitress, but that she had a relationship with another man at her new job. Even though Rachel always maintained that they were only friends, Ross' insecurity got the better of him. I do agree with the timing, however.

On Mon, 10 Jun 2002, an infinite number of monkeys, masquerading as David Buehrle typed this -

Ross was right that Mark had an ulterior motive though.

In article , "David Buehrle" wrote:

It was the timing that we were talking about.

Tennant

Tennant Stuart wrote:

The problem wasn't that she was not 'just a waitress' anymore, but that she had a supposedly good-looking male co-worker, who, as Ross suspected from the start, wanted to hit on her.

So Rachel's spending a lot of time with her co-worker lead to Ross's incredible jealousy.... blah blah blah, you've seen the episodes ;)

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On Mon, 10 Jun 2002, an infinite number of monkeys, masquerading as Cookie Dude typed this -

And it's a fair bet that much of Rachel's overtime was created by Mark somehow, since we never heard anything else about it after the R&R split storyline played itself out.

In article , Paul Hyett wrote:

Well, that's a nice theory, but it's more likely that Mark's help saved Rachel from having to work so much overtime, since he left Bloomingdale's in 314 "TOW Phoebe's Ex-Partner", an episode before the break-up began.

Tennant

On Wed, 12 Jun 2002, an infinite number of monkeys, masquerading as Tennant Stuart typed this -

IMO the break-up began as soon as Ross heard Rachel would be working with Mark (or at least the seeds of it).

In article , "Cookie Dude" wrote:

Maybe, but I was talking about the timing, and when she stopped being a waitress is when the relationship began to break down.

Tennant