season nine - how should they handle it?

Feb 27, 2002, 12:14 PM ET6 posts by 5 postersalt.tv.friends
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Jesemie99alt.tv.friends

Just a general wondering of mine. I think a good start would be clearing up a lot of glaring mistakes from this season.

What they should do, if not this year but at least next is:

a) give Lisa Kudrow more to do - she's hysterically funny and they don't take advantage of that enough - but they also need to make her less of a b*tch; she mocks or ridicules one of her friends at least once an episode now and I miss the old Phoebe who was a little ditzy but ultimately sweet

b) more plots with ALL of them, or larger groups of them together, and vary it more - it's been consistently J/R/R and C/M/P and that sooo needs to change

c) let Chandler and Joey hang out more - I MISS THEM!

d) shake up C and M's relationship, they need more conflict and they need to make it humorous; if Matthew Perry gets into his stride again (which he seems to be) they need to take advantage of that too and give Chandler his old personality back (for the love of god!)

e) NOT get R and R back together till the end - you know they will; Ross and Rachel are the darlings of the writers and creators so it's pretty much a given, but they can write some funny storylines for them next year as new parents who AREN'T in a relationship, IMHO

f) keep letting Matt Le Blanc do what he's doing

Oh, and since season nine is the last, they should give each of the actors a turn at directing. I'd be interested to see how they do. :)

Agree, disagree?

From: [email] (Jesemie99) Date: 2/27/2002 12:14 PM Eastern Standard Time Message-id: wrote..

Yes! The writers of Friends have messed up so bad with seperating those two. Sure Chandler's married now, but he just lives across the hall. And Joey is supposed to be his best friend. So what's going on? Why don't they hang out anymore?

Of course they will. He's her lobster. :)

NARAGp r i y aalt.tv.friends

[email] (p r i y a) wrote in message news:...

He was said to have had sex with the cleaning woman in college but was a virgin when he first met Carol much later. So I don't think he's allergic to lobsters or seafood for that matter.

Marita BakkenNARAGalt.tv.friends

[email] (NARAG) wrote in message news:...

Well, the fact that Ross is allergic to lobster has been mentioned twice on the show. First Monica said it in 206 TOW The Baby On The Bus right before she had to take Ross to the hospital, and then Rachel said it to her dad in 307 TOW The Race Car Bed. I highly doubt that both his sister and his girlfriend would be wrong about something like that. Therefore, it was a ridiculous statement to begin with. Phoebe might as well have called Ross and Rachel "kiwis." ;)

~Marita [email]
NARAGMarita Bakkenalt.tv.friends

[email] (Marita Bakken) wrote in message news:...

I was pointing out the inconsistency in writing and did a poor job of it. You are definitely right about his allergy. It was metioned by both girls.

However, I think Phoebe was applying her lobsters "mating for life" analogy to Ross and Rachel. I doubt that meant Ross having Rachel for dinner, literally. :-) Or even having to go anywhere near a lobster.