Friends season 9 explained

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Next Season:	Season 10
Episode List:	List of Friends episodes
Season Number:	9

The ninth season of the American television sitcom Friends aired on NBC from September 26, 2002 to May 15, 2003.

The website Collider ranked the season #10 on their ranking of the ten Friends seasons.^[1] They wrote that the best episode of the season was "The One with Rachel's Other Sister".

Cast and characters

See main article: article and List of Friends characters.

Main cast

• Jennifer Aniston as Rachel Green
• Courteney Cox-Arquette as Monica Geller
• Lisa Kudrow as Phoebe Buffay
• Matt LeBlanc as Joey Tribbiani
• Matthew Perry as Chandler Bing
• David Schwimmer as Ross Geller

Recurring cast

• Paul Rudd as Mike Hannigan
• Hank Azaria as David
• Aisha Tyler as Charlie Wheeler
• Dermot Mulroney as Gavin Mitchell
• Phill Lewis as Steve
• Melissa George as Molly
• James Michael Tyler as Gunther

Guest stars

• Maggie Wheeler as Janice Litman-Goralnik
• Elliott Gould as Jack Geller
• Christina Pickles as Judy Geller
• Christina Applegate as Amy Green
• Freddie Prinze Jr. as Sandy
• Selma Blair as Wendy
• John Stamos as Zack
• Jeff Goldblum as Leonard Hayes
• Cleo King as Nurse Kitty
• Janet Hubert as Ms. McKenna
• Kyle Gass as Lowell the Mugger
• Dedee Pfeiffer as Mary Ellen
• Elaine Hendrix as Sally

Episodes

See also: List of Friends episodes. denotes a "super-sized" episode, with a running time of 31:56 (excluding advertisement breaks).

United States ratings

Season 9 averaged 21.6 million viewers and finished as the second most watched show in the 2002–03 television season.^[2]

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 (DVD)/2 Discs (Blu-ray) English (Dolby 5.0 Surround) (DVD)/English (Dolby Digital 5.1) (Blu-ray) English, French & Spanish subtitles Audio Commentaries 620 minutes			Over 44 minutes of Never-Before-Seen footage included on every episode (DVD Only) 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 (DVD Only) Gunther Spills the Beans About the Final Season: Season 10 Easter Eggs Extended Full-Lenght Cut of "The One in Barbados" (Blu-ray Only) Original "Super-Sized" broadcast of several episodes in High-Definition (Blu-ray Only)
Release Dates
Region 1		Region 2		Region 4
March 8, 2005		October 25, 2004		October 4, 2006

Notes and References

1. Web site: 'Friends' Seasons Ranked from Worst to Best. Adam. Chitwood. . December 26, 2019.
2. Web site: Friends Nielsen Ratings Archive: Season Nine. New Music and More. Ginsburg. Dan. 2003.