Friends season 9 explained

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 number 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-Length 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.