Why Rachel and Joey NEVER Should Have Been A Thing

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Without a doubt Ross and Rachel were the ultimate Will They, Won't They couple on TV. Throughout the entire run of Friends, audiences were enamored with Ross and Rachels journey, waiting to see if they would end up together. Which is why in Season 8 when Joey and Rachel started to get together, fans of Friends were immediately turned off by the

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[iamkenough]

I didn’t like this relationship, it felt like the writers didn’t know what to do. Also, I didn’t like how Joey got dumber and dumber every season and Phoebe got meaner and meaner. I used to want Joey/Phoebe together but oh well lmao

[primimproper]

Paul Rudd just has to wedge himself in. He's not even letting his [Spoiler (click to open)]first character's death stop him from booking Only Murders in the Building. How can you say no?

[steffi_333]

Lmao this reminds me that there’s a fan conspiracy theory that Phoebe somehow dies and Ursula assumes her life, and that’s why she gets so mean 🤣

No excuses for Joey getting dumber. That’s just lazy writing.

[iamkenough]

Lmaooo I didn’t know that conspiracy LOLLLLL i’m dying

[pi_lady]

Yeah. he was never that dumb. The episode when Joey is on pyramid is just awful.

[iamkenough]

Yeah, I binged it again few years ago and I was baffled by the progression, he was never a straight up idiot at the start, but he became a caricature of himself towards the end

[wistfulwisp]

Each of the characters became a caricature of their original characters. I feel like that happens way too often with US tv shows

[iamkenough]

Yea i agree, but it was most grating with these two imo, I actually think Monica got less annoying as seasons went on, Chandler was the same, Ross got a little more crazy but he was always weird anyway, but it was most noticeable with Joey and Phoebe to me :/

This happened on New Girl too, I couldn’t stand Nick by the end of the series, he became stupid as fuck

[swissbeauty23]

yup it's called Flanderization

[wistfulwisp]

Oooo, thank you! I'm glad to know it has an actual name when I want to complain about it to someone

[swissbeauty23]

they did it to Blair Waldorf in Gossip Girl. she went from a fairly nuanced character to a miserable shrieking harp archetype.