Friends season 9
The ninth season of the American television sitcom Friends aired on NBC from September 26, 2002 to May 15, 2003.
Cast and 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 List of [Friends characters#Wendy|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
denotes a "super-sized" episode, with a running time of 31:56.
United States ratings
Season 9 averaged 21.6 million viewers and finished as the second most watched show in the 2002–03 television season.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.
Reception
Collider ranked the season Number 10 on their ranking of all ten Friends seasons, and named "The One with Rachel's Other Sister" as its standout episode.Matthew Perry later revealed that this was the only season he filmed sober, and was consequently the only season in which he received an Emmy nomination.