Friends season 9
season of television series
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 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
Gregory Itzin as Theodore Hannigan
Cristine Rose as Bitsy Hannigan
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.
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.
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