rachel and ross had a baby on may 16, 2002.
when does rachel and ross have a baby?
may 16 , 2002
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after rachel and ross drunkenly get married while on vacation in las vegas during season five, schwimmer had initially objected to the idea of having his character ross divorce her – his third divorce – because he felt that it was taking it "too far." the actor explained that "the whole arc of the relationship was weird then ... because for [ross] to be able to move on enough to marry someone else and then go back to being in love with rachel later just went a bit too far." rachel and joey's romantic storyline was conceived because the writers wanted to delay ross and rachel's reunion further. crane felt that pairing rachel and joey during season ten "was for the greater good" because "it was inappropriate." however, the cast initially protested the idea, fearing that rachel, joey, and ross would ultimately become unlikeable characters and audiences would either "resent joey for going after a pregnant woman, or resent rachel for rejecting him, or resent ross for standing between the two of them." meanwhile, the writers also approached the concept of rachel's pregnancy and baby tentatively, worrying about how they would include it in the show because they did not want "friends" "to become a show about a baby" while "on the other hand, we don't want to pretend that there isn't one." according to robert bianco of "usa today", the critical success and popularity of rachel's pregnancy is ultimately responsible for "propel[ling] the show to the top of the ratings". when it finally came time to write the series finale, "the only thing [crane and kauffman] absolutely knew from very early on was that we had to get ross and rachel together," deciding, "we had dicked the audience around for 10 years with their 'will they or won’t they,' and we didn’t see any advantage in frustrating them" any longer. however, at one point the writers had deliberated ending the series with ross and rachel in "a gray area of where they aren’t together, but we hint there’s a sense that they might be down the road." ultimately, crane and kauffman relented in favor of giving the audience what they wanted.
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