Why did Chandler leave Friends in Season 9?

Even though Chandler ended up quitting his job by the season's tenth episode, it notably limited actor Matthew Perry's screen time. Aside from being a fresh storyline, the decision for Chandler to transfer to Tulsa was highly speculated to be connected to the actor's personal struggles.
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Did Chandler quit Friends?

In Friends season 9, Chandler's hatred for his job caused him to finally quit despite the great pay. Monica helped him find a new job through an old friend, and he was hired as an unpaid intern before being promoted to a junior copywriter at an advertising agency.
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Why did Chandler quit?

After experiencing the personal frustrations that his forced relocation caused, Chandler decided to quit his job. Soon after, Chandler began his upwards journey in the advertising industry, where he eventually secured a position as a junior copywriter.
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How did Friends end for Chandler?

During the show's last moments, Erica goes into labor and a surprising discovery is made. She was pregnant with twins. Though Monica is on board with the new surprise, it takes a while for Chandler to cope with the sudden news. Chandler and Monica end the series with two babies, and move to the suburbs.
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Does Chandler get a job in Season 9?

He finally quit in season 9 and, with the help of Monica, found a new job in advertising as junior copywriter. In Friends' alternate reality, Chandler quits his job much earlier to pursue his dream of being a comic book writer.
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Why did Chandler leave before the wedding?

Chandler admits that he was indeed running away until he found a small baby outfit in the hotel's gift store and began to come around to the idea of fatherhood. He then goes with Phoebe and Ross to the wedding.
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What episode does Chandler quit?

Chandler must spend Christmas in Tulsa, which Monica thinks he might have an affair with a former Miss Oklahoma runner-up while he is there. Chandler comes home early to announce that he quit his job.
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Why is Friends ending so sad?

Ultimately, the Friends finale is sad because it's about change. It reminds us that nothing ever stays the same. It's especially poignant because Friends is a show about how it feels to be young: Full of angst and anticipation, but also carefree and confident that everything will somehow work out.
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Why Joey didn't get a happy ending?

Because Joey had friends. Originally Answered: Why was there no proper ending for Joey in F.R.I.E.N.D.S? Because creators had decided to make a spin-off,an entire show about his character. So how can they get his story going if they give him a proper ending in FRIENDS.
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Was Courtney Pregnant season 10?

Courteney Cox strategically hid her pregnancy during Monica's final on-screen moments. Toward the end of filming season 10, Cox was pregnant with her first child, her daughter Coco, who was born just a few weeks after the final episode of "Friends" aired on NBC.
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What is wrong with Chandler from Friends?

While Perry was busy being the perfect boyfriend to Monica Geller and a perfect friend to the remaining four, his personal life was in shambles. He was diagnosed with pancreatitis that was considered potentially deadly.
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What accident did Matthew Perry have?

Perry has long been open about his battle with drug abuse, which began after the actor was prescribed Vicodin for injuries sustained in a 1997 jet ski accident. Throughout his private struggles, the star maintained his acting career, appearing in "Fools Rush In" and, of course, "Friends."
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What season of Friends was Chandler on drugs?

So none of those ... somewhere between Season 3 and 6." "A little bit of the time, I was a little out of it, yeah," he added. Perry has struggled with addiction to substances including alcohol and Vicodin, doing multiple stints in rehab, most recently in 2001.
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Who died out of Friends?

Mike Hagerty, a beloved character actor best known for his role in Friends, has died. He was 67. Hagerty's agent, August Kammar, told The Hollywood Reporter that he passed away on Thursday.
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What happened to Chandler in real life?

In between his first and second trips to rehab, Perry wound up in the hospital for two weeks with acute pancreatitis and lost 20 pounds. The condition is reportedly caused by both alcohol abuse and prescription drug abuse. “In my case, it was hard living and drinking hard and eating poorly,” he said.
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Why did they end Friends?

Largely because the Friends cast was growing up

Friends co-creator Marta Kauffman told Entertainment Weekly, “Everybody was growing up. This is part of why the show had to end. This was no longer that time in your life when your friends are your family. You're starting your own family.”
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Who decided to end friends?

Fellow creator David Crane put this down to "the actors' contract negotiations", and said that when they decided that season 10 really would be the last it was because they couldn't "keep stopping and starting and rethinking everything".
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Who does Joey marry in friends?

Alex Garrett

She later becomes his girlfriend, and she is the first girl Joey has thought about marrying (discounting when he proposed to Phoebe and Rachel after hearing they were pregnant). They get engaged in Season 2 of Joey.
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What is the saddest episode of Friends?

Friends: The 10 Saddest Episodes In The Whole Series
  1. 1 'The Last One'
  2. 2 'The One With The Morning After' ...
  3. 3 'The One Hundredth' ...
  4. 4 'The One With The Fertility Test' ...
  5. 5 'The One Where Joey Moves Out' ...
  6. 6 'The One With Rachel's Going Away Party' ...
  7. 7 'The One With Barry & Mindy's Wedding' ...
  8. 8 'The One With The List' ...
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Will There Be Friends season 11?

News that the show would not be renewed for an eleventh instalment devastated fans around the world, but it seems it's not only fans who wish they could turn back time. When the cast were asked in an interview with People what piece of advice they'd give their younger self, Perry said: "Do an eleventh season."
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Did the cast of Friends cry on the last episode?

As you can imagine, the taping of the series finale featured a whole lot of waterworks, mostly from the cast, long before their final bow. "The tears were flowing and the entire cast had to go back and have their makeup redone before starting," Maggie Wheeler (aka Chandler's infamous ex, Janice) told People.
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How much money does Joey owe Chandler?

Plus the $3,400 Chandler mentions Joey owes him in season 6, episode 18. So exactly how much does Joey owe Chandler? A staggering $120,760!
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Does Chandler cheat on Monica?

They wrote: 'Most would agree that Chandler definitely won't cheat on Monica, although there were lots of signs that make me think Monica might have cheated on Chandler. 1. She thought it's ok for her to flirt with other guys (s5e19), so it's not technically cheating but she did challenge the moral ground.
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Is Chandler from Friends OK?

Chandler is my all time favourite TV show character and to see the man who played the character like that really breaks my heart. I hope he's okay," posted another. But in an update from Friends executive producer Kevin Bright, it seems the 51-year-old actor is in a good place.
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