In late season 9, Rachel starts developing feelings for Joey, but fears he does not feel the same way anymore and has already moved on, especially when he starts dating Charlie. When the gang goes to Barbados for a convention from Ross ' work, Joey finds out about Rachel 's feelings, and even though he first says nothing can happen, he changes his mind when he sees Charlie and Ross kiss, and he goes back to Rachel 's room to be with her. They continue their relationship for several episodes and gain Ross ' approval after he realizes it 's been six years since his relationship with Rachel ended, and he should move on from that. When Rachel and Joey prepare for their first night together, however, they realize they 're too close as friends to make their relationship work, with Rachel instinctively slapping Joey away when he tries to touch her as she suddenly finds herself unable to get past the fact that it 's Joey touching her. After Chandler mentions how natural it was for him and Monica to make the transition from friends to lovers, Joey and Rachel realize they are n't on the same path and go back to being friends. At the end, when Chandler and Monica announce that they are moving into a house, Joey presents them with a housewarming gift of a chick and a duck, who are named Chick Jr. and Duck Jr. The pets remain in Joey 's apartment but were presumably given away to a shelter when Joey moved to LA. Soon after Chandler and Monica moved out, Joey moved to LA to focus on his acting career. That was the last time the 6 best friends hung out together. After Joey moved to LA he somehow completely forgot his best friends with whom he spent 10 + years of his life with and never visited them, called them or even mentioned them. His friends also appeared to have forgetten him and never tried to contact him. Joey took his Penguin pal Hugsy and his magna doodle to LA with him.
where does joey go at the end of friends
to LA to focus on his acting career