 Audiences began rooting for Rachel and Ross ' union since the very beginning of Friends , openly voicing their frustration with Rachel ’ s obliviousness to Ross ' feelings for her . The episode that would ultimately transform the friends ' relationship for the remainder of the series was the first season finale " The One Where Rachel Finds Out " , in which Rachel finally learns of Ross ' true feelings for her , at the same time discovering she actually feels the same . However , the episode nearly went unwritten because , at the time , few friends writers were expecting the couple 's relationship to morph into the phenomenon that it ultimately became . The episode was first suggested by director James Burrows ; the writers felt that it was time to alter the couple 's dynamic in order to avoid the repetitive " he 's pining , she 's oblivious " pattern , using the work of author Jane Austen as inspiration on how to finally shift the pining arc from Ross to Rachel . Because stakes for the episode were unprecedentedly high , " The One Where Rachel Finds Out " became Friends ' most reworked episode . The couple 's first kiss at the end of season two 's " The One Where Ross Finds Out " was met with deafening applause from the studio audience . Crane admitted that keeping viewers interested in their relationship for ten years was challenging . Jonathan Bernstein of The Daily Telegraph believes that they accomplished this by " dangl [ ing ] the possibility of a Ross and Rachel recoupling through several cliffhangers without ever putting them back together . " According to Encyclopedia of Television author Horace Newcomb , Ross and Rachel 's ever @-@ changing relationship " converted the traditional amnesic plotlines of the situation comedy into ones akin to episodic drama . " Meanwhile , writing for The New York Review of Books , Elaine Blair agreed that Friends created " a sense of chemistry between two characters while also putting obstacles in their way , setting us up for a long @-@ deferred union . " 
 Audiences began rooting for Rachel and Ross <a href='null_genetive' title='1'><mark>'</mark></a>union since the very beginning of Friends , openly voicing their frustration with Rachel <a href='null_genetive' title='2'><mark>’</mark></a><a href='null_genetive' title='3'><mark>s</mark></a>obliviousness to Ross <a href='null_genetive' title='4'><mark>'</mark></a>feelings for her . The episode <a href='null_relcl' title='5'><mark>that</mark></a>would ultimately transform the friends <a href='null_genetive' title='6'><mark>'</mark></a>relationship for the remainder of the series was the first season finale " The One Where Rachel <a href='uninflect' title='7'><mark>Finds</mark></a> Out " , in which Rachel finally <a href='uninflect' title='8'><mark>learns</mark></a> of Ross <a href='null_genetive' title='9'><mark>'</mark></a>true feelings for her , at the same time discovering she actually <a href='uninflect' title='10'><mark>feels</mark></a> the same . However , the episode nearly went unwritten because , at the time , few friends writers <a href='uninflect' title='11'><mark>were</mark></a> expecting the couple <a href='null_genetive' title='12'><mark>'s</mark></a>relationship to morph into the phenomenon that it ultimately became . The episode was first suggested by director James Burrows ; the writers felt that it was time to alter the couple <a href='null_genetive' title='13'><mark>'s</mark></a>dynamic in order to avoid the repetitive " he 's pining , she 's oblivious " pattern , using the work of author Jane Austen as inspiration on how to finally shift the pining arc from Ross to Rachel . Because stakes for the episode <a href='uninflect' title='14'><mark>were</mark></a> unprecedentedly high , " The One Where Rachel <a href='uninflect' title='15'><mark>Finds</mark></a> Out " became Friends <a href='null_genetive' title='16'><mark>'</mark></a>most reworked episode . The couple <a href='null_genetive' title='17'><mark>'s</mark></a>first kiss at the end of season two <a href='null_genetive' title='18'><mark>'s</mark></a>" The One Where Ross <a href='uninflect' title='19'><mark>Finds</mark></a> Out " was met with deafening applause from the studio audience . Crane admitted that keeping viewers interested in their relationship for ten years was challenging . Jonathan Bernstein of The Daily Telegraph <a href='uninflect' title='20'><mark>believes</mark></a> that they accomplished this by " dangl [ ing ] the possibility of a Ross and Rachel recoupling through several cliffhangers without ever putting them back together . " According to Encyclopedia of Television author Horace Newcomb , Ross and Rachel 's ever @-@ changing relationship " converted the traditional amnesic plotlines of the situation comedy into ones akin to episodic drama . " Meanwhile , writing for The New York Review of Books , Elaine Blair agreed that Friends created " a sense of chemistry between two characters while also putting obstacles in their way , setting us up for a long @-@ deferred union . " 
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