Ross and Rachel

Ross and Rachel is the very romantic pairing between Ross Geller and Rachel Green. This relationship is one of the main plot lines of Friends and seem to be the "One True Pairing" or endgame of the show.

Friendship

Prior

Prior to becoming a couple, Ross and Rachel were close friends, often confiding one another about their past relationships.

Rachel confesses to Ross about her relationship with Barry and how it was a big mistake. He in turn, tells her about his failed marriage to Carol. Rachel then asks why some relationships just don't work and wonders if she will find one that makes her feel happy. (The One With The Sonogram At The End)

They spend the day at the laundromat, with Ross teaching Rachel how to do laundry after she confesses to be a "laundry virgin". She kisses him as a thank-you for helping her. (The One With The East German Laundry Detergent)

When the city experiences a blackout, Ross (in an effort to tell his feelings for her), tells Rachel that he sees a "bright light" in her future. Missing the point, she appreciatively thanks Ross, greatly disappointing him (The One With The Blackout).

At Ross' grandmother's funeral, when he fell into an empty grave, Rachel was greatly concerned about his wellbeing, as she gasped when he fell in. At the reception, a drunken Ross (in an attempt to again tell her his feelings) tells Rachel that he loves her, to which she replies "You know who I love the most? You!". However, an angry Ross stammers " You don't get it!" and passes out on Rachel's lap to which she comforts him (The One Where Nana Dies Twice).

When everyone finds out the sex of Ross' baby except the father himself, Rachel is the one who accidently lets it slip (The One With The Dozen Lasagnas), greatly surprising him and turning him away from their discussion of her giving up on guys. Later, in season 8, Ross is the one whom lets slip that he and Rachel are having a girl.

Season 1

Ross has harbored a crush for Rachel since the ninth grade. When Rachel moves to the city after running out on her wedding to Barry Farber, Ross tries to re-kindle his affection, but his timidness and bad timing prevent this. Ross spends an evening with Rachel in a laundromat, working on boosting her confidence, when she thanks him enthusiastically with their first official kiss. What makes this worse is Rachel dating an Italian stud named Paolo and her ex-fiance's reappearance. Chandler eventually tells Ross to forget about Rachel. Rachel finds out Paolo is not a good guy and breaks up with him. Just before Ross goes on his flight to China for a fossil dig, Chandler accidentally lets it slip that Ross had feelings for Rachel. ("The One Where Rachel Finds Out")

Season 2

Rachel decides to rush to the airport to meet Ross and discuss their feelings for one another, but Ross returns with a new girlfriend, Julie, and Rachel is hurt and embarrassed. She begins to experience feelings for Ross, and the new feelings become a big burden and she becomes jealous of Ross' relationship with Julie. Drunk one night, Rachel leaves a message on Ross's answering machine claiming she is "over him" and that she has had the closure that she needs. When Ross hears this message, he becomes dismayed and has to choose between Julie and Rachel. After a very heated argument at the coffeehouse, Ross and Rachel share a second, and extremely passionate, kiss. ("The One Where Ross Finds Out") Ross, still having to decide between Rachel or Julie, creates a list of pros and cons of the both of them. He ultimately decides that he loves Rachel and picks her. When she finds out about his list, however, their relationship immediately ends, having not lasted even an hour.("The One With The List") Ross gets jealous when he receives a message from a guy Rachel met at the movies. After Rachel sees a video from their teenage years where Ross was filmed planning to ask her to be his date at the high school prom when her date had not arrived, only to miss his chance when her date suddenly turned up anyway, she is touched and passionately kisses him. The two finally become a couple. ("The One With The Prom Video").

After being together for a week, it is the day of Ross and Rachel's very first date. He takes her to the museum because he ends up having to work late so they miss their movie and dinner reservation. Ross makes it up to Rachel by taking her upstairs to the planetarium and they sleep together for the first time, which results in the two being caught by school children who are watching them the following morning. ("The One Where Ross And Rachel... You Know")

When Ross and Rachel look after Ben for a few days, Rachel is nervous about never looking after a baby and Ross says it's no big deal, whilst slipping up that it'll be different for her when it's their baby. Rachel is shocked that Ross has brought this up since they have only been dating for 6 weeks and he is already thinking about their future - which includes them apparently not wanting to raise a child in the city, so they'll move to Scarsdale and have two children - hopefully the girl would come first for Ben's sake of "not feeling too competitive". This freaks Rachel out and she and Ross talk. Whilst talking about all of this, they admit they love each other for the first time and share a passionate kiss. ("The One Where Old Yeller Dies")

Romance

Season 3

Rachel asks Ross what fantasy's he has and he tells her about Princess Leia with the gold bikini, Rachel tells Ross she'll do it for him, which she does. ("The One With The Princess Leia Fantasy.) Rachel's father wants to meet with her and Ross, which results in him not liking Ross, which worries Rachel since her parents can't be in the same room and she doesn't want the same thing to happen with Ross. Ross invites Rachel over for brunch with her father and the two eventually appear to be getting along gradually, helping Rachel since she wants her father and boyfriend to get along. (The One With The Race Car Bed")

After almost a year together as a couple, Ross gets jealous when Rachel becomes close with Mark Robinson and Rachel confronts Ross about it, saying he doesn't need to be jealous since she loves him and not Mark. However, when Ross says he is hanging out with a stripper (from the party the night before) as she has a son Ben's age, Rachel becomes jealous and passionately kisses Ross. ("The One With All The Jealousy") Later, on their first anniversary, Rachel has to work so Ross brings a picnic to her work, much to her annoyance since she doesn't "have the time" to do this and she kicks him out of her office. Ross and Rachel argue over Rachel's friendship with her male co-worker, Mark, and Rachel announces that she thinks they should take "a break." Ross, thinking that Rachel is ending the relationship, becomes so drunk that he sleeps with "the hot girl from the copy place", Chloe. The next morning, Rachel does not know of the one-night-stand and wants to resume their relationship. However, after Ross fails to stop Rachel from finding out, she breaks up with Ross in an emotional scene that involves Ross and Rachel arguing in Monica's living room while the other four friends were trapped in Monica's bedroom eating wax and both Ross and Rachel are left devastated and heartbroken. ("The One With The Morning After") From then on, the two share an almost-on-again-almost-off again relationship. Ross sacrifices the opportunity to be on Discovery Channel in order to take care of Rachel's broken rib in "The One With A Chick And A Duck", and the two share a tender moment when Rachel realises what Ross gave up to accompany her. She is very touched that he gave this up for her and says its "the sweetest thing". Ross leaves to let Rachel get some sleep and she sadly says "Yeah, see ya", in a heartbroken/sadly tone whilst he sits outside her apartment sadly. Ross gets suspicious and is not happy when Rachel goes to see Joey's play with a guy named Tommy. Ross tries to warn Rachel about Tommy for screaming and not being a nice guy, whilst slipping up that he is jealous before calming that he isn't when he clearly is, which even Chandler notices. ("The One With The Screamer")

When Phoebe fixes Ross up with her "bald friend" Bonnie in "The One With The Ultimate Fighting Champion", Rachel is clearly jealous when she sees that Bonnie is no longer bald, with beautiful flowing hair. While at the beach, where Phoebe learns the true identity of her birth mother, Rachel convinces Bonnie to shave her head again. When Ross asks her why she did it, Rachel admits that it's because she still has feelings for him and the pair share a passionate kiss. Ross is then seen standing outside the doors of Rachel and Bonnie's bedrooms, forcing himself to choose between them. ("The One At The Beach")

Season 4

While Ross is next door breaking up with Bonnie, Rachel pens a rather long letter to Ross ("18 pages, front and back!") asking him to take responsibility for their first break-up. However, Ross falls asleep whilst reading the letter, and later bluffs that he agrees with what the letter has to say. After reading the entire letter, which asks him to take full responsibility for all the things that went wrong in their relationship, he finds out that he strongly disagrees. He tries to swallow his pride and act like he accepts it; however, when the pair are in bed, and Rachel is saying she's glad she didn't accept her mother's advice "once a cheater, always a cheater" he finally snaps. A very loud "WE WERE ON A BREAK!" is heard being shouted by Ross from the bedroom and they angrily break up again. ("The One With The Jellyfish")

Ross and Rachel argue a lot in the beginning of the forth season, where they basically hate/can't stand each other and are arguing a lot. They both try to make each other jealous when she gets a much younger boyfriend Josh and he states that he is dating a women named Amanda. However, Monica reveals the truth about the people to both Ross and Rachel. ("The One With Joey's New Girlfriend") After Chandler finds out Kathy has been cheating on him, the friends comfort him. Rachel states to Chandler that just because he and Kathy got into a fight, it "does not justify her sleeping with someone", which is the same thing that happened with Ross and Rachel. Ross is shown to be very hurt by what Rachel has said, due to his expression and it shows that she was wrong about basically everything and assembly doesn't want to admit or take any responsibility for it. Ross states "Well, if she thought they were on a break", annoying everyone. ("The One With Rachel's Crush")

Friends again

Season 4

Ross and Rachel eventually start to get along better after a while. Later, after Rachel is asked by her boss Mr. Waltham to take out his niece Emily who is visiting from London, but she asks Ross as she wants to go to Joshua's nightclub on the same night. After they meet, he agrees to do so. Rachel is unable to see Joshua at the nightclub, and is dismayed when Ross calls from Vermont, where he and Emily are staying in a bed and breakfast. ("The One With Joey's Dirty Day") In order to get better reacquainted with Joshua, she secretly invites him to a fake "bon voyage" party for Emily, who is returning to London after two weeks of dating Ross, inadvertently interfering with Ross' romantic plans with her. After several failed attempts to get Joshua to notice her, including trying to kiss him during a game of "Spin The Bottle" and doing a cheerleader number for Emily, where she ends up with a sore lip. She eventually admits her feelings to Joshua, but he reveals that although he likes her back, his marriage has only just ended so he is not ready to start dating yet. Rachel eventually consoles Ross and tells him how much Emily really does like him. After this, Joshua returns and the pair begin a casual and uneasy relationship, starting with her inviting him over for coffee. ("The One With The Fake Party") When Emily leaves, Ross tells her he loves her at the airport. Much to Ross' despair, she responds with "thank you". The next time he hears from her, he finds out that she is dating another man named Colin. He goes to London to see her, while Emily returns to New York and calls Ross to tell him that she loves him too. ("The One With The Free Porn") When Emily is about to leave again, Ross asks her to move in with him. She rejects his offer, inadvertently mentioning marriage in the process. Ross and Emily decide to get married and announce their engagement right in front of Rachel. She is left teary-eyed, but congratulates the couple. ("The One With All The Haste") In reality, Rachel is jealous and upset and flippantly says to Joshua that they should also marry as if it would be no big deal. He rejects this offer, as his divorce is not yet final. Rachel later tries to call him to tell him she is going through a hard time, but only leaves a message on his answering machine. ("The One With All The Wedding Dresses") Ross invites Rachel to the wedding, but after thinking about her time with Ross, she decides not to go as it would be too hard for her and she cries a bit over him. ("The One With The Invitation") After Ross leaves, Phoebe manages to make Rachel realize that she is, in fact, still in love with Ross. She, however, fails to stop Rachel from going to London to tell Ross. ("The One With Ross' Wedding, Part 1") Rachel finally gives up her chance to tell Ross after seeing how happy he is with his wife-to-be, and gives him her blessing. The two hug and Rachel is heartbroken about losing her true love. When Ross accidentally says Rachel's name instead of Emily's ("The One With Ross' Wedding, Part 2"), Emily is humiliated and runs away, and Rachel is left wondering if Ross said her name because he still loves her.

Season 5

Convinced that Emily will not be coming on their honeymoon, Ross sees Rachel at the airport and asks her if she wants to come, but sees Emily before he can get on the plane. She runs off again, and Ross chases after her, abandoning Rachel in the process. Ross, again, accidently slips up that Rachel is his wife before correcting himself. Rachel returns from the honeymoon and is not mad at Ross for abandoning her, but at herself for making the wrong decision. After hiring Monica to help her make better decisions, she goes on a date with a handsome guy, but abandons her date to comfort Ross. Monica discovers this and Rachel fires her on the spot. The following day, she tells Ross of her feelings, but laughs about it, feeling ridiculous, because he is married. She tells him to forget about it as she feels that he should make his marriage work ("The One With All The Kissing"). Ross finally contacts Emily, and she tells him that she will come to New York if he stops seeing Rachel altogether. Rachel, oblivious to this, tells him to do what he can to make his marriage work. ("The One Where Phoebe Hates PBS") When Ross tells Rachel about his agreement with Emily, she is angry and distraught as she worries she will become the next "Kip." ("The One With The Kips") When Ross moves into a new apartment, Phoebe, Joey, Chandler and Monica become convinced that Ross will soon stop seeing them, too, and Joey tells him everything. Unable to stop seeing Rachel and his friends, Ross ends his marriage with Emily over the phone, choosing the love of his life, over his wife. ("The One With The Yeti")

When Ross wants to buy a couch for his new apartment, Rachel helps him take it there and a store worker mistakes them for a couple living together. Ross informs him that he and Rachel are not together, just friends. The guy laughs saying that Ross and Rachel being a couple "doesn't quite add up", which starts to annoy Ross. Ross and Rachel tell the guy that they did go out and Ross slips up that he and Rachel have had sex 298 times when they were dating, shocking her with the fact he kept count. Rachel tells Ross he is a loser for doing this and he exclaims, "A loser you did it with 298 times!" ("The One With The Cop") When Chandler realises that Ross has a crush on Katlin, the pizza delivery girl, Ross looks at Rachel not saying anything like he doesn't want to upset her, but she reminds him that they broke up 2 years ago, he's been married since then and that its okay for them to see other people. Although Rachel does sound a little jealous when Ross says that Katlin is very sexy. ("The One Where Ross Can't Flirt")

When the gang go early to Las Vegas, Ross and Rachel have to go Saturday due to different work issues, he notices and watches her dancing naked in her apartment, which leads Ross to believe that Rachel wants to have sex with him so goes over to her apartment. Rachel is shocked that Ross thought this and he is embarrassed. On the plane ride to Vegas, Rachel and Ross try to embarrass each other which includes her pouring water on him to make it look like he wet himself and he shouts out "NO LADY. I DON'T CARE HOW MUCH YOU WANT IT, I AM NOT GONNA HAVE SEX WITH YOU IN THE BATHROOM", and he even draws on her. ("The One In Vegas, Part 1")

Since Rachel is embarrassed by what Ross has done, she doesn't want to leave the hotel and the two end up getting so drunk that they're wasted and go around the hotel with drawings on their faces. in the end, Ross and Rachel are so drunk and are seen stumbling out of a wedding chapel, married! ("The One In Vegas, Part 2")

Season 6

After getting wasted and married, the friends go to watch Ross and Rachel as Ross invited them to watch and Joey thinks they are dating again to which Chandler says "Well, I don't there's much dating as they are two bottles of vodka walking around in human form". Ross and Rachel don't realize they got married even after they wake up next to each other. It is at breakfast that their friends tell them that they got married. ("The One After Vegas") Ross, terrified of being divorced for a third time, tells Rachel that he will take care of getting the marriage annulled, only to secretly stay married to her. He reveals this to Phoebe, and after a secret attempt to annul the marriage, she soon becomes convinced that he is still in love with Rachel. He adamantly denies that fact, claiming that their marriage was just a drunken mistake. There are hints that Ross does, in fact, still love Rachel, especially when he offers to let her move in with him when Chandler moves in with Monica. ("The One With Ross' Denial") When she tells him, upon learning of his deceit, that she is now more angry with him than she has ever been before, he responds by asking if she's more angry now than she was "when I said we were on a break?" The two fail to get the annulment because of their previous relationships and differences and Rachel filling in false statements, and they are forced to get a divorce. Rachel moves out, but before doing so, confesses that getting married in Vegas was her idea. The two share a sweet, emotional moment when they both admit if they were to get married, it would be "the one that stuck". ("The One With Joey's Porsche")

After talking to Phoebe about backup marriages, Rachel visits Ross and suggests that if neither of them are married by the time they're 40, Ross and Rachel should get married and mentions that they have slept together, but he tells her that he already has a backup - Phoebe - and Rachel is confused since Phoebe has just told her that her backup is Joey. When Rachel talks to Phoebe about the fact Phoebe picked both Ross and Joey as her backup, Rachel makes Phoebe choose a napkin that has both the guy's names on and the girls have to chose. When Rachel gets Joey as her backup, Phoebe gets Ross and they switch, therefore Rachel gets Ross as her backup (which foreshadows the fact that Rachel and Ross do end up together and get married). ("The One With The Proposal, Part 2")

Divorced

Season 6

When Rachel's sister, Jill, comes to visit, Rachel accidentally convinces her to ask Ross out, even though she is against the idea of them dating. Ross agrees to break it off with Jill because he didn't want to ruin the chance to possibly get back together with Rachel in the future.("The One Where Chandler Can't Cry"). Later on, during talk with Phoebe about backup, marriage plans, she switched her napkins indicating that she still prefers Ross and still thinks about her chances of ending up with Ross.

Season 7

The two almost sleep together again as a "bonus night", on the night of Monica and Chandler's engagement. Later in the episode, Rachel admits it was only because she was sad about the fact that she will not be getting married. ("The One With Monica's Thunder")

The two agree that they should have had an engagement present from their friends because of their Vegas wedding, from their friends, when Monica and Chandler want engagement presents from their friends. ("The One With Phoebe's Cookies") When Rachel and Phoebe are arguing over who gets to be Monica's maid of honour, Phoebe asks Rachel to be her's in order for Phoebe to be Monica's "because this one is now!". Rachel is offended when Phoebe says "Who knows what you're gonna marry" and Rachel asks "What if I marry Ross?", which basically foreshadows that Ross and Rachel do end up getting married. Rachel also flirts with Ross when he enters her apartment in a way to get him to choose her to be Monica's maid of honour, which he appears to like as he is left smiling to himself after she walks out. ("The One With The Nap Partners")

When Joey says he is "getting a new brain" for his character on Days of our Lives, he also slips up that Ross hasn't had sex in 3 and a half months and Rachel gives Ross a flirty look, confusing him, hinting and possibly foreshadowing the fact Ross and Rachel could end up sleeping together again (which happens a month before Monica and Chandler's wedding.) ("The One With Joey's New Brain")

Daughter

Season 8

Secretly, Rachel and Ross do end up sleeping together a month before Monica and Chandler's wedding, which results in Rachel becoming pregnant. Ross becomes upset and worried when Joey sets Rachel up with Cash, a co-star from Days of our Lives and is worried about Rachel and the baby. Joey assures Ross that he shouldn't worry because not matter what, there will be a brand new little baby, his baby. Ross comforts Rachel when her date fails due to her telling Cash she's pregnant. Rachel seems to want to start things up again with Ross until she sees him getting a drink with Mona, the girl from the wedding, leaving Rachel sad. ("The One With Rachel's Date") Around the four months time of the pregnancy, Rachel gets to the stage where she flirts with a lot of guys, including Ross, asking him how things are going with Mona, confusing him. ("The One With Ross's Step Forward")

While Rachel is pregnant, Joey develops feelings for her, and when he tells her (on Ross' advice), it is clear that she does not feel the same way. After some awkwardness, the two become friends again. It is at Joey's suggestion that Rachel and Ross move in together, which Rachel agrees to, much to the delight of Ross who has been feeling left out of the pregnancy. ("The One With The Secret Closet")

When Ross and Rachel attend his father's birthday dinner, they are asked by Ross' parents to pretend to be married since they have told their friends that Ross and Rachel are married, because of the baby coming. Although Ross and Rachel are annoyed by this at first, they agree to go along with it. Ross makes up a story about how he proposed to Rachel and she is very amazed and touched by this. However, back home Rachel asks Ross if he just made up the proposal story and he reveals it wasn't made up, but it is how Ross imagined he would ask Rachel to marry him if they were still going out and he thought about it when they were dating. Rachel is deeply touched by this and admits that she would defiantly say yes because it would be something very hard to say no to. ("The One In Massapequa")

Near the end of her pregnancy, Rachel becomes terrified when she realizes that she knows virtually nothing about how to care for a baby, but Ross manages to convince her that she will be a good mother and she kisses him as a thank you for what he said. ("The One With The Baby Shower") She also becomes jealous and irritated with Ross when he goes out on a date a week before the baby is due. When Ross returns from his date, she tells him that she doesn't want him to date because she wants him to be constantly available to her. Despite her being unreasonable, Ross agrees to put dating on hold to be there for her and the baby. Ross even asks Rachel if she wants "more" than just roommates since she is having his baby and Rachel says maybe, possibly hinting she might still or have feelings for Ross again. However, he assures her he is just messing with her, causing awkwardness between the two for a few seconds. ("The One With The Cooking Class") When Rachel is 8 days past her due date, she becomes moody, and snaps at everyone, making everyone around her miserable. Ross in particular is on the receiving end of her moodiness. However, he agrees to have sex with Rachel at that chance it might cause her to go into labour. After a few seconds of kissing, Rachel's waters break, and she and Ross share another kiss before going to the hospital.("The One Where Rachel Is Late")

When Rachel has a go at a nurse about the fact she can't have her baby next due to only dilated 3cm, she pretends that Ross is her husband, but stops him as he is about to say something. Soon after, Janice is revealed to be the next woman to come and she thinks that Ross and Rachel are married, congratulating them on the baby, but Ross assures Janice that he and Rachel are not married, they're just having Emma together. After 21 hours of labor, Emma Geller-Green is finally born to Rachel and Ross, who are extremely happy at her arrival. Janice later stops by and convinces Rachel that Ross will not stay around forever and might meet someone else, which causes Rachel to feel very lonely. She tries to talk to him about the kiss they had, but Ross does not want to have a relationship with Rachel again because it would hurt Emma if they broke up again. However, Phoebe convinces him that it could work out and that he would have everything he has dreamed of since he was fifteen. Joey tries to comfort Rachel while Ross is talking to Phoebe, and accidentally proposes to Rachel, which she accepts. In another part of the hospital, Ross decides to try and go for it with Rachel and buys some flowers for her.("The One Where Rachel Has A Baby, Part 2")

Season 9

After Emma is born, Ross wants to talk about becoming a couple again to Rachel, who thinks she is engaged to Joey, but he doesn't get the chance to talk to her due to constant interruptions. After talking to Phoebe and after 48 hours of being awake, Ross manages to convince himself that he proposed to Rachel. Eventually, Ross, Joey, and Rachel clear up the misunderstandings, and Rachel is touched when Joey says that Ross was gonna propose, but he tells her he just wants to maybe start dating again. Rachel and Ross finally speak about potentially starting to date again. However, Ross realizes that Rachel agreed to marry Joey right after having their child, which angers him. ("The One Where No One Proposes") When Joey has to fill out Ross' form, (because he's broken his thumb due to what has happened between the two) he asks him about his relationship with Rachel, asking if Ross and Rachel are gonna get together. Ross, however, doesn't think so and Joey says that they are meant to be together. Despite wanting to make things work before, Ross decides to only be friends with Rachel because she would have accepted anyone's proposal, and Ross wants to be more than just "anyone". Rachel confronts Ross, telling him that she never really wanted to marry Joey. Ross seems to think that Rachel wants to get back together with him when she asks "You know what I really want?", which he questions her about, but she only says she wants to and sleep. The two have a very sweet moment when Ross tells Rachel he's here for her since Emma "is not easy". ("The One Where Emma Cries") Ross and Rachel continue living together to make things with Emma easier, but they move apart when Ross interferes in Rachel's social life and hides a message from a man that she meets in a bar. ("The One With Rachel's Phone Number")After Ross and Rachel fight, she moves back in with Joey. ("The One Where Monica Sings")

Rachel does develop feelings for Joey, and when he finds out, he decides not to pursue a relationship with her until Ross is okay with it. However, Joey sees Ross kissing his ex-girlfriend Charlie and decides to start dating Rachel regardless.

Season 10

Rachel and Joey find it difficult to consummate their new relationship and decide to remain friends.

When the nanny, Molly, gets sick and can't look after Emma, Rachel starts to agree on letting her sister, Amy, babysit Emma, but Ross is against this. When Rachel questions Ross about this, he says for one thing, Amy keeps calling Emma Ella. Rachel says she likes that name and Ross says they'll call the next one Ella, shocking Rachel ("The next one?!") and he tries to convince Rachel to not let Amy look after Emma, foreshadowing that Ross and Rachel could or might have another child some time in the future. ("The One Where Rachel's Sister Baby-Sits")

When Rachel's dad has a heart attack, Ross goes to the hospital with her and comforts her. Later, when they are at the house Rachel grew up in, she tries to seduce him. He rejects her however, knowing she is just upset about her dad. When they get back to New York, Rachel tells Ross that they will never fully be "off the table", as there will always be a chance for something to happen between them. ("The One Where Joey Speaks French")

After Rachel loses her job at Ralph Lauren, Ross comforts her and helps her move her stuff out of her office. The two run into Mark Robinson, Rachel's former co-worker, who Ross was jealous of while he and Rachel were dating. Mark offers to talk to Rachel about a job opening at Louis Vuitton over dinner, which leaves Ross feeling jealous. Ross gets over his jealousy when Rachel reveals that he is married with children, but he is shocked when Rachel announces that her new job is in Paris. ("The One With Princess Consuela")

Ross agrees to try to work things out with Rachel for Emma since this job opportunity is important to her. However, not wanting her to leave, Ross goes to Ralph Lauren and attempts to get Rachel's old job back for her, which proves successful. After seeing how much having a job in Paris means to Rachel, he decides to drop his efforts, though, and agrees to let her leave for Paris. However, Ross is visibly upset by her decision to leave. ("The One Where Estelle Dies")

Monica throws a leaving party for Rachel ("The One with Rachel's Going Away Party") - during this Rachel talks to everyone about how she will miss them, but doesn't speak to Ross. This makes Ross furious and he confronts her, only for her to tell him she will miss him most of all and the only reason why she didn't speak to him at the party was merely because it was emotionally too hard for her. This revelation leads to a kiss.

In "The Last One", it is revealed that they slept together after kissing. Ross then tells Phoebe and Joey that he loves Rachel and doesn't want her to move to Paris. Ross is about to tell Rachel he loves her when she states that sleeping with each other was the perfect way for them to say goodbye, causing Ross to change his mind about declaring his love for her. Later, when Rachel has set off to the airport, Ross, regretting his decision, chases after her with Phoebe at his side so he can confess his love to her. When he tells her at the airport however, she leaves looking flustered.

Later on, Ross is in his apartment, feeling rejected. He receives a message from Rachel, who repeatedly says that she loves him and realizes that she wants to be with Ross. However, a flight attendant tries to make her sit down and the machine cuts before we can know if she did get off the plane. As Ross tries to make the machine work, we hear Rachel's voice saying that she indeed got off the plane. Ross turns around and Rachel is here, standing in the doorway. They kiss passionately and get back together for good, both stating that this is where they want to be. They are seen happily together in the final scene, cuddling and holding hands.

Joey (TV Series)

It is assumed that Ross and Rachel eventually got married shortly after the series finale. This is mentioned in one of the episodes of Joey (TV Series), with Joey claiming that all his friends are married (Chandler and Monica, Phoebe and Mike and presumably Ross and Rachel). Joey also mentions that Rachel was pregnant with Ross' baby and that Ross and Rachel ended up together, revealing they obviously did marry after the series finale.^[1]

Arguably, more than any other aspect of Friends, the infamy of the "Ross and Rachel" pairing most entered the lexicon of popular culture. To this day, many off-again/on-again relationships on television are inevitably compared to Ross and Rachel.
The relationship of Ross and Rachel has been listed by TV Guide as the greatest "Will They/Won't They" television couple of all time.
Ross and Rachel are often considered a prime example of a "supercouple."

Trivia

Ross and Rachel share the same initials (R.G.)
Their relationship starts with Rachel trying to catch Ross in an airport and the series ends with Ross trying to catch Rachel in an airport.
Ross and Rachel had sex 300 times: In The One With The Cop, Ross tells a store clerk that he and Rachel had sex 298 times. If you count the one where Emma got conceived (The One With The Video Tape) and when Rachel gets ready to leave for Paris in The One With Rachel's Going Away Party, it adds up to 300 times.
Ross and Rachel have done everything together over the span more than 10 years knowing each other: they started out as friends, moved on to dating, definitely had sex, drunkenly got married to each other, then divorced each other, had a child (Emma Geller-Green) and finally ended up back together for good in The Last One.
Its revealed in Joey (TV Series) that Ross and Rachel are married and living together happily with Emma, because Joey says about Rachel becoming pregnant with Ross' baby and how they ended up together.
They have broken up and gotten back together various times through out the series before getting back together for good.
Josh Willcox and Maddie Rooney from Liv and Maddie as well as Logan Watson and Jasmine Kang from I Didn't Do It, both couples from Disney Channel, are basically the kids version of Ross and Rachel, but without the sex, serious fights, and having a child together.
Ross and Rachel have been thought to be married twice by different people - first in The One In Massapequa by his parents' friends and then by Janice in The One Where Rachel Has A Baby, Part 2.
All their friends ship them as a couple, which is first shown in The One Where Rachel Finds Out, especially by Monica.
Rachel told Ross she still loved him in The One With All The Kissing.
They both had a tendency to get jealous over people the other person has dated.
They said they loved each other for the first time in The One Where Old Yeller Dies.
There were many hints after breaking up that Ross and Rachel would reunite before getting back together.
There were many episodes throughout the series that focused on Rachel and Ross' relationship.
Jennifer Aniston (Rachel) confirmed that Ross and Rachel got remarried after the series ended and had at least one more chid.^[2]