An Iriot original.

I was born with a special gift.

The ability to mentally transform any situation into the worst case scenario.

In my own brain.

My therapist calls my gift catastrophizing.

And that's why I'm uniquely qualified to scrutinize and analyze history's greatest disasters.

And find out who's to blame.

They say history repeats itself.

Not on my watch.

My name is Rebecca Delgado-Smith, and I am the Alarmist.

Hey everyone, thanks for tuning in to The Alarmist, a comedy podcast where we talk about history's greatest tragedies

and figure out who's to blame.

Today we're discussing the breakup of Ross and Rachel.

Here's what you need to know.

The iconic on-again, off-again relationship between Ross and Rachel in NBC's mega-hit Friends

consumed the world over the course of the show's ten-season run.

From the moment Ross Gellers' long-lost crush, Rachel Green, traipsed into Central Perk in the pilot episode,

the roller coaster, Will They Won't They Storyline, consumed the public?

Ross and Rachel met in high school, and though he was too shy to make a move, he harbored a heavy crush on his sister Monica's friend.

When the two reconnected in the pilot, Rachel joins the Friends Group, Monica, Phoebe, Chandler, Joey, and Ross.

It's obvious Ross is smitten, but his divorce from his wife Carol is still fresh, and Rachel is recovering from her broken-off engagement.

In the season finale, the one where Rachel finds out, Rachel learns of Ross's crush on her, but it's too late.

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