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Mild spoilers for Cougar Town follow
Jennifer Aniston will help out former Friends co-star Courtney Cox by making an appearance on the debut second season episode of Courtney’s hit ABC sitcom Cougar Town. Aniston previously made a guest appearance on Courtney’s now-canceled FX show, Dirt, in 2007, playing a lesbian who ended up kissing Cox’s character in an obvious attempt for ratings. Now Aniston will be on Cougar Town playing Cox’s character Jule’s therapist. One of the show’s producers has confirmed the news, along with the fact that the show is open to a recurring guest role for Aniston.
Who will she play? Keep reading for all the exclusive details straight from exec producer Bill Lawrence…
“She’s going to play Courteney’s shrink named Bonnie,” reveals Lawrence, referring to Cox’s character, Jules. “Kind of a get-too-involved-in-her-life-type of therapist. Those guys are so close in real life they kind of do that for each other anyway. Bonnie has the life Jules wishes she has.”
This marks only the second time the pair have worked together on a scripted series since Friends went off the air in 2004. Their first reunion was in 2007, when they re-teamed for an episode of Cox’s FX dramedy Dirt.
Lawrence says Cox rightly wanted to get Cougar Town on its feet before playing the Aniston card. “It took us a while to find the show,” acknowledges Lawrence. “And once we did and once it was clicking, I think that not only did Courteney feel comfortable talking to Jen about doing it, but comfortable in how funny she thinks the show is and that Jen would like it and fit into this world really well.”
“It starts and ends with Courteney and Jennifer being really great friends and excited to work together again—especially doing comedy together,” Lawrence adds. “Every day that those two talk they have more ideas about [the role]. It’s definitely something they’re both involved in creatively.”
Lawrence is hoping viewers that tune in for Aniston’s guest appearance will realize the show has evolved from its original conceit and stick around. “I want as many people as I can get to see what the show kind of became last year,” he says. “It went from a typical TV show trying to find itself to something that I’m really proud of and like and think is really funny.”
But back to Aniston, given the massive amounts of emotional baggage that Cox’s character carries around, might we see Aniston’s shrink return? “We’re very intentionally implying that it’s a therapist Courteney has been using for a while, and we’re certainly not going to make it like they’ll never see each other again,” he says. “So I’m crossing my fingers that if she has a good time it’ll happen again.”
[From EW's Ausiello Files via US Weekly]
Both Jennifer Aniston and Courteney Cox have confirmed in interviews that they’ve used therapy and have found it helpful, so I imagine that they have experience to draw on. The executive producer also made it sound like the plot line was an idea Aniston and Cox cooked up together when he said “It’s definitely something they’re both involved in creatively.” I like Aniston on television and as I’ve said before her character was my favorite on Friends. She seems to be trying too hard to have a movie career that isn’t happening for her, especially since she hasn’t branched out from romantic comedies. She would do well to get a recurring role on television. There’s no shame in it, and it’s where she shines.
Written by Celebitchy
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this show is boring as bat shit!!!!
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You know, I’ve noticed that JAniston always seems happy to be with her friends, affictionate and generally caring/warm towards them. That is such a contrast with how Couguar Cox acts: bitchy and cold. I generally don’t like Aniston but seeing her with Cox definetely makes me like her more.
That stare, CC…Brrrr!
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And John Mayer will co-star as JA’s object of affection!
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Does this mean that she’ll remain on TV and stop trying to be a major movie star with the ever recurring role of Jennifer Aniston as Rachel Green?
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They both bore the snot right out of me.
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She should go back to TV she likes to work alot,she doesn’t change her hairstyle or look, and she likes to do the same thing over and over, and she has a core audeince of fans who relate to her.
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@ santacruz: You couldn’t be more right!
I see Courteney got her way as usual. She probably threatened to turn the casting director into a solid block of ice with her steely gaze if they didn’t cast her bud.
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Wow – their old faces!!
Cougar Town is really funny and deserves to be given a shot. It really found its groove as season 1 went on and I for one can’t wait for season 2.
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@angiefan: I hope this isn’t true, but there are rumors that she and Mayer are back together. If it is true, she deserves everything she’s got coming to her and it won’t be anything good.
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courtney is beautiful, Jen not so much, they are trying to deflect attention off of Jen’s big bomb this past weekend, they had this story already. that hug she gives courtney above is hilarious, like save me!!!!
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she might as well….
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Everyone who writes about her says the same three things.
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@ Bobby the K:
that’s because there’s only three things to say about her.
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Hmm, I am not sure it’s a good idea. I like JA in T.V series but when you start having friends on your show it usually goes downhill from there. They already had Lisa Kudrow and frankly this is not a Friends reunion.
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I doubt she would do this for anyone else’s TV show. She’s only doing this for Courtney. Kind of like a charitable act.
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Merry: Cox isn’t cold, she just can’t move he rface from all the botox.
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Hey, South Park! Where are you? They did a Streisand one years ago of Babs playing godzilla. Since Aniston likes to immitate Barbra, they should do a remake of Jen turning into another godzilla.
That would be killer!
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I agree with you Celebitchy and mln.
Ms Aniston needs to go back to TV. She is no A List Movie Star Actress.
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