Yeah, I don't like the forced elements (fingerbanging on the sofa) either, and it's annoying when not pursuing Rachel as an LI. She's another weird one for me - everyone seems to love her as the best in show, but to me she's just "pretty" or "nice". I like her lewds, there's some real good quality in there, but she's not an LI I would typically pursue outside of being a completionist.
When she is introduced, it's like she is the hottest woman in the world, but if it was me in that audience, I would just be thinking she has killer legs, but otherwise she's just a bit of eye candy, nothing really special.