The Terrible Catsafterme

SEASON 2 – NBC

Created by David Angell, Peter Casey, and David Lee

This series is a spin-off of the sitcom “Cheers”

Theme music written by Bruce Miller and Darryl Phinesse, and performed by Kelsey Grammer.

• 001. The Good Son – 9/16/1993
  • Boston psychiatrist Frasier Crane (Kelsey Grammar) decides he needs a change in his life, so he divorces his wife Lilith, and leaves her and his son Frederick and his friends at the bar Cheers behind, and moves back to his hometown of Seattle to take a job as a talk radio advice show host at station KACL. His brother Niles (David Hyde Pierce), also a psychiatrist, and his father Martin (John Mahoney) live in the area, and he is assisted on his show by his producer Roz Doyle (Peri Gilpin). When Martin, a former police officer who was shot in the leg, suffers a fall in his bathroom, Niles meets with Frasier to discuss their options. Since Martin and Niles’ wife Maris do not get along at all, he is unable to take Martin, so Frasier reluctantly agrees to do so, although he knows it will put a crimp in his newfound freedom as he settle in. Martin moves in and brings along his dog Eddie (Moose) and his worn-out recliner to mingle with Frasier’s fancy furniture. Frasier quickly feels over-burdened so Niles offers to help pay for a health care provider. Martin does not like anyone they interview, until a kooky young girl who claims to be a psychic from Manchester, England named Daphne Moon (Jane Leeves) comes for the interview. Martin takes an instant liking to her, and although Frasier had only planned to have her part time, Martin talks him into letting her be a live-in. Tensions quickly escalate between Frasier and Martin, when Frasier points out that his whole life has been upended and he hasn’t received any thanks from Martin. Frasier returns to work where Roz relates the tale of actress Lupe Velez who committed suicide and hoped to be found looking beautiful, but ended up dying with her head in the toilet – the point being that things seldom go as planned. Martin calls into Frasier’s show and relates his issue with his son, telling him thank you in a roundabout way. Guest callers to Frasier’s show are Linda Hamilton as Claire and Griffin Dunne as Russell. Cleto Augsuto is the delivery man. Gina Ravarra is the waitress. 12/29/19

• 002. Space Quest – 9/23/1993
  • With the new additions to his house, Frasier’s morning routine becomes out of whack and feels desperate for privacy. In fact, the theme of his next radio show is ‘intrusion’. His efforts for solitude so he can sit quietly and read a book are all stymied. As he plans to stay in his soundproof booth, sports broadcaster Bob “Bulldog” Briscoe (Dan Butler) crashes in to use his studio. Efforts to sit the in the park are ruined when it rains. When he arrives to an empty apartment, he excitedly prepares to enjoy his book and a glass of wine, when Martin, Daphne, and Eddie all return from Martin’s doctor appointment. Frasier visits the Cafe Nervosa coffee shop and is again interrupted by Niles, to whom Frasier confesses that he is thinking about getting Martin and Daphne a separate apartment. Niles reminds Frasier that one of the reasons he moved back to Seattle was to get closer to his father. Frasier attempts to have a meaningful conversation with Martin when he returns home, but has to use an egg timer for three minutes because Martin’s TV program is coming on. Frasier finally tells him that he thinks that things aren’t working out and that Martin may need to leave. Martin refuses and reminds him that relationships aren’t forged in two days, but in more like two years. Frasier agrees to give it a shot and the two share a beer together. Frasier later gets some privacy in the storage room where his old recliner is being stored. Christopher Reeve is the guest caller Leonard. 12/29/19
• 003. Dinner at Eight – 9/30/1993
  • When Martin buys a new tacky suite, Frasier and Niles once again take note of how different they are from their father and decide to try to bring him up to speed on the finer things of life, starting with a dinner for four at the fancy Franch restaurant Le Cigare Volant. Meanwhile Niles meets Daphne for the first time and is clearly smitten. This becomes clear to Frasier as well, when he shows up alone for the dinner since Maris has had ‘a spell’ and he tries to get Frasier to invite Daphne. This doesn’t happen since she is heading to a poker game anyway. The dinner takes a downward turn before it starts when the restaurant has lost their reservations. Martin suggest that they instead go to the Timber Mill, a lowbrow family steak house. When they arrive, the hostess (Eve Brent) immediately cuts off the boys’ ties. From that point on, Frasier and Niles complain, make fun of, and belittle the waitress (Laurie Walton), the food, and the restaurant to the point that Martin gets up and leaves, telling the boys how ashamed he is, and how ashamed their mother would be too. The boys decide they are acting snobbish and vow to eat every scrap of food on their plates… an activity that keeps them at the table long after the restaurant closes for the night. Patti LuPone is guest caller Pam. 1/30/20
• 004. I Hate Frasier Crane – 10/7/1993
  • Niles ruins Frasier’s day when he shows him the morning newspaper with a column by Derek Mann (voice of Joe Mantegna) that simply states “I hate Frasier Crane.” Frasier is aghast by this and goes on the air mocking Mann for not having the intelligence to come up with anything tangible to say. Mann then responds in his next column with a spelled-out lists highlighting Frasier’s pomposity. This time Mann responds by calling into Frasier’s show and challenging him to a fight. In the heat of passion and being called chicken by his callers, Frasier accepts the challenge. Martin is proud of Frasier until he finds out that Frasier has no intention of going through with the fight. He reminds him of how Frasier never faced his bully in school and as a result, neither he nor Martin ever lived it down. Frasier shows up to the fight after all, and although Martin apologizes for being so hard on him, Frasier decides to go through with it even after he sees how huge Derek is. As the men are sizing each other up preparing for the fight, the police show up and break it up and give Frasier a warning. Martin is proud of him, and Frasier is proud of himself… although Martin privately thanks Harry (John Brandon) the police officer for doing him a favor and showing up before the fight took place. Dean Erickson is the coffee shop waiter Eric. Judith Ivey is guest caller Lorraine. 1/30/20
• 005. Here’s Looking at You – 10/14/1993
  • A caller named Doug (voice of Jeff Daniels) expresses concern that his mother literally hangs around at home and does nothing. After Frasier corrects his use of the word ‘literally’ and gets blasted for it, he starts thinking that his own father really doesn’t do much either. Trying to get him to have a hobby, Frasier buys him a telescope and encourages him to spy on the building across from them. Soon Martin has met a lady named Irene from afar and they’ve exchanged stories. Frasier shows her Martin’s phone number, and she quickly calls. However shortly after their call, Martin reveals that she asked him out but he declined citing the fact that she wasn’t his type. Meanwhile Niles is showing Maris’s aunt Patrice (Kathleen Noone) around town and they stop over so she can meet Martin, but he quickly finds her very strange so Frasier makes an excuse that they were heading out to dinner. Before they leave, Patrice gives Martin a big hug, but Martin stands out of the way of Irene’s view. Frasier notices this and questions him about why he turned Patrice down. He tells Frasier it is because her middle name is Rose, just like Frasier’s mother. Daphne however is more perceptive and figures out that it is actually because he is self-conscious about his hip and his cane. She talks him into moving forward with the date… and so he does. 5/13/20
• 006. The Crucible – 10/21/1993
  • During his show, Frasier mentions to a man named Gary (voice of Robert Klein) that he has recently splurged and purchased an original painting by famed local artist Martha Paxton (Rachel Rosenthal). She ends up calling Frasier and asks to meet with him, so Frasier throws together a fancy cocktail party at his place. Frasier is a nervous wreck and assigns Miles to keep an eye on their father so he doesn’t embarrass Frasier, which he does by showing crime scene photos to Bethany Van Pelt to prove that there is something messier than the meatballs. When Martha shows up, she proves to be an eccentric artist with a bald head, and worse yet, she tells Frasier that she has never seen the painting that is purported to be hers. Frasier is embarrassed and furious and attempts to return it to the Hayson Gallery ran by Phillip Hayson (John Rubinstein), who soundly blows him off and refuses any refund. Frasier becomes even more angry and attempts to call the police, which Martin find hilarious. He asks Niles for the name of a lawyer but is reminded that he will wind up spending more than the painting is worse. He settles on going to Hayson’s office and throwing a brick through the window. Niles comes to stop him and relates a story about how Frasier onced stopped him from exacting revenge when school kids had taken his clothes while he was in the shower and hung them on a goal post. As Niles tells the story, he becomes more angry and throws the brick through the window himself. Frasier hangs the painting in the bathroom. Eugenie Bondurant and Gregory Eugene Travis are Diane and Ronald, Hayson’s assistants. 5/13/20
• 007. Call Me Irresponsible – 10/28/1993
  • After fending off a call named Hank (voice of Eddie Van Halen) who cannot hear Frasier talking to him, Frasier takes a call from a man named Marco (voice of Bruno Kirby) who wants advice on what to do with his girlfriend, whom he doesn’t want to marry because he’s hoping someone better comes along. Frasier tell him to spare the poor girl and break it off if he’s not in love with her. After being forced by Daphne to take a photo for their Christmas card at home complete with all decorations, Frasier head to work where he meets Bruno’s girlfriend Catherine (Amanda Donohue), who poses as a fan to meet Frasier. She reads him the riot act for advising her boyfriend to break up with her, but when Frasier tells her the reason, it simply causes her to break down crying. Frasier tries to console her, and they end up hitting it off. They begin dating despite warnings from Niles that it may be unethical, and also that Frasier sometimes gets queasy when he worries that he’s committed an ethical breach. Frasier starts to worry more when Marcus calls in to tell Frasier he’s thinking about asking Catherine to come back to him, and Frasier advises him against it. This does in fact feel unethical to him, and every time he gets physical with Catherine, he gets sice. He explains that he has to break it off with her because being with her makes him physically sick. She is upset with Frasier and storms out, telling him that the fish he made for her was too dry. 8/29/20
• 008. Beloved Infidel – 11/4/1993
  • After dealing with a caller named Danielle (voice of JoBeth Williams) whom Frasier can’t understand, Roz head out on a date with a cab driver she met while taking his cab, while Niles and Frasier are stuck with each other when a seminar is cancelled. They go to eat at Anya’s Cafe and while there they spot their father with a woman who breaks down crying and leaves. Frasier and Niles recognize her as their old neighbor Marion Lawlor (Pat Crowley), who at some point had a falling out with their parents. Niles consults his childhood journals and notes that amidst their parents fighting, he spotted their father embracing Marion. They deduce that their father had an affair, a fact that Frasier resents and can’t get over. Daphne embarrasses the boys by bringing it up to Martin, who is initially annoyed thinking that his boys spied on him, but admits to the affair and asks never to speak about it again. Later Marion comes over to see Martin, and when Frasier talks with her, he finds out that it was actually his mother and Marion’s husband Dan who had the affair. Frasier confronts his father with this, and he once again gets angry. But when Frasier tells him about his ex-wife Lilith having an affair with the scientist in the pod, they bond over this share experience, and Martin asks that Frasier not be angry with their mother, and also notes that Frasier would be unlikely to tell Frederick about his mother having an affair either. Julie Gill is the waitress. 8/29/20
• 009. Selling Out – 11/11/1993
  • After putting a caller (Carl Reiner) in his place for calling in to ask what he should name his boat, Frasier realizes Roz has handed him an endorsement for the Hunan Palace Chinese restaurant. He refuses to do any commercials, so Bulldog takes it over. When Frasier sees how much he would have gotten, he reconsiders and book a dinner there to see if it is worth advertising, He moves forward with it, and his commercial proves to be so successful that Bulldog’s agent Bebe Glazer (Harriet Sansom Harris) offers to represent him. He reluctantly takes her on and she gets frasier to do a hot tub endorsement… after trying out with Daphne and his father in the showroom of the store. Later Bebe comes to his place with a five-figure offer to do a television commercial Emory nuts, which is a brand he can’t stand. Bebe is able to convince him that he will need the money for his son’s college. However once he sees the script and realizes that it mocks his profession a bit, he turns to Niles for advice. Niles believes that he’s already given up his integrity by doing the talk show. Later Frasier shows the commercial to his father to see if he made the right decision. It turns out that he turned down the commercial and was replaced by Dr. Joyce Brothers. (herself). John Drayman is the walnut and Michael David Edwards is the almond in the commercial. 12/14/20
• 010. Oops – 11/18/1993
  • Roz, Chopper Dave (Richard Poe), and Teddy (Wayne Wilderson) come to the coffee shop to lament and tell Frasier that they heard someone is getting let go from the station. When Bulldog comes in as well and says he has a meeting with the boss Ned Miller (John Glover), everyone assumes it is going to be him. Back at the station Father Mike Mancuso (George Deloy aka George DelHoyo) expresses some concern to Frasier that it is going to be him, but Frasier assures him that his job is safe and that it is Bulldog who is getting the axe. Bulldog overhears him, so he storms up to Miller’s office and reads him the riot act, insulting everything from his ability to his wife. After he is gone, Roz informs Frasier that Miller had wanted to see Bulldog in order to tell him that they were taking his show national. Frasier feels bad and tells his father and Daphne that it is his fault that Bulldog lost his job. Bulldog comes to see Frasier, having also been kicked out by his girlfriend. Frasier reluctantly tells Bulldog he can stay with him and then goes to see Miller to take responsibility. Miller agrees to take Bulldog back if he will apologize to him profusely. Then he informs Frasier that the rumors about someone having to be let go were true… and that the victim of the firing will be Frasier. Before Frasier can leave the office, Miller gets a call from his superior letting him know that it is him who is getting fired. Frasier gloats that Miller will get back on his feet, giving him the same advice that Miller had just given him. Meanwhile Niles uses a dead and withered plant as an excuse to see Daphne to see if she can revive it. Jay Leno is the overweight caller going through a fast food drive-thru while calling in. 12/14/20
• 011. Death Becomes Him – 12/2/1993
  • When Frasier and Niles find out that their father has been skipping his doctor appointments, they make him one with Dr. Newman, whose office is in Niles’ building. Frasier takes him to ensure that he gets there, but after waiting over a half=hour in the waiting room, the receptionist (Amy Lloyd) finally tells Frasier the he’s not coming in because he died of a heart attack that morning. Frasier is stunned to hear that a 41-year old man his age has died. Frasier tries to make himself feel better by arranging his affairs by calling a family meeting. When he asks them to put stickers with their names on them on anything they might want, Niles becomes a bit obsessed with claiming some of Frasier’s things. This makes him feel better at first, but he can’t help but think that it could have easily been him. Frasier attends the Shiva of Dr. Newman in order to find out what exactly might have killed him, but Newman’s Aunt Bobbie (June Claman), and cousins Allen Freedman (Murray Rubinstein) and Gail (Maddie Corman) all assure Frasier that he lived an exceptionally healthy lifestyle. Dr. Newman’s wife (Stephanie Dunnam) recognizes Frasier’s name form his radio show, and asks what he would tell a caller who couldn’t understand why her husband, who did all of the right things, died so young. Frasier is forced to admit that sometimes there are no good answers, but tries to tell her that you can’t spend your life obsessed with death, advice he is having trouble accepting himself… until he meets a beautiful woman (Shawn Huff) at the Shiva, who asks him out on a date, giving him cause to strut out of the Shiva with a cocky swagger. Marion Dugan is the patient in Dr. Newman’s office. 4/7/21
• 012. Miracle on Third or Fourth Street – 12/16/1993
  • Frasier attends his office Christmas party, and becomes the butt of a joke where he is assigned the task of taking home Bonnie Weems (Kathryn Danielle) who is predicted to drink too much as usual, and invariably become amorous with whoever gives her a ride. Frasier is also embarrassed when Roz gives him a nice briefcase, and he only gets her a microphone that squirts water as a gag gift. Nevertheless, he is excited that Frederick is coming to Seattle to spend Christmas with him, and he is adamant about not working for Bulldog, who is hoping to spend time with family of his own. When Bonnie picks him to carry him out, he puts in her a cab and heads home. There he gets a call from Lilith, telling him that Frederick has the opportunity to spend Christmas in the real Sound of Music house in Salzburg, have dinner with Julie Andrews, and then visit EuroDisney, so he wisely gives up his visitation. His bad mood leads to a fight with his father, and he then refuses to spend Christmas at Niles’ cabin. Instead he decides to work for Bulldog on Christmas afternoon. Roz is irritated that she has to come in since her mother is visiting, so he sends her home after an hour of depressing phone calls from sad sacks like Tom (Mel Brooks), Gladys (Rosemary Clooney), Jeff (Dominick Dunne), Barry (Ben Stiller), and Don (Eric Stoltz), who is the only one who is upbeat because he let a homeless man keep the sneakers that fell off the top of his car when he drove away from the gym. When the show ends, Frasier heads to a diner that is open and spends his meal telling his woes to a homeless guy named Tim (John J. Finn), who happens to be the recipient of the sneakers. He then realizes he has left his wallet at home. Since he has dressed sloppily for the day, everyone assumes he is down on his luck, so Tim and his friend Bill (Hawthorne James) collect money from everyone in the diner to pay for his dinner. He is embarrassed and tries to convince them he has a good job, but they won’t hear of it. After the to-do, he tries to sneak off in his expensive car so they don’t see him… but he has left his keys in the diner as well. When he returns, Tim gives him a quarter and tells him to call his father. Frasier decides to do just that, and walks the other way down the street. Christine Estabrook is the waitress Lou. Bette Rae is co-worker Elizabeth. 4/7/21
• 013. Guess Who’s Coming to Breakfast – 1/6/1994
  • Frasier asks Niles to occupy their father on Friday night so he can have a woman over, and once Martin figures out what’s going on, he is fine with it… but he asks that Frasier reciprocate by giving him the apartment on Thursday night so he can go on a date with Elaine Morris (Linda Stephens) from Apartment 1412. The next morning, Frasier is surprised to find that Elaine has spend the night, and he spends the rest of the morning delivering every Freudian slip possible to her. Later at work, a caller named Marianne (voice of Piper Laurie) calls for advice about allowing her daughter to sleep with her boyfriend in her house. Frasier uses the example of his father having Elaine overnight, citing his virile sex drive. When Frasier gets home, his father is furious with him for brining his personal life on the air, and Elaine is so mortified, she won’t answer her door or calls from anyone. Frasier promises to rectify the situation, so he goes on the air and apologizes to Elaine and begs her to come to dinner with Martin that night at 8pm at the apartment. When the time rolls around, a group of tenants and Tony the doorman (Robert Colbert) are all gathered outside Frasier’s apartment door to see how the story ends. Elaine comes up on the elevator, and then immediately starts to head back down. Frasier and Martin follow her on the elevator, and Martin forces Frasier to stand in the corner while he issues his own apology. He also tells Elaine what a great night he had with her, and hopes that one stupid move by his son doesn’t ruin it. She finally agrees – but won’t let Frasier turn back around – and goes up to have dinner in the apartment. Frasier and Daphne vacate the apartment with nothing to do, and although Frasier initially thinks Daphne wants to be romantic with him, she suggests that they do laundry together. Meanwhile, KACL salesman Noel Shempsky (Patrick Kerr) goes on a date with Roz, much to Frasier’s amusement. When it’s over and he makes her a spice rack, she is ready to abandon their dating life. Patricia Fraser is neighbor Marjorie. Henry Mancini is the voice of Al, man who hates his voice. Elijah Wood is the voice of Ethan, bullied nerd. 8/2/21
• 014. Can’t Buy Me Love – 1/20/1994
  • Martin asks Frasier if he’ll ask Bulldog to participate in a celebrity auction for the Widows & Orphans Fund. Frasier is naturally insulted that he didn’t ask him to participate, so Martin tells him they want him too. Frasier and Bulldog participate, along with football player T.J. Smith (Brett Miller). Roz ends up buying a date with T.J., and Frasier is amazed and ecstatic when he winds up purchased by fan and fashion model Kristina Harper (Claire Stansfield). Bulldog gets purchased by Daphne, who only bid $100 while acting as a shill at Martin’s request. Frasier goes to great lengths to rent a kitchen cart to prepare a special meal for Kristina, but when she arrives, she says she suddenly got a job, but asks Frasier to watch her daughter Renata (Ashley Bank) for her, promising that her friend, who was also called away for a job, will take Renata when they both finish. Frasier agrees because of the prospect of being alone with Kristina later. Renata spends most of the evening talking on the phone and feeding Cheetos to Eddie, until Frasier tries to get her to talk after giving her raw cookie dough. She begins complaining about her mother, telling Frasier that she is often left alone, has to do morning weigh-ins, dropped her off at a skating rink and then got a shoulder tattoo, and other despicable things so she can selfishly take care of herself. By the time Kristina gets back and sends Renata off with her friend, Frasier has become unattractive to him because of her self-centeredness. Kristina however tells a different story: that Renata is lying about everything because Kristina wouldn’t let her stay home alone. She even shows Frasier her un-tattooed shoulder.  In truth, Kristina hadn’t been out in over a year. Frasier pleads for forgiveness, but she leaves him high and dry to eat the rest of the cookie dough. Meanwhile, Daphne gets drunk on her date with Bulldog. He thinks this will help him get lucky, but she begins insulting him and then the thug in the car next to theirs… causing him to drag Bulldog off from the limo. Shawna Casey is the auction stage manager. Show writer Ken Levine is the uncredited voice of the auction emcee. 8/2/21
• 015. You Can’t Tell a Crook by His Cover – 1/27/1994
  • Frasier brings his father to his radio booth where they run into Roz. She admits she was conned by a supposed Australian tourist outside, and Frasier claims he could spot a criminal a mile away. Martin bets him that he can’t tell a cop from a criminal, and they wager he can pick out two cops and one criminal from the three folks that he is having over that night for a poker game. That night he introduces his friends Frank (Ron Dean), Linda (Katherine McGrath), and Jimmy (Tony Abatemarco) to Frasier, who proceeds to observe them all night. At the end of the game, Frasier makes his choice, but Jimmy, who is the true former criminal, is the last one he chooses to be so. Frasier loses the bet, but the big shock comes after they all leave, when Daphne tells them that she accepted a date with Jimmy. Martin says that Jimmy is a nice guy, but he still wouldn’t trust him. Frasier argues with his father and says that all men who have served their sentence deserve a second change. When Jimmy tells Niles that she is going to go out with an ex-con, he insists on rescuing her, and when the coffee shop waiter mentions that the place they’re going, the Topaz Room, was once closed down by the police, Frasier decides to go along as well. When they arrive, Daphne has already kicked Jimmy out of there when he got fresh with her, and is now hustling some of the clientele at pool. When the bartender (Ivory Ocean) tells them this, Frasier and Niles decide to get out of there before she sees them. In the process, Frasier bumps into a tough guy named Rocco (Robert Miano), who claims that he cost him a $200 shot. He and his friend start to take the Cranes outside to beat up, but Daphne spots them and intervenes. She offers a $200 wager and an opportunity to beat up the boys if she can’t hit five ball in one shot. Rocco accepts the bet, but says it needs to be six balls. Daphne winds up hitting five, but coming up short on the six. She tells the boys to run, and they do, locking the bar toughs in with their pool cues. Marco Rodriguez is Leo, Daphne’s first pool victim. 2/1/22
• 016. The Show Where Lilith Comes Back – 2/3/1994
  • After Frasier gives his caller Hank (Timothy Leary) some advice about overeating, Roz lets through a call from Frasier’s ex-wife Lilith Sternin (Bebe Neuwirth), who promptly criticizes the way he handled the last call. Roz also suggests on the air that Frasier ask Lilith to have dinner with him, so he has no choice but to oblige. That night he has her over, despite the fact that Martin thinks she is even weirder than Maris, Niles resents her for snickering at Maris’s wedding vows with Niles, and she is causing a tremendous psychic headache in Daphne. After everyone leaves or goes to bed, and Frasier and Lilith are left alone, she admits that she’s not really in town for a convention as she had said, but had found a note that Frasier had left during a visit the previous months, stating how dreadfully he missed her and how much he wanted to get back together. Frasier then has the unfortunate task of telling her that he had actually written the letter over a year earlier before he had moved to Seattle. She leaves in embarrassment, but Frasier starts wondering if he should give the relationship another chance. He talks to Niles the next day, but he make Frasier determine for himself that wants to try and reconcile. He decides to take her out again, but before they can leave for the restaurant, they wind up sleeping together. The next morning, the waiter (Roger Keller) brings them room service breakfast, when Lilith suddenly admits that it had been a mistake. Frasier quickly seconds the notion that it had a been a huge mistake, and that he had never been happier than he was with his new life in Seattle, and with his radio show. Lilith then breaks down because she had only meant that the breakfast order had been a mistake. Lilith admits that finding the letter had only brought he life because she has been raising their son Frederick all alone, and was feeling terribly lonely. They both agree that their marriage had many high points, including their son, and Frasier admits she had been his most exciting lover. To give him a hard time, she refuses to return the compliment. 2/1/22
• 017. A Midwinter Night’s Dream – 2/10/1994
  • While Frasier and Niles are having coffee, Daphne comes in to pick up some coffee and begins flirting with the waiter Eric. Frasier can’t help but notice how it seems to be really upsetting to Niles, and can’t help but wonder if his marriage to Maris really is in trouble. Frasier suggests some playful antics in the bedroom that might spice up Niles’ love life with his wife. That night Niles shows up at Frasier’s place dressed like a pirate after being kicked out by Maris. It turns out he left a treasure map that led to the closet where he was waiting naked wearing only an eye patch – and not in the correct place – but it was the maid who found him and not Maris. When she witnesses this spectacle, she kicks him out and retreats to Arizona for the weekend. He plans to greet her with a nice dinner and apology, but after the maid incident can’t use her for the meal. Daphne offers to make the dinner before going out with Eric the night of their date. It turns out to be an incredibly stormy night on the evening of the date, so Daphne shows up soaking wet and is forced to wear one of Maris’s sexy pajamas. Making Niles’ temptation even worse, Daphne confides in Niles that Eric broke it off with her, and Maris phones and tells Niles she will need to stay another night because of the weather. Worse yet, Daphne doesn’t feel safe driving home, so Martin suggests that she stay with Niles. Frasier decides that Niles can’t be trusted in the house alone with Daphne, so he and Martin head over there, but stall the car within walking distance of the house. Niles and Daphne share the evening talking about relationships, and he gives an eloquent speech about how much he loves his wife. However, after confessing how close and comfortable they feel with each other, Niles nearly gives into temptation and almost kisses her while she has her eyes closed on the floor, but are interrupted by Frasier banging on the window. He runs in and tells them to “STOP!” but is embarrassed when Daphne berates him for trusting his brother so little after he just confessed his love for Maris. Frasier plays it off like he came to join in a singalong. As Frasier and Niles share the piano and they all sing, Martin struggles outside trying to find a way in. 6/8/22
• 018. And the Whimper Is… – 2/17/1994
  • Roz disappears from the booth during one of Frasier’s show, and it turns out she is trying to find out the scoop on whether they were nominated for a Seebee, the Seattle Broadcasting Award. Although Frasier pretends not to care, his excitement after some false alarms from Noel, and from Roz’s friend Millie, it is obviously he desperately wants the award. Later, while having coffee with Niles, Frasier’s agent Bebe Glazer comes to see him and tell him that the show was indeed nominated. As Frasier is celebrating at home, Roz comes over and points out some trade ads that their competition has taken out in order to try and solicit their votes to win the award. Although they find it quite pandering, they are quick to jump on the bandwagon, and order gifts from Tiffany’s for members of the committee, which Martin likens to bribery. On the night of the awards, Martin notices radio host Fletcher Grey (John McMartin) at the ceremony and goes over to shake his hand. Frasier finds out that Grey has been nominated eleven times and never won, that his mother Hannah (Maxine Elliott Hicks) has flown in from Scottsdale for the 11th time, and that Grey is retiring after this year. Frasier runs into committee member Bob Peterson (Mark Sawyer) and another committee member (Aileen Fitzpatrick), who both compliment the gifts they received. Frasier starts to feel guilty that their bribes may cost Grey the award this year. Meanwhile Roz had planned to bring stud reporter Brad McNamara, but when he gets called away for an assignment, she winds up bringing Noel Shempsky. Niles gets mistaken for a waiter and winds up serving drinks for much of the night. Daphne is is chronic pain from her shoes. Frasier starts to feel more and more guilty as the emcee Keith Bishop (Wren T. Brown) and his assistant Tawny Van Deusen (Trish Ramish) begins announcing the awards in his category. When they announce a tie, Frasier is happy that he and Grey will get to share the award, but it turns out that the two winners were neither of them, but rather their other two opponents. Frasier and Roz are both bitter, but Roz is nearly inconsolable thinking she’ll never be nominated for an award again. Grey shares with them that ultimately the awards don’t matter if you’ve created a body of work to be proud of. Frasier quickly snaps out of his depression when Tawny tells him she’s a big fan and asks him out for coffee. After Frasier leaves, Mrs. Grey attempts to comfort Roz, then drinks her Pink Lady drink. 6/9/22
• 019. Give Him the Chair! – 3/17/1994
  • When Martin goes to the hardware store to get some duck tape to add to his recliner chair, Frasier offers to buy him a new one Martin declines. Niles then convinces Frasier that it is best for their father to get rid of this transitional object, so Frasier and Niles go shopping for a new chair. They both fall in love with a black leather chair, and when the salesman (James Greene) shows them the massage feature, they both fall in love with it. The use the building handyman Leo (Phil Buckman) to take the old one to the storage area and then bring in the new one, and Daphne falls in love with the massage feature as well. However, when Martin sees it, he takes an instant dislike to it and asks for his old chair back. Frasier nearly has a meltdown and pours snacks, beer, and dog hair on it so it will be like Maltin’s old chair. Finally, he asks Leo to bring the old one back, but Leo says he put it out front and someone thought it was garbage and took it. Martin tells him about all the memories he had in the chair, and how it still reminds him of Frasier’s mother waking him up in it. Frasier then feels terrible and offers a reward on his radio show to anyone who might help locate it and get it returned. Some listeners call in with jokes, but one caller claims to have it. Frasier heads down to a school theater where they are putting on the play Ten Little Indians, and they are using the chair as a prop on stage. The drama teacher Miss Warren (Valerie Curtin) is close to a nervous breakdown with all that is going wrong, and she tells Frasier he can’t have the chair for two week. Frasier pleads with her to let it go, and offers her $200. Just then, the student Joey (Marc Robinson) report that the kid playing Dr. Anderson has the stomach flu. Frasier tells her that the play will have to be canceled anyway, so he starts to take the chair. Miss Warren finds out that Frasier once played the same role, and tell him that she will destroy the chair if he doesn’t repeat his performance since the parents are on the way. He has no choice but to agree to the demands. Meanwhile, Niles buys Maris a new necklace and has Daphne try it on, but it ultimately falls down her cleavage. Roz schedules a date with a minister, after her care breaks down in front of a church following a weekend date with another man. Scotty Nguyen is Brown. Brittany Murphy is Olsen. Malcolm McDowell is the voice of Dr. Helmut Bruga, author of The Menopausal Male, who is only interested in flirting with Roz when he calls in. 10/1/22
• 020. Fortysomething – 3/31/1994
  • After Frasier gets a call from a woman named Rachel (voice of Reba McIntire) whose husband wants to keep his late wife’s ashes in their bedroom – just before she breaks the urn – Frasier forgets Roz’s name on the air. He is concerned because little memory lapses and vision issues have been happening to him. His father is quick to point out that at 41, Frasier is entering middle age. Frasier thinks that period is still a way’s off. Meawhile, he and his father and Daphne go clothes shopping, and Martin points him toward some old-man pants, while insisting that Daphne stick to all white simple underwear. A 21-year old worker named Carrie (Sara Melson) helps him get more stylish pants, and also flirts with him in the process. Frasier is puzzled how he should be feeling, as he is interested in her, but doesn’t want to seem like a creepy man going through a mid-life crisis, ultimately he does nothing. However, Carrie shows up at the station to deliver the clothes he bought, and she asks him to go out. Frasier responds that the age difference would make it a not-so-good idea, so she leaves and tells him to contact her if he changes his mind. Frasier and Niles have coffee, and Niles’ advice is that it isn’t anyone else’s business who Frasier dates, so he needs to figure out if he actually is interested in a future with her, or if he is running from his age. Ultimately, he decides to go see her and ask her out. Before he does, she says that Frasier is brilliant, as he instinctively knew that she was struggling with issues with her father, and that may have gotten convoluted with her attraction with Frasier. She says it definitely would have been a bad idea to go out, and Frasier lies and concurs with her. He then admits that he really had no idea and that he was going to indeed ask her out. She tells him how his honesty is a tremendous turn-on, but he decides to leave instead of going down that road again. However, after looking back at her, he exercises his need to punch a mannequin. Back home, Daphne folds Martin’s white underwear… and the one striped pair she bought him. 10/1/22
• 021. Travels with Martin – 4/14/1994
  • Frasier’s vacation is coming up and he’s excited to get away and pamper himself. However, when Roz tells him that she’s taking her mother to Ireland, Frasier feels guilty about leaving his father behind. That night he takes his world travel pamphlets home and lets his father pick the location he’d like to go. Martin chooses to rent a Winnebago and drive to see Mount Rushmore. As they think about it, Frasier begs Niles to go along and be a buffer between them, and Martin does the same with Daphne. Niles wants nothing to do with the trip… until he learns that Daphne is coming. The all set out on the trip with Frasier doing the driving. Martin is glued to the map, but Frasier is moved by the spirit of the open road and wants to go wherever it calls him. When Martin starts driving, he if focused on getting to their destination and refuses to stop at any historic signs or roadside fruit stands. Finally, he agrees to stop at a roadside attraction called Marvella’s Souvenirs and Gifts where they can get a picture with a live grizzly bear. Once they arrive, they find that it is a stuffed bear, and the proprietor Marvella (Pamela Gordon) tells them that it is an old sign… and also reveals that they’re in Canada. Daphne freaks out because her green card isn’t finalized, and she’s not allowed to leave the United States. The decide they will try to sneak out of the country, and Daphne adopts an American accent, even if the only word she can say is “sure.” When they arrive at the border, it appears that everyone is just driving through, but then a security guard (Don Amendolia) pulls them over and boards the Winnebago. They are all questioned and appear nervous, and the guard checks out Frasier’s credentials. He then notes that Daphne appears nervous and starts to grill her to see if she’s hiding anything. Martin then intervenes and tells him that they were trying hide something after all: Eddie doesn’t have his rabies certificate. The guard lets them go with a warning. As they start to get closer to home, Frasier and Martin chat while everyone else is asleep and decide to go to Yellowstone National Park. They feel they can travel together without anyone else with them, but at the last moment, they find reasons to take them along anyway. 12/16/22
• 022. Author, Author – 5/5/1994
  • Niles meets with his book publisher Sam Tanaka (Mako) at the coffee shop, as he is supposed to have come up with a book idea since his last one has been abandoned because it had been done before. When Tanaka arrives and meets Frasier, he realizes that the two are brothers. Being a fan of Frasier’s radio show, Tanaka suggests that they collaborate and write a book on siblings. Frasier is not interested, but Niles is able to talk him into it. They start work at Frasier’s house, but then decide that they can mine more information by co-hosting one of Frasier’s shows and making the topic about siblings. The show goes well, and they wind up with a wealth of material. Tanaka listens to the call and is able to strike a quick deal with Reader’s Digest to serialize the book, and then asks them to hand over the first few chapters by the end of the week. With no material written, they decide to check into a hotel and lock themselves in a room until they have enough material to turn in. They have trouble finding the opening sentence and it goes downhill from there. They argue, bicker, drink from their mini-bar, and come up with nothing. Their bickering turns into physical fighting, with both of them drunk and disheveled, until Frasier decides to walk out. Niles points out that since Frasier already has his dreams and his fame that he cares nothing about helping Niles with his dream. Niles says he’s tired of always being second in life with everything. After Frasier leaves, he refuses to talk to Niles, who later shows up to present Frasier with half of the hotel bill. They still won’t speak to each other, so Martin steps in and tells them the story of his former partner Mitch “Goss” Gossett. They were partners on the force and best friends, but during one lengthy stakeout they got on each other’s nerves, that it wrecked their friendship. Not long after. Goss was stabbed and killed breaking up a barfight. The story is enough to get Niles and Frasier to make up and hug. When Daphne is still crying over the story of Goss, Martin admits that the made it all up and notes that there’s at least one good writer in the family. Luck Hari is the Cafe Nervosa waitress. Chrstine Lahti is the voice of Laura, who calls into the show and talks about her baldness. 12/17/22
• 023. Frasier Crane’s Day Off – 5/12/1994
  • Frasier is coming down with a cold as he does his radio show, and he gets a visit from Restaurant Beat host Gil Chesteron (David Hibbert), who offers him soup and also to fill in for him if he needs to take time off. Frasier is resistant to letting Gil sit in on his time slot, as he thinks that he ultimately wants to take that slot over. However, the next morning, although Frasier is hellbent on reporting to work, once he gets out the door, he realizes he is too sick to go in. Gil does fill in for him, but soon Roz finds out from scuttlebutt around the office that Gil is indeed vying for the slot. He also seems to be doing well in the role as he arranges a restaurant reservation for a man named Louie (Garry Trudeau) who forgets to make one for his anniversary. When Frasier hears that Gil has an ulterior motive, he talks Niles into filling in for him, using reverse psychology and insinuating that Niles wouldn’t be up for the job. Initially, when Frasier listens to Niles doing the show, he thinks he is as dry as toast, but soon Niles starts to take command of the show and gets a couple, Howard (Steve Lawrence) and Lois (Eydie Gorme) to tell each other they love the other and seems to be outshining Frasier. As Frasier gets sicker, he becomes more and more needy and whiny with Daphne, and more and more paranoid about Niles, culminating with him dreaming that he returns to work, but encounters a bomb in his microphone placed by Gil and Niles. He decides to go to the station and commandeer the booth by locking out Niles and Roz. After he deliriously answers several calls in a strange fashion with callers Robert (Tommy Hilfiger), Janice (Patrcia Hearst), and Marjorie (Mary Tyler Moore), Niles and Roz get security to get back in there and take him back home so that Niles can resume the show. Back home, Frasier wakes up and tells Daphne that he had a dream that he tries to take over the show and got taken home by security guards. Daphne assures him that it was just a dream, and then tells Martin that she’ll wait until he’s lucid to tell him how much of a fool he made of himself, wanting to punish him for his childish behavior while he was sick. Steve Young is the voice of Frasier’s caller Blake, who closes his eyes while driving. 1/24/23
• 024. My Coffee with Niles – 5/19/1994
  • Frasier and Niles meet for coffee at Cafe Nervosa but find that there are no seats inside. They put in their order, but each time the waitress gives him the coffee, Frasier finds something wrong with his and has it re-made. They decide to grab a seat outside since no one is vacating the tables inside. Roz shows up to meet a new guy at the station, Andy Winslow from the news team, and even Niles is surprised by how handsome he is. Roz tells them that this could be the one. Niles and Frasier chat, and Frasier tells him that it is the one-year anniversary of his arrival in Seattle. Niles asks Frasier repeatedly if he is happy, but each time Frasier starts to answer he is interrupted. He does however mention that he worries about the future and the fact that he’s not met anyone yet. Rain drives them back inside, where they finally are able to snatch a table. Their father and Daphne show up having been caught in the rain while on a walk that Daphne suggested. Martin is in a bad mood and snaps at Frasier for making toast on the counter without a plate and leaving behind ‘toast sweat’. Daphne notes he’s been a bad mood all week, and after a petty argument with Frasier, Martin tells him that he is going to move out. Frasier laments the fact that he and his father get into so many arguments. After they leave, Frasier asks Niles point blank if he is in love with Daphne. Niles in insulted at the insinuation, but ultimately says he doesn’t know. However, he does say that he would never leave Maris, but asks Frasier if it’s acceptable to have an affair. Roz leaves her date when she realizes he is just trying to convert her to his religion. Frasier is annoyed that he still hasn’t gotten his coffee. Frasier starts to answer the question of his happiness once again, but their father then returns. He apologizes for being snippy all week with Frasier and Daphne, and then tells them that they forgot his birthday last weekend. Niles and Frasier try to tell him that they were planning a surprise, and then agree to take him to the German restaurant he wants to go to, Hoppy’s Old Heidelberg. Daphne then returns to the coffee shop after getting a psychic vision that Martin is going to apologize. Everyone leaves except for Frasier, who finally gets his drink, this time supposedly perfect. The waitress asks him if he is happy now, and Frasier answers the broader question of his happiness by saying that in the greater scheme, he is. However, his coffee winds up being terrible, so he calls the waitress over again. 1/24/23

SEASON 2

• 025. Slow Tango in South Seattle – 9/20/1994
  • Roz isn’t paying any attention to Frasier’s radio show as he chats with a man named Stephen (James Spader) and it is because she is enthralled with a new book sweeping the city called Slow Tango in South Seattle. At first, Frasier has no interest in the book, but when he sees the picture of the author Thomas Jay Fallow (John O’Hurley) and realizes that he had once known him as a drinking buddy at Cheers in Boston. He then comes to realize that his book is entirely based on Frasier’s first time with a woman, who happened to be his older piano teacher, Clarice Warner. Frasier is furious that Fallow never credited or acknowledged him in any way. Fallow gets booked on the KACL radio program Book Chat hosted by Amber Edwards (Susan Brown), and Frasier waits in the wings to confront him. He gets most upset when Fallow credits the inspiration of the book to God. When Frasier barges in and admonishes him for never crediting him, Fallow acknowledges the truth and apologizes to Frasier, then breaks into tears. When Frasier goes home, he tells his family that he didn’t get the satisfaction he had hoped for. Daphne is furious with Frasier because she has reached the point in the book when Frasier left Mrs. Warner with no explanation. He defends himself that he was only nineteen and was heading off to Harvard, but Niles suggests that is his guilt that is leaving him with his empty feeling. Frasier decides to go and see Mrs. Warner and pays a visit to her house. Frasier introduces himself to her, but Mrs. Warner (Myra Carter) doesn’t remember him. He explains their affair and how he had left her with no explanation and apologizes for his actions. He then realizes that Clarice Warner (Constance Towers) is not the woman he is speaking to, but rather her daughter. Clarice is much younger and still attractive. She tells Frasier that he has done nothing that needs forgiveness, and Frasier is clearly still smitten by her. As he starts to get sucked back into her charms, he decides he had better leave, but before he leaves, he asks her if she’s like to get coffee with him. She declines his offer, and it becomes obvious why when a man (David Sederholm), who is much younger than Clarice or Frasier, shows up to pick her up. She tells him that she wasn’t interested in forty years old back then… and still isn’t. This leaves Frasier at the house with Clarice’s mother, who is still under the impression that she and Frasier once had a tryst. 1/25/23
• 026. The Unkindest Cut of All – 9/27/1994
  • Frasier gets a visit from their neighbor Mrs. Dorothea Greenway (Jo de Winter), who claims that Eddie ‘violated’ her dog Phoebe, leading to a litter of puppies that she leaves with them. Frasier is certain that Eddie had been neutered and berates his father and demands that he gets it done. Frasier then has to take charge with getting rid of the puppies and takes them with him to try and give them away. Frasier is surprised when Roz is remarkably resistant to the adorable puppies, and everyone else tries to avoid him. He even offers one to a caller named Rita (Lily Tomlin), who calls in because she is so overwhelmed with life. Eventually, he gets rid of all of the puppies, but Daphne grows attached to one of them and drives off a potential father Mr. Tomlinson (Joel Anderson) and family who wants one. Frasier then demands that Daphne call the family back to come get the dog, then yells at his father because he has canceled two appointments for Eddie. Meanwhile, Niles stops by, and when he hears Daphne say how she is attracted to men who dogs are attracted to. Niles puts pate behind his ears to make it appear that the puppy like him. Frasier decides to take matters into his own hand and take Eddie to the vet to get neutered. Martin shows up to yell at Frasier for overstepping his bounds, and in the meantime, Eddie runs out the door. Martin, Frasier, and Niles all stake out the park where Eddie often goes. Niles gets lost in the park, and they have to lead him back to the car by honking the horn. Niles is traumatized so he decides to go home. Martin apologizes for being so gruff with Frasier and admits that he isn’t used to being told what to do and is struggling with no longer being in charge of anything including himself. Frasier cautions him about not mistaking not being in charge with a lack of respect and tells his father how much he uses his father’s measuring stick to gauge his own success. Frasier tells his father that he probably couldn’t have gone through with the neutering anyway. Just then Eddie shows up on the trunk of the car. Later, the three guys all take Eddie to the vet to get it done, all the while holding on to their own crotches and wincing. 1/28/23
• 027. The Matchmaker – 10/4/1994
  • Daphne sets off the smoke alarm by smoking in her room one night, mostly because she is feeling depressed that she has a non-existent love life. Frasier shares his relationship woes and winds up staying up all night smoking with her. The next morning, he oversleeps and misses a meeting with the new station manager Tom Duran (Eric Lutes). The next morning, Roz joins Frasier and Niles at the coffee shop and offers up her ‘little black book’ for Daphne. Frasier is aghast at the top of men who Roz dates, and Niles is upset that they are trying to set up Daphne at all. Frasier meets Tom at work and learns that he has just moved to Seattle from London after a bad break-up as his own. Frasier finds him to be charming and handsome, so he invites Tom to dinner at his place, thinking he would be a good match for Daphne. Tom then reveals to Roz privately that word has clearly gotten around already that he is gay, as Frasier has just asked him out. Roz is already irritated at Frasier for blowing off her dating suggestions and doesn’t tell Tom the truth. Niles has Daphne put on a sexy dress for Tom, and when he arrives, she gives him a quick psychic reading and knows that he just got out of a bad breakup. When Frasier makes a joke about his father trying to steal his dates, Tom thinks that Martin is gay as well. Daphne is immediately attracted to Tom, and Frasier thinks Tom is wild about her as well. Niles stops by to try and stop Tom from dating Daphne. He is rude to Tom and keeps trying to impress Daphne. When Tom catches on that Niles seems angry at him, he asks if it is because he is dating Frasier. Niles is stunned, but quickly tells Martin and they have a good laugh. Before Niles leaves, he takes pleasure to privately tell Frasier that Tom is interested in him and not Daphne. Frasier then tells Tom the truth that he had only tries to set him up with Daphne. Tom is shocked at the misunderstanding, and equally surprised that Frasier isn’t gay. He also asks if Martin is actually gay, and comments that sure Niles is gay. Frasier is amused by this but tells him that they are all straight. Daphne walks in the room just as Tom mentions being gay, then turns around and walks out. After Tom leaves, both Frasier and Daphne return to the cigarettes. 7/8/23
• 028. Flour Child – 10/11/1994
  • After speaking to a caller named Maggie (Amy Madigan) who prefers Roz’s advice to his, Roz has Frasier sign a card for a fellow station worker named Clarence (Aaron Heyman). Meanwhile, Frasier, Niles, and Martin head to dinner in a cab, when they get into a traffic jam and the driver Arlene (Charlayne Woodard) goes into labor. Frasier and Niles both attempt to help deliver it, but when they prove to be inept, Martin delivers her son Nathan. After the experience, Niles starts to contemplate whether he wants to be a father or not. Frasier mentions that high schoolers are sometimes assigned carrying around a bag of flour to simulate a baby to make them partially aware of what a responsibility they can be. Niles decides to go through the exercise himself and begins carrying around the flour. It isn’t long before the flour is covered with bandages, dropped into a wading pond, and set on fire. When Roz mentions their co-worker Clarence and his kidney transplant, Frasier is aghast because he thought he was signing Clarence’s birthday card rather than a Get Well card. He wrote that Clarance was now a year closer to death, thinking he was being whimsical about his birthday. He decides to steal the card from his hospital room and then re-create an entirely new card and changing his inscription. Martin thinks Niles’ experiment with the flour is ridiculous, especially after Eddie digs into it and rips it apart. He tells Niles that one needs to have a gut feeling about whether they want a baby and can handle it. Niles comes to the realization that he wants a baby… but not enough to actually have one. Niles takes Frasier to the hospital to drop off the card for Clarance, but Frasier leaves it with the wrong patient (Alvy Moore) in the room Clarence is sharing with him. The music that the card plays agitates the patient, so Frasier runs out of the room. There he meets Clarence and his wife Mary (Linda Porter). Clarence is thrilled that Frasier is the only one to come see him, and mentions that no one from the station has even sent a card. Frasier and Niles then run into Arlene and Nathan, and Niles offers to hold the baby. When the baby won’t stop crying, Arlene notes that it is because Niles has his leg bent back. Niles is content that he made the right decision not to have a baby… but still stares longingly at the babies in the maternity window. Robin Krieger is the mother at the coffee shop.  7/9/23
• 029. Duke’s, We Hardly Knew Ye – 10/18/1994
  • After stopping Roz from attacking a candy machine after she leaves the booth to get chocolate minutes after her diet ended, Niles comes to see Frasier at the station and asks him to invest in a share in Meadowood Properties, which are building a mini-mall which is forecasted to have a 12% return on the investment. Frasier reluctantly goes along with it, and soon the forecast raises to a 15% return. Meanwhile, when Martin asks the boys to come join him for a beer at his watering hole Duke’s, both Frasier and Niles are shocked and astonished to be invited. Martin has been going to the bar since they were kids and they had never been invited, so they jump at the chance to finally join him. When they arrive, Martin introduces them to Duke (John LaMotta), Joe Herman (Jack Wallace), Leo (Bill Gratton), and the others. They seem mostly thrilled to meet Frasier since he is on the radio, but they take an interest in Niles when Martin tells them that he married into money. Martin then gives a toast and speech about the fact that Duke’s will be closing, thanks to the Meadowood Property mini-mall development. Frasier and Niles don’t say anything at the time, but privately feel terrible about it. They both seek a way to either get out of the deal or stop the progress of the development, but find they are locked in. Niles wants to tell their father, but Frasier thinks it will only hurt him further. After contemplating it, Frasier wakes up in the middle of the night and comes into the living room and turns on the neon Duke’s sign that Duke gave to Martin. When Martin also wakes up, Frasier confesses that he and Niles has invested in the Meadowood. Martin remains calm, outside of pouring some milk on Frasier, who apologizes profusely and tells him that they had no idea. Martin recalls the other things that Frasier had tries to take away from him – his chair, his dog – before realizing that maybe he had spent too much time at the bar while the boys were growing up. After reconciling, they decide to take a six-pack of beer to Duke’s and have a last drink before the wrecking ball comes. After reminiscing about Martin’s days at Duke’s, as well as Frasier’s days in a certain Boston bar, Niles comes barging in, fully prepared for a stand-off with the construction crew. After making a speech about standing up against corporate America on behalf of the little guy, all three of them are scared off when a wrecking ball comes through the front window. Frasier is later seen trying to clean up after all of Martin’s old friends from Duke’s, who now hang out in his condo. Daphne goes on a third date with her boyfriend Derek, and Frasier and Martin agree that date three is usually the time that Americans usually decide if they are going to sleep with each other. Daphne thinks the practice is horrible and says that England has different, more conservative standards. However, when Daphne returns from the fourth date, her back is covered in dirt and leaves from being in the park with Derek. 7/9/2023
• 030. The Botched Language of Cranes – 11/1/1994
  • On a particularly nasty and rainy day in Seattle, Frasier fields some of his appearance requests, and turns down one from St. Bartholemew’s hospital because they had replaced him at the last minute after he agreed to speak there the previous year. He later advises a caller named Edna (Alfre Woodard) who is dissatisfied with her life working for an exterminator that she might need to shake up her life by getting a new job or moving to a new city. He insults dreary, soggy old Seattle in the process, which turns off his listeners and his advertisers according to a newspaper column the next dreary morning. His father tries to talk him into apologizing to the city, but Frasier is adamant that Seattle loves him and he doesn’t need to apologize. However, when he arrives at work, Roz tells him that the switchboards have been lit up complaining about him and threatening to boycott their sponsor, Pet Paradise. That day, after an entire day of taking heat from his callers, he finally issues an apology for the things he said about Seattle. Unfortunately, when he finishes, he goes on a rant about the stupidity of the people of Seattle and how they are all crybabies… while they are still on the air. This makes his life even more miserable, as his listeners harass him in the cafe, on the streets, and then by calling him at home. Roz comes to see him and tells him that the station manager is considering suspending him if he isn’t able to make amends with the city. She suggests that he do the St. Bartholemew event, and Frasier reluctantly agrees. Frasier is able to get some jokes from Father Mike to tell at the podium, but he even has to delete one of those when the stern Sister Joselia (Helen Geller) warns him about telling blue jokes. When Frasier goes the restaurant, Father Mike takes the stage and makes an announcement that Bishop Kolodgie, who usually helps emcee the event, did not show up because his fishing boat was struck by lightning and has capsizes, leaving his whereabouts currently unknown. When Frasier returns to the microphone, having not heard the announcement, he begins to tell some jokes about the Bishop drifting in, the last rites, and the Titanic. Frasier tries the make up for his gaffe by writing checks to Sister Joselia until she approves of the amount. Sandra Dee is the voice of caller Connie. 7/9/23
• 031. The Candidate – 11/8/1994
  • Frasier and Niles are aghast when they learn that their father has appeared in an endorsement commercial for an ultra-right wing Congressional candidate named Holden Thorpe (voice of Sydney Pollack). Making matters worse, Martin shows one of his bullet injuries on his rear end as a way of opposing gun control. They both consider throwing their weight behind Thorpe’s opponent Phil Patterson (Boyd Gaines), who they see as a good man. However, Frasier decides he can’t do it as it may cost him listeners on his radio show. Later on his show, Frasier hears another endorsement for Thorpe and makes some nasty on-air comments about him. Thorpe immediately calls and insults Frasier on air and then hangs up before Frasier can get in a rebuttal. At this point, he decides to move forward by publicly endorsing Patterson. They plan to shoot a commercial at Frasier’s apartment, and after going through the dry run, Frasier and Patterson chat on the balcony. Phil admits that he is a fan of Frasier’s show and had once considered calling in himself. He then admits to Frasier that he had once been abducted by aliens and taken aboard their ship to discuss how the people of Earth are destroying their own planet. After hearing this, Frasier stumbles unconvincingly through the commercial. Niles takes him into the kitchen and finds a loophole so that Frasier can tell him in confidence the things he heard in confidence. Both of them think that Patterson is likely crazy, but still consider him a better option than Thorpe. Later, Bulldog rushes into the booth and tells them that Thorpe will be all washed up thanks to the alien story getting out. Frasier is aghast and rushes into the booth to defend Patterson on air. Little does he know that the ‘alien’ story was merely about Patterson hiring two unregistered Guatemalan aliens to work in his home. Frasier gets on the radio and spills the beans about Petterson’s supposed abductions. Although he meant to defend him, he ended up costing Patterson 92% of the vote. He later finds out that the Guatemalan aliens were merely exchange students he was assisting. Frasier apologizes profusely about the situation, and then asks Patterson if he really believes he was abducted. He tells Frasier that until it happens to someone, it is hard to believe that anything like that could happen. Frasier than sees an approaching aircraft just over his balcony, which turns out to be Chopper Dave simply buzzing his apartment. Jack Tate is director. Christopher Walberg is the boy collecting a donation. 11/6/23
• 032. Adventures in Paradise: Part 1 – 11/15/1994
  • Frasier agrees to talk to a caller named Chester (voice of Art Garfunkel) after the show, but then gets sidetracked looking at Seattle magazine. Roz shows him an article of the 100 hottest men and women in town. Neither Frasier nor Niles made the issue, but Frasier spots a woman named Madeline Marshall (JoBeth Williams), who manufactures her own line of sportswear. Roz insists that Frasier call her and ask for a date. Roz dials her number, and Frasier invites her to dinner… then realizes he is talking to Chester. Nevertheless, he still gets a date with Madeline. As Martin shares the Cuban cigars he got from a friend who works in customs, Frasier meets Madeline at French restaurant called Degas. During the meal, there is some tremendous commotion coming from the kitchen, when the proprietor Etienne (Pierre Epstein) finds out his daughter Yvette (Jessica Pennigton) is pregnant. Her mother (Kirsten Devere) comes running to Frasier to help calm her husband down. He not only is able to guide them through making up, but also identifies the busboy (Rich Schatz) as the father of the baby, leaving Madeline quite impressed. After dating for a couple of weeks, Frasier is walking on a cloud and keeps thanking Roz for forcing him to call, although she remains bitter at being unable to find a man. Madeline comes to see him and says although they didn’t want to rush into a physical relationship, she is thinking about going away on a weekend trip together with him. They cannot find any dates in the foreseeable future, so they decide to head to Bora Bora the next day for a week. Frasier later starts to get cold feet, thinking that the relationship might not work and they will be stuck together hundreds of miles away, or that it will work, which will lead to an actual relationship, the prospect of which scares him. His father, Niles, and Daphne all encourage him to take a chance, so he decides to go for it. They no sooner arrive in Bora Bora that they jump into bed together. When Madeline goes to change into her lingerie, Frasier steps outside onto the patio, where he sees that his room is adjoining the room of his ex-wife Lilith. NOTE: This is the first of a two-part episode. 11/6/23
• 033. Adventures in Paradise: Part 2 – 11/22/1994
  • After Frasier discovers that Lilith is in the room next door in Bora Bora, he does the only thing that he can: he introduces her to Madeline. After Lilith initially laughingly tells him that she is in Bora Bora with Sam Malone, she introduces Frasier and Madeline to her boyfriend Dr. Brian Patchett (James Morrison). Lilith seems to be in jovial spirits since she has been with Brian. Frasier seems to want to have a competition on who is enjoying their new partner more between him and Lilith. Frasier is concerned when he thinks Lilith is making love in the next room, simply because there is no noise coming from there. When Madeline goes to freshen up in the bathroom, Frasier starts making sexual noises while rocking the bed vigorously while standing on it. Lilith and Brian spy his antics from outside the window, and Madeline sees what he’s doing when she comes out of the bathroom and is so annoyed that she leaves the island without saying goodbye. Frasier returns home and attempts an apology over the airwaves. Madeline calls him at the station, causing him to have to hand his caller Vic (voice of Kevin Bacon) over to Roz, who tries to hit on him. Frasier talks Madeline into having dinner with him at his house, while Martin, Niles, and Daphne all go to the ballet, where Maris has a walk-on role. When Madeline arrives, she is receptive to reconciling, and tells Frasier that she has settled on a story as to what happened in Bora Bora. She says that Frasier told her that he couldn’t handle being around Lilith, but that she insisted that they stay anyway. Frasier panicked and then his behavior took an incredibly bad turn. They start to get on with the evening, and Madeline warns him that she was recently burned by a recently divorced boyfriend who ended up reconciling with his ex and broke it off with her. Frasier assures her that he and Lilith are completely over, that she lives across the continent, and that they rarely see each other. She is satisfied with that answer, but when he leaves the room to take Eddie back to his room, Lilith shows up at the door. Madeline is dumbfounded and annoyed and leaves before Frasier comes back into the room. Lilith tells him that she stopped on her layover back to Boston to share the news with him that she is getting married to Brian. Initially, Frasier feels he must tell her that he is getting married as well. Then he comes back down to Earth and tells her that he had always hoped he would move on sooner but is happy for her and gives her his blessing. The family returns while Lilith is still there, and they panic that she is marrying Frasier but show their relief when they find out that she is marrying someone else. Frasier and Lilith part on amiable terms as she heads back to Boston. Frasier wonders out loud if he should try to get Madeline back to Bora Bora. Later, as he is back in the same situation as before with Madeline tossing her clothes aside and beckoning him from the balcony, he gets a call from another familiar voice on the next-door patio. This time it is his old girlfriend Diane Chambers (Shelley Long) from Cheers in Boston. This time, however, it is a dream he is having while asleep on the Bora Bora patio. He tells his roommate – Niles – about the dream, but Niles needs him to kill a bug before they analyze the dream. 11/6/23
• 034. Burying a Grudge – 11/29/1994
  • Maris is having plastic surgery in the hospital, and Niles asks if Martin and Frasier will go with him to lend moral support. When they arrive at the hospital, Frasier notices that his father’s old partner on the force, Artie Walsh (Lincoln Kilpatrick) is having some serious intestinal surgery. Unfortunately, Martin and Artie had a falling out twenty years earlier and hadn’t spoken since. Martin was particularly hurt when Artie never visited him in the hospital when he was shot. Frasier tries to convince him to go see Artie, but he flat out refuses… until Frasier tell shim that Artie said that Martin was too stubborn to see him. Martin then stops by his room, but they quickly get back to their old stubborn ways of having to have the last word, and their reunion falls apart as quickly as it started. Martin finally tells his family the reason they had the falling out, and it had to do with Artie telling the other guys on the force that Martin cried when he watched the movie Brian’s Song. In turn, Martin had told Artie that his wife has a massive sized butt. Frasier gets a phone call that sounds as if it was him getting word that Artie had passed away and proves his point when his father seems concerned about the news. It turns out it was only his transmission in his car that had died. After Daphne also tries to use some reverse psychology on him, Martin finally admits that he does still have some fondness for Artie and is ashamed at himself for being so stubborn. Frasier takes him back to the hospital, where this time they are able to reconcile without fighting. Artie thinks that he doesn’t have much time left, but Martin tries to convince him that he’ll be fine and that they will once again go fishing together. As Martin says goodbye, Artie has to have the last ‘goodbye’ so Martin says it one more time and rushes out of the room. He then returns to the room to let Artie say the last goodbye. Meanwhile, Eddie brings home a Barbie doll that he won’t part with. Martin tries to get him a G.I. Joe doll instead, but he’ll only play with it in front of Martin, and then returns to the Barbie. Roz considers dating a 19-year-old intern named Eli. Betty Comden and Adolph Green are the voice of Linda and Walter, married callers who need directions and call into Frasier’s show. Paul Kent is Dr. Sternstein. Lynne Adams is the nurse. 11/7/23
• 035. Seat of Power – 12/13/1994
  • When Martin asks Frasier to get the toilet fixed as it is constantly running and keeping him up, Frasier says he will hire a plumber. Martin is disappointed that he can’t do it himself, so he says he will take care of it, making fun of both Frasier and Niles who are too busy with a spa day. Frasier then decides that he wants to try to fix it, but after his first attempt at flushing it, the water floods the bathroom. Frasier then calls in a plumber after all, and it turns out to be Niles’ childhood bully Danny Kriezel (John C. McGinley), who used to give him frequent swirlies in the toilet. Frasier says he can relate, as Danny’s older brother Billy used to pick on him as well and once shoved him in a locker while he was wearing a girl’s field hockey jersey. Nevertheless, Frasier convinces Niles that the best revenge is ‘living well,’ so Niles starts bragging to Billy, who doesn’t recognize him, about how rich he is. This doesn’t seem to work, as Danny also is quite wealthy and in fact has a nicer Mercedes than Niles. At one point, Niles nearly tries to shove Danny’s head in the toilet, but Frasier drags him out of the bathroom, as Danny sends for helpers to clean up the mess that Frasier has caused by trying to repair the toilet himself. Niles finally confronts Danny about the way he used to pick on him, causing Danny to apologize and break down and start talking about how his own father picked on him. As Niles is giving therapy to Danny on the couch, Frasier notices that Danny’s helper is Billy (Mike Starr). Frasier starts hinting about their former association, but Danny can only laugh at the kid he used to pick on. When Frasier reveals that it was him, Billy insists that they share equal blame for that since Frasier used to carry his gym shorts in an attaché case. Frasier finally gets his revenge by shoving Billy’s head into the toilet, only to be chased out of the apartment by him. Martin is proud of Frasier for standing up to his bully, although Frasier admits he got out of it without getting beat up again by writing Billy a hefty check. Martin winds up fixing the toilet. Daphne becomes obsessed with walking Eddie so that she can talk to a guy in the park who plays Frisbee with his dog. Macaulay Culkin is the voice of caller Elliot, who says he gets made fun of for having a young sounding voice. 3/13/24
• 036. Roz in the Doghouse – 1/3/1995
  • Roz trips over Bulldog while he is tying his shoes, and she winds up going to the emergency room with a twisted ankle. Frasier comes to see her at her home afterward, bringing her some of his fan mail to answer. Bulldog also stops by with deli sandwiches, but Roz asks Frasier to stay because she doesn’t trust that Bulldog won’t make a pass at her. Frasier has to go to the opera, so the two of them are left alone. Surprisingly, Bulldog is quite tender with her and not only offers to finish painting her toenails but offers her the job to be his radio producer. Roz later comes over to Frasier’s house so that Daphne can give her a foot massage. When she tells Frasier about the job offer, Frasier first thinks that Roz slept with Bulldog, and then comes to believe that he only made the job offer to get her into bed. Roz is insulted by the insinuation, and after Frasier tells her that she could be replaced by a cockatoo with a strong beak, she storms out of his apartment and tells him that she quits. Frasier uses the incompetent “Weird Bruce” (Garett Maggart) to produce the show, but he keeps accidentally disconnecting the callers, including a lady named Francesca (voice of Rosie Perez), who has a fear of abandonment. After Frasier goes through a series of producers, none of whom can do the job, he starts to miss Roz. He waits patiently for Bulldog to make a pass at Roz and tick her off, refusing to apologize as it would mean that he would have to admit that he was wrong. Finally, he decides to take his father’s advice and go and see Roz with some flowers to ask her to return to his show. Roz has Bulldog at her place so that they can concentrate on getting work done. Bulldog is thrilled when Roz tells him that she has booked hockey player Wayne Gretzky to be on his show. He lets her know how great she is doing, and Roz says she is grateful to him for giving her a chance. She is surprised how much chemistry they have between them. Bulldog then takes this as his cue to get undressed while Roz is out of the room, so that when she returns, she is stunned and horrified to find him mostly naked and laying in her bed. She throws him out, just as Frasier shows up at the door with his flowers and tells her that ‘he’s listening.’ Bulldog gets one of Frasier’s reject producers, an old man named Ed (Edward F. Gallick) who possibly dies on the job. Carly Simon is the voice of Marie, the caller who has is dating an older man who never married. 3/13/24
• 037. Retirement Is Murder – 1/10/1995
  • Martin has become obsessed with studying the 20-year-old “Weeping Lotus” murder case of a prostitute named Helen. He had promised her mother that he would solve the case, but never did. In order to help get his mind off of it for a while, Frasier and Niles take him to a Sonics vs. Knicks basketball game, but Martin can’t help but continue to think about it. Niles gets bored with the game and puts on his headphones to listen to West Side Story. That night when they get home, after Martin goes to bed, Frasier starts looking at the case files with Daphne. He has never been able to figure out a crime scene photo in which Helen had written the world HELP in the sand, as anyone who could see that could have surely seen her as well. Frasier speculates that the killer was perpetrated by one of her boyfriends, Clive Brisbane, an animal trainer who had a monkey named Coco. Although Brisban had an air-tight alibi, he theorizes that he might have trained the monkey to pull the trigger. He becomes so convinced that this is the answer that he lays out the photos of Coco, the murder gun, and the victim photo next to each other, hoping that it will inspire his father to come to the same conclusion. Sure enough, when Martin takes a look at the photo, he says that the killer has now become clear to him but wants some time to mull it over. The next morning, Martin heads down to the police station to tell the police his findings. Frasier becomes concerned because the more he thinks about it, the more he finds the idea of the monkey performing the murder to be ridiculous. Martin returns from the station and reports that he could tell that the officers all thought his idea was ridiculous too. Frasier confesses that he had thought of it and then arranged the photos in order to put the idea in his head. Martin’s cop buddy Frank (Ron Dean) stops by the apartment along with a bunch of the other cops including Al (Hale Porter aka Heath Porter) and Leo (Bill Gratton). They all congratulate Martin on his theory because they’ve proven it to be 100% correct. When Frasier and Daphne leave the room to get a towel to clean up a beer spill, the officers tell Martin that his idea that the investigating officer Shelby being the murder was proven to be correct, as they had pulled him in for questioning and he admitted it. Martin gives Frasier the credit, but when Frasier starts to explain how he arrived at the conclusion that the killer was the monkey, they all begin to laugh and poke fun at him. Frasier tries to join in by throwing in a Clarence Darrow joke, but it falls flat. 3/16/23
• 038. Fool Me Once, Shame on You. Fool Me Twice… – 2/7/1995
  • Frasier and Niles meet at the Cafe Nervosa, where Niles becomes annoyed at how unnecessarily rude some women are to him. Roz also shows up and she and Niles engage in their regular insulting banter, giving them a new respect for each other. Frasier realizes that someone has stolen his briefcase. After Frasier incorrectly accuses a priest (Bernard Kuby) with a similar briefcase, Frasier returns home to report the crime. Frasier’s father has mercy on him and tells him that such things can happen to anyone but surmises the conversation by saying that ‘people stink.’ Frasier disagrees and thinks that people are basically good. The next day, a caller phones in and says that he’s found the briefcase and wants to return it to him, so Frasier agrees to meet him at the Cafe, pontificating again to Roz that people are basically good. When Frasier shows up, he realizes that the thief has gotten the better of him again when he uses the car keys that were in the briefcase to steal Frasier’s car. Meanwhile, when a woman (Karen Person) jumps in front of him in line, Niles starts to read her the riot act but ends up buying her a muffin. When Frasier gets home, this time his father pokes fun at him for being duped once again. The next day, a woman named Denise calls Frasier and thanks him for a passionate night. Frasier realizes that the thief has not only stolen his things but has now stolen his identity. Denise tells Frasier that she has to cancel their next date at ‘Alberto’s, so Frasier decides to go there and confront the thief himself. Before the thief comes in, Frasier meets a woman named Heather (Joan McMurtrey) and the two hit it off. However, Heather then remembers that she heard Frasier on the radio telling his listeners that someone stole his identity, so thinking he may be an imposter, she flees the bar. The thief, Phil (Nathan Lane), then shows up for his date, and Frasier confronts him. Phil admits to his thievery and that he is just too lazy to get a real job. He is willing to take his punishment and loans Frasier his new car phone to call the cops. Frasier tries to convince him that he’s not lazy, but simply afraid to take a chance. He allows Phil to turn himself in over the phone, but before he can admit his guilt, Heather returns with a cop (James Willett) and acusses Frasier of being the one who stole Frasier Crane’s briefcase. Phil concurs that Frasier is the real thief, as the cops drag Frasier out of the bar. Later, Niles gets a thankful greeting from the woman in the bar, but after she leaves, Niles realizes she has stolen his watch. Paul Cusimono is the waiter. 3/17/24

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