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Favorite Frasier episode?

Posted on 8/20/18 at 9:37 am
Posted by Damone
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Posted on 8/20/18 at 9:37 am
It's usually hard for me to pick one episode of such a funny show, but The Ski Lodge is far and away my favorite.

LINK

The script, coupled with the physical layout of the lodge, just perfect. Overflowing with double entendres.

quote:

Daphne: Everyone, did you meet Guy, our ski instructor?
Frasier: [shakes hands] Hello, Guy.
Guy: I will also be your chef tonight, Entrecote a la Guy.
Niles: A ski champion and a gourmet — vous étés tres formidable.
Guy: Parlez-vous francais?
Niles: Oui, j'ai habité six mois Paris quand j'étais un étudiant.
Guy: You speak very well.
Annie: Oui!
Frasier: Oh, you speak French as well?
Annie: No, all I know how to say is "oui."
Frasier: [naughtily] Well, that should be enough to get you through the weekend.
This post was edited on 8/20/18 at 9:44 am
Posted by WG_Dawg
Member since Jun 2004
87314 posts
Posted on 8/20/18 at 9:39 am to
I'm doing a full series run-through. Currently almost done with S7. I grew up watching Frasier as a kid, mainly at night while falling asleep, but I never sat down and watched every episode before.

It's quite time consuming but I'm really enjoying it.
Posted by Ace Midnight
Between sanity and madness
Member since Dec 2006
90928 posts
Posted on 8/20/18 at 9:52 am to
A Mid-Winter Night's Dream - S1E17, where Frasier has to come to the "rescue" (read "cockblock") when Niles and Daphne are trapped together on a Dark and Stormy Night(tm).

Not that there weren't about 40 Frasier episodes that were masterpieces, but that one sticks out - David Hyde Pierce was brilliant as Niles and that was one of his best efforts.

This post was edited on 8/20/18 at 9:53 am
Posted by Fewer Kilometers
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Member since Dec 2007
36536 posts
Posted on 8/20/18 at 10:34 am to
The scene in the first season when Marty takes Frasier and Niles to his favorite steakhouse and Niles orders his drink...

Niles: "I'll have a Stoli Gibson, on the rocks, with Three, Pearl, Onions."

Frasier (rolling his eyes with his voice): "If you bring him two, if you bring him four, he'll send it back."

Waitress: "And for you?"

Frasier: "The same."
Posted by sadertiger15
Baton Rouge La
Member since Feb 2010
41 posts
Posted on 8/20/18 at 11:06 am to
The best episode is when Frasier and Niles buy the restaurant and try to make it super fancy.
All the staff quit on them and miles has to cook.
He is trying to kill the eels.
Daphne does it.
Then they blow the restaurant up with the cherries jubilee.
Posted by warlock1974
Prairieville
Member since Jan 2015
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Posted on 8/20/18 at 11:33 am to
As already mentioned...

Best Episode - The Ski Lodge
Best Scene - Niles ironing and setting Frasier's apartment on fire.
Posted by Bham4Tide
In a Van down by the River
Member since Feb 2011
22379 posts
Posted on 8/20/18 at 11:33 am to
The one where Niles fawns over Daphne, Frazier gets made fun of at work, and his father sits in a shitty chair and says something mildly funny about his children’s lack of masculinity.
This post was edited on 8/20/18 at 11:35 am
Posted by Muthsera
Member since Jun 2017
7319 posts
Posted on 8/20/18 at 11:54 am to
"Perspectives on Christmas" in Season 5 (the multi-POV one) is, IMO, the best Christmas episode in TV history.

Really loved "Halloween" with Niles' costume party, "Voyage of the Damned" on the cruise, and about 150 other episodes, but the 2 other absolute must watch episodes after the above Christmas one are "A Midwinter Night's Dream" which was mentioned above, and "Mixed Doubles" when Daphne starts dating a guy who looks and acts just like Niles.

Damn, would be a crime to not mention "Dark Victory" with the power outage, "Daphne Hates Sherry" with the heat wave, or the one where Daphne comes back from fat camp.
This post was edited on 8/20/18 at 11:57 am
Posted by ThanosIsADemocrat
The Garden
Member since May 2018
9395 posts
Posted on 8/20/18 at 1:41 pm to
That one where he's hanging with his friends in a Boston bar.
Posted by S
RIP Wayde
Member since Jan 2007
158381 posts
Posted on 8/20/18 at 3:51 pm to
The one where Daphne tries to make the dinner for Niles’ art unveiling and ends up having to get Frasier to secretly help while Roz’s daughter ruins the art piece.

Posted by The Godfather
Surrounded by Assholes
Member since Mar 2005
41527 posts
Posted on 8/20/18 at 4:15 pm to
Ham Radio

Frasier tries to direct an old-time radio drama for KACL, but his over-directing turns the show into a complete disaster - just as Niles predicted.
Posted by FearlessFreep
Baja Alabama
Member since Nov 2009
17752 posts
Posted on 8/20/18 at 6:50 pm to
I have a special reason for loving the episode "Look Before You Leap": LINK


As others have said ITT, just a great series from start to finish.
Posted by Michael T. Tiger
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Member since Jul 2004
8350 posts
Posted on 8/20/18 at 8:48 pm to
Watching the costume party episode now...I know where it’s heading having seen it already, but each episode is compelling enough for multiple rewatches.
Posted by BigOrangeBri
Nashville- 4th & 19
Member since Jul 2012
12607 posts
Posted on 8/21/18 at 1:17 am to
Man,there are so many classics, and many have been named ITT. One that hasn't been mentioned that came to mind is the episode where Frasier tries to play matchmaker between his new program director and Daphne. Unfortunately for Frasier, the program director is gay and he thinks Frasier is as well.

Not sure of the season or episode title.

Found it. "The Matchmaker" S2/E3
This post was edited on 8/21/18 at 1:25 am
Posted by tigerpimpbot
Chairman of the Pool Board
Member since Nov 2011
67429 posts
Posted on 8/21/18 at 1:23 am to
I'm going to rewatch it. I liked it when I was younger but I'm looking forward to the rewatch.
Posted by Eric Nies Grind Time
Atlanta GA - ITP
Member since Sep 2012
25112 posts
Posted on 8/21/18 at 9:03 am to
Martin's speech about his chair is one of the best moments for me

quote:

Martin: Okay, I'll tell you what chair I want. I want the chair I was sitting in when I watched Neil Armstrong take his first step on the moon. And when the US hockey team beat the Russians in the '80 Olympics. I want the chair I was sitting in the night you called me to tell me I had a grandson. I want the chair I was in all those nights, when your mother used to wake me up with a kiss after I'd fallen asleep in front of the television. You know, I still fall asleep in it. And every once in a while, when I wake up, I still expect your mother to be there, ready to lead me off to bed... Oh, never mind. It's only a chair. Come on, Eddie.
Posted by lsuwontonwrap
Member since Aug 2012
34147 posts
Posted on 8/22/18 at 12:47 am to
Not one episode in particular, but the first few seasons are some of the best tv ever written.
Posted by VoxDawg
Glory, Glory
Member since Sep 2012
64105 posts
Posted on 8/22/18 at 12:31 pm to
There are a couple:

Seat of Power (S2 E11):

quote:

Niles becomes agitated when the plumber called over to fix Frasier's toilet turns out to be Danny Kriezel, his nemesis from junior high. Frasier encourages Niles to speak to Danny as one adult to another, but finds his own resolve tested when confronted with Danny's older brother Billy.
quote:

Frasier: You know the expression, "Living well is the best revenge"?

Niles: It's a wonderful expression. I just don't know how true it is. You don't see it turning up in a lot of opera plots. "Ludwig, maddened by the poisoning of his entire family, wreaks vengeance on Gunther in the third act by living well."

Frasier: All right, Niles.

Niles: "Whereupon Woton, upon discovering his deception, wreaks vengeance on Gunther in the third act again by living even better than the Duke."

Frasier: Oh, all right!


The Matchmaker (S2 E3): Daphne is depressed with her love life. Frasier has the idea of setting her up with Tom Duran, the new station manager, and invites Tom to his apartment for dinner. What he doesn't know is that Tom is gay, and thinks Frasier is interested in him.

quote:

Frasier: What on Earth could have made him think that I was interested in him. All I did was ask him if he was attached and then we talked about the theater and mens' fashions, Oh my God.


And the one where Niles gets an Italian Greyhound and everyone dies because she looks just like Maris.
Posted by lsufan9193969700
3 miles from B.R.
Member since Sep 2003
55347 posts
Posted on 8/26/18 at 7:06 am to
It is hard to pick just one, but the Halloween episode where we learn Roz is pregnant and Miles drunkenly stands up for Daphne's honor is a masterpiece!
Posted by Fewer Kilometers
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2007
36536 posts
Posted on 8/26/18 at 2:35 pm to
The throwaway jokes really made this show...

Frasier: You know what, I'm just going to call Kenny and tell him to give her her own show. They're looking for a replacement for "Let's Go Camping With Dan & Jenny."

Martin: What happened to them?

Frasier: They don't know.
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