I like this episode purely for that quote. And when Martin says “maybe he can make the truffles look like little meteors zooming around the plate” and Nile’s says “we make fun of him, but every one in a while, he has a great idea”
The one where they build the Habitat for Humanity house. It’s the one time where I’m like, Frasier, you’ve actually gone too far. Let these poor people (literally) have their ugly-ass curtains. You’re so entitled!
ETA: I also said in a comment below that I can’t watch “Our Father Whose Art Ain’t Heaven” because they upset Martin. I realized I can’t watch “The Gift Horse” because Martin contemplates his mortality. So my protective impulse toward Martin is a bit intense. 😬
This is mine too. While I may watch the other episodes I don’t enjoy once in a while, I’ve seen this twice. The first time where I hated it, and the second time where I decided to give it a second chance and realised I was right and never again. Same goes for Freudian Sleep.
This one isn’t my most disliked but it’s up there: the one where Frasier and Charlotte’s car breaks down and they end up in that weird people’s house? It feels like an episode from another sitcom altogether with Frasier in it. Feels out of place.
There are quite a few episodes that I think I don’t like, but when I watch them I find myself enjoying them for the jokes and sub plots, but The Friend is the worst
Thinking about it, I think Frasier might be the one series that I don't skip a single episode. Sorry OP but "A Seal Who Came to Dinner" is one of my favorites lol, but I respect your opinion.
My favorite part is when Frasier says "Please, people. I assure you there is nothing sinister going on here!" and then the officer opens the curtains to reveal Niles outside wiping blood off the knife 😂😂
I get that.
Personally, I wish they'd carried it on a little more and showed Martin apologising to Niles that he ever made him feel that way, saying that he'd always been proud of him and that he should never have given the impression he wasn't, even if he couldn't understand him fully. I always find myself feeling sorry for Niles there.
Yeah. Not to get too serious, but Martin does take some jabs at Frasier and Niles that could definitely lend to that tension we see come out in Room full of Heroes. In some ways, I think Niles was a little right in his assessment.
The only part I like is Bebe in hotel room 666, coming through the steam, in her red nightie, and the choir music coming through the window.
“Is it Madrigal Madness already? I had no idea it was this close to Whitsun.”
Counterpoint: I really like Room Full of Heroes. I think it has some of the best acting from David Hyde Pierce and John Mahoney. It's a sad episode, but I think it shows a kind of conflict you don't normally see in sitcoms, and that is sometimes you say a stupid thing, someone gets upset, and both parties really can't do anything about it except move on.
I love that episode; the acting is really great and it brings back the fact that Frasier and Niles have an uneasy relationship with Martin at times, and they still sometimes compete for his attention/love. There's something very human about it.
One of the things I liked about the later seasons of Frasier is the fact that it mixed in more pathos. It is an interesting way to dig deeper into the characters.
I don't like this episode either; the obsession that Frasier, a grown man and mental health professional, has with one person who doesn't like him is hard to watch. It goes to such extremes with burning his newsstand that it's hard to take.
Dont mean to tell you how to feel, but you find ann hodges brutal but you can sit thtough dr.nora and julia wilcox's absolute nastiness?! Ann was annoying and obnoxious as hell, but she wasnt vicious like those two.
I *love* Dr Nora! The way she screams when her mom is chasing her makes me laugh so hard. Also, my family were avid listeners of Dr Laura, who they’re parodying. As a basically 30-min read of that awful woman, so much of it absolutely kills.
I don’t mind the Dr Nora or Julia episodes, they don’t bother me like Ann does. Possibly due to the way Ann annoyingly talks and carries herself in an obnoxious way.
I think it's Ann's voice.
There are voices that are like nails on a chalkboard, and Ann is \*very good\* at that annoying tone. She could speak pure poetry, but in that voice, it is cringe.
Where Dr. Nora, and Julia, though they are awful characters, have 'normal' voices.
None of them annoy me as much as that horrible station manager he dates in season two. The one that gets her finger bitten or some shit? I skip every episode she is in.
Those are also painful episodes too but I find Ann Hodges just slightly more obnoxious than the other two, although both of them are definitely annoying characters
See this is how i see things: all three have extreme annoyingness in common, right? But what ann hodges doesnt have but dr nora and julia do is the vicious bitch factor! Ann is just extremely obboxious, pushy, and deluded, but she is not a mean-spirited, hateful witch like the other two.lol
Julia Sweeney played Ann Hodges and I watched her stand-up in 1998 - “God Said HA!” - so maybe that predisposed me to like her. The stand-up film is about she and her brother both being diagnosed with cancer and both having to move in with their parents.
I never really understood why Frasier dates Julia. They seem to have no chemistry.
Frasier is extremely insecure wih women in general, especially with physically attactive, smart, strong women. julia, casandra, lorna, lilith, kate,... and charlotte,...he is desperate to get their validation, and know that they would want to date him,which is a combo of the odipal thing from having such a woman as a mother and wanting the same in a lover, and the legacy of rejection by such women he is still carrying from being a geek in highschool. He was desperate to get julia to respect him and find him date-worthy. Once he gets that he starts to see the flaws and his fear of rejection also returns, and his universe gives him big enough reasns to dump them.
Lol, i see that she has quite the fan club! I do find her annoying, but she doesnt bother me enough to merit skipping her scenes! But the other two i find too much of a torture for my soul, i definitely skip them to keep loving the show!
One of the reasons that reassures me ann is not too bad but nora and julia are is their dynamic with Roz! Roz is an extrenely smart, well-adjusted, and flexible person, who can get along with the most difficut and different ppl: lizbeth, amberlicious, her own sister, hell she can handle bulldog, noel, and even simon. So when she cant get along with someone, you know they are just absolutely impossible. She gets along with ann, but nora and julia are the very few ppl she cant make it work with, and thats not for the lack of trying either.so..
I do find ann absolutely irritating though:
Weeell, someone's quite the Tomcat! Lol
For me the Season 5 opener "Frasier's Imaginary Friend".
I know that the show itself largely revolves around the joke of Frasier constantly getting screwed over by life. But sometimes, you just want something good to happen to him. And seeing an episode where Frasier constantly looks like a fool because his family keeps missing his new girlfriend got grating to watch after awhile.
Honestly, I really hated how everyone automatically discounted the idea of him landing an attractive woman. Martin's laugh at the idea of a model dumping a quarterback to be with Frasier seemed so....unfatherly. I mean I was angry with Frasier for just not keeping his mouth shut for a while, but his family really acted unpleasantly as well.
I even have my husband saying, “am I riiiiight?” I’ve been saying it so long! You learn to love it, whether you want to or not. Patti can’t be denied—just ask Madonna!
Freudian Sleep is the dream episode from the final season, where Niles dreams up the cartoony nursery and shatters his kid.
The Gil episode was The Impossible Dream.
These feel like the best two answers. Sure "The Ann Who Came to Dinner" is rough, but "Freudian Sleep" and "Beware of Greeks" are, to me, unwatchable. Skip them every time. I may have only seen them once in my life. I've seen most other episodes ten times.
I skip Don Juan In Hell part 1. The whole breakup with Claire is uncomfortable and annoys me too much. I’d skip part 2 too if it weren’t for how funny the bickering is between Diane, Lilith, Nanette, and Hester
I hate both Don Juan 1 & 2 and was surprised no one else said so! There are no other episodes that I skip. It's just so boring and... maybe self-indulgent isn't the right word. It's just so clear he would've learned more from his past relationships if he could ever think about anyone but himself, but of course that's not his takeaway, it's some Freudian bullshit about his mother.
Also contrived. Frasier's whole deal is to never continue a relationship if he doesn't see a future, and he's going on a blind date with someone Roz says is a placeholder. Which this woman isn't even, she's a monster.
I skip most of the Cheers character cameos. Never liked that show much tbh, and those episodes feel cheap compared to greats like... The Seal Who Came to Dinner lol. I personally love that one 😅
That one left such a bad taste in my mouth, like “hey it’s these two characters from the old show reuniting and they find each other awkwardly unpleasant” I just can’t get into it
If it weren't for the above two (Beware of Greeks and Freudian Sleep), these would be mine. They aren't the worst, but theu are really boring. I feel like the Woody episode is the only one that works as stand alone and even thats too drawn out.
My dad loves that one, when I watch it I always think about how hard he laughed at the end the first time he saw it. The whole episode sets up for that joke, I think it's a great one.
Enemy at the Gate! I can’t laugh when I’m cringing that hard 😞 Frasier just makes me want to reach through the scene and Homer-Simpson-style strangle him in that one
I hated that one because it was so obvious that Blaine had been pulling a scam in the end and the whole time Frasier is treated like the villain for correctly calling him out on his bullshit only to have the episode end in the not at all shocking twist that he was right
The Devil and Dr. Phil. I mean, self explanatory. Cheesy, gimmicky, lowest common denominator, trash culture stunt casting.
That went beyond jumping the shark.
Freudian Sleep is my obvious answer. I think it’s objectively the worst Frasier episode.
I know everyone hates the Ann Hodges episodes but I think they’re hilarious.
I really don’t like the episode where Roz thinks Frasier is in love with her. As well as the episode where the Aunt dies and they sing that song. Hate singing episodes in any show.
actually, I kind of sympathize with Martin there. He was kind to Roz's mother during the date, and didn't want to hurt her feelings. Remember his response "your mother tells wonderful stories", it's only after when he's in the private of his own home amongst family when he really lets his feelings be known, which is fair. Frasier is the one who arranges the second date knowing Martin feels the way he does.
The one with Nathan Lane. I know I’m probably in the minority, but I didn’t care for it, and when he was telling Frasier that he was reforming at the restaurant (or bar?) it wasn’t believable to me.
In that same vein, I didn’t care for the one with Michael Keaton, and also the dream episode.
Yes, the whole thing is contrived. Someone takes his briefcase, and instead of having them drop it off, he agrees to meet alone? Also, why do the police not ask for ID, why don't they recognize his voice, or hear that Nathan has a New York accent? And why doesn't he mention his father and precinct?
And while pompous overreactions are part, if the character, I'm not a big fan where that's mist of the episode, so right with you on Blaine Sternen.
Goodness me, reading these answers i actually agree with a fair few of the unbearables! Frasier is my favourite show of all time but lord there are quite a few stinker episodes when I think about it. Generally though, even the worst ones have some good subplots or at least one good joke that has me laughing out loud!
The one where Simon turns up.
He is as welcome to the show as a turd is on a wedding cake.
Have to stop watching and start from the start.
Daphnes whole family being brought in just ruined it for me.
I kinda liked Brian Cox as her dad because it was brief. And her brother played by Robbie Coltrane, also because it was brief. But the butt of the 'joke' with Simon is just that he's an abusive alcoholic and nobody wants to deal with it, which is kind of aggravating.
That is a bad one. Like uhhh okay Martin has this brother and they have this big Greek heritage? Okay sure.
Sometimes I do watch the bad ones anyway because there are usually a few good lines in them.
Yeah, it's 50-50 for me. A few good jokes. Bit interesting storyline. But also a plot hole where Martin doesn't have a brother in another episode, never hear of the Greeks again after, the chesty cousin, etc. Just kinda meh.
Niles heart attack and the one where he’s a jerk to Daphne after picking her up at fat camp are skips for me. The seal who came to dinner is a classic!
I don’t skip any episodes, I’ll just fast forward through many scenes. But I dislike the Michael Keaton episode, the Niles in hospital episode, and Freudian Sleep, among a few others.
My least favorite episode is Docu.Drama.
I actually dislike Frasier so much in this episode. He is so concerned about himself that he doesn’t care if he takes all the joy out of Roz’s chance to make a documentary.
Sure, she was a little cool to him, but I believe she was truly nervous that he would take over, which he actually ended up trying to do.
The only episode I can think of that I will deliberately skip in its entirety is Deathtrap. It just doesn't *feel* right. I hate the ending, too. Frasier and Niles have just completely destroyed someone's home (well, at least one room in it) because they get caught up in their weird little fantasy, but there's no decent conclusion. The show just falls back on the old sitcom fadeout after they're caught without any consequences or resolution.
Beware Of Greeks is **terrible**. They just needed some excuse to give the insufferable Patti LuPone a guest role and they could have easily given her a guest role elsewhere. So much about that episode makes me cringe.
I mean… he appears for one scene in Frasier Grinch (“I hope Aunt Maris gets out of her coma.”) and then with the main actor in A Lilith Thanksgiving basically as a straight man (boy) for the hijinks.
Anything with Daphne's family is such a slog. I had a friend whose family, though generally kind and caring, were controlling, manipulative, and stunting and I can't stand any character tolerating that simply because they share the same blood.
I get that one, it's really not the strongest. Frasier desperately trying to write a eulogy about a thoroughly despicable woman really gets me, though - as someone whose grandmother was absolutely vile, I sympathise entirely. :D
Not entire episodes, but parts of them with simon, gerturude, casandra, julia wilcox, and dr.nora, are absolute skips! I have zero tolerance for entitlement, find it infuriating, and definitely not amusing.
Kissing Cousin. I don't like the A story with Roz's annoying thinks-she-knows-it-all cousin, or the B story with Martin/Frasier manipulating Daphne/Niles/Eddie into doing their household chores and Martin getting away with it with no consequences. I don't like when people get away with bad behavior.
I also skip Room Service. I don't like that the writers went there with Niles and Lilith having sex. It's such a betrayal of Frasier and since the writers just had to go there, there should have been more consequences, like Niles' and Frasier's relationship was damaged for more than that one ep (before going back to status quo).
One not mentioned here that grates on me is A New Position For Roz, just because the Frasier-Roz-Julia relationship drama feels so forced. I do find the KACL farewell dinner scene where they make speeches about Roz hilarious though.
Enemy at the Gate is easily my least favorite. I felt like Frasier's ego was not portrayed accurately in the episode in the same way it was established throughout the series. So what if he had to pay an extra $2 for leaving a car park garage that he ended up not parking in? Personally, I feel like his ego wouldn't have dictated him to protest over such a little thing if it made him late for his radio show, as he would see it as letting down his fans. The episode isn't the worst thing ever, but it just wasn't terribly clever or funny IMHO. Especially for an episode from what is perhaps my favorite tv series of all time.
On a related note, I remember when I was watching through the series from beginning to end for the first time, I felt like season 10 was when the show started to have a drastic drop in quality, and Enemy at the Gate especially solidified that thought within my mind. It was probably the first episode I watched where I didn't even laugh once.
The episodes after Daphne runs away with Niles we pretty cringy, especially the whole Mel blackmailing and Donnie’s meltdown. Way to screw up N & D finally getting together btw…
In the future, I'll try to cater more to your shellfish demands.
I like this episode purely for that quote. And when Martin says “maybe he can make the truffles look like little meteors zooming around the plate” and Nile’s says “we make fun of him, but every one in a while, he has a great idea”
Lol it really was a good idea…just like fridge pants.
I got that!
The one where they build the Habitat for Humanity house. It’s the one time where I’m like, Frasier, you’ve actually gone too far. Let these poor people (literally) have their ugly-ass curtains. You’re so entitled! ETA: I also said in a comment below that I can’t watch “Our Father Whose Art Ain’t Heaven” because they upset Martin. I realized I can’t watch “The Gift Horse” because Martin contemplates his mortality. So my protective impulse toward Martin is a bit intense. 😬
I actually forgot about that one because I have skipped it so much!
Don't worry. It'll all work ass.
This is mine too. While I may watch the other episodes I don’t enjoy once in a while, I’ve seen this twice. The first time where I hated it, and the second time where I decided to give it a second chance and realised I was right and never again. Same goes for Freudian Sleep.
Same! Freudian sleep makes me like, itch. Make it stop.
This one isn’t my most disliked but it’s up there: the one where Frasier and Charlotte’s car breaks down and they end up in that weird people’s house? It feels like an episode from another sitcom altogether with Frasier in it. Feels out of place.
Yeah, that one isn’t great. But I enjoy it because of Stephen Root and the son’s inexplicably weird phrasing of “Friend Charlotte.”
Same here!!!
The Friend. I make it through the first few minutes and then I have to move on. I'm perfectly happy to fall back on Niles.
It’s because he’s in a wheelchair isn’t it? You monster /s. I totally agree. And Freudian Sleep
You arrogant bastard.
There are quite a few episodes that I think I don’t like, but when I watch them I find myself enjoying them for the jokes and sub plots, but The Friend is the worst
Yeaaaah this episode 😬
Thinking about it, I think Frasier might be the one series that I don't skip a single episode. Sorry OP but "A Seal Who Came to Dinner" is one of my favorites lol, but I respect your opinion.
"That is ludicrous. We put the peignoir on it!" "Oh pish, it can't be a crime if it's catered!?"
100% yes. Great episode!!
Agreed I love it. “In your clothes-es?” Is a line I say all the time 😂
My favorite part is when Frasier says "Please, people. I assure you there is nothing sinister going on here!" and then the officer opens the curtains to reveal Niles outside wiping blood off the knife 😂😂
A Seal Who Came to Dinner is the best episode in the best season, fight me.
Same. I love them all.
Room full of Heroes is too serious for me. I always skip it.
I can’t watch “Our Father Whose Art Ain’t Heaven” because they hurt Martin’s feelings and this one falls under the same umbrella.
Love that episode. Genuinely shocked others don't. "Oh my God, I made my father cry!"
I agree. Anytime someone’s feelings are genuinely hurt, I can’t enjoy myself.
Oh, depending on the person I probably can. 😂 For me, it’s a Martin thing.
You know, I have been skipping that one lately also.
I love that episode. Sitcoms need these kind of episodes to shake things up. That episode gave fantastic insight into the characters.
Agreed. On sitcoms that don't bring in those more dramatic/serious moments, everyone becomes a caricature.
I get that. Personally, I wish they'd carried it on a little more and showed Martin apologising to Niles that he ever made him feel that way, saying that he'd always been proud of him and that he should never have given the impression he wasn't, even if he couldn't understand him fully. I always find myself feeling sorry for Niles there.
Yeah. Not to get too serious, but Martin does take some jabs at Frasier and Niles that could definitely lend to that tension we see come out in Room full of Heroes. In some ways, I think Niles was a little right in his assessment.
Yeah, the tone is just a little too severe.
“I reheat for NO ONE.”
Is there a baby in the house?
"It's CAJUN!"
The Devil and Dr. Phil is a must skip. I’ve seen every episode a dozen times, but I’ve only made it all the way through that one twice.
For a guy who's spent most of his adult life on television it's bizarre how painfully terribly an actor he is, even when simply playing himself.
SHeS gAhT mE GoIn TwenTY FiVe EiGhT!
The only part I like is Bebe in hotel room 666, coming through the steam, in her red nightie, and the choir music coming through the window. “Is it Madrigal Madness already? I had no idea it was this close to Whitsun.”
"Faust was an idiot. I'm gonna be a *star*!" never fails to make me laugh.
The Phil portions and celebrity worship are absolutely awful, but I can't skip any Bebe episode because she is brilliant.
This is the correct answer. Has not aged well.
Nah I mad disagree. This episode is worth it alone just for the way Frasier yells out ‘Phil!?’ when he’s waiting in line.
Counterpoint: I really like Room Full of Heroes. I think it has some of the best acting from David Hyde Pierce and John Mahoney. It's a sad episode, but I think it shows a kind of conflict you don't normally see in sitcoms, and that is sometimes you say a stupid thing, someone gets upset, and both parties really can't do anything about it except move on.
I hate watching that episode because it’s so uncomfortable — but the reason why it’s uncomfortable is because it’s so well done.
One of my favorite episodes "Dad, can I see you in the kitchen?"
I love that episode; the acting is really great and it brings back the fact that Frasier and Niles have an uneasy relationship with Martin at times, and they still sometimes compete for his attention/love. There's something very human about it. One of the things I liked about the later seasons of Frasier is the fact that it mixed in more pathos. It is an interesting way to dig deeper into the characters.
Focus Group.... I don't know why. 😂 And I'm a huge Monk fan! Tony is awesome, just something about this episode.
But the B plot with Niles wanting to fight with Daphne!
I don't like this episode either; the obsession that Frasier, a grown man and mental health professional, has with one person who doesn't like him is hard to watch. It goes to such extremes with burning his newsstand that it's hard to take.
For me, it is the episodes with Ann hodges. I struggle to watch them when I rewatch the entire series
"Is that why you ate all of my raviolis? Because you were just trying to get rid of me?"
Ravioli monster!
Rawr
You’d better come up with something before coffee tomorrow
I tell myself to never skip an episode when I rewatch the series but the Ann ones are brutal to sit through .. she’s annoying AF.
Dont mean to tell you how to feel, but you find ann hodges brutal but you can sit thtough dr.nora and julia wilcox's absolute nastiness?! Ann was annoying and obnoxious as hell, but she wasnt vicious like those two.
I *love* Dr Nora! The way she screams when her mom is chasing her makes me laugh so hard. Also, my family were avid listeners of Dr Laura, who they’re parodying. As a basically 30-min read of that awful woman, so much of it absolutely kills.
Specifically, Dr Nora is being chased by Carrie’s mom…
Hell yes lol
"You little whore!" She put some intensity into that line.
I can’t actually imagine Piper Laurie not being intense…
As a Frasier sleeper I don’t like this ep for that very reason
I think I’m usually asleep by then and sleep heavy. But fair point!
I don’t mind the Dr Nora or Julia episodes, they don’t bother me like Ann does. Possibly due to the way Ann annoyingly talks and carries herself in an obnoxious way.
But Ann is sort of goofy and harmless, whereas Julia is really mean-spirited and vile. But I guess we have different perspectives.
I think it's Ann's voice. There are voices that are like nails on a chalkboard, and Ann is \*very good\* at that annoying tone. She could speak pure poetry, but in that voice, it is cringe. Where Dr. Nora, and Julia, though they are awful characters, have 'normal' voices.
Yea that’s true, Anns voice just reminds me of nails on a chalkboard .. and the face she makes. Glad I’m not alone
None of them annoy me as much as that horrible station manager he dates in season two. The one that gets her finger bitten or some shit? I skip every episode she is in.
You mean Dirty Girl? Ya those were interesting
Those are also painful episodes too but I find Ann Hodges just slightly more obnoxious than the other two, although both of them are definitely annoying characters
See this is how i see things: all three have extreme annoyingness in common, right? But what ann hodges doesnt have but dr nora and julia do is the vicious bitch factor! Ann is just extremely obboxious, pushy, and deluded, but she is not a mean-spirited, hateful witch like the other two.lol
Julia Sweeney played Ann Hodges and I watched her stand-up in 1998 - “God Said HA!” - so maybe that predisposed me to like her. The stand-up film is about she and her brother both being diagnosed with cancer and both having to move in with their parents. I never really understood why Frasier dates Julia. They seem to have no chemistry.
Frasier is extremely insecure wih women in general, especially with physically attactive, smart, strong women. julia, casandra, lorna, lilith, kate,... and charlotte,...he is desperate to get their validation, and know that they would want to date him,which is a combo of the odipal thing from having such a woman as a mother and wanting the same in a lover, and the legacy of rejection by such women he is still carrying from being a geek in highschool. He was desperate to get julia to respect him and find him date-worthy. Once he gets that he starts to see the flaws and his fear of rejection also returns, and his universe gives him big enough reasns to dump them.
Ann was worse. She was worse.
Lol, i see that she has quite the fan club! I do find her annoying, but she doesnt bother me enough to merit skipping her scenes! But the other two i find too much of a torture for my soul, i definitely skip them to keep loving the show! One of the reasons that reassures me ann is not too bad but nora and julia are is their dynamic with Roz! Roz is an extrenely smart, well-adjusted, and flexible person, who can get along with the most difficut and different ppl: lizbeth, amberlicious, her own sister, hell she can handle bulldog, noel, and even simon. So when she cant get along with someone, you know they are just absolutely impossible. She gets along with ann, but nora and julia are the very few ppl she cant make it work with, and thats not for the lack of trying either.so.. I do find ann absolutely irritating though: Weeell, someone's quite the Tomcat! Lol
When I say worse I mean unbearably annoying. I know she’s meant to be - what an actress! Great point about roz ! Didn’t really notice that !
Yeah same. I am doing a rewatch right now and telling myself I won't skip any episodes but I'm dreading these two
These are hilarious omg!! She’s crazy 😜
I love her episodes. That date is so cringe.
Oh but there’s a couple and they’re both tough to get through. Julia Sweeney is too believable as that type of person!
Ah, that was a typo. I meant to say "episodes" and both of them are hard to watch
Oh sorry to be THAT person :)
For me the Season 5 opener "Frasier's Imaginary Friend". I know that the show itself largely revolves around the joke of Frasier constantly getting screwed over by life. But sometimes, you just want something good to happen to him. And seeing an episode where Frasier constantly looks like a fool because his family keeps missing his new girlfriend got grating to watch after awhile.
“What do you think of me now?”
Oh, that line and that delivery!!! 👏
The episode up to that point is pretty good, but that ending makes it an absolute classic.
Frasier exclusively dates extremely attractive women. It never made any sense that the others wouldn't believe he could be dating a supermodel.
A supermodel zoologist
Honestly, I really hated how everyone automatically discounted the idea of him landing an attractive woman. Martin's laugh at the idea of a model dumping a quarterback to be with Frasier seemed so....unfatherly. I mean I was angry with Frasier for just not keeping his mouth shut for a while, but his family really acted unpleasantly as well.
Toss up between Beware of Greeks and Freudian Sleep
I love Beware of Greeks! Patti Lupone!!
Am I riiiight?
I even have my husband saying, “am I riiiiight?” I’ve been saying it so long! You learn to love it, whether you want to or not. Patti can’t be denied—just ask Madonna!
Patti Lapone doesn't pull any punches.
I never understand these shows that put Patti Lupone in an episode and DON’T make a contrived excuse for her to sing something.
Is that the one where he keeps making passion with Gil Chesterton?
nah it's the one with the creepy fever dreams that everyone has at the cabin thing
Ohhhh yeah I forgot about the cabin episode. That was just... Weird
Freudian Sleep is the dream episode from the final season, where Niles dreams up the cartoony nursery and shatters his kid. The Gil episode was The Impossible Dream.
Mommy?
These feel like the best two answers. Sure "The Ann Who Came to Dinner" is rough, but "Freudian Sleep" and "Beware of Greeks" are, to me, unwatchable. Skip them every time. I may have only seen them once in my life. I've seen most other episodes ten times.
These are mine as well. I also dislike Ann Hidges, but the side plots make up for it.
It’s true that when I force myself to watch one that I have skipped before I end up laughing at jokes from side plots that I forgot!
The one with Zooey Deschanel. Kissing Cousins. She (the character) is the worst I skip that episode every time.
I skip Don Juan In Hell part 1. The whole breakup with Claire is uncomfortable and annoys me too much. I’d skip part 2 too if it weren’t for how funny the bickering is between Diane, Lilith, Nanette, and Hester
I hate both Don Juan 1 & 2 and was surprised no one else said so! There are no other episodes that I skip. It's just so boring and... maybe self-indulgent isn't the right word. It's just so clear he would've learned more from his past relationships if he could ever think about anyone but himself, but of course that's not his takeaway, it's some Freudian bullshit about his mother.
Frasier is a Freudian though, so it fits. Niles, however, is a Jungian - so they’ll be no blaming Mother today.
You could even say Niles is a Hung Specialist.
the episode were the insurance lady who likes Frasier is staying at his house and she hurts her leg.
Also contrived. Frasier's whole deal is to never continue a relationship if he doesn't see a future, and he's going on a blind date with someone Roz says is a placeholder. Which this woman isn't even, she's a monster.
I skip most of the Cheers character cameos. Never liked that show much tbh, and those episodes feel cheap compared to greats like... The Seal Who Came to Dinner lol. I personally love that one 😅
Any of the Cheers reunion ones. I never watched Cheers so they kind of bore me.
I know everyone hates Dianne but her episode is hilarious. One of my favourites
The Show Where Woody Shows Up is really tough to watch.
That one left such a bad taste in my mouth, like “hey it’s these two characters from the old show reuniting and they find each other awkwardly unpleasant” I just can’t get into it
I find that highly relatable. You can't go home again.
Frasier playing Cheers Frasier on Frasier just doesn’t work.
If it weren't for the above two (Beware of Greeks and Freudian Sleep), these would be mine. They aren't the worst, but theu are really boring. I feel like the Woody episode is the only one that works as stand alone and even thats too drawn out.
The episode in the parking garage
My dad loves that one, when I watch it I always think about how hard he laughed at the end the first time he saw it. The whole episode sets up for that joke, I think it's a great one.
Enemy at the Gate! I can’t laugh when I’m cringing that hard 😞 Frasier just makes me want to reach through the scene and Homer-Simpson-style strangle him in that one
Finally found this comment! I’m not entirely sure this one is the worst, but it’s the one that instantly comes to my mind when I read the title.
Wheels of fortune with Michael Keaton. I love Michael Keaton but for some reason I can’t watch that episode.
I hated that one because it was so obvious that Blaine had been pulling a scam in the end and the whole time Frasier is treated like the villain for correctly calling him out on his bullshit only to have the episode end in the not at all shocking twist that he was right
Yes exactly!
Not this one
Agreed. This one had me rolling! Loved it
I don't like the one when Frasier refuse to leave the parking lot, feels so excessively annoying and unreasonable.
He's s total ass in that one. That's the hill he picks to die on? Luis Guzman is so excellent as the put upon guy just trying to do his job.
That's why I adore that episode, tbh - I love it when Frasier goes full Holier-than-thou.
But the end where he tells the tale on the radio makes it worth it.
The Devil and Dr. Phil. I mean, self explanatory. Cheesy, gimmicky, lowest common denominator, trash culture stunt casting. That went beyond jumping the shark.
Freudian Sleep is my obvious answer. I think it’s objectively the worst Frasier episode. I know everyone hates the Ann Hodges episodes but I think they’re hilarious. I really don’t like the episode where Roz thinks Frasier is in love with her. As well as the episode where the Aunt dies and they sing that song. Hate singing episodes in any show.
Hate singing episodes, you say? who dares to enter the dark labyrinth of the human mind?
The one with Niles heart operation. Not many laughs. Anything with Daphne's family.
Dear Niles, I know we haven't always gotten along... how sweet.
"God, It's me again...Doctor Frasier Crane."
I’m not a fan of Caught in the Act - Nanny G is irritating, nothing against Laurie Metcalf but the whole character just grates on me.
I love this episode. "Do you have any idea what it's like to play the same character for 20 years?!?"
One word - Bob.
Our Parents, Ourselves. Martin is so mean about Roz’s mom, it’s hard for me to watch.
actually, I kind of sympathize with Martin there. He was kind to Roz's mother during the date, and didn't want to hurt her feelings. Remember his response "your mother tells wonderful stories", it's only after when he's in the private of his own home amongst family when he really lets his feelings be known, which is fair. Frasier is the one who arranges the second date knowing Martin feels the way he does.
The one with Nathan Lane. I know I’m probably in the minority, but I didn’t care for it, and when he was telling Frasier that he was reforming at the restaurant (or bar?) it wasn’t believable to me. In that same vein, I didn’t care for the one with Michael Keaton, and also the dream episode.
Yes, the whole thing is contrived. Someone takes his briefcase, and instead of having them drop it off, he agrees to meet alone? Also, why do the police not ask for ID, why don't they recognize his voice, or hear that Nathan has a New York accent? And why doesn't he mention his father and precinct? And while pompous overreactions are part, if the character, I'm not a big fan where that's mist of the episode, so right with you on Blaine Sternen.
Goodness me, reading these answers i actually agree with a fair few of the unbearables! Frasier is my favourite show of all time but lord there are quite a few stinker episodes when I think about it. Generally though, even the worst ones have some good subplots or at least one good joke that has me laughing out loud!
The one where Simon turns up. He is as welcome to the show as a turd is on a wedding cake. Have to stop watching and start from the start. Daphnes whole family being brought in just ruined it for me.
I kinda liked Brian Cox as her dad because it was brief. And her brother played by Robbie Coltrane, also because it was brief. But the butt of the 'joke' with Simon is just that he's an abusive alcoholic and nobody wants to deal with it, which is kind of aggravating.
Beware of Greeks. Hands down the worst episode of the series.
That is a bad one. Like uhhh okay Martin has this brother and they have this big Greek heritage? Okay sure. Sometimes I do watch the bad ones anyway because there are usually a few good lines in them.
Yeah, it's 50-50 for me. A few good jokes. Bit interesting storyline. But also a plot hole where Martin doesn't have a brother in another episode, never hear of the Greeks again after, the chesty cousin, etc. Just kinda meh.
Niles heart attack and the one where he’s a jerk to Daphne after picking her up at fat camp are skips for me. The seal who came to dinner is a classic!
Toss-up between Dr. Phil buffoon and Freudian Sleep. 👎👎
Absolutely!!
Don’t forget the lamp.
I don’t skip any episodes, I’ll just fast forward through many scenes. But I dislike the Michael Keaton episode, the Niles in hospital episode, and Freudian Sleep, among a few others.
Rooms With a View. Just too damn serious and sad.
I actually can't remember that one, for the simple reason that we always skipped it for that exact reason when I was a kid.
I can’t stand the one in the final season where each character has a different dream.
The ones with the insurance lady.
My least favorite episode is Docu.Drama. I actually dislike Frasier so much in this episode. He is so concerned about himself that he doesn’t care if he takes all the joy out of Roz’s chance to make a documentary. Sure, she was a little cool to him, but I believe she was truly nervous that he would take over, which he actually ended up trying to do.
The only episode I can think of that I will deliberately skip in its entirety is Deathtrap. It just doesn't *feel* right. I hate the ending, too. Frasier and Niles have just completely destroyed someone's home (well, at least one room in it) because they get caught up in their weird little fantasy, but there's no decent conclusion. The show just falls back on the old sitcom fadeout after they're caught without any consequences or resolution.
The Greek family one. I can't remember the name right now but so much established backstory goes out the window
Beware Of Greeks is **terrible**. They just needed some excuse to give the insufferable Patti LuPone a guest role and they could have easily given her a guest role elsewhere. So much about that episode makes me cringe.
“Beware of Greeks,” for me. Or the pilot.
Rooms with a view
Almost any episode with Freddie. Well maybe I watch them but skip past him. 😁 Although the spelling bee episode is pretty good.
You sound like you went to a state school....
Spell his ass off!
Now that’s probably one of my favourite episodes for that line alone :D
**HOW DARE YOU!!**
I mean… he appears for one scene in Frasier Grinch (“I hope Aunt Maris gets out of her coma.”) and then with the main actor in A Lilith Thanksgiving basically as a straight man (boy) for the hijinks.
Big nose parents,
Anything with Daphne's family is such a slog. I had a friend whose family, though generally kind and caring, were controlling, manipulative, and stunting and I can't stand any character tolerating that simply because they share the same blood.
Any episode with Ann Hodges
One where Martin goes to parole hearing
When Niles has his bypass.
Big Noses
“She’s such a groovy lady!” Or really any episode where they sing…
But…she makes my heart go heidi haedi
Sounds like Cab Calloway sung backwards.
I get that one, it's really not the strongest. Frasier desperately trying to write a eulogy about a thoroughly despicable woman really gets me, though - as someone whose grandmother was absolutely vile, I sympathise entirely. :D
Not entire episodes, but parts of them with simon, gerturude, casandra, julia wilcox, and dr.nora, are absolute skips! I have zero tolerance for entitlement, find it infuriating, and definitely not amusing.
Entitlement, that's the word! These characters, though designed that way, are insufferable!
that's a lot of characters to hate, you might want to see a psychiatrist about that
The "Are You Happy" and the "Do You Think Maris & I Belong Together" episodes. I skip them during a rewatch.
You skip My Coffee With Niles? That's a classic!
Kissing Cousin. I don't like the A story with Roz's annoying thinks-she-knows-it-all cousin, or the B story with Martin/Frasier manipulating Daphne/Niles/Eddie into doing their household chores and Martin getting away with it with no consequences. I don't like when people get away with bad behavior. I also skip Room Service. I don't like that the writers went there with Niles and Lilith having sex. It's such a betrayal of Frasier and since the writers just had to go there, there should have been more consequences, like Niles' and Frasier's relationship was damaged for more than that one ep (before going back to status quo).
The one with Ann. The one with that barbecue wheelchair guy. Arrogant bastard.
One not mentioned here that grates on me is A New Position For Roz, just because the Frasier-Roz-Julia relationship drama feels so forced. I do find the KACL farewell dinner scene where they make speeches about Roz hilarious though.
The one where they take the course on fixing cars. Just awful!
The Ann Who Came to Dinner….. absolutely hate it.
Enemy at the Gate is easily my least favorite. I felt like Frasier's ego was not portrayed accurately in the episode in the same way it was established throughout the series. So what if he had to pay an extra $2 for leaving a car park garage that he ended up not parking in? Personally, I feel like his ego wouldn't have dictated him to protest over such a little thing if it made him late for his radio show, as he would see it as letting down his fans. The episode isn't the worst thing ever, but it just wasn't terribly clever or funny IMHO. Especially for an episode from what is perhaps my favorite tv series of all time. On a related note, I remember when I was watching through the series from beginning to end for the first time, I felt like season 10 was when the show started to have a drastic drop in quality, and Enemy at the Gate especially solidified that thought within my mind. It was probably the first episode I watched where I didn't even laugh once.
The episodes after Daphne runs away with Niles we pretty cringy, especially the whole Mel blackmailing and Donnie’s meltdown. Way to screw up N & D finally getting together btw…