Frasier - Episode Guide

Frasier moves to Seattle, and his irascible father moves in with him.

Frasier's quest for quiet is impeded by his dad, Daphne, Eddie the dog, a deejay and a waiter-musician.

Frasier and Niles bite off more than they can chew when they accompany Martin to his favorite eatery.

A newspaper critic starts a feud with Frasier by printing an unflattering column about his show.

Frasier buys Martin a telescope, which he uses to scope out a woman in an adjacent building.

Frasier hosts a party for an artist who announces his painting is a fake.

After advising a caller to break up with his girlfriend, Frasier starts dating her.

Niles thinks that Martin had an affair years ago with a family friend.

A savvy agent persuades Frasier to start doing commercials.

Bulldog quits his job after Frasier tells him he's heard that Bulldog is going to be fired.

After Martin's doctor dies, Frasier becomes obsessed with death, to the point of crashing the funeral.

Frasier agrees to work on Christmas day after his holiday plans fall through.

Frasier mentions Martin's romantic rendezvous with a neighbor on the air.

A bachelor auction nets Frasier an evening with a model and Daphne a date with Bulldog.

Frasier and Niles attempt to spy on Daphne after she agrees to a date with an ex-con.

Lilith flies to Seattle to attempt a reconciliation with Frasier.

Niles and a distraught, post-breakup Daphne get stuck at Niles' house during a rainstorm while Maris is away.

Frasier and Roz are nominated for a SeaBea, a radio award.

Frasier isn't a lazy boy when it comes to getting rid of Martin's recliner.

Frasier is having trouble adjusting to being middle-aged.

The gang hits the open road in a motor home, headed for Mt. Rushmore---or maybe not.

Offered the chance to fulfill his lifelong dream of authoring a book, Niles enlists Frasier to help him pen a guide to healthy sibling relationships. Faced with writer's block and looming deadlines, the two brothers lock themselves in a hotel room until the book is complete, and begin driving each other crazy.

Frasier's ill, so he hands his show over to Niles.

Frasier spends a half hour with Niles at Cafe Nervosa discussing Frasier's first year in Seattle.

Frasier is steamed over a hot romance novel, which was based on an affair he had with his piano teacher in his youth.

Eddie sires a litter of puppies, and Frasier barks at Martin for not having had the dog neutered.

Not knowing that the new station manager is gay, Frasier tries to fix him up with Daphne, but the man thinks Frasier wants to go out with him.

Wondering if fatherhood might be his bag, Niles simulates the experience by lugging around a sack of flour.

Niles and Frasier invest in a real estate project, not knowing that part of its plan is to destroy the bar Martin has cherished for 40 years.

Frasier's deluged by an outraged public when he advises a caller to consider leaving rain-soaked Seattle.

Frasier endorses a "sane" political candidate, who privately shares something spacey with him.

Frasier falls for a businesswoman, and the lovebirds fly off to a tropical paradise, where trouble awaits.

Lilith's unexpected appearance with her new beau disrupts Frasier's romantic excursion with Madeline.

Frasier wants Martin to bury the hatchet with a former friend who's been hospitalized.

When Frasier and Niles hire a plumber to fix the toilet, Niles recognizes him as a bully from his junior-high days.

After an argument, Roz abandons Frasier to produce Bulldog's show.

Martin becomes obsessed with solving a murder case that has baffled him for 20 years. Frasier thinks he's come up with the solution, but his theory is a little outlandish...

The theft of Frasier's briefcase may also rob him of his belief in the goodness of people.

A sexy pop psychologist asks Frasier to pen the preface of her latest book.

Frasier's old drinking buddy Sam Malone comes to Seattle to seek Frasier's advice, admitting he left his fiance at the altar the day before. Frasier's attempts to counsel and reunite the couple are upset by his realisation that he slept with her months earlier.

Frasier has little room to maneuver when Daphne catches him in her bedroom.

Frasier and Niles vie for a spot in an elite club for Seattle's best and brightest.

Frasier becomes obsessed when he believes that a fan is stalking him---just as he prepares to make an appearance at the annual SeaBea awards.

Frasier warms up to the idea of joining Martin and Niles on an ice-fishing trip.

Frasier fears Maris is having an affair with her Bavarian fencing instructor.

Frasier's agent, Bebe Glaser, seeks to renegotiate his contract with the station.

It's a recipe for disaster when Frasier and Niles open a restaurant.

Not even Frasier's birthday party for Martin can lighten the mood for the bickering guests. And especially not after there's a blackout.

As the new station manager, Kate exiles an uncompromising Frasier to the late shift.

In a session with a couples therapist, Frasier and Niles present both sides of a tale about how their attempt to work together went awry.

While preparing for the funeral of a loathed aunt, Frasier and Niles learn of Martin's long-held dream: to write a song for Frank Sinatra.

Kate encourages Bulldog to keep up his pranks on Frasier, who decides to exact revenge.

Daphne is attracted to Niles' contractor, who's called on to repair Frasier's hardwood floor on the day of his wine-tasting soiree.

Frasier faces off with Kate in a labor dispute. And it's not just issues that are stirring passions.

Just when Frasier and Kate think they can control their desires, they lose it again---in the radio studio.

When Maris goes on a shopping spree in New York without telling Niles, Frasier urges him to reveal his displeasure to her.

Frasier's son, Frederick, comes to town for the holidays, and a mail-order snafu leaves dad with no presents to give.

Kate tells Frasier she's leaving for a job in another city---before he can reveal his feelings for her.

Frasier's effort to make new friends leads him to a handicapped man named Bob.

Frasier can't deny that he's uncomfortable with Daphne and her boyfriend sleeping in the same room.

Niles becomes a dancing fool after Daphne teaches him a few steps to prepare him for a date at a society ball.

Diane Chambers comes to Seattle to stage a play, and Frasier finally faces his feelings about her leaving him at the altar.

Niles asks a wise guy to help fix Maris's parking-ticket problem.

Leap Year inspires Frasier to encourage those in his circle to jump beyond their limits; Niles fights the urge to hop back to Maris for a tryst.

Fed up with the rudeness he's been encountering, Frasier gets rough with an impudent patron at the cafe.

Frasier can't hold his frustration in check when Martin beats him at chess.

Niles is going to testify to the mental incompetency of a wealthy gent whom Frasier deems A-OK.

After an attractive policewoman pulls him over, Frasier goes after her in hot pursuit---but she finds Martin more arresting.

The new station owner, "Big Willy," wants to make Frasier's agent his little woman. But first he orders Frasier to make her quit smoking.

Frasier creates the impression that he has romantic feelings for Roz when he tries to save her from a heartbreaker.

Frasier fixates on the one member of a focus group who doesn't like his show.

On the radio show's third anniversary, Frasier looks back on his return to Seattle and his initial estrangement from his family.

Niles poses as Daphne's husband when her ex-fiancé arrives to win her back.

Bulldog steals away a woman Roz fixed up with Frasier and then falls for her.

Frasier searches for symbolic meaning in a recurring erotic dream involving the station's food critic.

Frasier and Niles spot a famously reclusive author and attempt to catch up with him---but Martin beats them to it.

Niles subs for Frasier on the radio, and his off-air counseling at the studio appears to inspire a slumping basketball star.

Daphne breaks up with her boyfriend, and Niles wants to reveal his true feelings for her.

Lilith and Frasier turn Thanksgiving into a real turkey for the headmaster of the private school they want their son to attend.

Frasier is painted into a corner when Martin gives him artwork that he detests.

Martin falls for a boisterous bartender who's incompatible with Frasier and Niles.

Frasier meets a jailed bully from his prep school who was expelled for a prank perpetrated by Frasier and Niles.

Conflict with the condo board over his new door knocker prompts Frasier to run for board president.

Frasier presents a philosophical story to a radio caller involving Eddie's recent bout of depression and his resulting visit to a dog psychiatrist.

Frasier urges Niles to just go with it when two attractive women agree to spend a weekend with them in a mountain cabin.

Frasier hopes to connect with Niles' comely neighbor at a party in Niles' swanky new apartment.

When Roz is ordered to do community service for a traffic violation, Frasier urges her to confront her fear of aging by visiting the elderly.

Frasier must play ball when he winds up on the KACL softball team and his son wants to see him in a game.

Roz auditions for an on-air job, but her dreams are dashed by Frasier's agent, Bebe.

Frasier produces an old-fashioned radio drama in honor of the station's anniversary, but it plays as a farce.

Part 1 of 2. Sherry intrudes on Frasier's romantic life---and then appears to be out of his life entirely after a breakup with Martin.

Conclusion. Sherry (Marsha Mason) intrudes on Frasier's romantic life---and then appears to be out of his life entirely after a breakup with Martin.

Bad blood develops between Sherry and Daphne And after a big blowup, Daphne seeks refuge at Niles' place.

Niles has hope for a reconciliation with Maris---then he's served with divorce papers.

Frasier ponders whether Niles and Maris should reunite.

Messages mistakenly left on his answering machine by an intriguing woman may be a wake-up call for lonely Frasier.

Frasier's jaunt to Acapulco results in a sexy tryst with a dreamy supermodel-zoologist.

Martin's birthday presents Frasier and Niles with a chance to engage in their annual one-upmanship bout of gift-giving to their dad.

Niles' literary-costume party is the setting for a particularly scary Halloween for Roz, who thinks she might be pregnant.

The father of Roz's baby is revealed to be a mere babe himself.

Seattle is the setting for Frasier Crane Day, which celebrates Frasier's 1000th radio program.

Frasier's booked as a celebrity guest on a cruise ship, where Niles is aghast to find Maris aboard.

Frasier submits himself to a relationship with a high-powered attorney.

Sam tells Frasier it's her, not him, when she ends their romance---but Frasier's convinced that it is, in fact, all about him.

On a massage table, everyone gets a chance to work out tensions caused by Christmas just past by telling their version of events.

The Fox and Whistle is a new pub in Frasier's life, where everyone knows his name---much to the chagrin of Daphne.

Frasier, Niles and Daphne discover that Martin may propose to Sherry---then they learn she's been married many times before.

As tough contract negotiations loom, Frasier insists to Bebe Glazer that he's sticking with his new straight-arrow agent.

Months of marriage counseling end in calamity for Niles, who's headed for a divorce from Maris.

Mixed-up romantic maneuvers snowball at a ski lodge.

Lilith arrives shattered and needy because her husband has left her. But Frasier finds her vulnerability "highly desirable."

Frasier tries to make up with his Greek aunt for some bum advice he gave to her soon-to-wed son.

The apparent flawlessness of a new radio personality galls Frasier.

Bulldog's a hero when he stops a gunman, but Frasier thinks his heroism was actually inspired by cowardice.

Frasier has a fling with an earthy artist, but all they have in common is their mutual desire to get down and dirty.

Niles makes a fictitious dinner date at his apartment after he shies away from asking out Daphne.

All but Roz are amused by the prominent proboscises of the parents of her baby's father.

Roz goes into labor at a singles mixer thrown by Frasier and Niles.

Frasier encounters obstacles in his efforts to hook up with an attractive acquaintance.

Frasier puts his job on the line when he balks at reading ad copy for a new sponsor at the radio station.

Frasier goes through various stages of grief over his dying career. The first stage: denial.

Frasier is convinced that he's cursed when his high-school reunion comes up while he's low.

With Frasier and Martin about to kill each other, Niles agrees to have dear old dad, and, uh, Daphne come live with him.

The play's the thing that anybody who's anybody must see, but Frasier and Niles can't get tickets.

Frasier's latest love interest is an attractive neurotic whose troubles form the unstable basis of an odd romance.

Frasier receives a message from a secret admirer, but Niles realizes that it's actually meant for him---from Maris.

Niles pays a high price for his divorce when severe financial constraints force him to lower his living standards.

Something stinks about the gourmet dinner party Niles throws at Maris's beach house: a putrefied seal carcass on the sand below the deck.

News that KACL will be rehiring everyone is welcome to a jobless Roz, who has to borrow money from Frasier.

At Christmastime, Frasier dates an attractive woman whose mother thinks he's Jewish.

The effort to be a Good Samaritan appears to be a bad idea for Frasier.

Frasier and Roz fix up Martin with Roz's mother.

Frasier catches up on old times with Woody from "Cheers."

Valentine vignettes...calamity befalls Niles as he awaits a date; Frasier wonders whether his evening with a co-worker is for business or pleasure.

Niles, who's being bled by Maris's lawyers, hires a legal shark (and Roz's old boyfriend) to represent him.

With his divorce lawyer Donny dating Daphne, Niles schemes to reunite him with Roz at a lakefront cottage.

Frasier and Niles' planning for a dinner party invites revelations about their relationship.

Niles seeks to return to his luxurious old apartment.

Frasier and Niles act like morons when they learn the results of their childhood IQ tests.

KACL attacks the airwaves with Dr. Nora, a radio shrink whose abrasive style rubs Frasier the wrong way.

Frasier makes an inept attempt to juggle romances with two women.

Daphne learns that Donny plans to propose, but then a psychic vision suggests that he might not be her dream man.

Daphne's engagement to Donny has Niles in a funk, but a peppy waitress from Cafe Nervosa provides a pick-me-up.

Frasier is focused on Faye, but he keeps saying "Cassandra"; meanwhile, Roz has an unfortunate fling and Martin's relationship with Bonnie goes to the dogs.

The Cranes celebrate Dad's birthday by returning to the cabin where they vacationed as kids.

Frasier takes a hand in Daphne's wedding plans, and Roz is afraid that she's going to be asked to be a bridesmaid.

Frasier allows his feathers to be ruffled when he becomes the victim of pranks being pulled by Carlos and the Chicken, the station's new morning team.

After Niles becomes a critic, Frasier also wants to be one; and he'd suggest it to the station-owner's daughter if she'd stop talking long enough to listen.

Roz is unaware that, while playing nanny for her baby, Bulldog is also playing havoc with her dates. Meanwhile, plots of a different kind concern the Cranes.

Frasier and Niles each thinks that the other is attracted to the woman who is currently the object of his affection.

The Crane brothers suspect that they may have a possible royal ancestry after Martin gets an heirloom appraised on Frasier's and Niles's favorite TV antique show.

After an erroneous report about the state of his health, Frasier reassesses his life; meanwhile, Niles is attracted to a woman with some familiar traits.

The holidays are less cheerful when Lilith accepts Frasier's invitation to join the Cranes for Thanksgiving dinner. Meanwhile, Martin questions Daphne's menu.

After Frasier throws his back out, other things get out of kilter due to various misunderstandings and a revealed secret.

As Frasier prepares to host a holiday party, Daphne considers confronting Niles about his crush on her, and Niles is caught in a lie that he tells his new girlfriend.

Frasier, Niles and Martin encounter unusual delays on their way to a posh New Year's celebration.

When Frasier's radio show needs an opening jingle, he becomes obsessed with composing an elaborate opus.

When Frasier escorts the prom queen to his high-school reunion, he finds her far from a dream date; Niles stirs up Daphne's desire in the Crane kitchen.

Frasier drags his father to the opera, where some new acquaintances think Martin is a homosexual.

When Roz goes on vacation, her sassy replacement threatens to take over Frasier's radio show; Niles learns kickboxing and ends up doing some damage.

Mel pits Niles against Frasier in a wine-tasting competition; Martin feels guilty for bedding his late friend's widow.

Sparks fly between Frasier and Roz at an out-of-town conference; Martin and Niles go on a private-eye stakeout together.

Frasier's agent and ex-paramour Bebe tries enticing him to leave radio psychiatry to host a TV morning show.

Frasier tries changing his image as a stuffy fussbudget by throwing a raunchy bachelor party for Donny; Daphne digs her claws into Mel.

Frasier risks the wrath of a short-tempered Italian chef; Daphne tries to mask her feelings for Niles as she dreads her upcoming wedding to Donny.

Daphne enters therapy after prenuptial jitters and a visit from her loutish brother push her too far.

As Daphne and Donny's wedding approaches, Niles makes a stunning revelation about Mel, and Roz considers a new romantic prospect.

Niles and Daphne reckon with their true feelings for one another at her wedding to Donny.

After running off together, Niles and Daphne face the wrath from their jilted lovers: Donny's suing for emotional distress and Mel's plotting a ruse.

Daphne considers dumping Niles after Donny and Mel's plotting stresses her out. Fortunately, Frasier comes to the lovers' aid once again.

Frasier's disdain for public transportation takes a back seat to his fancy for a cute bus passenger; Daphne and Niles make a stargazing date only to end up star-crossed again.

Frasier frets when his billionaire boss slavishly copies his aesthetic tastes, and Mel blackmails Niles into making a social faux pas.

Mel continues forcing Niles to act boorishly at parties, but he reaches his breaking point. Frasier hires a traditional English butler, who warns Daphne about the doomed nature of employer-employee relationships.

Frasier hires a shady lady lawyer to defend him from a litigious Donny, who blames him for Daphne running out on their wedding

Frasier becomes close friends with Roz's new boyfriend. When they break up, Frasier continues to see him behind Roz's back.

Frasier is chosen to host the Christmas parade he's loved since his childhood, but is devastated to find the loathed Dr. Mary his co-host.

A lifetime achievement award sends Frasier into an existential crisis which culminates in a battle of wits with his old mentor; Daphne's weight gain doesn't go unnoticed.

Martin, Frasier and Freddy spent the weekend camping in the woods as a bonding experience. When Roz's date abandons her, Niles and Daphne try to fix her up.

Frasier and Niles take a car repair course to impress Martin and Daphne. Roz adopts a puppy and asks Martin to babysit, but he becomes controlling.

Frasier and Niles try reviving the career of a has-been theater thespian best known for his role in a hokey sci-fi series; Martin becomes a tanning addict.

An episode inspired by Gwyneth Paltrow's film "Sliding Doors" finds Frasier meeting a woman in two different scenarios on Valentine's Day.

A case of mistaken identity leads to Frasier dating Kenny's wife; an eating binge discomfits Daphne.

Niles takes his father to a basketball game and makes a shot from half-court, winning a truck and getting his face on the news. When he starts milking his moment of fame, Frasier becomes jealous and angry. Roz dates a man who only speaks French, and needs Frasier to break up with him for her.

Roz produces a documentary about space travel, and hires Frasier to narrate, but they struggle with the reversed power dynamic. Martin and Niles revive their old tradition of building elaborate kites.

Martin hits it off with two women, and it's the rich one his sons scheme to hit up to bail out their bankrupt prep school.

A Wine Club dispute uncorks a feud between Niles and Frasier, who breaks bylaws to host a radio talk show on his grasp of the grape.

Daphne's therapist suggests her compulsive eating is rooted in the fear of not living up to Niles's years of fantasy. Frasier confronts Niles and leads him on a tour through his memories of her. Roz sells a children's book to a publisher, but Martin wants her to write a new one about Eddie.

Frasier is distressed to find his idol and mentor Professor Tewksbury dating Roz. Niles and Daphne hire a scientist to finally put Daphne's supposed psychic abilities to the test.

Jean Smart reprises her Emmy-winning role as a high-school prom queen, now a cynical divorcée, whose comely friend strikes Frasier's fancy.

In desperation, Frasier cuts a deal with the teen he's tutoring: he'll get the dimwit a hot date for his prom if the lad buckles down.

Niles reacts jealously to Daphne's reunion with a fetching dog lover; Frasier appeals to the kindlier nature of caustic Lana, who's trying to close a house sale.

A Caribbean trip turns chaotic as a familiar figure from Frasier's past appears.

A romantic quandary finds Frasier attracted to the doting Claire yet drawn to the "challenging" Lana.

Shelley Long and Bebe Neuwirth reprise their "Cheers" roles, confronting a troubled Frasier in dreamlike sequences.

Jealousy besets Daphne over Niles' patient, a charming and winsome business exec who apparently adores him.

Flashbacks recall Martin's fateful last day as a cop while he readies for a new job amid squabbles over who now has to walk Eddie.

To change his snooty image, Frasier hosts a staff party. And, speaking of image, Roz frets over her romance with a garbageman. Also, Daphne dotes on Niles' childhood mementos, much to his chagrin.

On Halloween, Frasier hosts a come-as-your-hero costume party. He impersonates Freud; Roz is Wonder Woman; and Niles is...Martin, who's masquerading as Joe DiMaggio.

Accidents will happen. That's as good an excuse as any for what befalls Frasier's carpet---and Martin's beloved old chair. Also, Niles gives piano lessons to Roz (who's good) and Daphne (who's not).

Microsoft's Bill Gates guest stars on Frasier's 2000th radio broadcast, an event clouded by a flap over a missing tape of an earlier show.

Wine snobbery obsesses the Crane boys, who vie to see a legendary collection of vintages accessible to Frasier's annoying former tutee.

An unwelcome but persevering new agent plays a key role in Frasier's battle against a rival radio shrink.

A bullying boss ruffles Martin at his new job, but the last thing he needs is Frasier's meddlesome mediation.

A visit from Daphne's overbearing mum and loutish brother ruffles the Cranes.

Tempers flare between Daphne and her disparaging mum, and Frasier and his defiant neighbor.

To attract the youth market, Frasier appears on the station's "Teen Scene," where he's grilled by impertinent high-school journalists.

A choir, a string quartet and a trumpeter figure in Niles' elaborate plans to propose to Daphne.

Michael Keaton guest stars as Lilith's brother, a consummate con artist whose conversion to selflessness doesn't convince Frasier.

Allison Janney ("The West Wing") plays a feisty artist, one of three blind dates lined up for Frasier by his meddling family and Roz.

A-N-X-I-E-T-Y seizes Frasier at the National Spelling Bee, where his son Frederick is a leading competitor.

Childhood memories engulf Frasier and Niles as they visit the home of their youth and unearth evidence of what they believe to be a murder.

To quell a feud between Frasier and an upstairs antagonist, Martin and the neighbor's mom feign a romance.

Rhea Perlman, George Wendt and John Ratzenberger re-create their "Cheers" roles as Frasier and company visit Boston.

Syndication dreams lure Frasier to Spokane, where his replacement of a beloved local icon receives hisses from callers.

Guilt feelings over a sexual liaison with Roz plague Frasier, who heads out to her family reunion in Wisconsin to make amends.

Well-intentioned Niles reunites Daphne's estranged parents, whose quarreling hits new heights.

Wedding bells finally ring for Niles and Daphne, but not without familial complications.

A parking-garage dispute embroils Frasier with a stubborn attendant, angry motorists and his disconcerted passenger: Niles.

Agenda-driven Frasier gets Martin elected to condo-board president, but it turns out that Dad isn't the figurehead his son intended him to be.

Roz's uninhibited and opinionated cousin irks Frasier and tires Roz, who joins cuz on the all-night partying circuit.

On Halloween, pranks pit Frasier vs. Bulldog; and Daphne's feisty mum vs. a very inventive, 10-year-old trick-or-treater.

Mischief awaits Frasier at his son's bar mitzvah, where the teen's mother, Lilith, becomes uncharacteristically emotional.

Cardiac anxieties seize Niles; housekeeper hiring irks Frasier and Martin, who opts for a cavalier free spirit.

Niles undergoes heart-bypass surgery in an episode that blends humor and poignancy, and interweaves telling flashbacks to the Crane brothers' youth.

A convalescing Niles irks Frasier, who's unresponsive to his brother's potshots because of a penitent vow he took and now regrets.

At Yuletide, the brothers Crane wrangle over who'll host holiday festivities; and Roz cozies up to a department-store Santa.

A quirky physical therapist has a hand in Daphne's sessions with Martin; the Crane brothers con their way into a posh spa but are barred from the "gold-level access."

A sexual-harassment matter embroils Frasier, who feuds injudiciously with a financial reporter who's as arrogant as he is.

Visiting Lilith needs a "favor": she wants to have another child with Frasier and works her wiles in an effort to get him to agree.

Chaos reigns at Daphne's dinner party, catered by Frasier and crashed by Martin, who's mistaken for the guest-of-honor artist.

A new romance rattles Frasier: the gym teacher he's dating morphs into his old "derisive, ego-crippling" gym instructor.

The brothers Crane are dragooned into taking part in a bicycling event benefiting charity. Now all they have to do is learn how to ride.

Newly-divorced Kenny turns to Frasier for emotional help, but is more uplifted by Martin and their confabs at McGinty's saloon.

A taste for caviar entices the Crane brothers on the "roe" to perdition with a shady Russian dealer selling Beluga at a bottom-line price.

The house that Frasier helped build for Habitat for Humanity is not a home until he decorates it, to the chagrin of its occupants. Also: Niles subs for Martin at a grade-school career day; and Daphne's mum waits tables at Café Nervosa.

Elvis Costello plays a cheery musician, whose gig at the Cafe Nervosa annoys Frasier, who is further flustered by an adulterous friend.

Ego trips up Frasier, bewitched by his former agent, the seductive and sneaky Bebe Glazer. Dr. Phil portrays himself. Also: Niles and Daphne imagine themselves as oldsters.

David Ogden Stiers plays a visitor from Martin's wife's past whose tastes and manners suggest to Roz he could be Niles and Frasier's real dad. The prospect ruffles Martin, who is uncomfortable with the Crane brothers' affinity for their guest.

A sudden burst of affection from Julia fazes Frasier, who's her abettor in criminal mischief directed at his accountant. Elsewhere, Roz interviews for a job at a rival station; and Niles takes an unlikely liking to target-shooting.

Greener pastures at another station lure Roz, who's also green with jealousy over Frasier's affection for Julia. Also: Daphne's mom prepares to move out at the behest of her daughter and son-in-law.

Roz's return to KACL rattles Frasier, who's reinvolved with Julia; Niles' fatherhood plans get an unexpected setback he determines to remedy with an unorthodox virility enhancer.

Love blinds Frasier to the faults of Julia, who behaves obnoxiously and insensitively at a Crane dinner gathering. For starters, she embarrasses Daphne, then winds up chattering incessantly on her cell phone.

Patrick Stewart plays a flamboyant opera director, who becomes infatuated with Frasier after concluding the good doctor is gay. It all stems from farcical misunderstandings, compounded by Frasier's on-air double entendres and his obliviousness to the director's attentions.

A courtship makes rivals of Martin and Frasier, who are vying for the affections of the latter's former baby-sitter, now a lounge singer with a vivacious personality and a quick wit that's appealing to both Crane senior and junior.

Julia Sweeney plays Frasier's gauche dinner date, whom Roz terms "a placeholder to keep your dating muscles toned." Could be. Frasier's attracted at dinner to another woman, who happens to be Kenny's visiting cousin.

Jealousy agitates Martin, who learns---thanks to an eavesdropping Frasier---that his lady friend Ronee is seeing another guy. So, Martin plans a counter strategy: a pretense that Roz is his other lady friend.

The return of Maris, still unseen, vexes Niles, who covers up his evasiveness with Daphne by throwing his bride a baby shower. The last-minute soiree turns into a disaster. And so does Frasier's reentry into private practice.

Bizarre events jail Maris, held in a crossbow shooting that sparks a media frenzy and implicates Niles, who's oddly unperturbed. "He's not dealing with his emotions," Frasier notes. "The man's a walking pressure cooker."

Bebe Neuwirth reappears as Lilith, Frasier's visiting ex, whose frustrating attempts to see him end in a cautious reunion. Back in Frasier's apartment, Martin's gun accidentally goes off, damaging a precious statue and a chair.

Celebrity delights Niles, who's basking in the limelight over Maris's murder case and overshadowing Frasier's bid for glory at an awards fete that's also attended by Roz's snide sister.

An unconventional Crane Yule finds Frasier not jolly with his son, who's visiting in his new persona: a goth. Also: Martin gets giddy after eating marijuana-laced brownies.

Weight loss challenges KACL, enrolled in a pound-shedding contest that pits Frasier against a taunting nemesis who bullied him in high school.

Lawsuit fears plague Frasier over an accident in his kitchen that befell his insurer: a former date named Ann he snubbed. Now, Frasier entreats her to recuperate at his place, where Ann takes full advantage of the situation.

Strange dreams dominate this episode, which finds Frasier wed to Daphne, now a vociferous eater; Niles a carefree philanderer, dallying with bikini-clad repairwomen; and Martin a dashing hoofer, performing with Ronee.

Laurie Metcalf plays Frasier's first wife, now a popular children's entertainer named Nanny G who reawakens lustful feelings in Frasier that are ardently reciprocated. There's just one slight hang-up: Nanny G has a new husband.

A practical joke backfires, giving Martin a "mild cardiac event" that he's anxious to keep secret from Ronee, fearing that she'll think he's become "some feeble old guy."

Guilty feelings seize Frasier, who, just for a thrill, swipes a medallion from his neighbor, a chatty, trusting widow. Now he sets out to secretly return the object, with the reluctant help of Niles.

Lovelorn Frasier engages a matchmaker, who mismatches him with dinner dates that turn disastrous; well-meaning Niles hires a kooky helpmate for Daphne's delivery who works with a shaman---and a drummer.

Jennifer Tilly plays a swinger who bewitches Frasier, to his later chagrin at a tryst interrupted by unexpected arrivals. Broadway vet Marian Seldes appears as Ronee's straitlaced mom, whose behavior irks Martin.

Courting unnerves Frasier, whose wooing of a winsome matchmaker is constantly interrupted by her disarming beau, a dedicated environmentalist who's also quite cosmopolitan.

Country ways test Frasier and Charlotte, who're stranded at a farmhouse with a very odd family that has no idea who he is. Back home, a physical therapist is mistaken for a stripper in a situation that greatly embarrasses Niles.

Clips from past episodes show Frasier fazed by an ill-fated blind date; gussied up as Uncle Sam for a July Fourth fete; and ruffled by awkward dinner gatherings that mark Roz's birthday and Thanksgiving.

Tumult on Martin's wedding day wreaks havoc with the elaborate fete.

Daphne's delivery highlights the conclusion of a two-parter that also resolves Frasier's dilemma with Charlotte and with his job at KACL.

Frasier meets with an analyst for a review. He discusses his background, his relationships with his family and friends, and the major events that have transpired in his life over the past year.