Frasier
The Good Son
Season 1, Episode 1 · Aired 1993-09-16
Synopsis
Frasier moves to Seattle, and his irascible father moves in with him.
Pilot desk note
From the desk: Frasier opens its catalog run with “The Good Son” (1993-09-16). Proof a spinoff can become the sharper instrument. Cast dynamics and the reboot's high-wire nostalgia.
In the series
This episode is part of Frasier (1993–2004) on NBC.
Farce at opera volume — spinoff that out-fancified the original.
Key cast
- Kelsey Grammer as Frasier Crane
- David Hyde Pierce as Niles Crane
- John Mahoney as Martin Crane
- Jane Leeves as Daphne Moon
- Peri Gilpin as Roz Doyle
- Dan Butler as Bulldog Briscoe