Frasier
Season 11
24 episodes
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S11E01 No Sex Please, We're Skittish
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.
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S11E02 A Man, a Plan and a Gal: Julia
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.
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S11E03 The Doctor is Out
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.
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S11E04 The Babysitter
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.
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S11E05 The Placeholder
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.
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S11E06 I'm Listening
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.
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S11E07 Maris Returns
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.
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S11E08 Murder Most Maris
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."
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S11E09 Guns N' Neuroses
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.
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S11E10 Seabee Jeebies
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.
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S11E11 High Holidays
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.
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S11E12 Frasier-Lite
Weight loss challenges KACL, enrolled in a pound-shedding contest that pits Frasier against a taunting nemesis who bullied him in high school.
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S11E13 The Ann Who Came to Dinner
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.
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S11E14 Freudian Sleep
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.
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S11E15 Caught in the Act
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.
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S11E16 Boo!
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."
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S11E17 Coots and Ladders
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.
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S11E18 Match Game
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.
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S11E19 Miss Right Now
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.
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S11E20 And Frasier Makes Three
Courting unnerves Frasier, whose wooing of a winsome matchmaker is constantly interrupted by her disarming beau, a dedicated environmentalist who's also quite cosmopolitan.
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S11E21 Detour
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.
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S11E22 Crock Tales
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.
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S11E23 Goodnight, Seattle (1)
Tumult on Martin's wedding day wreaks havoc with the elaborate fete.
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S11E24 Goodnight, Seattle (2)
Daphne's delivery highlights the conclusion of a two-parter that also resolves Frasier's dilemma with Charlotte and with his job at KACL.
Finale note — From the desk: The guide closes on “Goodnight, Seattle (2)” (2004-05-13) — a series bookend worth the package context. Cast dynamics and the reboot's high-wire nostalgia.
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