The BEST episodes of Frasier season 1
Every episode of Frasier season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Frasier season 1!
After many years spent at the "Cheers" bar, Frasier moves back home to Seattle after his policeman father Martin Crane gets shot in the hip on duty. After Martin struggles with living alone after the incident, he moves in with Frasier in his luxury apartment at the Elliot Bay Towers along with his dog Eddie. Hired by Frasier, Daphne Moon also moves in as Martin's personal physiotherapist. Also living nearby is his younger brother Niles Crane, who is also a Psychiatrist.
#1 - Frasier Crane's Day Off
Season 1 - Episode 23 - Aired 5/12/1994
Frasier comes down with the flu, so food critic Gil Chesterton fills in for him. When paranoid Frasier believes both Gil and subsequent fill-in host Niles are after his job, he's more determined than ever to get back on the air.
#2 - Travels with Martin
Season 1 - Episode 21 - Aired 4/14/1994
The Cranes and Daphne set off on a road trip in a Winnebago to Mount Rushmore. Trouble ensues when Martin takes them into Canada, where Daphne, due to legal particulars, isn't allowed.
#3 - Author, Author
Season 1 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/5/1994
Sibling rivalry flares when Frasier and Niles decide to collaborate on a self-help book.
#4 - The Good Son
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/16/1993
Six months after moving back to Seattle to start his career as a radio psychiatrist, Frasier is forced to take in his father Martin, a disabled former police officer, and his dog Eddie, and to hire Daphne Moon, a housekeeper and physical therapist.
#5 - And the Whimper Is...
Season 1 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/17/1994
At his carnivorous agent's urgings, Frasier campaigns hard to win a Seabee, Seattle radio's biggest award, only to regret his actions when he learns that Seattle's most eminent talk show host is retiring at the end of the year.
#6 - The Show Where Lilith Comes Back
Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/3/1994
Frasier's ex-wife Lilith comes to Seattle, ostensibly to attend a convention, but as Frasier soon discovers, Lilith has ulterior motives.
#7 - My Coffee with Niles
Season 1 - Episode 24 - Aired 5/19/1994
Frasier and Niles meet at Cafe Nervosa to discuss the one-year anniversary of Frasier's move to Seattle.
#8 - You Can't Tell a Crook by His Cover
Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/27/1994
Frasier and Niles try to protect Daphne's honor when she goes on a date with an ex-con.
#9 - A Midwinter Night's Dream
Season 1 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/10/1994
Niles tries to patch up another disagreement with Maris with a romantic dinner, which Daphne offers to prepare. Frasier comes charging to the rescue as he realizes that Daphne and Niles are all alone on a dark and stormy night.
#10 - Can't Buy Me Love
Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/20/1994
Martin convinces Frasier to participate in a charity bachelor auction.
#11 - Death Becomes Him
Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/2/1993
Frasier becomes aware of his own mortality when a man his age suddenly drops dead. Frasier attends the man's Shiva to determine how he could have died so young.
#12 - Call Me Irresponsible
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/28/1993
Frasier deals with an ethical dilemma when he begins dating a woman after he advises her boyfriend to break up with her. When the boyfriend expresses a renewed interest in Catherine, Frasier does everything he can to prevent their re-acquaintance.
#13 - Dinner at Eight
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/30/1993
Frasier and Niles's plan to "improve" their father's tastes by taking him to a fancy restaurant rebounds on them when he takes them to his favorite place, a rustic steakhouse.
#14 - Oops
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/18/1993
Bulldog panics and quits the station after he overhears Frasier discussing a rumor that Bulldog will be fired. Frasier does all he can to help restore Bulldog's job.
#15 - Fortysomething
Season 1 - Episode 20 - Aired 3/31/1994
Frasier fears being a "mid-life crisis cliche" after he flirts with an attractive 22-year-old store clerk.
#16 - Miracle on Third or Fourth Street
Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/16/1993
Frasier volunteers to work on Christmas Day when he learns that Frederick will not be visiting him for the holidays. The callers are as depressed as Frasier, who decides to cheer himself up by eating dinner at a local diner where the patrons assume he's homeless.
#17 - Here's Looking at You
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/14/1993
Martin meets a woman via telescope after discovering the fun of spying into other people's apartments. Frasier eagerly tries to set Martin up with Irene, but is perplexed when Martin rebuffs her.
#18 - I Hate Frasier Crane
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/7/1993
After a newspaper critic prints an unflattering column about his radio show, Frasier starts a feud which culminates in a physical challenge.
#19 - Guess Who's Coming to Breakfast
Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/6/1994
Frasier makes a fool of himself yet again, when he talks at length on the radio about Martin's romantic rendezvous.
#20 - Give Him the Chair!
Season 1 - Episode 19 - Aired 3/17/1994
Frasier gets himself into trouble when he throws out Martin's old chair, rationalizing that he would actually be helping his father. Frasier searches all over Seattle, and ultimately to a high school production of "Ten Little Indians" to retrieve the chair.
#21 - Beloved Infidel
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/4/1993
Niles and Frasier begin to suspect their father of cheating on their mother years earlier after they discover him in an apparent clandestine rendezvous with an old friend.
#22 - Space Quest
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/23/1993
Still adjusting to his new home life with Martin, Daphne, and Eddie, Frasier spends a day searching for a quiet place to read his book alone.
#23 - Selling Out
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/11/1993
Frasier's agent cons him into endorsing a product he doesn't support...and which makes Frasier look a little nutty.
#24 - The Crucible
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/21/1993
Frasier throws a dinner party to showcase his new prized painting and is horrified when the artist declares it a forgery.