The BEST episodes of Frasier season 3
Every episode of Frasier season 3, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Frasier season 3!
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 - Moon Dance
Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 2/6/1996
Daphne gives Niles ballroom dancing lessons, as he prepares for the annual "Snow Ball". When his date falls ill, Niles takes Daphne to the ball, providing him with the night of his life.
#2 - Sleeping with the Enemy (1)
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/14/1995
The staff go into open revolt after Kate cancels their annual raise. Frasier, chosen to represent the employees, marches into Kate's office to demand raises and finds himself locked in a passionate embrace.
#3 - The Adventures of Bad Boy and Dirty Girl (2)
Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/21/1995
Kate and Frasier agree to slow their relationship down. All of Seattle hears about it when they lose their resolve and make out in the radio booth. Seattle's abuzz as they try to figure out the identity of "Dirty Girl."
#4 - Kisses Sweeter Than Wine
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/7/1995
Frasier hires a contractor to buff a small scratch out of the floor on the day he is to host a wine tasting, only to find everything spiral into a major catastrophe, as problems pile onto each other. Meanwhile, Daphne can't take her eyes off the handsome contractor.
#5 - Look Before You Leap
Season 3 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/27/1996
Frasier suggests that everyone should take a "leap," or go outside their comfort zone, to celebrate Leap Year. For his leap, Frasier decides to sing an Italian aria instead of his usual "Buttons and Bows" for a benefit.
#6 - Shrink Rap
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/26/1995
Frasier and Niles attempt to go into practice together, leading to one disaster after another. This episode begins in a psychiatrist's office with the Crane boys detailing their escapade, and goes on to tell the story through flashbacks.
#7 - Chess Pains
Season 3 - Episode 18 - Aired 3/26/1996
Frasier becomes obsessed with chess after Martin defeats him time after time after time.
#8 - High Crane Drifter
Season 3 - Episode 17 - Aired 3/12/1996
A stressed Frasier resorts to physical force with a rude Cafe Nervosa patron.
#9 - Frasier Grinch
Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/19/1995
Frederick's Christmas visit to Seattle appears to be a disaster after the shipping company sends a Barbie and a Homemade Casserole set instead of a "Living Brain". Frasier heads to the mall for some last-minute shopping.
#10 - Frasier Loves Roz
Season 3 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/7/1996
Roz dates one of Niles' patients, a compulsive womanizer. Frasier wants to warn Roz, but can't find away around his ethical obligation for confidentiality. Roz mistakes his attempts to warn her for secret yearnings.
#11 - Martin Does It His Way
Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/10/1995
While digging through boxes, Frasier finds an unfinished song written by Martin specifically for Frank Sinatra.
#12 - You Can Go Home Again
Season 3 - Episode 24 - Aired 5/21/1996
Roz gives Frasier a copy of his first broadcast as a present to celebrate his three-year anniversary at KACL. As he listens, Frasier remembers the events as he first arrived in Seattle and reunited with Niles and Martin.
#13 - Crane vs. Crane
Season 3 - Episode 19 - Aired 4/9/1996
Niles and Frasier face off when they take opposite sides in a courtroom hearing over an old man's sanity. Niles believes Harlow Safford to be as crazy as a loon, while Frasier interprets his quirks as eccentricities.
#14 - She's the Boss
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/19/1995
A new station manager, Kate Costas, takes over and disagrees with Frasier from the beginning. When Frasier refuses to implement Kate's ideas, she banishes his program to the 2:00 AM shift.
#15 - Where There's Smoke There's Fired
Season 3 - Episode 21 - Aired 4/30/1996
KACL is sold to Big Willy Boone, who happens to be engaged to Frasier's agent, Bebe. Big Willy demands that Bebe break her smoking habit, and enlists Frasier's help to make sure she gets it done in three days, or else.
#16 - A Word to the Wiseguy
Season 3 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/20/1996
Niles uses a man of questionable ethics, Jerome Belasco, to "fix" a parking ticket for Maris. Frasier advises Jerome's girlfriend, Brandy, to leave Jerome after she rattles off a list of his poor traits. Frasier and Niles fear retribution from Jerome.
#17 - Come Lie with Me
Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/30/1996
Frasier lays down the law after finding out Joe spent the night in Daphne's room, leaving the Cranes paralyzed at the thought that Daphne may move out.
#18 - Leapin' Lizards
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/31/1995
After yet another one of Bulldog's practical jokes, Frasier decides to retaliate by strategically placing a lizard where Bulldog (who's deathly afraid of lizards) is sure to find it.
#19 - The Focus Group
Season 3 - Episode 23 - Aired 5/14/1996
Eleven of the twelve members of a focus group think The Frasier Crane Show is perfect. Frasier obsesses about the one man who disagrees, a newspaper stand owner, and in the process inadvertently ruins the man's life.
#20 - The Show Where Diane Comes Back
Season 3 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/13/1996
Frasier's old love, Diane Chambers, comes to Seattle for the grand opening of her play about the "losers" at Cheers and their hopeless obsession with "Mary Anne". Frasier gets roped into financing the whole thing and narrowly avoids another fling with Diane.
#21 - It's Hard to Say Goodbye If You Won't Leave
Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 1/9/1996
Frasier realizes the true depth of his feelings for Kate, only to find out that she's moving to Chicago the next day. The night culminates with the two having a long discussion in the airport lounge, finding out more about each other than they ever wanted to know.
#22 - The Last Time I Saw Maris
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/28/1995
Maris throws Niles out of the house after he stands up to her. Frasier and Martin talk Niles out of crawling back, but...
#23 - Police Story
Season 3 - Episode 20 - Aired 4/23/1996
Frasier meets an attractive police officer, but she falls for Martin.
#24 - The Friend
Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/16/1996
Frasier's on-air appeal for friendship backfires when a complete bore calls.