"Frasier" Agents in America: Part 3 (1995)

User Rating:

8.5/10   

Director:

Philip Charles MacKenzie

Writers:

David Angell (creator) &
Peter Casey (creator) ...

TV Series:

"Frasier" (1993)

Original Air Date:

9 May 1995 (Season 2, Episode 22)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Bebe, Frasier's agent, convinces him to sham sick during his contract negotiations. After she issues an ultimatum to the station manager...

Plot Keywords:

Reference To Macbeth | Psychiatrist | Radio | Apartment | Seattle Washington

Cast

Kelsey Grammer	...	Dr. Frasier Crane
Jane Leeves	...	Daphne Moon
David Hyde Pierce	...	Dr. Niles Crane
Peri Gilpin	...	Roz Doyle
John Mahoney	...	Martin Crane
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Dan Butler	...	Bob 'Bulldog' Briscoe
Tony Crane	...	Mike
Harriet Sansom Harris	...	Bebe Glazer
Eric Lutes	...	Tom Duran

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Quotes:

Martin: [Martin comes in, sees Frasier and peels open one of his eyelids. Frasier starts awake] Sorry, Eddie, he's still alive. You're not gonna get your own room after all.
Frasier: Ohhh, God.
Martin: How're you feeling?
Frasier: How do I look?
Martin: Last time I saw a guy who looked like you, he'd been in the trunk of a car at the airport for a month.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Frasier: Analyzing the Laughter (2004) (TV)

David Hyde Pierce is terrific in this episode !

This is probably the "Frasier" episode that made me realize what an outstanding comedic talent David Hyde Pierce is. He virtually steals the scene during the "morning after" set when Niles visits Frasier, and is horrified to find his nemesis Bebe the agent on the premises. His slow burn double-take is the funniest thing I've seen on TV practically since Lucille Ball. Many of the sequences involving Niles and Frasier had, in my opinion, a quite operatic quality to them, and this one is no exception as Niles valiantly tries to "save" his errant brother from the clutches of the evil one. One might imagine that a talent like Frasier Crane could afford someone much more polished than Bebe, but he seems almost pathetically inclined to retain her services. This is a marvelous episode with the brothers squaring off with Bebe in the middle - enjoy !