I'm sorry, I can't agree with those who have scored this extremely highly, I thought this was a dire episode, and in fact one of the worst from what has been an overly poor series of 'Frasier' (its eighth) in general.
This episode took an awfully long time to get going, with the premise teasing so much more than it actually delivered. The 'switch seats with me' scene is painful from start to finish.
And then to cap it all off, rather than let Niles have his time in the sun Frasier becomes an absolute bore, and it all ends rather unpleasantly.
This sort of thing is below 'Frasier' as a show, and the quality has really dipped in the eighth year.
This episode took an awfully long time to get going, with the premise teasing so much more than it actually delivered. The 'switch seats with me' scene is painful from start to finish.
And then to cap it all off, rather than let Niles have his time in the sun Frasier becomes an absolute bore, and it all ends rather unpleasantly.
This sort of thing is below 'Frasier' as a show, and the quality has really dipped in the eighth year.