Frasier (Season 2) DVD

Along with Friends and Seinfeld, Kelsey Grammer's Cheers spin-off, Frasier, dominated the prime time television landscape during the 1990's. Grammer plays the role of Dr. Frasier Crane who, fresh off of his divorce from Lilith, moves back to his hometown of Seattle where he lands a gig as a radio psychiatrist. Frasier's father, Marty Crane (John Mahoney), a Seattle cop recently shot in an attempted convenience store robbery is in need of physical therapy. Frasier and his brother Niles (David Hyde Pierce) make an effort to mend their relationship with Marty whose plaid shirts and penchant for sports and beer strikes a dramatic contrast with their wine club, opera house culture. After a little prodding, Marty and his dog Eddie (Moose) move into Frasier's upscale apartment, and Frasier hires Daphne Moon (Jane Leeves), a housekeeper and physical therapist to look after the two cranes.

The entirety of the show takes place in mostly three places - Frasier's radio station where he works with show producer Roz Doyle (Peri Gilpin), Frasier's apartment, and the favorite hangout of Niles and Frasier, Café Nervosa. A witty comedic exploration of the nation's clash of cultures (also illustrated by Frasier's run-ins with sports guy Bob "Bulldog" Briscoe), Frasier stands alone as one of the best-written shows in television history. Not a single episode can be considered a dud.

The Frasier (Season 2) DVD offers a number of hilarious episodes including episode #40 where Sam Malone (Ted Danson) visits Frasier in Seattle. Sam fills Frasier in on what the various members of the Cheers gang are now up to. In the next to last episode of the season, Frasier and Niles (against Martin's advice) purchase a restaurant they enjoyed during their youth and rename it "Les Freres Heureux" or "The Happy Brothers". The two inevitably run the operation into the ground (on opening night, nonetheless)…

Below is a list of episodes included on the Frasier (Season 2) DVD:

• Episode 25 (Slow Tango in South Seattle) Air Date: 09-20-1994
• Episode 26 (The Unkindest Cut of All) Air Date: 09-27-1994
• Episode 27 (The Matchmaker) Air Date: 10-04-1994
• Episode 28 (Flour Child) Air Date: 10-11-1994
• Episode 29 (Duke's, We Hardly Knew You) Air Date: 10-18-1994
• Episode 30 (The Botched Language of Cranes) Air Date: 11-01-1994
• Episode 31 (The Candidate) Air Date: 11-08-1994
• Episode 32 (Adventures in Paradise: Part 1) Air Date: 11-15-1994
• Episode 33 (Adventures in Paradise: Part 2) Air Date: 11-22-1994
• Episode 34 (Burying a Grudge) Air Date: 11-29-1994
• Episode 35 (Seat of Power) Air Date: 12-13-1994
• Episode 36 (Roz in the Doghouse) Air Date: 01-03-1995
• Episode 37 (Retirement is Murder) Air Date: 01-10-1995
• Episode 38 (Fool Me Once, Shame on You, Fool Me Twice…) Air Date: 02-07-1995
• Episode 39 (You Scratch My Book…) Air Date: 02-14-1995
• Episode 40 (The Show Where Sam Shows Up) Air Date: 02-21-1995
• Episode 41 (Daphne's Room) Air Date: 02-28-1995
• Episode 42 (The Club) Air Date: 03-21-1995
• Episode 43 (Someone to Watch Over Me) Air Date: 03-28-1995
• Episode 44 (Breaking the Ice) Air Date: 04-18-1995
• Episode 45 (An Affair to Forget) Air Date: 05-02-1995
• Episode 46 (Agents in America, Part III) Air Date: 05-09-1995
• Episode 47 (The Innkeepers) Air Date: 05-16-1995
• Episode 48 (Dark Victory) Air Date: 05-23-1995

Additional Frasier reviews:

• Frasier (Season 1) DVD
• Frasier (Season 3) DVD
• Frasier (Season 4) DVD
• Frasier (Season 5) DVD