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The Best Episodes of Frasier Season 4

Every episode of Frasier Season 4 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Frasier Season 4!

After many years spent at the “Cheers” bar, Frasier moves back home to Seattle to work as a radio psychiatrist after his policeman father gets shot in the hip on duty.

Genres:ComedyFamily
Network:NBC

Season 4 Ratings Summary

The best episode of "Frasier" season 4 is "The Two Mrs. Cranes", rated 9.1/10 from 1659 user votes. It was directed by David Clark Lee and written by Joe Keenan. "The Two Mrs. Cranes" aired on 9/17/1996 and is rated 1.2 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Love Bites Dog".

  • The Two Mrs. Cranes
    9.1/10 1,659 votes

    #1 - The Two Mrs. Cranes

    Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 9/17/1996

    The Crane household is turned upside down when Daphne's old flame comes to town.

    Director: David Clark Lee

    Writer: Joe Keenan

  • Love Bites Dog
    7.9/10 979 votes

    #2 - Love Bites Dog

    Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 9/24/1996

    When Roz sets Frasier up on a blind date, Bulldog winds up falling for her instead.

    Director: Jeff Melman, David Clark Lee

    Writer: Joe Keenan

  • The Impossible Dream
    8.0/10 1,056 votes

    #3 - The Impossible Dream

    Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 10/15/1996

    When Frasier is awakened night after night by a recurring dream, he becomes obsessed with analyzing the psychological meaning behind it.

    Director: David Clark Lee

    Writer: Rob Greenberg

  • A Crane's Critique
    7.9/10 962 votes

    #4 - A Crane's Critique

    Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 10/22/1996

    After Martin befriends a reclusive writer both Frasier and Niles admire, they become obsessed with reading the author's first manuscript in decades.

    Director: Jeff Melman

    Writer: N/A

  • Head Game
    8.1/10 1,074 votes

    #5 - Head Game

    Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 11/12/1996

    While filling in for Frasier, Niles gains fame after counseling a local basketball star who's in a slump.

    Director: David Clark Lee

    Writer: Rob Greenberg

  • Mixed Doubles
    8.8/10 1,255 votes

    #6 - Mixed Doubles

    Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 11/19/1996

    After Daphne gets dumped by her boyfriend, Niles decides it's time to declare his love for her.

    Director: Jeff Melman

    Writer: Christopher Lloyd

  • A Lilith Thanksgiving
    8.1/10 1,102 votes

    #7 - A Lilith Thanksgiving

    Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 11/26/1996

    Frasier and Lilith join forces so that their son can gain admission to the most prestigious private school in Boston.

    Director: Jeff Melman

    Writer: Chuck Ranberg, Anne Flett-Giordano

  • Our Father Whose Art Ain't Heaven
    7.7/10 963 votes

    #8 - Our Father Whose Art Ain't Heaven

    Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 12/10/1996

    Martin buys Frasier an expensive painting -- but Frasier doesn't have the heart to tell his father that he hates it.

    Director: Jeff Melman

    Writer: Michael B. Kaplan

  • Dad Loves Sherry, the Boys Just Whine
    7.8/10 935 votes

    #9 - Dad Loves Sherry, the Boys Just Whine

    Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 1/7/1997

    Frasier and Niles disapprove of Martin's relationship with his brassy new girlfriend.

    Director: James Burrows

    Writer: Joe Keenan

  • Liar! Liar!
    7.4/10 888 votes

    #10 - Liar! Liar!

    Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 1/14/1997

    Frasier finds himself in a precarious position when he tries to help the troubled marriage of a former high school acquaintance.

    Director: James Burrows

    Writer: Chuck Ranberg, Anne Flett-Giordano

  • Three Days of the Condo
    7.9/10 933 votes

    #11 - Three Days of the Condo

    Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 1/21/1997

    When Frasier becomes fed up with the rules and regulations governing his condominium complex, he decides to run for condo board president.

    Director: David Clark Lee

    Writer: N/A

  • Death and the Dog
    8.1/10 1,080 votes

    #12 - Death and the Dog

    Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 2/11/1997

    Eddie feels blue, so Martin hires a dog psychiatrist to determine the cause of his depression.

    Director: James Burrows

    Writer: N/A

  • Four for the Seesaw
    8.1/10 1,040 votes

    #13 - Four for the Seesaw

    Season 4 Episode 13 - Aired 2/18/1997

    When the Crane brothers go away for the weekend with two attractive women, Niles discovers he hasn't quite cut his emotional ties to Maris.

    Director: Jeff Melman

    Writer: David Lloyd

  • To Kill a Talking Bird
    8.6/10 1,165 votes

    #14 - To Kill a Talking Bird

    Season 4 Episode 14 - Aired 2/25/1997

    Niles moves into a prestigious building and tries to impress his snobby neighbors with an elegant dinner party.

    Director: David Clark Lee

    Writer: Jeffrey Richman

  • Roz's Krantz & Gouldenstein Are Dead
    8.0/10 1,003 votes

    #15 - Roz's Krantz & Gouldenstein Are Dead

    Season 4 Episode 15 - Aired 3/11/1997

    While volunteering at a retirement home, Roz becomes convinced that she's "the angel of death" after her first two patients die on her.

    Director: Jeff Melman

    Writer: N/A

  • The Unnatural
    7.6/10 886 votes

    #16 - The Unnatural

    Season 4 Episode 16 - Aired 4/1/1997

    Rather than show his son that his dad's not perfect, Frasier agrees to join the station's softball team -- even though he has no idea how to play the game.

    Director: Pamela Fryman

    Writer: N/A

  • Roz's Turn
    7.7/10 909 votes

    #17 - Roz's Turn

    Season 4 Episode 17 - Aired 4/15/1997

    When an on-air hosting spot opens up at the station, Roz decides to go for it -- but Frasier's agent has other ideas.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Joe Keenan

  • Ham Radio
    9.4/10 2,105 votes

    #18 - Ham Radio

    Season 4 Episode 18 - Aired 4/22/1997

    Frasier's attempts to produce a live, 1940s-style radio drama for the station's fiftieth anniversary produce chaos instead.

    Director: David Clark Lee

    Writer: David Lloyd

  • Three Dates and a Breakup (1)
    8.1/10 1,033 votes

    #19 - Three Dates and a Breakup (1)

    Season 4 Episode 19 - Aired 4/29/1997

    While Frasier tries to juggle three dates in three days, Martin and his girlfriend face the prospect of breaking up.

    Director: Jeff Melman

    Writer: Rob Greenberg

  • Three Dates and a Breakup (2)
    8.5/10 1,047 votes

    #20 - Three Dates and a Breakup (2)

    Season 4 Episode 20 - Aired 4/29/1997

    Frasier tries to get Martin and Sherry to reconcile -- to the detriment of his own love life.

    Director: Jeff Melman

    Writer: Rob Greenberg

  • Daphne Hates Sherry
    8.4/10 1,035 votes

    #21 - Daphne Hates Sherry

    Season 4 Episode 21 - Aired 5/6/1997

    Frasier and Niles are caught in the middle when Martin's girlfriend and Daphne can't stop bickering.

    Director: Kelsey Grammer

    Writer: Chuck Ranberg, Anne Flett-Giordano

  • Are You Being Served?
    7.4/10 880 votes

    #22 - Are You Being Served?

    Season 4 Episode 22 - Aired 5/13/1997

    Frasier tries to console Niles after Maris serves him with divorce papers.

    Director: Gordon Hunt

    Writer: N/A

  • Ask Me No Questions
    7.9/10 918 votes

    #23 - Ask Me No Questions

    Season 4 Episode 23 - Aired 5/20/1997

    When Niles asks Frasier whether he and Maris belong together, Frasier goes out of his way to give his brother an honest, thoughtful response.

    Director: Jeff Melman

    Writer: N/A

  • Odd Man Out
    8.5/10 4 votes

    #24 - Odd Man Out

    Season 4 Episode 24 - Aired 5/27/1997

    Frasier comes down with a case of the "bachelor blues" when he realizes that every single person he knows is dating someone -- except him.

    Director: Jeff Melman

    Writer: N/A