9.1/101,695 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
7.9/101,000 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: David Clark Lee, Jeff Melman
Writer: Joe Keenan
8.0/101,082 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
7.9/10987 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
8.1/101,103 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
8.8/101,292 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
8.1/101,128 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: Anne Flett-Giordano, Chuck Ranberg
7.7/10986 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
7.8/10961 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
7.4/10908 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: Anne Flett-Giordano, Chuck Ranberg
7.9/10958 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
8.1/101,106 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
8.1/101,062 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
8.6/101,196 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
8.0/101,029 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
7.5/10912 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
7.7/10940 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
9.4/102,164 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
8.1/101,062 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
8.5/101,079 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
8.4/101,066 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: Anne Flett-Giordano, Chuck Ranberg
7.4/10903 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
7.8/10942 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
8.5/104 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
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Season 4 Ratings Summary
"The Two Mrs. Cranes" is the best rated episode of "Frasier" season 4. It scored 9.1/10 based on 1695 votes. Directed by David Clark Lee and written by Joe Keenan, it aired on 9/17/1996. This episode is rated 1.2 points higher than the second-best, "Love Bites Dog".