The Best Episodes of Frasier Season 8

Frasier hires a British butler whose proper presence only adds to the chaos in the Crane household. Meanwhile, Mel steps up her efforts to torment Niles.

Director: Kelsey Grammer

Writer: Chris Marcil

Daphne considers dumping Niles after Donny and Mel's plotting stresses her out. Fortunately, Frasier comes to the lovers' aid once again.

Director: Pamela Fryman

Writer: David Angell, Peter Casey

Niles and Daphne "get real" about their romance.

Director: Pamela Fryman

Writer: Bob Daily, Dan O'Shannon

Kenny arrives at Frasier's place in a panic after unwittingly making a date with a woman even though he's married. Niles finally notices Daphne's weight gain.

Director: Kelsey Grammer

Writer: Gayle Abrams

Frasier receives tickets to the Sonics game and goes with Martin and Niles. Niles is selected to attempt the halftime half-court shot, and miraculously makes it, drinking in the adoration of Martin and the rest of Seattle.

Director: Kelsey Grammer

Writer: Jon Sherman

After running off together, Niles and Daphne face the wrath from their jilted lovers: Donny's suing for emotional distress and Mel's plotting a ruse.

Director: Pamela Fryman

Writer: David Angell, Peter Casey

Frasier and Niles try to reawaken the career of Jackson Hedley, an old actor they saw perform Hamlet when they were young. When they see him perform again, however, they realize that he is talentless and will humiliate himself.

Director: Robert H. Egan

Writer: Mark Reisman

A lifetime achievement award sends Frasier into an existential crisis which culminates in a battle of wits with his old mentor; Daphne's weight gain doesn't go unnoticed.

Director: David Clark Lee

Writer: Dan O'Shannon, Jon Sherman

Frasier is supposed to go to a speed-dating event and asks Roz if he should wear a suit or sweater, remarking that the slightest decision can have far-reaching effects. We see what would have happened in each circumstance.

Director: Pamela Fryman

Writer: Bob Daily, Dan O'Shannon

Frasier and Niles realize their helplessness when Frasier's car stalls, so they enrol in an auto repair night class. They quickly fall behind, and understand what it's like to be remedial students.

Director: Pamela Fryman

Writer: Chris Marcil, Eric Zicklin

Frasier tutors Lana's son in exchange for a date with Claire. Martin goes to a dog party and Daphne and Niles have trouble sleeping in the same bed.

Director: Kelsey Grammer

Writer: Jon Sherman

Frasier's disdain for public transportation takes a back seat to his fancy for a cute bus passenger; Daphne and Niles make a stargazing date only to end up star-crossed again.

Director: Kelsey Grammer, Sheldon Epps

Writer: Rob Hanning

Roz introduces Frasier to her new boyfriend, Luke, and the two men hit it off. When Roz and Luke break up, Frasier, hides his continuing friendship with him while supporting Roz during her heartbreak.

Director: Scott Ellis

Writer: Bob Daily

Daphne attempts to prove to Niles she has psychic visions and Frasier is ego-stricken when he discovers that Roz his having an affair with his mentor.

Director: Sheldon Epps

Writer: Saladin K. Patterson

Frasier's vacation plans with Claire turn disastrous when Daphne, Niles and Martin show up at the same resort and Frasier starts dreaming about Lana.

Director: Kelsey Grammer

Writer: Rob Hanning

Frasier leaves his wine club to host a new radio feature called "The Wine Corner" and is angered to learn that a resentful Niles - the club's overbearing "cork-master" has ordered it's old members not to participate in the program.

Director: Pamela Fryman

Writer: David Lloyd

Frasier runs into an old high school friend and has found love with her friend, Claire.

Director: Katy Garretson

Writer: Lori Kirkland Baker

Niles gets jealous of an old flame of Daphne's at the dog park; Frasier teaches Lana about honesty in selling a problematic piece of real estate and Martin secretly attends the parole hearing of the man who shot him.

Director: Kelsey Grammer

Writer: Eric Zicklin

Frasier frets when his billionaire boss slavishly copies his aesthetic tastes, and Mel blackmails Niles into making a social faux pas.

Director: Kelsey Grammer, Katy Garretson

Writer: Gayle Abrams

Frasier hires a shady lady lawyer to defend him from a litigious Donny, who blames him for Daphne running out on their wedding.

Director: Pamela Fryman

Writer: Saladin K. Patterson

Roz gets the green light to put on a special radio show about outer space, and agrees to let Frasier narrate. However, the two fail to come to grips with their reversed roles.

Director: David Clark Lee

Writer: Chris Marcil

Frasier and Niles press Martin's rich girlfriend to save their bankrupt prep school.

Director: Wil Shriner

Writer: Rob Hanning

Frasier gets a visit from his video-game obsessed son, Frederick; Daphne and Niles play Cupid for a lonely Roz.

Director: Kelsey Grammer

Writer: Lori Kirkland Baker

Frasier appears more jealous than jolly when he co-hosts Seattle's Christmas parade with his radio rival, Dr Mary; Niles and Daphne open their gifts early; and beer adds to Martin's holiday cheer.

Director: Pamela Fryman

Writer: Eric Zicklin