7.5/10854 votes#1 - Don Juan in Hell (1)
Season 9 Episode 1 - Aired 9/25/2001
Frasier continues to be conflicted about whether he truly wants to be with Lana instead of Claire. He consults his family, but a chance encounter at the airport steers him toward making a decision. Unfortunately, he may be too late.
Director: Kelsey Grammer
Writer: Sam Johnson, Chris Marcil
- 8.1/10962 votes
#2 - Don Juan in Hell (2)
Season 9 Episode 2 - Aired 9/25/2001
Troubled by his recent relationship woes, Frasier goes to the country for peace and quiet but ends up facing the ghosts of failed relationships past.
Director: Kelsey Grammer
Writer: Lori Kirkland Baker
7.6/10840 votes#3 - The First Temptation of Daphne
Season 9 Episode 3 - Aired 10/2/2001
Daphne stumbles across a file of one of Niles' patients, who is in love with him via "transference." Daphne's paranoia sends her to extreme lengths to learn anything she can about the woman.
Director: Kelsey Grammer
Writer: Gayle Abrams
8.1/10880 votes#4 - The Return of Martin Crane
Season 9 Episode 4 - Aired 10/9/2001
Martin goes back to work as a security guard and reflects on his last day as a cop, when he was shot and had to retire.
Director: David Clark Lee
Writer: Bob Daily, Dan O'Shannon
7.6/10825 votes#5 - Love Stinks
Season 9 Episode 5 - Aired 10/16/2001
Frasier hosts a party for the staff at the radio station to improve his image. Meanwhile, Roz dates a garbageman and Niles recalls his childhood memories with Daphne.
Director: Katy Garretson
Writer: Saladin K. Patterson
8.1/10968 votes#6 - Room Full of Heroes
Season 9 Episode 6 - Aired 10/30/2001
Frasier holds a 'Dress as Your Hero' Halloween party, but nobody can tell who he is. Meanwhile, Niles dresses as Martin, Daphne as Elton John, Martin as Joe DiMaggio and Roz as Wonder Woman for the party.
Director: Wil Shriner
Writer: Eric Zicklin
8.3/10982 votes#7 - Bla-Z-Boy
Season 9 Episode 7 - Aired 11/6/2001
An accident causes a mess on Frasier's carpet and the destruction of Martin's chair. Meanwhile, Niles gives piano lessons to talented Roz and not-so-talented Daphne.
Director: Robert H. Egan
Writer: Jon Sherman
7.6/10848 votes#8 - The Two Hundredth Episode
Season 9 Episode 8 - Aired 11/13/2001
Frasier has just completed his 2000th radio show, but discovers that one of the tapes of his collection of his broadcasts is missing. His quest to replace it borders on obsession, sending him spiralling into depression.
Director: Kelsey Grammer
Writer: Rob Hanning
7.2/10775 votes#9 - Sharing Kirby
Season 9 Episode 9 - Aired 11/20/2001
Frasier and Niles compete to see some rare wine, owned by a rich relative of Kirby's girlfriend. Meanwhile, Martin must wear a blood pressure monitor.
Director: Kelsey Grammer
Writer: Heide Perlman
7.3/10798 votes#10 - Junior Agent
Season 9 Episode 10 - Aired 11/27/2001
Frasier gets an annoying new agent in the middle of a competition between him and a rival radio broadcaster.
Director: Scott Ellis
Writer: Bob Daily
7.3/10797 votes#11 - Bully for Martin
Season 9 Episode 11 - Aired 12/11/2001
After Frasier witnesses Martin get chewed out by his boss, Frasier feels obligated to say something on his behalf. However, it only serves to make things worse.
Director: Stuart Ross
Writer: Eric Zicklin
7.1/10813 votes#12 - Mother Load (1)
Season 9 Episode 12 - Aired 1/8/2002
When Daphne and Niles decide to move in with each other, Daphne's mother and Simon arrive on a surprise visit. Daphne and Niles decide to put off moving in together until her visiting relatives are gone. Meanwhile, Frasier feuds with Cam Winston, his neighbor, over where Cam parks his large vehicle.
Director: Sheldon Epps
Writer: Lori Kirkland Baker
6.9/10821 votes#13 - Mother Load (2)
Season 9 Episode 13 - Aired 1/15/2002
Daphne and Niles continue to try and hide the fact that they have moved in with each other from Mrs. Moon. She makes such a mess of things that the only way she will leave is if Simon takes care of her, but Simon has left for California. Meanwhile, Frasier's neighbor Cam drapes the American flag over his balcony, and Frasier cannot complain because it would seem unpatriotic.
Director: Sheldon Epps
Writer: Lori Kirkland Baker
7.5/10836 votes#14 - Juvenilia
Season 9 Episode 14 - Aired 1/22/2002
Kenny tells Frasier and Roz that some recent research into KACL listeners shows that Frasier's average listener is an older gentleman who keeps the radio on for company. He suggests Frasier reach out to the youth.
Director: Katy Garretson
Writer: Sam Johnson, Chris Marcil
8.2/10907 votes#15 - The Proposal
Season 9 Episode 15 - Aired 2/5/2002
Niles plans on proposing to Daphne, so he prepares his speech; buys a ring; and hires a choir, a string quartet, a trumpet player and Wolfgang Puck. But Daphne's mother is still staying with them, and on the night Niles plans to propose, Daphne begins to feel ill.
Director: Wil Shriner
Writer: Rob Hanning
7.7/10976 votes#16 - Wheels of Fortune
Season 9 Episode 16 - Aired 2/26/2002
Frasier is unimpressed when his scheming, scamming ex-brother-in-law (Michael Keaton) rolls in for a visit -- now in a wheelchair -- and claims to be a reformed, God-fearing man who needs money for a revival ministry.
Director: Jerry Zaks
Writer: Ken Levine
7.6/10812 votes#17 - Three Blind Dates
Season 9 Episode 17 - Aired 3/5/2002
Niles sets Frasier up with Lisa, a patient who owns a bookstore, but they never run into each other. Roz sets Frasier up with Suzanne, an artist, who ends up hating Frasier. Martin sets Frasier up with Kris, an attractive girl from his building, who seems to know every man at the bar. But Frasier later runs into and hits it off with Lisa.
Director: Kelsey Grammer
Writer: Gayle Abrams
7.3/10855 votes#18 - War of the Words
Season 9 Episode 18 - Aired 3/12/2002
A-N-X-I-E-T-Y seizes Frasier at the National Spelling Bee, where his son Frederick is a leading competitor.
Director: Sheldon Epps
Writer: Saladin K. Patterson
7.8/10858 votes#19 - Deathtrap
Season 9 Episode 19 - Aired 4/2/2002
While Frasier and Niles uncover a human skull under the floor of their childhood home and let their imagination get the better of them, Roz's daughter's hamster has died and she is uncertain how to break it to her.
Director: Kelsey Grammer
Writer: Jon Sherman
8.0/10824 votes#20 - The Love You Fake
Season 9 Episode 20 - Aired 4/9/2002
To quell a feud between Frasier and an upstairs antagonist, Martin and the neighbor's mother feign a romance.
Director: Katy Garretson
Writer: Sam Johnson, Chris Marcil
7.8/10912 votes#21 - Cheerful Goodbyes
Season 9 Episode 21 - Aired 4/30/2002
Frasier returns to Boston to give a speech, and Niles, Daphne and Martin tag along to see the city. Once there, Frasier runs into Cliff Clavin.
Director: Sheldon Epps
Writer: Heide Perlman
7.4/10766 votes#22 - Frasier Has Spokane
Season 9 Episode 22 - Aired 5/7/2002
Frasier's show has branched out to Spokane, and he goes to the station in Spokane to meet the press. He quickly finds out that the press and his callers refuse to warm up to him.
Director: Wil Shriner
Writer: Eric Zicklin
7.7/10781 votes#23 - The Guilt Trippers
Season 9 Episode 23 - Aired 5/14/2002
Guilt feelings over a sexual liaison with Roz plague Frasier, who heads out to her family reunion in Wisconsin to make amends.
Director: Wil Shriner
Writer: Lori Kirkland Baker
7.5/10793 votes#24 - Moons Over Seattle
Season 9 Episode 24 - Aired 5/21/2002
Niles' persistence finally convinces Daphne's father to come to Seattle to reconcile with his wife. Daphne is disappointed that Niles didn't consult her first, but is on board with the plan.
Director: Sheldon Epps
Writer: Bob Daily
The Best Episodes of Frasier Season 9
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Season 9 Ratings Summary
"Don Juan in Hell (1)" is the best rated episode of "Frasier" season 9. It scored 7.5/10 based on 854 votes. Directed by Kelsey Grammer and written by Sam Johnson, Chris Marcil, it aired on 9/25/2001. This episode is rated 0.6 points higher than the second-best, "Don Juan in Hell (2)".