The Best Episodes Written By Dan O'shannon

Niles prepares to undergo heart bypass surgery. He is surprised to receive a call wishing him well from Maris, who had learned of his plight from a gossipy acquaintance. Frasier tries to keep Roz and the family at ease by researching the procedure (as well as the doctors' backgrounds) and printing out detailed descriptions for everyone.

Director: Kelsey Grammer

Writer: Dan O'Shannon

Niles and Daphne "get real" about their romance.

Director: Pamela Fryman

Writer: Dan O'Shannon

When Lilith visits Seattle over Thanksgiving, Frederick conspires to reunite his parents.

Director: Kelsey Grammer

Writer: Dan O'Shannon

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

Claire and Phil embarass Haley when they drop her off at college; Manny makes Gloria and Jay take a class; Lily gets into a tussle on her first day of kindergarten.

Director: Jeff Melman

Writer: Dan O'Shannon

When the IRS decides to audit Oscar and his ex-wife, Gaby, Felix offers to mediate between the contentious exes and suddenly realizes that he might be the reason Oscar was audited in the first place.

Director: Andy Cadiff

Writer: Dan O'Shannon

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: Dan O'Shannon

Jeopardy makes an appearance in Boston, and Cliff gets on the show. The Jeopardy! round had all 6 categories Cliff specializes in, such as celebrities or the US Postal Service. But when Final Jeopardy approaches, he loses all his money putting a stupid response ""Who are three people that have never visited my kitchen?"" and becomes depressed afterwards. Meanwhile someone has stolen Sam's little black book and started ringing all the girls in it.

Director: Andy Ackerman

Writer: Dan O'Shannon

Sam's old baseball rival shows up to goad Sam into a final round on the mound, but Sam isn't too sure he wants to go.

Director: James Burrows

Writer: Dan O'Shannon

Frasier takes the guys on a trip to rediscover the ""inner man"" while the gals discover Carla's cousin Frankie when he fills in at the bar.

Director: James Burrows

Writer: Dan O'Shannon

A slot machine is accidentally sent to the bar. Everyone is hooked on playing it, which for them is not a bad thing as the machine is paying out to everyone, that is except to Rebecca. She sees her losing streak on the machine as a metaphor of her life. Feeling sorry for her, Sam has the machine rigged to pay out to Rebecca to make her feel better. That act doesn't quite come out as planned. Fortunes seem to be on the upswing for Norm. A stint on a beer tasting survey panel parlays itself into a paid position at the brewery as a quality taste tester. Norm is in seventh heaven and doesn't even feel the need to get paid for such work.

Director: John Ratzenberger

Writer: Dan O'Shannon

When City Councilman Kevin Fogarty comes to Cheers on his re-election campaign spouting a whole lot of political nothings that nonetheless woos the crowd, Frasier bets the gang that he can even get a trained monkey on the ballot and garner 10% of the vote. Without a trained monkey in sight, Frasier chooses Woody as a good surrogate. Frasier does indeed get enough signatures to get Woody on the ballot. Woody helps his own political cause when Holly Matheson, a local reporter covering the City Hall beat, mistakes Woody's farm talk as an analogy for the problems of City politics. In an early poll, Woody garners 8% popular support, enough for the gang to concede defeat to Frasier.

Director: James Burrows

Writer: Dan O'Shannon

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: Dan O'Shannon

Mitch and Cam's friend Sal announces she's getting married the next day and they are in the wedding; Gloria doesn't trust her new nanny; Claire bonds with Haley; Phil helps Luke with a girl.

Director: Steven Levitan

Writer: Dan O'Shannon

The wedding day chaos continue as the entire party shifts from one contingency plan to another. Guests start to get testy, Mitchell and Cameron are feeling discouraged and poor Claire shows physical wear and tear, but an unexpected turn of events leads to the ceremony we’ve all been waiting for.

Director: Alisa Statman

Writer: Dan O'Shannon

After Archer and Trip become curious about a visit she made to a Pennsylvania mining town called Carbon Creek, T'Pol explains to them that Vulcans actually had their first contact with humans in 1957. That year, a Vulcan ship crashed on Earth and three crew members survived, including T'Pol's great grandmother. They pose as humans in Carbon Creek and take on jobs while waiting for rescue and soon find themselves becoming more involved with the town's residents.

Director: James A. Contner

Writer: Dan O'Shannon

When Manny and Luke's Little League team makes it to the playoffs, Claire and Cameron search for a field to use. Gloria uses a microphone to sing to the baby.

Director: Gail Mancuso

Writer: Dan O'Shannon

While vacationing on Lost Creek Ranch, the three families try their hands at a little cattle herding, skeet shooting and horseback riding. There are also some big firsts, a huge surprise and an actual face-off between Jay and a cowboy named Hank.

Director: Jason Winer

Writer: Dan O'Shannon

Phil pushes Jay to go out with him and fly his new model plane. While Manny takes time out to play with Luke, Gloria accompanies Alex in shopping for a dress. Later on, Manny ends up having a heart-to-heart talk with his sister Claire.

Director: Jason Winer

Writer: Dan O'Shannon

Phil is upset to have lost his elected office of social chair to his nemesis Gil Thorpe, and when he finds out Luke is competing against Gil's kid in a wrestling match, it becomes his own personal battle. Claire is nervous for a big client meeting but things get extra hairy when Mitch and Cam ask her to pick up Lily from school and conveniently leave out the fact that her class just had a lice scare. Elsewhere, Gloria chaperones Manny's school field trip to the museum.

Director: Ryan Case

Writer: Dan O'Shannon

Norm fires his secretary, who sees it as proof that he's wildly attracted to her and Rebecca becomes obsessed with a surprise hidden in the desk Robin, gave her.

Director: Andy Ackerman

Writer: Dan O'Shannon

Cliff gets very hurt and upset when his mother decides that Woody is the son she never had, and Norm gets caught in a window.

Director: Andy Ackerman

Writer: Dan O'Shannon

Norm becomes a permanent house guest when he injures his back while painting at the Cranes'.

Director: Tom Moore

Writer: Dan O'Shannon

Phil and Claire pressure Alex to ease back on her school work, but begin to worry about their own intellectual drives. Meanwhile, Jay is upset when Gloria tries to befriend a new couple, and Mitchell runs into an old female flame.

Director: Adam Shankman

Writer: Dan O'Shannon

Phil and Claire go overboard with drinks, and divulging personal information, on a night out to celebrate the sale of a house to Mitchell and Cameron's friends.

Director: Michael Spiller

Writer: Dan O'Shannon