9.0/105 votes#1 - Rooms With a View (2)
Season 10 Episode 8 - Aired 11/19/2002
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
8.8/104 votes#2 - Daphne Returns
Season 8 Episode 19 - Aired 5/1/2001
Daphne returns with unsettling news for Niles, whose subsequent therapy session with Frasier is interwoven with flashbacks.
Director: Pamela Fryman
Writer: Dan O'Shannon
8.6/105 votes#3 - The Apparent Trap
Season 7 Episode 9 - Aired 11/25/1999
When Lilith visits Seattle over Thanksgiving, Frederick conspires to reunite his parents.
Director: Kelsey Grammer
Writer: Dan O'Shannon
8.6/105 votes#4 - Frasier's Edge
Season 8 Episode 9 - Aired 1/9/2001
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
8.3/103 votes#5 - The Audit Couple
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 5/14/2015
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
8.2/104 votes#6 - 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: Dan O'Shannon
8.2/1015 votes#7 - Schooled
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 10/10/2012
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
8.0/102 votes#8 - What is... Cliff Clavin?
Season 8 Episode 14 - Aired 1/18/1990
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
8.0/103 votes#9 - Pitch It Again, Sam
Season 9 Episode 22 - Aired 3/28/1991
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
8.0/102 votes#10 - Get Your Kicks on Route 666
Season 10 Episode 2 - Aired 9/26/1991
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
8.0/102 votes#11 - The King of Beers
Season 11 Episode 3 - Aired 10/8/1992
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
8.0/102 votes#12 - Woody Gets an Election
Season 11 Episode 21 - Aired 4/22/1993
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
8.0/104 votes#13 - Sliding Frasiers
Season 8 Episode 13 - Aired 2/13/2001
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
8.0/1016 votes#14 - The Wedding (2)
Season 5 Episode 24 - Aired 5/21/2014
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
7.8/1016 votes#15 - Diamond in the Rough
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 12/12/2012
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
7.8/106 votes#16 - The Birthday Party
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 3/5/2015
When Oscar realizes he forgot Felix's birthday, he plans an impromptu surprise party.
Director: Phill Lewis
Writer: Dan O'Shannon
7.8/1024 votes#17 - Dude Ranch
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 9/21/2011
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
7.7/1029 votes#18 - Come Fly with Me
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/7/2009
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
7.6/1019 votes#19 - Our Children, Ourselves
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 1/12/2011
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
7.6/1020 votes#20 - Aunt Mommy
Season 3 Episode 15 - Aired 2/15/2012
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
7.6/1019 votes#21 - Mother's Day
Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 5/4/2011
Claire and Gloria's Mother's Day excursion outdoors with the kids turns into the mother of all disasters. Meanwhile, Phil and Jay share an awkward moment when they stay home to prepare dinner for everyone, and Cameron worries about gender roles in his relationship with Mitchell.
Director: Michael Spiller
Writer: Dan O'Shannon
7.5/1025 votes#22 - Airport 2010
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 5/5/2010
For Jay's birthday, Gloria gives him the best surprise -- a romantic birthday getaway to Hawaii -- the only kicker is she invited the whole entire family to come along. Everyone arrives at the airport, and it's a maddening scene with forgotten I.D.'s, security breaches and flying phobias.
Director: Jason Winer
Writer: Dan O'Shannon
7.5/102 votes#23 - Two Girls for Every Boyd
Season 8 Episode 9 - Aired 11/23/1989
Woody has trouble with the love scenes for his first starring role and the guys have a beard-growing competition.
Director: James Burrows
Writer: Dan O'Shannon
7.5/102 votes#24 - Feeble Attraction
Season 8 Episode 11 - Aired 12/7/1989
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
7.5/102 votes#25 - Severe Crane Damage
Season 8 Episode 18 - Aired 2/15/1990
Lilith goes on a talk show to promote her new book about men who are bad for women and takes along her prime example-Sam.
Director: Andy Ackerman
Writer: Dan O'Shannon
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"Rooms With a View (2)" is the best rated episode written by Dan O'Shannon. It scored 9/10 based on 5 votes. It was directed by Kelsey Grammer. It aired on 11/19/2002 and is rated 0.2 points higher than their second-best episode, "Daphne Returns".