Frasier 8.20

Jean Smart, Patricia Clarkson. Overlong episode with a lot of dead weight between the laughs. When the narrative moves away from Frasier himself everything falls flat. But the main story is a bit of gem with Smart being sensational, and the romance storyline being really sweet and interesting. Also: the tutoring scenes are very funny. And the climax in the retaurant is an example of the show at it’s best. Pity about all the Martin/Daphne/Niles scenes. 8/10