Frasier Online Episode Guide -> Season 11 -> Episode 11.22

Crock Tales

Frasier is in the kitchen making dinner for Niles, Daphne, Martin and Roz when a piece of an earthenware crock pot, currently holding utensils and the like, breaks off in his hand. As Frasier heads for the rubbish bin with it, it triggers off some memories of the past 11 years in Seattle...

2003

Martin is mending the broken earthenware crock pot with superglue as Frasier prepares to meet a friend of Roz's - Lisbeth - who she thinks he'll hit it off with. Daphne and a sunburnt Niles also drop by after their honeymoon in Tahiti, but Martin's superglue leads to a sticky situation between Frasier and Lisbeth....

2002

Despite it being her birthday, a rather depressed Roz arrives at Frasier's so Daphne tries to cheer her up. Niles also drops by, with Martin soon learning that he and Daphne had just slept together. Roz is shocked as well when Daphne tells her all about her and Niles' adventures in bed, but Frasier has to hurridly find him a gift for Roz as he has forgotten to buy on - the earthenware crock pot.

1999

It's the 4th of July, and Frasier is dressed up as Uncle Sam for the KACL 4th of July parade float, while Daphne is clad in polyseter for some of her English friends 'Ugly Americans' party. Niles arrives to accompany his brother, but the 3 of them end up on the balcony when Frasier notices his bunting is adroop and end up being locked out when the door handle comes away in Daphne's hand. They try to attract Martin's attention but he is wearing the headphones Frasier gave him to watch TV - and are joined by Roz who rushes out to join them without realising they are locked out....

1998

It's Thanksgiving and with Niles going through his divorce and Frasier out of work, the pair are enjoying a bottle of wine, accompanied by some snacks which include the cheese in the earthen ware crock pot. Meanwhile, Roz is telling Frasier that she's found a job which, as he later discovers, is as a phone sex operator, while Daphne fears that Frasier is about to fire her...

1996

Frasier is excited about his relationship with a woman named Evelyn Greeble, while Niles has calmed Maris down after he inadvertently asked her: "Why the long face?". Roz drops by after a good date, and Martin offers her some cheese from the earthenware crock pot only to discover that no-one had opened it in the 3 years since he got it.

1993

Soon after Martin has moved in with Frasier, and Eddie is still staring at him, Niles drops by to give Daphne some Lemon biscuits form the UK. She inadvertently starts calling him Miles Crane, until Frasier corrects her. Martin, however doesn't want the meal Frasier's prepared and has ordered in pizza instead. Martin has also bought an earthenware crock pot filled with cheese to replace Frasier's gourmet cheese he inadvertently threw away.

2003

- Niles offers Lisbeth a glass of wine:
Lisbeth: Just half a glass with some club soda - you know how I love my spritzer!

- It seems Lisbeth had a 'safety word' with Roz if she didn't like Frasier too:
Lisbeth: Meeting you was just 'super'!

- Lisbeth and Frasier's hands seem to be stuck together:
Frasier: What kind of glue were you using on that pot?
Martin: Super (!)

2002

- Roz is complaining she used to have fun on her birthday, but now she has dinner:
Frasier: There's nothing wrong with dinner!
Roz: I know, but it used to come with sex

- Daphne is telling Roz about the amazing sex she had last night with Niles:
Daphne: I tell you, he's spolit me for any other man.
Roz: Frasier's brother Niles (?!)

1999

- Frasier notices the bunting on his balcony is drooping:
Daphne: You're not going to send me back to the Space Needle with binoculars and a walkie talkie, are you?

- Niles finds his cellphone to help call for help but puts it away again when Daphne starts stripping off becuase it's too hot.

1998

- Martin inadvertently answers one of Roz's phone sex calls, and is asked what he's wearing:
Martin: I don't know - brown pants and a plaid shirt.

1996

- Niles has calmed Maris down after Frasier upset her:
Frasier: All I said was "Maris, why the long face?"
Niles: Yes, and now she's on the phone to her chin grinder in Zurich!

1993

- Niles tells Frasier Maris has taken to her bed:
Niles: This large earring fad has compressed her spine!

The penultimate episode of the show, and a terrific one at that as it deliciously takes the concept of the flashback show, and instead of showing clips from previous episodes (see 'Analyzing The Laughter' for that) it creates 'new' flashbacks from moments in Frasier's life over the last 11 years in Seattle. This is a brilliant concept that works superbly, much helped by the production team taking us on a trip back through time with the changing hairstyles of Roz and Daphne, and subtle changes to Frasier's apartment too, as well as a script that made all the little vignettes amusing with some great touches such as working in some new Maris jokes and even an appearance by Kenny in the 1993 story as the pizza delivery guy. Although long term Frasier fans will get the most out of it, this is an episode that yet again marks the show out as head and shoulders above other sitcoms.

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