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Frasier Online Episode Guide -> Season 8 -> Episode 8.19The Wizard And Roz
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| Episode Details |
Written by: Saladin K. Patterson Directed by: Sheldon Epps |
Original US airdate: 8th May 2001 Original UK airdate: 18th May 2001 |
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| Episode Synopsis |
Frasier is seeing his mentor, Dr Tewkesbury, for some therapy about his
family but feels somewhat uncomfortable when he sees him in Cafe Nervosa.
Nevertheless he introduces her to Roz, and something must have clicked
because when Frasier goes round to Roz's apartment to do some work on
promos for their show, Frasier meets Dr Tewkesbury dressed in one of Roz's
robes after a rather passionate sex session. Frasier is rather perturbed
by this, so much so in fact that at their next session, Frasier can't
get the image of his mentor dressed in Roz's robe out of his mind, and
worries that he is losing the respect he has for Dr Tewkesbury. Frasier's
mentor confronts this head on at their next seesion by bringing the robe
with him, and suggests that because it is Roz's robe it is more to do
with Frasier's feelings for Roz that anything about him ..... Meanwhile,
Niles is somewhat unconvinced about Daphne's psychic ability so she calls
in a psychic evaluator, Dr Morey, to test her out.
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| Episode Highlights |
- After seeing Daphne manipulate Niles into not going to Cafe Nervosa:
Frasier: [to Niles] Is it difficult to kickbox without a spine?
- Daphne spies Niles in Cafe Nervosa and bursts in, causing Niles
to bang his leg on the table:
Daphne: You broke your promise!
Niles: And my patella!
- After an argument about Daphne's psychic ability, Daphne and Niles
make up:
Niles: Well, now that we've made up, maybe we could.....
Daphne: Well, I guess we know who's not psychic!
- Frasier finds the idea of a psychic evaluator laughable:
Frasier: It is all about subjective evidence and lucky guesses.
Daphne: Not at all like the subjective eveidence and lucky guesses
psychology is based on.
Martin: Thank you!
- The psychic evaluator begins his test on Daphne:
Dr Moray: Now I've got a card....
Daphne: Ace of spades!
Dr Moray: .... with my office and fax number on it.
- Frasier wonders why Roz has never picked him before:
Roz: Did you ever think there's something special about not being
picked?
Frasier: Roz, that didn't work when I was cut from peewee football,
it's not going to work now!
| Frasier Online Episode Review |
This episode is written by my least favourite new writer, Saladin K Patterson, and features my least favourite new character, Frasier's mentor, Dr Tewkesbury, so does not really get off to the best of starts. Even more disappointingly, the show barely raised more than a wry smile for me as I found Frasier's plot rather boring - Frasier is obsessed by having seen his mentor in Roz's robe, while Daphne's psychic evaluation was interesting but having Niles stop it just as we found out if she was because 'he wanted to find out about Daphne on their own' felt rather heavy handed. Overall, then, I found this to be a rather weak episode that seems to be a depressingly common feature of this season.
Rating
60 %
| Latest Viewer Episode Review |
Avg. Viewer Review:
64.7%
Total Number of Reviews: 3
Follow the yellow brick road, May 18, 2007 |
Reviewer: Jim Jarrell from Gainesville, FL |
I'm surprised at how many "loyal" viewers of Frasier cast aside the main plot as trite because they view it as Frasier's problem with D. Tewkesberry, when it is clearly an issue he has with Roz. Over the years, there has been a lot of romantic tension in that relationship. I think the way they addressed Frasier's very natural jealousy was clever. Of course he would feel that way. For years, he has watched Roz chase down all sorts of men, yet she has never shown an interested in him. Now, all of a sudden, she's hot and heavy with a man that Frasier identifies himself with, so the logical conclusion for him is "why all these men, and now with Tewkesberry, why not me?" I think it was great that Frasier finally exhibit some vulnerability and express a human emotion other than bitterness and rancor. Perhaps the plot device (using Tewkesberry as a suitor for Roz) was far-fetched, but it wasn't out of the realm of possibilities (if Roz can stoop to Bulldog, she can certainly climb a step-ladder for the likes of Tewkesberry). I found the subplot about Daphne's psychic abilities a little tired (I think they reached into the cookie jar too many times to build a storyline around her psychic powers). Once again, the funniest moments involved John Mahoney's Martin -- and his little dog, too. I'm not as disappointed as the other reviewers. I liked the main plot - probably because I could relate to it. |
Rating: 75%
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