Frasier Online Episode Guide -> Season 8 -> Episode 8.22Cranes Go Caribbean
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Episode Details |
Written by: Mark Reisman & Rob Hanning Directed by: Kelsey Grammer |
Original US airdate: 22nd May 2001 Original UK airdate: 15th June 2001 |
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Episode Synopsis |
Frasier is planning a romantic break to Belize with Claire, and is discussing it with Niles. Daphne overhears them talking about the break to Belize and believes Niles is planning to take her there. When Claire arrives, Daphne tells her about Niles's 'plans', adding that she's glad they didn't rush into going away together. This has the effect of making Claire question whether to accept Frasier's proposal of a trip away to Belize. Niles meanwhile is shocked when Daphne announces that he is taking her to Belize, leaving Niles to beg Frasier for his tickets. Claire however, changes her mind when Daphne says it is romantic to be surprised with a trip away. So with Frasier, Claire, Niles and Daphne now off to Belize, Martin surprises everyone by announcing he is going fishing with Duke - in Belize!
Lana drives Frasier to the airport but she hits another car, meaning
Frasier misses his flight. This is only the start of a run of bad luck
- his ears get blocked up on the plane, he gets a bad room at the hotel,
and he has to wait ages for a seafront table at the restaurant. All of
this is putting Frasier in a very bad mood, but he is looking forward
to a nice evening with Claire. However, he is troubles by a dream he has
involving Lana not Claire, and phones his ex-wife Lilith for advice....
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Episode Highlights |
- Niles tells Frasier what his plans for a romantic time with Daphne
involve:
Niles: A Victorian bathtub filled with champagne, us and a non-slip
mat.
Frasier: Romantic and prudent!
- Thinking Niles is taking her to Belize, Daphne asks what the temperature
will be when they go away:
Niles: I keep the thermostat at a steady 71, but I'm flexible within
a degree or two.
- Niles now wants to go to Belize with Daphne:
Frasier: Niles, this isn't Cranes go Caribbean - I want to be alone
with Claire!
- On the way to the airport, Lana says Frasier doesn't know how to
be happy then crashes into another car:
Frasier: At least whoever gets my seat on the plane will be happy
(!)
- Everyone's at dinner after a hellish day for Frasier where nothing
has gone right:
Martin: I haven't seen Frasier this happy in a long time.
[Waiter whispers into Frasier's ear]
Frasier: Out of swordfish too!
- Claire wonders whether Frasier can be fun:
Frasier: 'Fun's been my nickname since Math Camp!
Frasier Online Episode Review |
This is the Season 8 Finale and while it harks back to other season's by trying to include everyone, I found it left me wanting. The script failed to make much of the comic potential on offer, with only Frasier's frustration that his 'perfect' holiday with Claire fails to go right the only real source of laughs. There's a dreadful scene early on between Frasier and Claire where they change their mind about going to Belize where they end each sentence with 'I don't know', and while it was certainly nice to see Lilith again in the final scenes, even her appearance can't lift this rather pedestrian episode.
Season 8 started with such high hopes, coming off the back off the excellent conclusion to Season 7, but this has been a very disappointing season to be honest - losing both Christopher Lloyd and Joe Keenan has had more of an effect than I thought possible, and the writers brought in to replace them have delivered episodes of very variable quality, and there have been moments this season which have left me wondering just what the hell has happened to the show. I have been equally disappointed with the way the writers have handled the Niles/Daphne relationship - they have changed both characters so that Niles has lost a lot of his snobbishness, while Daphne has lost almost all of the quirkiness that made her character so amusing previously. Both of them now come across as giggling schoolchildren - which sometimes makes me long for when Niles hankered after Daphne from afar. I hope the next Season can improve on the writing situation, and find ways of making the show seem less stale than it does after 8 years.
Rating
72 %
Latest Viewer Episode Review |
Avg. Viewer Review:
61.5%
Total Number of Reviews: 4
Don't be a hero, put down the coconut, May 20, 2013 |
Reviewer: Sammy J from Melbourne, Australia |
An uneventful end to the season that sort of misses the point. |
Rating: 58%
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