Frasier (TV Series) Frasier's Edge (2001) User Reviews

Ignore the Naysayers - This Episode is a Brilliant Insight into Frasier's Psyche and A Top Ten Episode

[danafranklin · 9/10 · 24 August 2020]

To rate this episode as a poor entry is to miss not only the insight into Frasier's psyche that makes him who he is, it also ignores a brilliant script, incredible acting, a magnificent script and spot-on casting with Rene Auberjonois as Frasier's mentor, Dr. William Tewksbury. Their two scenes together rank among the very best of the series. In the short span of 23 minutes, we finally understand what makes Frasier tick. His ability to evaluate his caller's psychological maladies in a few minutes is inexplicably lost on him when he fails to diagnose the cause of his own empty feeling. On the occasion of receiving his lifetime achievement award, it dawns on him, though reluctantly, at his mentor's behest, that hidden behind his cheerful, insightful countenance, is the frightened eight year-old boy who turned his mother's love of psychiatry to a tool of his in order to avoid the devastating emotions caused by the taunting he was subjected to in school. Realizing that his career is finite, with the end now so painfully in sight, brings about an eruption of self-doubt, emptiness, and depression.

Truly a brilliant episode with outstanding writing, casting, direction and acting so seemless that all but forget they are acting.

Some good scenes, but still rather mediocre

[jpapanone · 6/10 · 8 June 2021]

I like Rene Aujebuen-however you say his name.

And I like the back and forth he and Frasier have.

I tend to just binge watch Frasier episodes, so I don't really care what they are rated...but I am trying to get a rating for them all.

My 7's are easily rewatchable...and 6's are fine.

So...some good stuff here, but not nearly close to what Frasier is capable of. 6 is fine.

Tiresome Whiney Crane

[Hitchcoc · 6/10 · 24 October 2019]

When Frasier receives a lifetime achievement award, he can't handle it. One consistent thing about the character of Frasier Crane is that he can't handle any sort of judgment without sticking his oar in. I guess as his confrontation with his former mentor melts down, he finally comes to realize that he has no idea what he wants out of life. He simply can't take anything at face value. There was a kind of sickness in this episode. We also have Daphne's continuous pigging out.

Frasier

[twanster-97655 · 5/10 · 6 May 2020]

I love the show, I watch the reruns often and enjoy them. There's alot to nit pick about the show tho. Fraiser has impossible standards, thru out the show we see him get loads of beautiful woman and he always leaves them (usually after he's slept with them) so for that his lovable hopeless romantic charm has gone.. By the end of the show he's been thru more woman than I've had hot dinners! All having to come to his place aswell as he never picks them up or takes them home like a gentleman would.. He also must have had incredible wealth. When out of work he was able to loan out money, buy expensive things and never make any financial sacrifices. Yet niles ended up homeless after his divorce and roz couldn't make ends meet when she was out of work.. Even bulldog who for the most part of the show was the top rated sports guy in town, ended up delivering pizzas to make ends meet.. Now back to this episode. In this one frasier again gets everything he could ask for and isn't happy.. An tho it's a good episode and like always, gives us some laughs, it is abit same old same. Daphne had to play the getting fat role as she was pregnant in real life and this really did ruin the momentum of the show as we only get to see niles and daphne happy for a short time. I hope if Fraiser does come back for a new show, he's settled down, if they try repeat his behavior in a new show then it'll just be about a rich old man who chases young beautiful woman and is never happy, an that would be a shame as the show really was good. It just ran out of steam later on and instead of taking risks and progressing, the show got to comfortable and never explored its potential.

Frasier's Edge

[studioAT · 2/10 · 26 October 2022]

Frasier is the recipient of a lifetime achievement award, and this causes him to then think about the achievements in his own personal life.

This has the potential to be a strong and funny premise, but instead it gets turned into something more akin to drama, with Frasier becoming very introspective and whiny along the way.

What's more concerning is that after seven years of not talking down to its audience, believing instead that they were smart enough to go along with the stories, this episode really preaches at us. We get that for all his wealth and career achievements Frasier remains lonely - we didn't really need this rammed down our throats for an episode.

As for the 'Daphne is overeating' plot, it's truly woeful by this point. Who on Earth signed off on this storyline?? I know the story well was running a bit dry by this point, and that the show had been rocked by one of its Exec Producers being killed on 9/11, but this is 'Frasier', the show strongly opposed to jokes of the low hanging fruit variety - it should be doing better than this.

Not great overall.