We saw the firing of Bulldog when the station thought he was losing his edge. Now he returns as he has the hots for Roz, with whom he had a bit of a fling. Here, he shows up at Frasier's delivering pizza. Roz, feeling he is pathetic, hires him to babysit her little daughter. This leads to some interesting stuff between them.
3 Reviews
Roz ruins another episode
jpapanone25 March 2024
Warning: Spoilers
I have almost all of season 6 and 7 episodes rated.
This was one that I hadn't rated.
It definitely wasn't 8 9 or 10... and it was really whether this should be 5 6 or 7.
I like bulldog...but roz is the worst part of most shows.
She is top 10 worst characters on shows I watch.
The character, the voice, the opinions etc etc. Just awful.
So ..do I rate this episode based on Roz's awfulness ..or remove roz from my ranking determinations..since I skip over any scenes with her.
I don't want to...but she ruins scenes and ruins episodes.
So . Couple of good scenes in this, but overall ..hmmm my 7's are easily rewatchable..and 6's are not good, but not bad enough to NOT rewatch. So ..is this a 6?
That would be fine.
Best scene was Frasier calling for a restaurant reservation while niles calls for cemetery reservations.
Pretty unforgettable other than that.
Inverse relationship. More roz, lower rating.
Less roz, POTENTIAL for higher rating.
This was one that I hadn't rated.
It definitely wasn't 8 9 or 10... and it was really whether this should be 5 6 or 7.
I like bulldog...but roz is the worst part of most shows.
She is top 10 worst characters on shows I watch.
The character, the voice, the opinions etc etc. Just awful.
So ..do I rate this episode based on Roz's awfulness ..or remove roz from my ranking determinations..since I skip over any scenes with her.
I don't want to...but she ruins scenes and ruins episodes.
So . Couple of good scenes in this, but overall ..hmmm my 7's are easily rewatchable..and 6's are not good, but not bad enough to NOT rewatch. So ..is this a 6?
That would be fine.
Best scene was Frasier calling for a restaurant reservation while niles calls for cemetery reservations.
Pretty unforgettable other than that.
Inverse relationship. More roz, lower rating.
Less roz, POTENTIAL for higher rating.
The uglier side of Frasier's world
Steve_Holt_8 May 2021
While Frasier and Niles regularly offer up scenes of buffoonery that allows the audience to laugh at them while still being engaged and close to the characters, this episode highlighted the sad state of the two most prominent aide characters in the show: Roz and Bulldog. Neither came off as charming or endearing, but rather as sad and pitiable. Bulldog has sunk to where he probably deserves to be, and Roz's defiance against a more traditional lifestyle, as Frasier put it, while wallowing in loneliness just makes her seem like someone trapped in a perpetual juvenile state. In the end, no one came away better in this episode, and instead of character growth we were shown the stunting of development in these characters, due to being exactly who they are.
Bulldog to me is the worst character on the show, and I'm glad he's done. His portrayal of a hound-dog type was never close to accurate, and always came off more like a guest character from early seasons of happy days. He played more like someone who knew nothing about women figured guys would act like. In this episode when he sees a piece of an undergarment and quotes the Victoria's secret catalogue page number it was featured on, it is more the behavior of a basement dweller who spends all day online skimping for thirsty girls. Guys who get ladies regularly really dont act like Bulldog does, at all. But I digress, I just dont think his character was any good, and this episode did nothing to change that, only reinforce it.
The sub-plot with Niles and Frasier and Martin was strictly a paint by numbers plug-in to give them something to do, and didnt have any real depth or punch.
For a show that can often be brilliant and hilarious, this episode was definitely one of its lower ranks.
Bulldog to me is the worst character on the show, and I'm glad he's done. His portrayal of a hound-dog type was never close to accurate, and always came off more like a guest character from early seasons of happy days. He played more like someone who knew nothing about women figured guys would act like. In this episode when he sees a piece of an undergarment and quotes the Victoria's secret catalogue page number it was featured on, it is more the behavior of a basement dweller who spends all day online skimping for thirsty girls. Guys who get ladies regularly really dont act like Bulldog does, at all. But I digress, I just dont think his character was any good, and this episode did nothing to change that, only reinforce it.
The sub-plot with Niles and Frasier and Martin was strictly a paint by numbers plug-in to give them something to do, and didnt have any real depth or punch.
For a show that can often be brilliant and hilarious, this episode was definitely one of its lower ranks.
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